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Under-5 mortality rate

Observed

Probability per 1,000 that a newborn will die before reaching age five, at current age-specific mortality rates.

Ingestedfrom World BankfreshJSON export
Current value, World
37.4deaths per 1,000 live births
period 2024
Geography
World (WLD)
Observation date
2024
Unit
deaths per 1,000 live births
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1-year change-0.9improving-2.35%2023 to 2024from 38.3 to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births
10-year trend-1.59% per yearimproving-14.81%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total -6.5 deaths per 1,000 live births, from 43.9 to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births
Historical series

Under-5 mortality rate, World

Observed
2040608010019901995200020052010201520202024DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS37.4
35 observations, 1990 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (35 rows)
Under-5 mortality rate, World: 35 observations from 1990 to 2024, values from 37.4 to 93.5 deaths per 1,000 live births. Latest 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (deaths per 1,000 live births)Source revisionIngested at
202437.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202338.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2022402026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202139.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202039.22026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201939.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2018402026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201740.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201641.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201542.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201443.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201345.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201246.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201149.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201050.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200952.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200854.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2007572026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200659.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200562.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200465.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200368.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200271.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200174.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200076.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199979.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199882.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199784.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199686.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199587.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199489.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199391.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199292.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199192.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199093.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
243 geographies have observations for this metric
World Bank, World Development Indicators, series SH.DYN.MORT
Definition

What this measures

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year. The estimates are produced by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division).

Direction
lower is better
Geography level
world, regions, countries
Slug
under5-mortality
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Provenance and methodologysource, series, ingestion, revisions
Classification
Observedpublished by the cited source, ingested without transformation
Source organization
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Series ID
SH.DYN.MORTlast fetch: ok
Source links
License and attribution
Approved with attribution
World Bank, World Development Indicators, CC BY 4.0
Terms of use
Last source update
2026-07-13(source revision label as published by the provider)
Last ingestion
last successful runfresh
Last run
success2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
Parser version
world-bank-v2/1.0.0
Methodology version
1.0
Quality and confidence
Modelled by the UN IGME from survey, census and vital registration data; the whole series is re-estimated at each release.
Ingestion rejects values outside 0 to 1,000 deaths per 1,000 live births.
35 periods with values for this geography, 1990 to 2024.
Revisions
Values reported for the latest period (2024) by each source revision ingested. Earlier rows are never deleted; the newest ingested row is shown as current.
Source revisionValue (deaths per 1,000 live births)Ingested atStatus
2026-07-1337.42026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.