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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, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
36.4deaths per 1,000 live births
period 2024
Geography
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (MEA)World Bank aggregate, not a continent
Observation date
2024
Unit
deaths per 1,000 live births
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1-year change-1.4improving-3.70%2023 to 2024from 37.8 to 36.4 deaths per 1,000 live births
10-year trend-2.65% per yearimproving-23.53%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total -11.2 deaths per 1,000 live births, from 47.6 to 36.4 deaths per 1,000 live births
Historical series

Under-5 mortality rate, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Observed
2040608010019901995200020052010201520202024DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS36.4
35 observations, 1990 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (35 rows)
Under-5 mortality rate, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan: 35 observations from 1990 to 2024, values from 36.4 to 98.9 deaths per 1,000 live births. Latest 36.4 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (deaths per 1,000 live births)Source revisionIngested at
202436.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202337.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202238.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202139.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202040.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201941.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201842.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201743.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201644.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201546.22026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201447.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201349.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201251.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201152.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201054.22026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200955.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200857.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200759.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200661.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200563.22026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200465.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200367.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200269.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200172.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2000752026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199977.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199880.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199782.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199685.22026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199587.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199489.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199391.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1992932026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199195.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199098.92026-07-132026-09-07 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 10:04 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
2026-07-1336.42026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.