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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, South Asia
26.8deaths per 1,000 live births
period 2024
Geography
South Asia (SAS)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-1.2improving-4.29%2023 to 2024from 28 to 26.8 deaths per 1,000 live births
10-year trend-5.07% per yearimproving-40.58%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total -18.3 deaths per 1,000 live births, from 45.1 to 26.8 deaths per 1,000 live births
Historical series

Under-5 mortality rate, South Asia

Observed
25507510012515019901995200020052010201520202024DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS26.8
35 observations, 1990 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (35 rows)
Under-5 mortality rate, South Asia: 35 observations from 1990 to 2024, values from 26.8 to 128.6 deaths per 1,000 live births. Latest 26.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (deaths per 1,000 live births)Source revisionIngested at
202426.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2023282026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202229.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202130.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202032.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201934.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2018362026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201738.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201640.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201542.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201445.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201347.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201250.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201153.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201056.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200959.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200862.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200765.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200668.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2005722026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200475.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200378.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200282.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
200186.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2000902026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199993.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
199897.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1997101.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1996105.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1995109.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1994113.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1993116.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1992120.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1991124.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1990128.62026-07-132026-09-07 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
2026-07-1326.82026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.