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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, Sub-Saharan Africa
71.2deaths per 1,000 live births
period 2024
Geography
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSF)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-2improving-2.73%2023 to 2024from 73.2 to 71.2 deaths per 1,000 live births
10-year trend-1.96% per yearimproving-17.97%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total -15.6 deaths per 1,000 live births, from 86.8 to 71.2 deaths per 1,000 live births
Historical series

Under-5 mortality rate, Sub-Saharan Africa

Observed
507510012515017520019901995200020052010201520202024DEATHS PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS71.2
35 observations, 1990 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (35 rows)
Under-5 mortality rate, Sub-Saharan Africa: 35 observations from 1990 to 2024, values from 71.2 to 179.8 deaths per 1,000 live births. Latest 71.2 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (deaths per 1,000 live births)Source revisionIngested at
202471.22026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202373.22026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202278.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202177.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
202075.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2019782026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2018792026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201782.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201683.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2015852026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201486.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201387.62026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201290.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201197.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
201097.22026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2009102.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2008104.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2007109.12026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
20061142026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2005119.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2004127.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
20031332026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2002138.92026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2001146.32026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
2000150.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1999155.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1998164.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1997165.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1996169.42026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1995168.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1994173.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1993176.72026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1992178.52026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1991179.82026-07-132026-09-07 05:31 UTC
1990178.52026-07-132026-09-07 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 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
2026-07-1371.22026-09-07 05:31 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.