Our World in Data · OWID.CHILD.MORT
Child mortality rate
Estimated share of newborns who die before age 5.
Child mortality rate data
Unweighted average of the 54 countries reporting in 2024
5.3deaths per 100 live births
-26% on 2014. Country values run from 0.98 to 11.6 deaths per 100 live births. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 54
- Years
- 1950–2024
- Observations
- 3,631
- Source
- Our World in Data
Countries
3/6 selected. Select up to 6 to compare.
Years
1950 – 2024 · 75 years
Annual values by country, 1950 to 2024
Our World in Data · deaths per 100 live births · hover or use the arrow keys to read a year
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
3 countries · 75 years · 3,631 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in deaths per 100 live births
| Country | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Benin BJ | 34.7 | 34.3 | 34 | 33.6 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 32.5 | 32.1 | 31.7 | 31.2 | 30.8 | 30.3 | 29.8 | 29.3 | 28.8 | 28.3 | 27.8 | 27.3 | 26.8 | 26.4 | 26 | 25.5 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 24.1 | 23.6 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 22.1 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 20.7 | 20.3 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 11 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8 | 7.7 | 7.5 |
| Burkina Faso BF | 37.9 | 37.6 | 37.3 | 37 | 36.6 | 36.3 | 35.9 | 35.5 | 35.1 | 34.7 | 34.3 | 33.9 | 33.6 | 33.2 | 32.9 | 32.6 | 32.3 | 32 | 31.8 | 31.5 | 31.1 | 30.8 | 30.3 | 29.7 | 28.9 | 28 | 27 | 26.1 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 23.7 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 22.1 | 21.7 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 20.1 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 19.4 | 19.2 | 19 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 18 | 17.6 | 17.2 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 15.7 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8 | 7.7 | 7.5 |
| Cabo Verde CV | 20.9 | 20.4 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 18.7 | 18.4 | 18.1 | 17.8 | 17.5 | 17.1 | 16.8 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- OWID.CHILD.MORT
- Unit
- deaths per 100 live births
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Our World in Data
Values as published by Our World in Data: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025). Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at ourworldindata.org.
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