Under-5 mortality rate by country

See the United States's strengths and weaknesses

United States: 6.5 in 2024, 33rd of 38 OECD members (lowest first). 53rd of all 196 with data.

Highest: Nigeria (115.6, 2024) · Lowest: San Marino (1.3, 2024) · 196 countries and territories with data.

Children who die before their fifth birthday per 1,000 live births.

Ranking

Latest value for each country (within 5 years).

Over time

United States: rank over time

Rank among the countries with data in each year (lowest first).

World ranking (lowest first)

RankCountryValueYear
1San Marino1.32024
2Estonia2.02024
3Luxembourg2.22024
4Belarus2.32024
5Slovenia2.32024
6Finland2.42024
7Japan2.42024
8Montenegro2.42024
9Sweden2.42024
10Andorra2.52024
11Latvia2.52024
12Norway2.52024
13Czechia2.62024
14Italy2.72024
15Monaco2.72024
16Singapore2.72024
17Iceland2.82024
18South Korea2.82024
19North Macedonia2.82024
20Spain3.22024
21Portugal3.22024
22Austria3.32024
23Israel3.32024
24Lithuania3.42024
25Australia3.62024
26Belgium3.72024
27Germany3.72024
28Hungary3.72024
29Greece3.82024
30Switzerland3.92024
31Ireland3.92024
32Netherlands3.92024
33Denmark4.02024
34Poland4.22024
35France4.32024
36United Kingdom4.72024
37New Zealand4.72024
38Turks and Caicos Islands4.72024
39United Arab Emirates4.82024
40Cyprus5.02024
41Russia5.22024
42Malta5.32024
43Canada5.42024
44Maldives5.42024
45Serbia5.42024
46Croatia5.62024
47Bulgaria5.72024
48China5.72024
49Sri Lanka5.92024
50Qatar5.92024
51Saudi Arabia6.02024
52Slovakia6.32024
53United States6.52024
54Chile6.82024
55Bosnia and Herzegovina6.92024
56Romania7.32024
57Uruguay7.42024
58Ukraine7.92024
59Kuwait8.12024
60Malaysia8.32024
61Nauru8.32024
62Cuba8.62024
63Georgia8.62024
64Kosovo8.72024
65Bahrain8.82024
66Thailand9.02024
67Antigua and Barbuda9.12024
68Albania9.22024
69Kazakhstan9.42024
70Argentina9.52024
71Tonga9.52024
72Armenia9.62024
73Türkiye9.62024
74Barbados9.82024
75Libya9.82024
76Brunei9.92024
77El Salvador10.02024
78Oman10.32024
79Costa Rica10.42024
80Cabo Verde11.12024
81Nicaragua11.22024
82Iran11.32024
83St. Vincent and the Grenadines11.32024
84Colombia11.52024
85Tunisia12.12024
86Bahamas12.42024
87British Virgin Islands12.42024
88Belize12.72024
89Ecuador12.92024
90Jordan12.92024
91Peru12.92024
92Mexico13.12024
93Mongolia13.42024
94Uzbekistan13.42024
95São Tomé and Príncipe13.62024
96Seychelles14.02024
97Brazil14.22024
98Samoa14.92024
99Honduras15.02024
100Panama15.32024
101Mauritius15.42024
102Bolivia15.72024
103Morocco15.72024
104Suriname15.82024
105St. Kitts and Nevis15.92024
106Paraguay16.32024
107Moldova16.52024
108North Korea16.72024
109Kyrgyzstan16.82024
110Vanuatu17.12024
111Bhutan17.22024
112St. Lucia17.22024
113Vietnam17.32024
114Lebanon17.62024
115Indonesia17.72024
116Jamaica17.82024
117Azerbaijan17.92024
118Grenada18.02024
119Cambodia18.42024
120Syria18.42024
121Trinidad and Tobago18.82024
122Tuvalu19.22024
123Solomon Islands20.02024
124Guatemala20.52024
125Palau21.42024
126Algeria21.62024
127Iraq21.82024
128Egypt22.42024
129Micronesia22.42024
130Venezuela24.22024
131Nepal25.12024
132Guyana25.22024
133Philippines26.52024
134India26.62024
135Marshall Islands26.72024
136Tajikistan28.12024
137Fiji29.12024
138Laos29.42024
139Bangladesh30.52024
140Dominican Republic30.62024
141Gabon32.62024
142Botswana33.32024
143Eritrea34.32024
144South Africa35.12024
145Dominica35.72024
146Ghana35.92024
147Senegal36.52024
148Myanmar36.92024
149Mauritania36.92024
150Tanzania37.02024
151Rwanda37.72024
152West Bank and Gaza37.92024
153Yemen38.12024
154Kenya38.82024
155Comoros39.02024
156Turkmenistan39.02024
157Republic of the Congo39.12024
158Papua New Guinea39.42024
159Namibia39.52024
160Gambia42.42024
161Ethiopia44.52024
162Eswatini45.12024
163Burundi47.12024
164Timor-Leste47.62024
165Zambia48.42024
166Uganda48.72024
167Malawi48.82024
168Djibouti48.92024
169Angola49.02024
170Haiti52.82024
171Afghanistan53.02024
172Kiribati53.12024
173Pakistan56.02024
174Togo56.12024
175Mozambique59.42024
176Lesotho60.02024
177Sudan61.62024
178Madagascar62.42024
179Côte d'Ivoire64.52024
180Zimbabwe64.72024
181Cameroon64.82024
182Guinea-Bissau67.32024
183Equatorial Guinea68.02024
184Mali73.02024
185Benin74.72024
186Burkina Faso74.92024
187Liberia86.42024
188Central African Republic89.72024
189DR Congo89.72024
190Sierra Leone90.52024
191Guinea92.12024
192South Sudan96.72024
193Chad97.32024
194Somalia101.12024
195Niger110.72024
196Nigeria115.62024

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SH.DYN.MORT). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-11-02.

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