Under-five mortality rate

Ranked among 237 profiles with 2026 data. Status, source, and year are named on each row. Taiwan and Kosovo remain special status in this list.

Unit: per 1,000 live births. Preferred source: un-wpp. Some later years may be projections.

Rank	Profile	Status	2026 value
1	Niger	UN member	109.5 projection
2	Nigeria	UN member	100.7 projection
3	Somalia	UN member	100.1 projection
4	South Sudan	UN member	96.5 projection
5	Chad	UN member	96.1 projection
6	Sierra Leone	UN member	92.6 projection
7	Guinea	UN member	89.9 projection
8	Central African Republic	UN member	89.7 projection
9	Mali	UN member	89.1 projection
10	Burkina Faso	UN member	79.2 projection
11	Benin	UN member	75.6 projection
12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	UN member	70.6 projection
13	Liberia	UN member	68.2 projection
14	Equatorial Guinea	UN member	66.5 projection
15	Guinea-Bissau	UN member	66.1 projection
16	Lesotho	UN member	65.2 projection
17	Côte d’Ivoire	UN member	64.5 projection
18	Cameroon	UN member	62.3 projection
19	Madagascar	UN member	62 projection
20	Angola	UN member	60.7 projection
21	Mozambique	UN member	60.7 projection
22	Pakistan	UN member	55.9 projection
23	Togo	UN member	55.4 projection
24	Haiti	UN member	54.7 projection
25	Kiribati	UN member	52.3 projection
26	Afghanistan	UN member	51.2 projection
27	Sudan	UN member	51 projection
28	Zambia	UN member	48.7 projection
29	Eswatini	UN member	47.5 projection
30	Djibouti	UN member	47.1 projection
31	Burundi	UN member	46.8 projection
32	Timor-Leste	UN member	42.2 projection
33	Zimbabwe	UN member	42.1 projection
34	Comoros	UN member	41.7 projection
35	Gambia	UN member	41.5 projection
36	Ethiopia	UN member	40.5 projection
37	Myanmar	UN member	39.3 projection
38	Kenya	UN member	39 projection
39	Ghana	UN member	38.8 projection
40	Bolivia	UN member	38.5 projection
41	Papua New Guinea	UN member	38.1 projection
42	Republic of the Congo	UN member	36.9 projection
43	Yemen	UN member	36.9 projection
44	Malawi	UN member	36.7 projection
45	Tanzania	UN member	36.3 projection
46	Uganda	UN member	35.3 projection
47	Botswana	UN member	35.2 projection
48	Namibia	UN member	35.1 projection
49	Gabon	UN member	34.4 projection
50	Laos	UN member	34.2 projection
51	Mauritania	UN member	34.1 projection
52	Turkmenistan	UN member	34 projection
53	Rwanda	UN member	33.1 projection
54	Senegal	UN member	31.6 projection
55	Eritrea	UN member	31.4 projection
56	Dominican Republic	UN member	30.2 projection
57	South Africa	UN member	29.9 projection
58	Dominica	UN member	29.7 projection
59	Marshall Islands	UN member	26.4 projection
60	India	UN member	26.1 projection
61	Philippines	UN member	25.5 projection
62	Western Sahara	Special status	25.2 projection
63	Nauru	UN member	24.6 projection
64	Tajikistan	UN member	24.4 projection
65	Niue	Associated state	22.4 projection
66	Nepal	UN member	22.3 projection
67	Micronesia	UN member	21.8 projection
68	Iraq	UN member	21.6 projection
69	Guyana	UN member	21.4 projection
70	Cambodia	UN member	21 projection
71	Palau	UN member	20.5 projection
72	Guatemala	UN member	20.2 projection
73	Bhutan	UN member	19.5 projection
74	Fiji	UN member	19.4 projection
75	Bangladesh	UN member	19.1 projection
76	Algeria	UN member	19 projection
77	Indonesia	UN member	18.8 projection
78	Vietnam	UN member	18.8 projection
79	Tuvalu	UN member	18.5 projection
80	Paraguay	UN member	18.4 projection
81	Syria	UN member	18.4 projection
82	Jamaica	UN member	17.9 projection
83	Lebanon	UN member	17.2 projection
84	Venezuela	UN member	16.9 projection
85	Solomon Islands	UN member	16.2 projection
86	North Korea	UN member	16.1 projection
87	Azerbaijan	UN member	15.9 projection
88	Vanuatu	UN member	15.8 projection
89	Saint Lucia	UN member	15.5 projection
90	Morocco	UN member	15.2 projection
91	Trinidad and Tobago	UN member	15.1 projection
92	Egypt	UN member	14.8 projection
93	Samoa	UN member	14.6 projection
94	Honduras	UN member	14.2 projection
95	Uzbekistan	UN member	14 projection
96	Kyrgyzstan	UN member	13.7 projection
97	Grenada	UN member	13.7 projection
98	Sint Maarten	Dependency	13.6 projection
99	Saint Kitts and Nevis	UN member	13.6 projection
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	UN member	13.3 projection
101	Isle of Man	Dependency	13 projection
102	Saint Helena	Dependency	12.9 projection
103	Brazil	UN member	12.9 projection
104	Jordan	UN member	12.6 projection
105	Mauritius	UN member	12.6 projection
106	Aruba	Dependency	12.5 projection
107	Palestine	UN observer	12.5 projection
108	Wallis and Futuna	Dependency	12.5 projection
109	Nicaragua	UN member	12.4 projection
110	Panama	UN member	12.4 projection
111	Sao Tome and Principe	UN member	12.3 projection
112	Peru	UN member	12.1 projection
113	Bahamas	UN member	11.9 projection
114	Suriname	UN member	11.9 projection
115	Seychelles	UN member	11.8 projection
116	Caribbean Netherlands	Territory	11.7 projection
117	Mexico	UN member	11.7 projection
118	Barbados	UN member	11.7 projection
119	British Virgin Islands	Dependency	11.6 projection
120	Ecuador	UN member	11.4 projection
121	Moldova	UN member	11.2 projection
122	Guam	Territory	11.1 projection
123	Colombia	UN member	11 projection
124	Greenland	Dependency	10.9 projection
125	Cabo Verde	UN member	10.8 projection
126	Tunisia	UN member	10.6 projection
127	El Salvador	UN member	10.4 projection
128	French Guiana	Territory	10.4 projection
129	Iran	UN member	10.1 projection
130	Gibraltar	Dependency	10.1 projection
131	Mayotte	Territory	10.1 projection
132	Mongolia	UN member	10 projection
133	New Caledonia	Dependency	10 projection
134	Falkland Islands	Dependency	9.9 projection
135	American Samoa	Territory	9.9 projection
136	Belize	UN member	9.9 projection
137	Argentina	UN member	9.8 projection
138	Armenia	UN member	9.7 projection
139	Tonga	UN member	9.6 projection
140	Thailand	UN member	9.6 projection
141	Jersey	Dependency	9.5 projection
142	Türkiye	UN member	9.5 projection
143	Oman	UN member	9.4 projection
144	Kosovo	Special status	9.3 projection
145	Curaçao	Dependency	9.3 projection
146	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Dependency	8.9 projection
147	Brunei	UN member	8.8 projection
148	Saint Martin	Dependency	8.7 projection
149	Antigua and Barbuda	UN member	8.7 projection
150	Libya	UN member	8.4 projection
151	Albania	UN member	7.8 projection
152	Guadeloupe	Territory	7.6 projection
153	Kazakhstan	UN member	7.5 projection
154	Martinique	Territory	7.2 projection
155	Georgia	UN member	7.1 projection
156	Kuwait	UN member	7.1 projection
157	Costa Rica	UN member	7.1 projection
158	Saudi Arabia	UN member	6.9 projection
159	China	UN member	6.8 projection
160	Uruguay	UN member	6.7 projection
161	Holy See	UN observer	6.7 projection
162	North Macedonia	UN member	6.5 projection
163	Faroe Islands	Dependency	6.5 projection
164	Qatar	UN member	6.4 projection
165	Guernsey	Dependency	6.4 projection
166	Liechtenstein	UN member	6.2 projection
167	Puerto Rico	Territory	6.2 projection
168	Chile	UN member	6 projection
169	Cook Islands	Associated state	6 projection
170	Romania	UN member	5.9 projection
171	Montserrat	Dependency	5.9 projection
172	Malaysia	UN member	5.9 projection
173	Bahrain	UN member	5.9 projection
174	Sri Lanka	UN member	5.8 projection
175	Northern Mariana Islands	Territory	5.8 projection
176	United Arab Emirates	UN member	5.7 projection
177	Saint Barthélemy	Dependency	5.7 projection
178	French Polynesia	Dependency	5.7 projection
179	Andorra	UN member	5.7 projection
180	Ukraine	UN member	5.6 projection
181	United States	UN member	5.6 projection
182	Bulgaria	UN member	5.5 projection
183	Turks and Caicos Islands	Dependency	5.4 projection
184	Cuba	UN member	5.4 projection
185	U.S. Virgin Islands	Territory	5.3 projection
186	Malta	UN member	5.2 projection
187	Anguilla	Dependency	5.2 projection
188	Réunion	Territory	5.1 projection
189	Bosnia and Herzegovina	UN member	5.1 projection
190	Tokelau	Territory	5 projection
191	Maldives	UN member	5 projection
192	Russia	UN member	4.9 projection
193	Slovakia	UN member	4.5 projection
194	New Zealand	UN member	4.4 projection
195	Canada	UN member	4.4 projection
196	Serbia	UN member	4.4 projection
197	Monaco	UN member	4.3 projection
198	Taiwan	Special status	4.1 projection
199	United Kingdom	UN member	4 projection
200	Croatia	UN member	3.8 projection
201	France	UN member	3.6 projection
202	Poland	UN member	3.6 projection
203	Israel	UN member	3.6 projection
204	Lithuania	UN member	3.6 projection
205	Luxembourg	UN member	3.5 projection
206	Switzerland	UN member	3.5 projection
207	Netherlands	UN member	3.4 projection
208	Hungary	UN member	3.3 projection
209	Latvia	UN member	3.2 projection
210	Macau	Special administrative region	3.2 projection
211	Belgium	UN member	3.2 projection
212	Denmark	UN member	3.2 projection
213	Germany	UN member	3.2 projection
214	Austria	UN member	3.2 projection
215	Montenegro	UN member	3.1 projection
216	Greece	UN member	3.1 projection
217	Ireland	UN member	3 projection
218	Australia	UN member	3 projection
219	Belarus	UN member	2.9 projection
220	Portugal	UN member	2.8 projection
221	Cyprus	UN member	2.8 projection
222	Spain	UN member	2.7 projection
223	Czechia	UN member	2.5 projection
224	Italy	UN member	2.5 projection
225	South Korea	UN member	2.5 projection
226	Sweden	UN member	2.3 projection
227	Japan	UN member	2.2 projection
228	Bermuda	Dependency	2.1 projection
229	Estonia	UN member	2.1 projection
230	Singapore	UN member	2.1 projection
231	Finland	UN member	2.1 projection
232	Norway	UN member	2 projection
233	Hong Kong	Special administrative region	1.8 projection
234	Slovenia	UN member	1.6 projection
235	Cayman Islands	Dependency	1.5 projection
236	Iceland	UN member	1.5 projection
237	San Marino	UN member	1.3 projection

No 2026 figure

These profiles are not ranked for this year. Absence is not zero.

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