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Under-5 mortality (UNICEF)
Probability of dying before age 5, per 1,000 live births. UNICEF version of the IGME estimate.
Methodology & source
How this is measured.
Definition
Probability of dying before age 5, per 1,000 live births. UNICEF version of the IGME estimate.
Calculation
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN Population Division).
Primary source
Caveats
Same underlying model as World Bank SH.DYN.MORT — included separately for source diversity.
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Continent average
52.9
per 1,000 live births
Continental view
Africa, color-coded.
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per 1,000 live births
9.848.7115.6
Time series
How it's changed.
Continent average vs. Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa. Values in per 1,000 live births.
Continent average
Nigeria
Kenya
South Africa
Biggest improvers
Largest gains since 2000
São Tomé and Príncipe↓ 71%
2007: 46.9 per 1,000 live births2024: 13.6 per 1,000 live births
Cabo Verde↓ 60%
2006: 28.0 per 1,000 live births2024: 11.1 per 1,000 live births
Morocco↓ 60%
2006: 39.2 per 1,000 live births2024: 15.7 per 1,000 live births
Burundi↓ 60%
2006: 116.6 per 1,000 live births2024: 47.1 per 1,000 live births
Stalled or worse
Smallest gains, or moved the wrong way
Open the data
Every country, latest available value.
Sorted lowest to highest — lower is better. Click any country to open its dataset detail page.
Showing 20 of 54.
Mauritius
↑ 1%
2007: 15.2 per 1,000 live births2024: 15.4 per 1,000 live births
Seychelles↑ 0%
2007: 13.9 per 1,000 live births2024: 14.0 per 1,000 live births
Nigeria↓ 15%
2007: 136.5 per 1,000 live births2024: 115.6 per 1,000 live births
South Sudan↓ 23%
2007: 124.9 per 1,000 live births2024: 96.7 per 1,000 live births
Bulk download
Every country, every year — Under-5 mortality (UNICEF).
All 1,000 data points for this indicator across all 54 African countries (1990–2024). Free for any non-commercial use; please cite UNICEF.