Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 241.1 | 51.7 | 41.6 | 34.0 | 28.1 | 27.3 | 26.6 | 26.0 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 24.5 | 24.0 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.3 | 22.0 |
| Djibouti | 116.3 | 99.5 | 87.7 | 75.9 | 73.6 | 71.4 | 69.3 | 67.2 | 65.1 | 63.3 | 61.3 | 59.4 | 57.5 | 55.6 | 53.8 | 52.2 | 50.4 | |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 246.9 | 85.7 | 46.6 | 35.7 | 28.6 | 27.4 | 26.2 | 25.2 | 24.1 | 23.3 | 22.4 | 21.6 | 20.8 | 20.1 | 19.4 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 17.5 |
| Libya | 135.9 | 41.9 | 28.1 | 23.1 | 16.6 | 19.6 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 30.8 |
| Morocco | 190.9 | 80.8 | 52.2 | 41.3 | 31.1 | 29.3 | 27.7 | 26.2 | 24.7 | 23.4 | 22.2 | 21.1 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 18.6 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 16.6 |
| Tunisia | 180.5 | 55.0 | 29.2 | 21.6 | 18.7 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 18.3 | 18.3 | 18.2 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 17.5 | 16.9 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.9 |
| Angola | 222.7 | 203.0 | 165.0 | 119.8 | 112.1 | 104.8 | 98.3 | 92.8 | 88.2 | 84.1 | 80.5 | 77.3 | 74.4 | 71.6 | 69.0 | 66.4 | 64.0 | |
| Benin | 261.1 | 172.2 | 136.1 | 120.6 | 108.4 | 106.2 | 103.9 | 101.6 | 99.3 | 97.1 | 95.0 | 92.7 | 90.5 | 88.0 | 85.5 | 83.1 | 80.4 | 77.9 |
| Botswana | 123.7 | 50.1 | 81.1 | 70.3 | 55.8 | 56.8 | 53.4 | 51.0 | 51.1 | 49.8 | 49.0 | 46.5 | 45.9 | 45.0 | 43.9 | 42.0 | 40.7 | 39.6 |
| Burkina Faso | 314.9 | 198.3 | 178.1 | 152.3 | 121.5 | 116.8 | 112.6 | 108.6 | 104.7 | 101.1 | 97.7 | 94.3 | 91.2 | 88.2 | 85.3 | 82.5 | 79.9 | 77.3 |
| Burundi | 251.1 | 169.8 | 153.7 | 124.1 | 90.8 | 85.3 | 80.2 | 75.5 | 71.3 | 67.6 | 64.4 | 61.5 | 59.0 | 56.7 | 54.6 | 52.6 | 50.8 | 49.2 |
| Cabo Verde | 127.5 | 56.4 | 36.0 | 28.0 | 26.7 | 25.6 | 24.2 | 22.6 | 20.9 | 19.1 | 17.6 | 16.2 | 15.1 | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.6 |
| Cameroon | 213.3 | 136.6 | 144.4 | 128.1 | 110.0 | 105.9 | 101.6 | 97.3 | 93.1 | 89.0 | 85.6 | 82.5 | 79.7 | 77.2 | 74.6 | 72.1 | 69.5 | 67.2 |
| Central African Republic | 226.3 | 177.5 | 165.5 | 148.4 | 149.2 | 125.4 | 122.3 | 133.6 | 182.6 | 114.1 | 126.1 | 152.4 | 119.8 | 243.1 | 122.6 | 171.3 | 387.4 | 92.2 |
| Chad | 254.3 | 211.6 | 183.6 | 166.5 | 147.7 | 143.9 | 140.1 | 136.5 | 133.0 | 129.3 | 125.7 | 122.0 | 118.3 | 114.6 | 111.0 | 107.6 | 104.3 | 101.1 |
| Comoros | 231.6 | 120.9 | 79.6 | 65.5 | 55.1 | 53.6 | 52.1 | 50.8 | 49.7 | 48.7 | 47.6 | 46.6 | 45.6 | 44.6 | 43.5 | 42.4 | 41.1 | 39.8 |
| Congo, Rep. | 137.3 | 91.5 | 113.7 | 86.6 | 62.5 | 60.2 | 58.2 | 56.4 | 54.5 | 52.7 | 50.9 | 49.3 | 47.7 | 52.4 | 44.7 | 43.3 | 41.9 | 40.5 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 244.9 | 153.0 | 140.5 | 121.6 | 102.2 | 99.1 | 96.0 | 92.7 | 89.2 | 86.1 | 83.6 | 81.1 | 78.5 | 75.9 | 73.7 | 71.4 | 69.2 | 67.1 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 246.8 | 185.3 | 159.2 | 135.9 | 113.5 | 109.6 | 106.0 | 102.5 | 99.0 | 95.6 | 92.3 | 89.3 | 86.3 | 83.5 | 80.7 | 78.1 | 75.7 | 73.2 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 178.7 | 155.9 | 133.2 | 111.1 | 107.1 | 103.4 | 99.9 | 96.6 | 93.3 | 89.9 | 87.0 | 84.2 | 81.7 | 78.8 | 76.1 | 73.4 | 70.6 | |
| Eritrea | 153.6 | 85.3 | 67.5 | 55.0 | 53.1 | 51.2 | 49.4 | 47.8 | 46.1 | 44.6 | 43.2 | 41.7 | 40.3 | 39.1 | 37.9 | 36.6 | 35.4 | |
| Ethiopia | 247.4 | 201.7 | 140.4 | 108.8 | 83.2 | 79.1 | 75.3 | 71.6 | 68.2 | 64.9 | 61.7 | 58.9 | 56.4 | 54.1 | 52.0 | 50.0 | 48.2 | 46.5 |
| Gabon | 156.9 | 84.9 | 73.7 | 63.9 | 53.5 | 51.4 | 49.4 | 47.3 | 45.7 | 44.2 | 42.4 | 41.0 | 39.6 | 38.0 | 36.2 | 35.2 | 34.1 | 33.2 |
| Ghana | 202.3 | 127.5 | 100.2 | 82.2 | 66.5 | 63.3 | 60.2 | 57.4 | 54.8 | 52.5 | 50.2 | 48.1 | 46.0 | 43.9 | 42.0 | 40.2 | 38.5 | 37.1 |
| Guinea | 322.0 | 233.1 | 165.4 | 136.6 | 122.0 | 120.1 | 118.4 | 116.7 | 115.6 | 114.1 | 111.7 | 109.9 | 108.0 | 105.7 | 103.2 | 100.5 | 97.8 | 95.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 222.3 | 173.8 | 144.9 | 114.2 | 108.7 | 103.7 | 99.3 | 95.3 | 91.8 | 88.4 | 85.3 | 82.1 | 79.1 | 76.6 | 74.1 | 71.6 | 69.3 | |
| Kenya | 150.3 | 101.4 | 96.3 | 71.5 | 53.5 | 52.2 | 51.2 | 50.0 | 48.8 | 47.4 | 46.0 | 45.3 | 44.3 | 43.3 | 42.8 | 41.9 | 41.1 | 39.9 |
| Lesotho | 176.8 | 84.7 | 109.4 | 115.6 | 90.1 | 85.9 | 82.6 | 80.2 | 78.2 | 75.1 | 71.8 | 71.2 | 69.1 | 68.7 | 66.8 | 64.4 | 61.5 | 58.9 |
| Liberia | 287.9 | 267.8 | 192.4 | 133.2 | 104.4 | 101.1 | 98.2 | 95.4 | 95.0 | 90.8 | 88.3 | 86.0 | 84.0 | 81.9 | 79.7 | 77.4 | 75.1 | 72.9 |
| Madagascar | 149.1 | 155.5 | 105.0 | 84.6 | 70.7 | 69.0 | 67.7 | 66.9 | 66.2 | 65.8 | 65.7 | 65.7 | 65.8 | 66.1 | 66.3 | 66.2 | 65.7 | 64.8 |
| Malawi | 343.6 | 242.8 | 173.3 | 109.9 | 83.0 | 76.7 | 69.8 | 64.0 | 60.2 | 56.7 | 53.5 | 50.6 | 47.5 | 45.5 | 43.1 | 41.5 | 39.9 | 38.3 |
| Mali | 379.5 | 231.0 | 187.6 | 157.4 | 133.9 | 129.9 | 126.1 | 122.4 | 119.0 | 115.7 | 112.4 | 109.3 | 106.1 | 103.1 | 100.0 | 96.9 | 94.0 | 91.3 |
| Mauritania | 190.4 | 115.4 | 98.2 | 71.8 | 56.1 | 54.5 | 53.1 | 51.7 | 50.4 | 48.9 | 47.4 | 45.9 | 44.5 | 43.0 | 41.7 | 40.3 | 39.1 | 37.8 |
| Mauritius | 83.5 | 23.2 | 18.9 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 |
| Mozambique | 268.1 | 232.9 | 163.0 | 125.0 | 95.0 | 90.5 | 86.3 | 82.6 | 79.2 | 75.1 | 72.3 | 70.9 | 69.5 | 68.3 | 67.3 | 65.8 | 64.3 | 61.7 |
| Namibia | 96.5 | 73.9 | 77.9 | 70.5 | 50.8 | 51.6 | 55.1 | 54.0 | 53.1 | 55.0 | 54.2 | 51.9 | 50.1 | 47.8 | 45.7 | 43.8 | 42.0 | 40.7 |
| Niger | 331.8 | 331.7 | 227.8 | 171.9 | 136.5 | 133.1 | 130.7 | 128.9 | 127.4 | 126.3 | 125.1 | 123.9 | 122.8 | 121.8 | 120.6 | 119.1 | 117.1 | 114.8 |
| Nigeria | 285.1 | 209.8 | 182.3 | 154.5 | 135.1 | 132.9 | 130.9 | 129.3 | 127.9 | 126.4 | 124.8 | 122.8 | 120.2 | 117.5 | 114.4 | 111.3 | 108.1 | 104.9 |
| Rwanda | 222.6 | 151.4 | 184.9 | 104.9 | 63.3 | 58.1 | 54.5 | 51.7 | 49.6 | 47.8 | 46.3 | 45.2 | 44.3 | 43.4 | 42.5 | 41.6 | 40.8 | 40.0 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 86.4 | 108.1 | 82.1 | 55.6 | 36.3 | 33.3 | 30.4 | 27.7 | 25.4 | 23.1 | 21.1 | 19.5 | 18.1 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 15.3 | 14.6 | 13.9 |
| Senegal | 288.2 | 137.4 | 129.3 | 88.0 | 63.0 | 60.1 | 57.7 | 55.7 | 53.9 | 52.4 | 51.1 | 49.7 | 48.2 | 46.5 | 44.6 | 42.5 | 40.4 | 38.5 |
| Seychelles | 75.8 | 16.3 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.3 |
| Sierra Leone | 333.8 | 259.3 | 223.7 | 194.3 | 158.7 | 151.7 | 145.0 | 138.8 | 136.8 | 137.6 | 122.7 | 117.9 | 113.4 | 109.1 | 105.1 | 101.4 | 97.7 | 94.3 |
| Somalia | 180.0 | 172.3 | 172.3 | 185.9 | 358.5 | 184.1 | 142.6 | 137.8 | 133.6 | 129.6 | 155.4 | 136.0 | 118.1 | 114.4 | 110.9 | 142.9 | 104.0 | |
| South Africa | 58.2 | 71.1 | 80.3 | 50.0 | 45.0 | 42.5 | 41.0 | 39.6 | 38.2 | 36.8 | 35.8 | 34.9 | 34.5 | 34.1 | 34.1 | 34.4 | 34.7 | |
| South Sudan | 322.5 | 302.8 | 182.7 | 140.8 | 109.4 | 104.5 | 100.9 | 99.2 | 182.3 | 236.6 | 263.9 | 278.2 | 132.4 | 98.7 | 98.7 | 98.7 | 98.7 | 98.7 |
| Sudan | 158.0 | 131.8 | 103.4 | 100.1 | 74.2 | 72.2 | 70.2 | 68.3 | 66.4 | 64.5 | 62.6 | 60.7 | 58.9 | 57.1 | 55.3 | 53.6 | 51.8 | 50.1 |
| Eswatini | 165.0 | 67.5 | 109.1 | 115.5 | 81.8 | 68.1 | 63.8 | 61.6 | 61.7 | 58.6 | 55.3 | 54.3 | 51.0 | 51.6 | 49.8 | 47.6 | 46.2 | 45.0 |
| Tanzania | 215.6 | 166.9 | 128.4 | 92.4 | 68.6 | 65.0 | 62.1 | 59.5 | 56.7 | 54.8 | 52.5 | 50.2 | 48.0 | 46.0 | 44.2 | 42.2 | 40.5 | 38.9 |
| Gambia, The | 295.4 | 166.1 | 113.1 | 91.1 | 73.1 | 70.1 | 67.3 | 64.5 | 61.8 | 59.3 | 57.0 | 54.7 | 52.7 | 50.7 | 48.9 | 47.2 | 45.6 | 44.1 |
| Togo | 225.2 | 147.2 | 119.6 | 102.7 | 88.7 | 85.9 | 83.3 | 80.7 | 78.1 | 75.6 | 73.2 | 70.9 | 68.6 | 66.3 | 64.3 | 62.2 | 60.2 | 58.3 |
| Uganda | 193.0 | 182.8 | 145.6 | 107.0 | 76.1 | 71.0 | 66.7 | 62.4 | 59.1 | 55.8 | 52.5 | 49.8 | 47.4 | 45.3 | 43.5 | 41.8 | 40.5 | 38.8 |
| Zambia | 179.0 | 180.6 | 152.5 | 104.8 | 75.7 | 73.1 | 70.4 | 67.2 | 63.8 | 61.5 | 59.0 | 56.1 | 55.2 | 54.1 | 52.4 | 49.2 | 46.7 | 44.7 |
| Zimbabwe | 116.5 | 79.7 | 98.3 | 92.3 | 85.0 | 78.8 | 71.4 | 65.5 | 61.8 | 59.8 | 56.9 | 55.0 | 52.3 | 51.1 | 50.1 | 47.6 | 46.0 | 44.2 |