Under-five mortality rate

42.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births) in 2021

In 2021, child mortality rate for Lao People’s Democratic Republic was 42.5 deaths per 1,000 live births. Between 2002 and 2021, child mortality rate of Lao People’s Democratic Republic was declining at a moderating rate to shrink from 99 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2002 to 42.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021.

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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.

Date Value Change, %
2021 42.5 -3.63%
2020 44.1 -3.71%
2019 45.8 -3.58%
2018 47.5 -3.85%
2017 49.4 -4.08%
2016 51.5 -4.10%
2015 53.7 -4.45%
2014 56.2 -4.75%
2013 59.0 -4.84%
2012 62.0 -4.62%
2011 65.0 -4.83%
2010 68.3