Sri Lanka - Under-five mortality rate

6.5 (deaths per 1,000 live births) in 2022

Child mortality rate of Sri Lanka slipped by 2.99% from 6.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 to 6.5 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2022. Since the 3.70% downward trend in 2012, child mortality rate sank by 37.50% in 2022.

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What is child mortality rate?

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.

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