What is the highest child mortality by income level of country recorded in Kiribati?

The highest recorded value was 22.3 deaths per 100 live births in 1946.

What is the lowest child mortality by income level of country recorded in Kiribati?

The lowest recorded value was 5.31 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Kiribati rank for child mortality by income level of country?

Kiribati ranks 25th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality by income level of country rising or falling in Kiribati?

Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Kiribati data come from?

The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality by income level of country. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality by income level of country in Kiribati

Name: Child mortality by income level of country in Kiribati
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Kiribati: Child mortality by income level of country was 5.31 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

5.31 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 2.6%

World rank

25th

of 199 countries

All-time high

22.3 deaths per 100 live births

in 1946

All-time low

5.31 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1946–2024

Child mortality by income level of country in Kiribati, 1946–2024

Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

The most recent figure for child mortality by income level of country in Kiribati is 5.31 deaths per 100 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 79 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality by income level of country in Kiribati peaked at 22.3 deaths per 100 live births in 1946 and was at its lowest, 5.31 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Kiribati ranks 25th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 79 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1940s	22.16 deaths per 100 live births	22 deaths per 100 live births	22.3 deaths per 100 live births	4
1950s	21.37 deaths per 100 live births	20.32 deaths per 100 live births	21.95 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	17.29 deaths per 100 live births	14.58 deaths per 100 live births	19.9 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	12.78 deaths per 100 live births	12.02 deaths per 100 live births	14.08 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	10.85 deaths per 100 live births	9.48 deaths per 100 live births	11.87 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	7.82 deaths per 100 live births	6.78 deaths per 100 live births	9.12 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	6.1 deaths per 100 live births	5.82 deaths per 100 live births	6.58 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	5.84 deaths per 100 live births	5.74 deaths per 100 live births	5.96 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	5.58 deaths per 100 live births	5.31 deaths per 100 live births	5.83 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Kiribati

22 Mozambique 5.94 deaths per 100 live births compare
23 Togo 5.61 deaths per 100 live births compare
24 Pakistan 5.6 deaths per 100 live births compare
26 Afghanistan 5.3 deaths per 100 live births compare
27 Haiti 5.28 deaths per 100 live births compare
28 Angola 4.9 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Kiribati

Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 1,495 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 1,509 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 1,521 (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 1,499 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 1,528 (2025)
Population ages 0-14, female 32.8% (2025)
Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 1,502 (2025)
Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 1,514 (2025)
Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 1,568 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 1,516 (2025)

All data for Kiribati →

Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality by income level of country in Kiribati?: Child mortality by income level of country in Kiribati was 5.31 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality by income level of country recorded in Kiribati?: The highest recorded value was 22.3 deaths per 100 live births in 1946.
What is the lowest child mortality by income level of country recorded in Kiribati?: The lowest recorded value was 5.31 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Kiribati rank for child mortality by income level of country?: Kiribati ranks 25th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality by income level of country rising or falling in Kiribati?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kiribati data come from?: The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality by income level of country. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Child mortality by income level of country
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .