Child mortality by income level of country in Pakistan
Pakistan: Child mortality by income level of country was 5.6 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Child mortality by income level of country in Pakistan, 1950–2024
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 Pakistan is 5.6 deaths per 100 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 75 years on record.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality by income level of country in Pakistan peaked at 38.14 deaths per 100 live births in 1950 and was at its lowest, 5.6 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
Pakistan ranks 24th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 31.76 deaths per 100 live births | 26.25 deaths per 100 live births | 38.14 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1960s | 21.93 deaths per 100 live births | 19.43 deaths per 100 live births | 25.28 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1970s | 17.83 deaths per 100 live births | 16.78 deaths per 100 live births | 19.08 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 15.49 deaths per 100 live births | 14.31 deaths per 100 live births | 16.57 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.62 deaths per 100 live births | 11.11 deaths per 100 live births | 14.04 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.75 deaths per 100 live births | 8.85 deaths per 100 live births | 10.79 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.61 deaths per 100 live births | 6.58 deaths per 100 live births | 8.65 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.98 deaths per 100 live births | 5.6 deaths per 100 live births | 6.37 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 21 Lesotho 6 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 22 Mozambique 5.94 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 23 Togo 5.61 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 25 Kiribati 5.31 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
More health data for Pakistan
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 3.07 million (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 3.07 million (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 2.94 million (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 3.07 million (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 2.94 million (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 2.93 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 2.98 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 3.00 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 3.13 million (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 2.94 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality by income level of country in Pakistan?
- Child mortality by income level of country in Pakistan was 5.6 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 38.14 deaths per 100 live births in 1950.
- What is the lowest child mortality by income level of country recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.6 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Pakistan rank for child mortality by income level of country?
- Pakistan ranks 24th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is child mortality by income level of country rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 75 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .