What is child mortality vs. health spending in Ukraine?

Child mortality vs. health spending in Ukraine was 0.7888 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 vs. health spending recorded in Ukraine?

The highest recorded value was 3.28 deaths per 100 live births in 1971.

What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Ukraine?

The lowest recorded value was 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Ukraine rank for child mortality vs. health spending?

Ukraine ranks 140th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Ukraine?

Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Ukraine 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 vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality vs. health spending in Ukraine

Name: Child mortality vs. health spending in Ukraine
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
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Ukraine: Child mortality vs. health spending was 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

0.7888 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 2.0%

World rank

140th

of 199 countries

All-time high

3.28 deaths per 100 live births

in 1971

All-time low

0.7888 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1971–2024

Child mortality vs. health spending in Ukraine, 1971–2024

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

In 2024, child mortality vs. health spending in Ukraine stood at 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 54 years on record.

The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality vs. health spending in Ukraine peaked at 3.28 deaths per 100 live births in 1971 and was at its lowest, 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Ukraine ranks 140th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	2.95 deaths per 100 live births	2.68 deaths per 100 live births	3.28 deaths per 100 live births	9
1980s	2.25 deaths per 100 live births	1.94 deaths per 100 live births	2.61 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	1.96 deaths per 100 live births	1.89 deaths per 100 live births	2.01 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	1.5 deaths per 100 live births	1.23 deaths per 100 live births	1.82 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	0.9822 deaths per 100 live births	0.8503 deaths per 100 live births	1.17 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.82 deaths per 100 live births	0.7888 deaths per 100 live births	0.8494 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Ukraine

137 Malaysia 0.8309 deaths per 100 live births compare
138 Nauru 0.8261 deaths per 100 live births compare
139 Kuwait 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births compare
141 Uruguay 0.7447 deaths per 100 live births compare
142 Romania 0.7311 deaths per 100 live births compare
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.6905 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Ukraine

Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 219,326 (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 215,825 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, female 4.84 million (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, female 23.2% (2025)
Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 203,704 (2025)
Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 229,098 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 2.56 million (2025)
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 217,785 (2025)
Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 211,396 (2025)
Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 210,766 (2025)

All data for Ukraine →

Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality vs. health spending in Ukraine?: Child mortality vs. health spending in Ukraine was 0.7888 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 vs. health spending recorded in Ukraine?: The highest recorded value was 3.28 deaths per 100 live births in 1971.
What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Ukraine?: The lowest recorded value was 0.7888 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Ukraine rank for child mortality vs. health spending?: Ukraine ranks 140th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Ukraine?: Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ukraine 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 vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
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 .