Number of child deaths per woman by country
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).
Countries reporting
200
Highest
0.7429 under-five deaths per woman
Niger
Lowest
0.0016 under-five deaths per woman
San Marino
Median
0.0311 under-five deaths per woman
Years covered
225
1800–2024
Data points
16,060
What the numbers show
Number of child deaths per woman is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 0.7429 under-five deaths per woman in Niger; the lowest is 0.0016 under-five deaths per woman in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0311 under-five deaths per woman, and the mean is 0.0835 under-five deaths per woman.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 467.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 178 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 101.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 73.5%).
Number of child deaths per woman: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 0.7429 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 0.5759 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 3 | Somalia | 0.5589 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.4771 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 6 | South Sudan | 0.411 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Guinea | 0.3935 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 8 | Mali | 0.389 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 0.384 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 0.3535 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 11 | Liberia | 0.3516 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 0.3376 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 13 | Benin | 0.3326 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2856 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Mozambique | 0.2816 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2741 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 17 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 0.2723 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 19 | Angola | 0.2519 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Sudan | 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 21 | Uganda | 0.2387 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 22 | Burundi | 0.2386 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 23 | Madagascar | 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Togo | 0.2228 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 25 | East Timor | 0.2219 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Zambia | 0.2201 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 0.2095 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Gambia | 0.2053 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 29 | Malawi | 0.1976 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 0.1872 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Kiribati | 0.1779 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Pakistan | 0.1696 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Tanzania | 0.168 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Lesotho | 0.1655 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Congo | 0.1647 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Mauritania | 0.1554 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Senegal | 0.1549 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 0.1509 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Comoros | 0.1493 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Haiti | 0.1356 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Palestine | 0.1336 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 0.1329 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1304 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Ghana | 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Rwanda | 0.1264 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Yemen | 0.1255 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Eritrea | 0.1238 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Eswatini | 0.1232 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Djibouti | 0.1197 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Namibia | 0.1188 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Gabon | 0.1086 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 0.1002 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Iraq | 0.0861 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 0.0855 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Botswana | 0.0809 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Marshall Islands | 0.0801 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 57 | South Africa | 0.0792 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Myanmar | 0.0757 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Philippines | 0.0712 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Solomon Islands | 0.069 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Laos | 0.0687 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Fiji | 0.0681 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 0.0677 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Tuvalu | 0.067 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Egypt | 0.0651 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Niue | 0.0642 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Micronesia (country) | 0.063 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Guyana | 0.0587 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 0.0579 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 70 | India | 0.0574 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Dominica | 0.0549 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Palau | 0.0547 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0542 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Guatemala | 0.0535 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Samoa | 0.0535 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Venezuela | 0.0518 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Algeria | 0.0517 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Vanuatu | 0.0516 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Nepal | 0.0477 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Syria | 0.0474 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0453 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Cambodia | 0.0431 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Bolivia | 0.0408 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Indonesia | 0.0386 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Jordan | 0.0379 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Paraguay | 0.0373 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Panama | 0.0354 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Morocco | 0.0354 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Nauru | 0.0353 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 63.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 0.0352 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Grenada | 0.035 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Suriname | 0.0346 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Jamaica | 0.0338 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Vietnam | 0.0333 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Mongolia | 0.0333 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Honduras | 0.0329 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Cook Islands | 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Tonga | 0.0318 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0315 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Bhutan | 0.0314 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 101 | North Korea | 0.0308 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Lebanon | 0.0297 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Seychelles | 0.0296 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Ecuador | 0.0295 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Belize | 0.0287 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Peru | 0.0283 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 0.028 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0265 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Mexico | 0.0257 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Tunisia | 0.0246 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 0.0243 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Cape Verde | 0.0234 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Brazil | 0.0233 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Kazakhstan | 0.0229 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Oman | 0.0228 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 0.0225 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Mauritius | 0.0221 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Bahamas | 0.0213 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Argentina | 0.0207 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Moldova | 0.0207 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0202 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Colombia | 0.0199 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Libya | 0.0197 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 124 | El Salvador | 0.0194 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Turkey | 0.0184 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0178 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Brunei | 0.0178 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Barbados | 0.0177 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 0.0176 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Iran | 0.0171 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Georgia | 0.0167 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Bahrain | 0.0163 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Malaysia | 0.0159 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Albania | 0.0157 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Kuwait | 0.0154 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Armenia | 0.0151 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Cuba | 0.0148 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Uruguay | 0.0143 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 139 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0136 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0133 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Ukraine | 0.0128 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Thailand | 0.0127 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 143 | United States | 0.0123 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Romania | 0.0117 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Chile | 0.0117 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Sri Lanka | 0.0114 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Montserrat | 0.011 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Qatar | 0.0104 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0101 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Maldives | 0.01 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovakia | 0.0097 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 152 | China | 0.0096 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Bulgaria | 0.0095 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Russia | 0.0093 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Israel | 0.0093 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 156 | New Zealand | 0.0091 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Serbia | 0.0089 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 158 | United Kingdom | 0.0088 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0086 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 160 | France | 0.0085 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Canada | 0.0085 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Croatia | 0.0082 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Malta | 0.0082 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Anguilla | 0.0079 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 165 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0079 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Ireland | 0.0076 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Denmark | 0.0071 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Netherlands | 0.0069 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Belgium | 0.0068 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Cyprus | 0.0068 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 101.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Australia | 0.0065 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Monaco | 0.0062 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 173 | Switzerland | 0.0061 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Lithuania | 0.0058 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Germany | 0.0056 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Poland | 0.0055 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Hungary | 0.0054 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Iceland | 0.0053 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Austria | 0.0052 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 180 | Greece | 0.0051 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Taiwan | 0.0049 under-five deaths per woman | 2010 | down 60.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Spain | 0.0047 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Sweden | 0.0046 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Norway | 0.0046 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 185 | North Macedonia | 0.0045 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Czechia | 0.0043 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Italy | 0.0042 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 188 | Finland | 0.0042 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Belarus | 0.0041 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Latvia | 0.0041 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Portugal | 0.0041 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 192 | South Korea | 0.004 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Montenegro | 0.0039 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Slovenia | 0.0038 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 195 | Japan | 0.0038 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Luxembourg | 0.0036 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 197 | Estonia | 0.0035 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Singapore | 0.0035 under-five deaths per woman | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 199 | Andorra | 0.0031 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 200 | San Marino | 0.0016 under-five deaths per woman | 2021 | down 54.8% | volatile |
About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).