Mortality rate, under-5 in IDA total
IDA total: Mortality rate, under-5 was 62.75 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, under-5 in IDA total, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mortality rate, under-5 in IDA total is 62.75 per 1,000 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, under-5 in IDA total peaked at 160.63 per 1,000 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 62.75 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 149.75 per 1,000 live births | 133.97 per 1,000 live births | 160.63 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 108.48 per 1,000 live births | 91.14 per 1,000 live births | 129.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.9 per 1,000 live births | 69.41 per 1,000 live births | 87.55 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.2 per 1,000 live births | 62.75 per 1,000 live births | 68.28 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
More health data for IDA total
- Population ages 15-64, female 583.89 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 43.28 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 1.16 billion (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 58.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 576.97 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 58.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 367.68 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 4.4% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 35.49 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 4.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, under-5 in IDA total?
- Mortality rate, under-5 in IDA total was 62.75 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, under-5 recorded in IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 160.63 per 1,000 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, under-5 recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 62.75 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- Is mortality rate, under-5 rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA total data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.