Mortality rate, under-5 in OECD members
OECD members: Mortality rate, under-5 was 6.71 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, under-5 in OECD members, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
OECD members recorded 6.71 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, under-5 in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.7% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, under-5 in OECD members peaked at 21.87 per 1,000 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 6.71 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 | 17.96 per 1,000 live births | 14.32 per 1,000 live births | 21.87 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.18 per 1,000 live births | 9.28 per 1,000 live births | 13.49 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.97 per 1,000 live births | 7.21 per 1,000 live births | 8.92 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.96 per 1,000 live births | 6.71 per 1,000 live births | 7.12 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
More health data for OECD members
- Population ages 0-14, female 15.9% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 20.8% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 449.29 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 118.07 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 904.84 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 112.57 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 19.0% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 147.72 million (2025)
- Population, male 49.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, under-5 in OECD members?
- Mortality rate, under-5 in OECD members was 6.71 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 21.87 per 1,000 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, under-5 recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.71 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- Is mortality rate, under-5 rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.