Mortality rate, under-5 in Small states
Small states: Mortality rate, under-5 was 25.56 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, under-5 in Small states, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
Small states recorded 25.56 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 2.4% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, under-5 in Small states peaked at 66.93 per 1,000 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 25.56 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 | 63.27 per 1,000 live births | 60.8 per 1,000 live births | 66.93 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.32 per 1,000 live births | 39.5 per 1,000 live births | 51.38 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.05 per 1,000 live births | 28.71 per 1,000 live births | 37.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.76 per 1,000 live births | 25.56 per 1,000 live births | 27.97 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
More health data for Small states
- Population ages 15-64, female 6.58 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 867,442 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 11.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 13.43 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 67.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 6.85 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 4.92 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 2.51 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 24.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, under-5 in Small states?
- Mortality rate, under-5 in Small states was 25.56 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 Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 66.93 per 1,000 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, under-5 recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.56 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- Is mortality rate, under-5 rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Small states 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.