Mortality rate, under-5 in Suriname
Suriname: Mortality rate, under-5 was 15.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, under-5 in Suriname, 1983–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 15.8 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, under-5 in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 42 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, under-5 in Suriname peaked at 56.6 per 1,000 live births in 1983 and was at its lowest, 15.8 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
That places Suriname 93rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 51.39 per 1,000 live births | 46.4 per 1,000 live births | 56.6 per 1,000 live births | 7 |
| 1990s | 38.26 per 1,000 live births | 32.2 per 1,000 live births | 44.8 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 27.08 per 1,000 live births | 23.8 per 1,000 live births | 31 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.83 per 1,000 live births | 18.4 per 1,000 live births | 23.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.84 per 1,000 live births | 15.8 per 1,000 live births | 17.9 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
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More health data for Suriname
- Population ages 0-14, male 25.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 5,295 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 5,515 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 5,362 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 82,486 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 5,565 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 67.4% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 5,404 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 425,317 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 162,121 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, under-5 in Suriname?
- Mortality rate, under-5 in Suriname was 15.8 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 56.6 per 1,000 live births in 1983.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, under-5 recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Suriname rank for mortality rate, under-5?
- Suriname ranks 93rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, under-5 rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.