Number of under-five deaths, male, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of under-five deaths, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
20 % change on previous year
Antigua and Barbuda
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
San Marino
Median
-2.43 % change on previous year
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
12,707
What the numbers show
Number of under-five deaths, male, annual growth rate is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 20 % change on previous year in Antigua and Barbuda; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is -2.43 % change on previous year, and the mean is -3.83 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 5,789.8%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 2,534.3%).
Number of under-five deaths, male, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 20 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 389.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Cyprus | 8.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Singapore | 7.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 646.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Croatia | 7.61 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Saint Lucia | 5.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Romania | 5.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Oman | 4.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 9 | South Sudan | 3.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Cuba | 3.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 460.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Norway | 2.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 168.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Lebanon | 2.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 75.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Denmark | 2.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 2.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Belize | 1.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 168.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Canada | 1.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 263.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Republic of Moldova | 1.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 108.9% | volatile |
| 19 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 1.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9947 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 125.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 0.9754 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 117.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Malaysia | 0.942 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 24 | South Africa | 0.791 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 124.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Chad | 0.7532 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 5,789.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Panama | 0.6612 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Portugal | 0.6452 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 114.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Slovakia | 0.5405 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.526 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.3833 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 31 | United Arab Emirates | 0.361 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Niger | 0.171 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Liberia | 0.1501 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 160.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Zambia | 0.149 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 103.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Andorra | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Bahrain | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Bahamas | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Switzerland | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Dominica | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Finland | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Ireland | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Lithuania | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Monaco | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Malta | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Palau | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 35 | British Virgin Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Nigeria | -0.108 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 163.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Malawi | -0.1393 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 96.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Uganda | -0.1599 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Bangladesh | -0.2438 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Serbia | -0.5405 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 88.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Madagascar | -0.5483 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 248.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Uruguay | -0.6993 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Kenya | -0.7104 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | -0.7273 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Germany | -0.8713 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 219.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Spain | -0.9885 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Somalia | -1.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 295.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Netherlands | -1.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Qatar | -1.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 135.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Angola | -1.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Egypt | -1.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 421.7% | volatile |
| 68 | United States of America | -1.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Eritrea | -1.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Congo | -1.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Equatorial Guinea | -1.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Australia | -1.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Japan | -1.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Mauritania | -1.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 216.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Yemen | -1.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 196.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Iraq | -1.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Mozambique | -1.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | -1.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 79 | New Zealand | -1.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Cameroon | -1.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Benin | -1.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 643.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Mauritius | -1.94 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Sudan | -2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Sao Tome and Principe | -2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Guinea | -2.02 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 400.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Solomon Islands | -2.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 237.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Rwanda | -2.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Afghanistan | -2.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Côte d'Ivoire | -2.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Mali | -2.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Israel | -2.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Tanzania, United Republic of | -2.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Burundi | -2.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Vanuatu | -2.3 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 297.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Argentina | -2.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Philippines | -2.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Togo | -2.34 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Djibouti | -2.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Lesotho | -2.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Guinea-Bissau | -2.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 101 | Gambia | -2.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Namibia | -2.5 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 632.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | -2.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Burkina Faso | -2.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 33.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Poland | -2.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Comoros | -2.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Ecuador | -2.63 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Albania | -2.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 109 | Jordan | -2.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 486.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Pakistan | -2.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Senegal | -2.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Brazil | -2.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | -2.87 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 125.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Guatemala | -2.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | -2.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 109.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Kiribati | -2.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | France | -2.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Ghana | -2.98 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Armenia | -3.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Honduras | -3.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Eswatini | -3.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 397.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Haiti | -3.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Gabon | -3.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 215.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Tajikistan | -3.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,057.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Peru | -3.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Timor-Leste | -3.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Austria | -3.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 188.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Jamaica | -3.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 129 | Kuwait | -3.54 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 267.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Dominican Republic | -3.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,050.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Paraguay | -3.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 134.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Mexico | -3.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 133 | Greece | -3.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Botswana | -3.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Colombia | -3.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Kazakhstan | -3.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Myanmar | -3.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Suriname | -3.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 86.1% | rising |
| 139 | Italy | -3.97 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | -4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Samoa | -4.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 161.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Georgia | -4.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 91.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Algeria | -4.15 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 533.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Indonesia | -4.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -4.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 146 | El Salvador | -4.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Slovenia | -4.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Guyana | -4.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 194.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -4.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Sri Lanka | -4.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Morocco | -4.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 36.4% | falling |
| 152 | Thailand | -4.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 153 | Mongolia | -4.66 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 587.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Cambodia | -4.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Turkmenistan | -4.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 222.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Cape Verde | -4.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Bulgaria | -4.83 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Bhutan | -4.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Russian Federation | -4.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Sweden | -4.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 813.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -5.01 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 746.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Republic of Korea | -5.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 163 | India | -5.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Viet Nam | -5.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 443.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Hungary | -5.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Nepal | -5.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Czechia | -5.48 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Barbados | -5.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Belgium | -5.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 143.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Micronesia, Federated States of | -5.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Chile | -5.91 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 140.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Estonia | -7.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Grenada | -7.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | -7.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Seychelles | -7.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Tonga | -7.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Kosovo | -7.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 177 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | -7.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 179 | Ukraine | -7.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Azerbaijan | -8.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | -8.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Tunisia | -8.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 892.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Montenegro | -10 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Palestine, State of | -10.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 182.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Maldives | -10.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Ethiopia | -11.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 177.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Belarus | -11.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 198.0% | volatile |
| 188 | China | -12.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Iceland | -14.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 190 | Latvia | -16.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 187.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Nicaragua | -19.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 207.4% | volatile |
| 192 | North Macedonia | -23.53 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 964.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Türkiye | -31.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,320.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Tuvalu | -33.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 195 | Naoero | -50 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 150.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Libya | -68.78 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,534.3% | volatile |
| 197 | San Marino | -100 % change on previous year | 2009 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics -0.3741 % change on previous year
- Low income -0.5695 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend -0.5923 % change on previous year
- Africa Western and Central -0.6501 % change on previous year
- North America -1.09 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) -1.33 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) -1.33 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa -1.33 % change on previous year
- Post-demographic dividend -1.45 % change on previous year
- High income -1.48 % change on previous year
- European Union -1.53 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries -1.91 % change on previous year
- Euro area -1.97 % change on previous year
- Africa Eastern and Southern -2.04 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) -2.09 % change on previous year
- Lower middle income -2.23 % change on previous year
- Pacific island small states -2.41 % change on previous year
- IDA & IBRD total -2.45 % change on previous year
- World -2.45 % change on previous year
- Low & middle income -2.46 % change on previous year
- Arab World -2.52 % change on previous year
- Middle income -2.72 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) -2.85 % change on previous year
- Small states -2.85 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan -2.88 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) -2.91 % change on previous year
- Other small states -2.92 % change on previous year
- Caribbean Small States -3.03 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean -3.12 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) -3.14 % change on previous year
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) -3.16 % change on previous year
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) -4.52 % change on previous year
- South Asia -4.52 % change on previous year
- Early-demographic dividend -4.59 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) -5.54 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific -5.54 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) -5.59 % change on previous year
- Upper middle income -6.06 % change on previous year
- Late-demographic dividend -6.51 % change on previous year
- OECD members -6.7 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of under-five deaths, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Number of under-five deaths, male Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of under-five deaths, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.