Number of under-five deaths, male, per capita by country
Number of under-five deaths, male divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
0.0023 units per person
Niger
Lowest
0 units per person
San Marino
Median
0.0001 units per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,953
What the numbers show
Number of under-five deaths, male, per capita is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 0.0023 units per person in Niger; the lowest is 0 units per person in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 units per person, and the mean is 0.0003 units per person.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 190 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 86.3%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 81.9%).
Number of under-five deaths, male, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 0.0023 units per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 2 | Somalia | 0.0022 units per person | 2024 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 0.0021 units per person | 2024 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 0.002 units per person | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 6 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0019 units per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea | 0.0016 units per person | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 8 | Mali | 0.0015 units per person | 2024 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 10 | South Sudan | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Liberia | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 12 | Benin | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 14 | Mozambique | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 15 | Cameroon | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Sudan | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 22 | Togo | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Angola | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Uganda | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 26 | Zambia | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 27 | Pakistan | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 28 | Burundi | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 29 | Malawi | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Lesotho | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 32 | Kiribati | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Yemen | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Gambia | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Mauritania | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Congo | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 38 | Haiti | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Comoros | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Eswatini | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Senegal | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Timor-Leste | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Rwanda | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Kenya | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Djibouti | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 46 | Namibia | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 47 | Palestine, State of | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 48 | Eritrea | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Ghana | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Gabon | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 53 | Botswana | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 55 | South Africa | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 56 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Marshall Islands | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 58 | Myanmar | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Iraq | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Solomon Islands | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Fiji | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Guyana | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Vanuatu | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Egypt | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Philippines | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Guatemala | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Algeria | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 57.0% | volatile |
| 73 | India | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Samoa | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Cambodia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Dominica | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Tuvalu | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Paraguay | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Indonesia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Lebanon | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Suriname | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Jordan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Viet Nam | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Morocco | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Mongolia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Panama | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Belize | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Tonga | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Bhutan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Jamaica | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Peru | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Palau | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Mexico | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Grenada | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Ecuador | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Seychelles | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Brazil | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Oman | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Libya | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Tunisia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 115 | El Salvador | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Colombia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Naoero | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Mauritius | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Bahamas | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Türkiye | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Armenia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Kosovo | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Albania | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Barbados | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Argentina | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Malaysia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahrain | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Georgia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 136 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Kuwait | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 47.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Cuba | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Thailand | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Romania | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 144 | United States of America | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Slovakia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Chile | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Maldives | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Qatar | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Israel | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Bulgaria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Cyprus | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 153 | New Zealand | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Serbia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Russian Federation | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 156 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Canada | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Monaco | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 159 | Croatia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Ukraine | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Malta | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 163 | France | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Australia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Denmark | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 167 | China | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 76.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Ireland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Poland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Netherlands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Switzerland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Hungary | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Belgium | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Germany | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Austria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Iceland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Greece | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Portugal | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Lithuania | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Montenegro | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 181 | North Macedonia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Norway | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Sweden | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Czechia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Spain | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Andorra | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Luxembourg | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Singapore | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Latvia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Slovenia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Finland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Italy | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Belarus | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Estonia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 195 | Japan | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Republic of Korea | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 197 | San Marino | 0 units per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 0.0016 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0013 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0012 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0012 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0012 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0011 units per person
- Low income 0.001 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.001 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.001 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0005 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0005 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0005 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0005 units per person
- Arab World 0.0004 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.0004 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0004 units per person
- World 0.0003 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0.0003 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0003 units per person
- Middle income 0.0003 units per person
- Other small states 0.0002 units per person
- Small states 0.0002 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0002 units per person
- South Asia 0.0002 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.0001 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0001 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0001 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0 units per person
- North America 0 units per person
- OECD members 0 units per person
- High income 0 units per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Number of under-five deaths, male divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of under-five deaths, male ÷ Population, total
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
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Number of under-five deaths, male divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.