Under-5 mortality · 196 countries · 1990 to 2024

In 1990, 55 countries lost more than 93 of every 1,000 children before age five. Today, only 5 do.

93.5 per 1,000 was the world's rate in 1990. Every dot below is a country. Watch how many are still on the wrong side of that line.

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In 1990, 55 of 196 countries were above the line. How many are above it in 2024?

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countries above the 1990 world rate of 93.5 deaths per 1,000 births in 1990

above 93.5at or below 93.5deaths per 1,000 births, square-root scale

Countries above the line, year by year

Own calculation from the World Bank series: 55 in 1990, 46 in 2000, 19 in 2010, 8 in 2020, 5 in 2024.

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Sources and notes

Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DYN.MORT, "Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)", read through the World Bank API (last updated 2026-10-08). The estimates come from the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN Population Division, childmortality.org). The rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn dies before age five. Only the 196 economies the World Bank classifies into regions are used, not regional aggregates.

The 93.5 line is the World Bank's published world figure for 1990 (37.4 in 2024). Counts of countries above the line, percentage changes and the "world reached this level" years are my own calculations. Only 55 countries were above the line in 1990 because the world figure is pulled down by very large countries. Two countries have a higher 2024 estimate than in 1990 (Dominica and Fiji); both are small, so their estimates swing more.