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Deaths before age 5 in Mauritania
per 1,000 births · 2024 · from World Bank World Development Indicators
36.9 per 1,000 birthsin 2024
- −3.1% over 1 year, −15.0% over 5, −27.1% over 10
- Highest quartile among countries: 48 of 195 with a 2024 figure (1 is the highest value)
- World: 37.4 per 1,000 births the same year
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| Year | Mauritania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.9 | 37.4 |
| 2023 | 38.1 | 38.3 |
| 2022 | 39.4 | 40.0 |
| 2021 | 40.7 | 39.6 |
| 2020 | 42.0 | 39.2 |
| 2019 | 43.4 | 39.6 |
| 2018 | 44.7 | 40.0 |
| 2017 | 46.2 | 40.9 |
| 2016 | 47.7 | 41.7 |
| 2015 | 49.1 | 42.9 |
| 2014 | 50.6 | 43.9 |
| 2013 | 52.1 | 45.1 |
| 2012 | 53.5 | 46.7 |
| 2011 | 55.1 | 49.5 |
| 2010 | 56.8 | 50.6 |
| 2009 | 58.8 | 52.9 |
| 2008 | 61.3 | 54.7 |
| 2007 | 64.3 | 57.0 |
| 2006 | 68.1 | 59.6 |
| 2005 | 72.5 | 62.3 |
| 2004 | 77.5 | 65.8 |
| 2003 | 82.8 | 68.3 |
| 2002 | 88.2 | 71.3 |
| 2001 | 93.4 | 74.3 |
| 2000 | 98.0 | 76.7 |
| 1999 | 102.0 | 79.4 |
| 1998 | 105.2 | 82.8 |
| 1997 | 107.6 | 84.3 |
| 1996 | 109.4 | 86.4 |
| 1995 | 110.7 | 87.5 |
| 1994 | 111.7 | 89.4 |
| 1993 | 112.6 | 91.1 |
| 1992 | 113.6 | 92.3 |
| 1991 | 114.8 | 92.9 |
| 1990 | 116.5 | 93.5 |
| 1989 | 118.7 | |
| 1988 | 122.2 | |
| 1987 | 126.9 | |
| 1986 | 132.3 | |
| 1985 | 138.6 | |
| 1984 | 145.0 | |
| 1983 | 150.8 | |
| 1982 | 156.1 | |
| 1981 | 161.3 | |
| 1980 | 166.4 | |
| 1979 | 171.6 | |
| 1978 | 176.9 | |
| 1977 | 181.9 | |
| 1976 | 186.1 | |
| 1975 | 189.1 | |
| 1974 | 224.1 | |
| 1973 | 225.4 | |
| 1972 | 226.4 | |
| 1971 | 227.9 | |
| 1970 | 231.1 | |
| 1969 | 235.8 | |
| 1968 | 242.5 | |
| 1967 | 209.7 | |
| 1966 | 216.8 | |
| 1965 | 224.0 | |
| 1964 | 230.9 | |
| 1963 | 237.6 | |
| 1962 | 244.6 | |
| 1961 | 251.3 | |
| 1960 | 257.8 |
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Every country, 2024 (195)
- Nigeria 115.6 per 1,000 births
- Niger 110.7 per 1,000 births
- Somalia 101.1 per 1,000 births
- Chad 97.3 per 1,000 births
- South Sudan 96.7 per 1,000 births
- Guinea 92.1 per 1,000 births
- Sierra Leone 90.5 per 1,000 births
- Congo - Kinshasa 89.7 per 1,000 births
- Central African Republic 89.7 per 1,000 births
- Liberia 86.4 per 1,000 births
- Burkina Faso 74.9 per 1,000 births
- Benin 74.7 per 1,000 births
- Mali 73.0 per 1,000 births
- Equatorial Guinea 68.0 per 1,000 births
- Guinea-Bissau 67.3 per 1,000 births
- Cameroon 64.8 per 1,000 births
- Zimbabwe 64.7 per 1,000 births
- Côte d’Ivoire 64.5 per 1,000 births
- Madagascar 62.4 per 1,000 births
- Sudan 61.6 per 1,000 births
- Lesotho 60.0 per 1,000 births
- Mozambique 59.4 per 1,000 births
- Togo 56.1 per 1,000 births
- Pakistan 56.0 per 1,000 births
- Kiribati 53.1 per 1,000 births
- Afghanistan 53.0 per 1,000 births
- Haiti 52.8 per 1,000 births
- Angola 49.0 per 1,000 births
- Djibouti 48.9 per 1,000 births
- Malawi 48.8 per 1,000 births
- Uganda 48.7 per 1,000 births
- Zambia 48.4 per 1,000 births
- Timor-Leste 47.6 per 1,000 births
- Burundi 47.1 per 1,000 births
- Eswatini 45.1 per 1,000 births
- Ethiopia 44.5 per 1,000 births
- Gambia 42.4 per 1,000 births
- Namibia 39.5 per 1,000 births
- Papua New Guinea 39.4 per 1,000 births
- Congo - Brazzaville 39.1 per 1,000 births
- Turkmenistan 39.0 per 1,000 births
- Comoros 39.0 per 1,000 births
- Kenya 38.8 per 1,000 births
- Yemen 38.1 per 1,000 births
- Palestinian Territories 37.9 per 1,000 births
- Rwanda 37.7 per 1,000 births
- Tanzania 37.0 per 1,000 births
- Mauritania 36.9 per 1,000 births
- Myanmar (Burma) 36.9 per 1,000 births
- Senegal 36.5 per 1,000 births
- Ghana 35.9 per 1,000 births
- Dominica 35.7 per 1,000 births
- South Africa 35.1 per 1,000 births
- Eritrea 34.3 per 1,000 births
- Botswana 33.3 per 1,000 births
- Gabon 32.6 per 1,000 births
- Dominican Republic 30.6 per 1,000 births
- Bangladesh 30.5 per 1,000 births
- Laos 29.4 per 1,000 births
- Fiji 29.1 per 1,000 births
- Tajikistan 28.1 per 1,000 births
- Marshall Islands 26.7 per 1,000 births
- India 26.6 per 1,000 births
- Philippines 26.5 per 1,000 births
- Guyana 25.2 per 1,000 births
- Nepal 25.1 per 1,000 births
- Venezuela 24.2 per 1,000 births
- Micronesia 22.4 per 1,000 births
- Egypt 22.4 per 1,000 births
- Iraq 21.8 per 1,000 births
- Algeria 21.6 per 1,000 births
- Palau 21.4 per 1,000 births
- Guatemala 20.5 per 1,000 births
- Solomon Islands 20.0 per 1,000 births
- Tuvalu 19.2 per 1,000 births
- Trinidad & Tobago 18.8 per 1,000 births
- Syria 18.4 per 1,000 births
- Cambodia 18.4 per 1,000 births
- Grenada 18.0 per 1,000 births
- Azerbaijan 17.9 per 1,000 births
- Jamaica 17.8 per 1,000 births
- Indonesia 17.7 per 1,000 births
- Lebanon 17.6 per 1,000 births
- Vietnam 17.3 per 1,000 births
- St. Lucia 17.2 per 1,000 births
- Bhutan 17.2 per 1,000 births
- Vanuatu 17.1 per 1,000 births
- Kyrgyzstan 16.8 per 1,000 births
- North Korea 16.7 per 1,000 births
- Moldova 16.5 per 1,000 births
- Paraguay 16.3 per 1,000 births
- St. Kitts & Nevis 15.9 per 1,000 births
- Suriname 15.8 per 1,000 births
- Morocco 15.7 per 1,000 births
- Bolivia 15.7 per 1,000 births
- Mauritius 15.4 per 1,000 births
- Panama 15.3 per 1,000 births
- Honduras 15.0 per 1,000 births
- Samoa 14.9 per 1,000 births
- Brazil 14.2 per 1,000 births
- Seychelles 14.0 per 1,000 births
- São Tomé & Príncipe 13.6 per 1,000 births
- Uzbekistan 13.4 per 1,000 births
- Mongolia 13.4 per 1,000 births
- Mexico 13.1 per 1,000 births
- Peru 12.9 per 1,000 births
- Jordan 12.9 per 1,000 births
- Ecuador 12.9 per 1,000 births
- Belize 12.7 per 1,000 births
- British Virgin Islands 12.4 per 1,000 births
- Bahamas 12.4 per 1,000 births
- Tunisia 12.1 per 1,000 births
- Colombia 11.5 per 1,000 births
- St. Vincent & Grenadines 11.3 per 1,000 births
- Iran 11.3 per 1,000 births
- Nicaragua 11.2 per 1,000 births
- Cape Verde 11.1 per 1,000 births
- Costa Rica 10.4 per 1,000 births
- Oman 10.3 per 1,000 births
- El Salvador 10.0 per 1,000 births
- Brunei 9.9 per 1,000 births
- Libya 9.8 per 1,000 births
- Barbados 9.8 per 1,000 births
- Türkiye 9.6 per 1,000 births
- Armenia 9.6 per 1,000 births
- Tonga 9.5 per 1,000 births
- Argentina 9.5 per 1,000 births
- Kazakhstan 9.4 per 1,000 births
- Albania 9.2 per 1,000 births
- Antigua & Barbuda 9.1 per 1,000 births
- Thailand 9.0 per 1,000 births
- Bahrain 8.8 per 1,000 births
- Georgia 8.6 per 1,000 births
- Cuba 8.6 per 1,000 births
- Nauru 8.3 per 1,000 births
- Malaysia 8.3 per 1,000 births
- Kuwait 8.1 per 1,000 births
- Ukraine 7.9 per 1,000 births
- Uruguay 7.4 per 1,000 births
- Romania 7.3 per 1,000 births
- Bosnia & Herzegovina 6.9 per 1,000 births
- Chile 6.8 per 1,000 births
- United States 6.5 per 1,000 births
- Slovakia 6.3 per 1,000 births
- Saudi Arabia 6.0 per 1,000 births
- Qatar 5.9 per 1,000 births
- Sri Lanka 5.9 per 1,000 births
- China 5.7 per 1,000 births
- Bulgaria 5.7 per 1,000 births
- Croatia 5.6 per 1,000 births
- Serbia 5.4 per 1,000 births
- Maldives 5.4 per 1,000 births
- Canada 5.4 per 1,000 births
- Malta 5.3 per 1,000 births
- Russia 5.2 per 1,000 births
- Cyprus 5.0 per 1,000 births
- United Arab Emirates 4.8 per 1,000 births
- Turks & Caicos Islands 4.7 per 1,000 births
- New Zealand 4.7 per 1,000 births
- United Kingdom 4.7 per 1,000 births
- France 4.3 per 1,000 births
- Poland 4.2 per 1,000 births
- Denmark 4.0 per 1,000 births
- Netherlands 3.9 per 1,000 births
- Ireland 3.9 per 1,000 births
- Switzerland 3.9 per 1,000 births
- Greece 3.8 per 1,000 births
- Hungary 3.7 per 1,000 births
- Germany 3.7 per 1,000 births
- Belgium 3.7 per 1,000 births
- Australia 3.6 per 1,000 births
- Lithuania 3.4 per 1,000 births
- Israel 3.3 per 1,000 births
- Austria 3.3 per 1,000 births
- Portugal 3.2 per 1,000 births
- Spain 3.2 per 1,000 births
- North Macedonia 2.8 per 1,000 births
- South Korea 2.8 per 1,000 births
- Iceland 2.8 per 1,000 births
- Singapore 2.7 per 1,000 births
- Monaco 2.7 per 1,000 births
- Italy 2.7 per 1,000 births
- Czechia 2.6 per 1,000 births
- Norway 2.5 per 1,000 births
- Latvia 2.5 per 1,000 births
- Andorra 2.5 per 1,000 births
- Sweden 2.4 per 1,000 births
- Montenegro 2.4 per 1,000 births
- Japan 2.4 per 1,000 births
- Finland 2.4 per 1,000 births
- Slovenia 2.3 per 1,000 births
- Belarus 2.3 per 1,000 births
- Luxembourg 2.2 per 1,000 births
- Estonia 2.0 per 1,000 births
- San Marino 1.3 per 1,000 births
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