The State of the World's Children 2000

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <CENTER><IMG SRC="sowc.gif" ALT="The State of the World's Children 2000" ALIGN="TOP" BORDER="0" WIDTH="367" HEIGHT="124"></CENTER> <P></P> <CENTER> <TABLE> <TR> <TD ALIGN="CENTER"> <H6><a href="/" target="_top">Home</a> | <a href="/action/" target="_top">UNICEF in Action</a> | <a href="/highlights/" target="_top">Highlights</a> | <a href="/infores/" target="_top">Information Resources</a> | <a href="http://www.supportunicef.org" target="_top">Donations, Greeting Cards & Gifts</a> | <a href="/media/" target="_top">Press Centre</a> | <a href="/young/" target="_top">Voices of Youth</a> | <a href="/uwwide/" target="_top">About UNICEF</a></H6> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </CENTER>    <CENTER> <TABLE WIDTH="84%"> <TR><TD> <H3>Statistical Tables</H3> <P> <B>Under-Five mortality rankings</B> <P align="justify"> The following list ranks countries in descend-ing order of their estimated 1998 under-five mortality rate (U5MR), a critical indicator of the well-being of children. Countries are listed alphabetically in the tables that follow. <P> <table border=0 width=100% cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 align="center"><B>Under-5 mortality rate</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"><B>Country</B></td> <td align="center"><B><u>Value</u></B></td> <td align="center"><B><u>Rank</u></B></td> </tr>  <tr> <td>Sierra Leone</td> <td align="center">316</td> <td align="center"><B>1</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Angola</td> <td align="center">292</td> <td align="center"><B>2</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Niger</td> <td align="center">280</td> <td align="center"><B>3</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Afghanistan</td> <td align="center">257</td> <td align="center"><B>4</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mali</td> <td align="center">237</td> <td align="center"><B>5</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Liberia</td> <td align="center">235</td> <td align="center"><B>6</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Malawi</td> <td align="center">213</td> <td align="center"><B>7</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Somalia</td> <td align="center">211</td> <td align="center"><B>8</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Congo, Dem. Rep.</td> <td align="center">207</td> <td align="center"><B>9</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mozambique</td> <td align="center">206</td> <td align="center"><B>10</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Guinea-Bissau</td> <td align="center">205</td> <td align="center"><B>11</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zambia</td> <td align="center">202</td> <td align="center"><B>12</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Chad</td> <td align="center">198</td> <td align="center"><B>13</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Guinea</td> <td align="center">197</td> <td align="center"><B>14</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nigeria</td> <td align="center">187</td> <td align="center"><B>15</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mauritania</td> <td align="center">183</td> <td align="center"><B>16</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Burundi</td> <td align="center">176</td> <td align="center"><B>17</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Central African Rep.</td> <td align="center">173</td> <td align="center"><B>18</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ethiopia</td> <td align="center">173</td> <td align="center"><B>18</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Equatorial Guinea</td> <td align="center">171</td> <td align="center"><B>20</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Rwanda</td> <td align="center">170</td> <td align="center"><B>21</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Benin</td> <td align="center">165</td> <td align="center"><B>22</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Burkina Faso</td> <td align="center">165</td> <td align="center"><B>22</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cambodia</td> <td align="center">163</td> <td align="center"><B>24</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Madagascar</td> <td align="center">157</td> <td align="center"><B>25</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Djibouti</td> <td align="center">156</td> <td align="center"><B>26</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cameroon</td> <td align="center">153</td> <td align="center"><B>27</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cote d'Ivoire</td> <td align="center">150</td> <td align="center"><B>28</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mongolia</td> <td align="center">150</td> <td align="center"><B>28</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gabon</td> <td align="center">144</td> <td align="center"><B>30</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Togo</td> <td align="center">144</td> <td align="center"><B>30</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tanzania</td> <td align="center">142</td> <td align="center"><B>32</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lesotho</td> <td align="center">136</td> <td align="center"><B>33</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Pakistan</td> <td align="center">136</td> <td align="center"><B>33</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Uganda</td> <td align="center">134</td> <td align="center"><B>35</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Haiti</td> <td align="center">130</td> <td align="center"><B>36</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Iraq</td> <td align="center">125</td> <td align="center"><B>37</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Senegal</td> <td align="center">121</td> <td align="center"><B>38</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yemen</td> <td align="center">121</td> <td align="center"><B>38</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kenya</td> <td align="center">117</td> <td align="center"><B>40</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bhutan</td> <td align="center">116</td> <td align="center"><B>41</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lao People's Dem. Rep.</td> <td align="center">116</td> <td align="center"><B>41</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sudan</td> <td align="center">115</td> <td align="center"><B>43</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Myanmar</td> <td align="center">113</td> <td align="center"><B>44</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Eritrea</td> <td align="center">112</td> <td align="center"><B>45</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Papua New Guinea</td> <td align="center">112</td> <td align="center"><B>45</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Congo</td> <td align="center">108</td> <td align="center"><B>47</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bangladesh</td> <td align="center">106</td> <td align="center"><B>48</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ghana</td> <td align="center">105</td> <td align="center"><B>49</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>India</td> <td align="center">105</td> <td align="center"><B>49</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nepal</td> <td align="center">100</td> <td align="center"><B>51</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Marshall Islands</td> <td align="center">92</td> <td align="center"><B>52</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Comoros</td> <td align="center">90</td> <td align="center"><B>53</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Swaziland</td> <td align="center">90</td> <td align="center"><B>53</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zimbabwe</td> <td align="center">89</td> <td align="center"><B>55</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Maldives</td> <td align="center">87</td> <td align="center"><B>56</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bolivia</td> <td align="center">85</td> <td align="center"><B>57</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>South Africa</td> <td align="center">83</td> <td align="center"><B>58</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Gambia</td> <td align="center">82</td> <td align="center"><B>59</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Guyana</td> <td align="center">79</td> <td align="center"><B>60</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sao Tome and Principe</td> <td align="center">77</td> <td align="center"><B>61</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kiribati</td> <td align="center">74</td> <td align="center"><B>62</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Namibia</td> <td align="center">74</td> <td align="center"><B>62</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tajikistan</td> <td align="center">74</td> <td align="center"><B>62</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cape Verde</td> <td align="center">73</td> <td align="center"><B>65</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Turkmenistan</td> <td align="center">72</td> <td align="center"><B>66</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Morocco</td> <td align="center">70</td> <td align="center"><B>67</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Egypt</td> <td align="center">69</td> <td align="center"><B>68</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kyrgyzstan</td> <td align="center">66</td> <td align="center"><B>69</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Uzbekistan</td> <td align="center">58</td> <td align="center"><B>70</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Indonesia</td> <td align="center">56</td> <td align="center"><B>71</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tuvalu</td> <td align="center">56</td> <td align="center"><B>71</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Peru</td> <td align="center">54</td> <td align="center"><B>73</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Guatemala</td> <td align="center">52</td> <td align="center"><B>74</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dominican Rep.</td> <td align="center">51</td> <td align="center"><B>75</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Vanuatu</td> <td align="center">49</td> <td align="center"><B>76</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Botswana</td> <td align="center">48</td> <td align="center"><B>77</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nicaragua</td> <td align="center">48</td> <td align="center"><B>77</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>China</td> <td align="center">47</td> <td align="center"><B>79</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Azerbaijan</td> <td align="center">46</td> <td align="center"><B>80</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Honduras</td> <td align="center">44</td> <td align="center"><B>81</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Philippines</td> <td align="center">44</td> <td align="center"><B>81</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Belize</td> <td align="center">43</td> <td align="center"><B>83</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kazakhstan</td> <td align="center">43</td> <td align="center"><B>83</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Brazil</td> <td align="center">42</td> <td align="center"><B>85</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Turkey</td> <td align="center">42</td> <td align="center"><B>85</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Viet Nam</td> <td align="center">42</td> <td align="center"><B>85</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Algeria</td> <td align="center">40</td> <td align="center"><B>88</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ecuador</td> <td align="center">39</td> <td align="center"><B>89</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Albania</td> <td align="center">37</td> <td align="center"><B>90</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Saint Kitts and Nevis</td> <td align="center">37</td> <td align="center"><B>90</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Thailand</td> <td align="center">37</td> <td align="center"><B>90</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jordan</td> <td align="center">36</td> <td align="center"><B>93</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lebanon</td> <td align="center">35</td> <td align="center"><B>94</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Moldova, Rep. of</td> <td align="center">35</td> <td align="center"><B>94</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Suriname</td> <td align="center">35</td> <td align="center"><B>94</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>El Salvador</td> <td align="center">34</td> <td align="center"><B>97</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mexico</td> <td align="center">34</td> <td align="center"><B>97</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Palau</td> <td align="center">34</td> <td align="center"><B>97</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Iran</td> <td align="center">33</td> <td align="center"><B>100</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Paraguay</td> <td align="center">33</td> <td align="center"><B>100</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Syria</td> <td align="center">32</td> <td align="center"><B>102</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tunisia</td> <td align="center">32</td> <td align="center"><B>102</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Armenia</td> <td align="center">30</td> <td align="center"><B>104</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Colombia</td> <td align="center">30</td> <td align="center"><B>104</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cook Islands</td> <td align="center">30</td> <td align="center"><B>104</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Korea, Dem. People's Rep.</td> <td align="center">104</td> <td align="center"><B>107</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Nauru</td> <td align="center">30</td> <td align="center"><B>104</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Grenada</td> <td align="center">28</td> <td align="center"><B>109</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Belarus</td> <td align="center">27</td> <td align="center"><B>110</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Samoa</td> <td align="center">27</td> <td align="center"><B>110</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>TFYR Macedonia</td> <td align="center">27</td> <td align="center"><B>110</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Saudi Arabia</td> <td align="center">26</td> <td align="center"><B>113</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Solomon Islands</td> <td align="center">26</td> <td align="center"><B>113</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Russian Federation</td> <td align="center">25</td> <td align="center"><B>115</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Venezuela</td> <td align="center">25</td> <td align="center"><B>115</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Libya</td> <td align="center">24</td> <td align="center"><B>117</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Micronesia, Fed. States of</td> <td align="center">24</td> <td align="center"><B>117</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Romania</td> <td align="center">24</td> <td align="center"><B>117</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Fiji</td> <td align="center">23</td> <td align="center"><B>120</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Georgia</td> <td align="center">23</td> <td align="center"><B>120</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Lithuania</td> <td align="center">23</td> <td align="center"><B>120</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Mauritius</td> <td align="center">23</td> <td align="center"><B>120</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Saint Vincent/Grenadines</td> <td align="center">23</td> <td align="center"><B>120</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Tonga</td> <td align="center">23</td> <td align="center"><B>120</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Argentina</td> <td align="center">22</td> <td align="center"><B>126</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Estonia</td> <td align="center">22</td> <td align="center"><B>126</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Latvia</td> <td align="center">22</td> <td align="center"><B>126</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ukraine</td> <td align="center">22</td> <td align="center"><B>126</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bahamas</td> <td align="center">21</td> <td align="center"><B>130</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Saint Lucia</td> <td align="center">21</td> <td align="center"><B>130</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Yugoslavia</td> <td align="center">21</td> <td align="center"><B>130</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Antigua and Barbuda</td> <td align="center">20</td> <td align="center"><B>133</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bahrain</td> <td align="center">20</td> <td align="center"><B>133</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Dominica</td> <td align="center">20</td> <td align="center"><B>133</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Panama</td> <td align="center">20</td> <td align="center"><B>133</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bosnia and Herzegovina</td> <td align="center">19</td> <td align="center"><B>137</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sri Lanka</td> <td align="center">19</td> <td align="center"><B>137</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Uruguay</td> <td align="center">19</td> <td align="center"><B>137</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Oman</td> <td align="center">18</td> <td align="center"><B>140</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Qatar</td> <td align="center">18</td> <td align="center"><B>140</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Seychelles</td> <td align="center">18</td> <td align="center"><B>140</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Trinidad and Tobago</td> <td align="center">18</td> <td align="center"><B>140</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Bulgaria</td> <td align="center">17</td> <td align="center"><B>144</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Costa Rica</td> <td align="center">16</td> <td align="center"><B>145</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Barbados</td> <td align="center">15</td> <td align="center"><B>146</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Kuwait</td> <td align="center">13</td> <td align="center"><B>147</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Chile</td> <td align="center">12</td> <td align="center"><B>148</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hungary</td> <td align="center">11</td> <td align="center"><B>149</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jamaica</td> <td align="center">11</td> <td align="center"><B>149</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Liechtenstein</td> <td align="center">11</td> <td align="center"><B>149</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Poland</td> <td align="center">11</td> <td align="center"><B>149</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Malaysia</td> <td align="center">10</td> <td align="center"><B>153</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Slovakia</td> <td align="center">10</td> <td align="center"><B>153</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Arab Emirates</td> <td align="center">10</td> <td align="center"><B>153</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Brunei Darussalam</td> <td align="center">9</td> <td align="center"><B>156</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Crotia</td> <td align="center">9</td> <td align="center"><B>156</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cyprus</td> <td align="center">9</td> <td align="center"><B>156</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Portugal</td> <td align="center">9</td> <td align="center"><B>156</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cuba</td> <td align="center">8</td> <td align="center"><B>160</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>United States</td> <td align="center">8</td> <td align="center"><B>160</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Greece</td> <td align="center">7</td> <td align="center"><B>162</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Ireland</td> <td align="center">7</td> <td align="center"><B>162</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Malta</td> <td align="center">7</td> <td align="center"><B>162</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Andorra</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center"><B>165</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Belgium</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center"><B>165</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Canada</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center"><B>165</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Czech Rep.</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center"><B>165</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Israel</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center"><B>165</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Italy</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center"><B>165</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>New Zealand</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center"><B>165</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>San Marino</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center"><B>165</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Spain</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center"><B>165</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>United Kingdom</td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center"><B>165</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Australia</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Austria</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Denmark</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Finland</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>France</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Germany</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Iceland</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Korea, Rep. of</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Luxembourg</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Monaco</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Singapore</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Slovenia</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Switzerland</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center"><B>175</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Japan</td> <td align="center">4</td> <td align="center"><B>189</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Norway</td> <td align="center">4</td> <td align="center"><B>189</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Sweden</td> <td align="center">4</td> <td align="center"><B>189</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Holy See</td> <td align="center">no data</td> <td align="center"><B>-</B></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Niue</td> <td align="center">no data</td> <td align="center"><B>-</B></td> </tr> </table> </TD></TR> </TABLE> <P>    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