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Under-five mortality rankings

The following list ranks countries in descending order of their estimated 1999 under-five mortality rate (U5MR), a critical indicator of the well-being of children. Countries are listed alphabetically in the tables that follow.
           
  Under-5 mortality rate
Country Value Rank
Sierra Leone 316 1
Angola 295 2
Niger 275 3
Afghanistan 257 4
Liberia 235 5
Mali 235 5
Malawi 211 7
Somalia 211 7
Congo, Dem. Rep. 207 9
Mozambique 203 10
Zambia 202 11
Guinea-Bissau 200 12
Burkina Faso 199 13
Chad 198 14
Nigeria 187 15
Mauritania 183 16
Guinea 181 17
Rwanda 180 18
Burundi 176 19
Ethiopia 176 19
Central African Rep. 172 21
Côte d'Ivoire 171 22
Equatorial Guinea 160 23
Benin 156 24
Madagascar 156 24
Cameroon 154 26
Djibouti 149 27
Gabon 143 28
Togo 143 28
Tanzania 141 30
Lesotho 134 31
Uganda 131 32
Haiti 129 33
Iraq 128 34
Cambodia 122 35
Yemen 119 36
Kenya 118 37
Senegal 118 37
Myanmar 112 39
Pakistan 112 39
Papua New Guinea 112 39
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 111 42
Sudan 109 43
Congo 108 44
Bhutan 107 45
Eritrea 105 46
Nepal 104 47
Ghana 101 48
India 98 49
Marshall Islands 92 50
Swaziland 90 51
Zimbabwe 90 51
Bangladesh 89 53
Comoros 86 54
Bolivia 83 55
Maldives 83 55
Mongolia 80 57
Guyana 76 58
Sao Tome and Principe 76 58
Gambia 75 60
Tajikistan 74 61
Cape Verde 73 62
Kiribati 72 63
Turkmenistan 71 64
Namibia 70 65
South Africa 69 66
Kyrgyzstan 65 67
Guatemala 60 68
Botswana 59 69
Uzbekistan 58 70
Tuvalu 56 71
Morocco 53 72
Egypt 52 73
Indonesia 52 73
Peru 52 73
Dominican Rep. 49 76
Turkey 48 77
Nicaragua 47 78
Iran 46 79
Vanuatu 46 79
Azerbaijan 45 81
Belize 43 82
El Salvador 42 83
Honduras 42 83
Kazakhstan 42 83
Philippines 42 83
Algeria 41 87
China 41 87
Brazil 40 89
Viet Nam 40 89
Albania 35 91
Ecuador 35 91
Jordan 35 91
Moldova, Rep. of 34 94
Palau 34 94
Suriname 34 94
Mexico 33 97
Lebanon 32 98
Paraguay 32 98
Colombia 31 100
Armenia 30 101
Cook Islands 30 101
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 30 101
Nauru 30 101
Syria 30 101
Thailand 30 101
Tunisia 30 101
Saint Kitts and Nevis 29 108
Belarus 28 109
Grenada 27 110
Panama 27 110
Samoa 26 112
Solomon Islands 26 112
TFYR Macedonia† 26 112
Saint Vincent/Grenadines 25 115
Saudi Arabia 25 115
Micronesia, Fed. States of 24 117
Romania 24 117
Georgia 23 119
Mauritius 23 119
Venezuela 23 119
Yugoslavia 23 119
Argentina 22 123
Fiji 22 123
Libya 22 123
Lithuania 22 123
Russian Federation 22 123
Tonga 22 123
Bahamas 21 129
Estonia 21 129
Latvia 21 129
Ukraine 21 129
Antigua and Barbuda 20 133
Trinidad and Tobago 20 133
Saint Lucia 19 135
Sri Lanka 19 135
Bosnia and Herzegovina 18 137
Dominica 18 137
Bulgaria 17 139
Seychelles 17 139
Uruguay 17 139
Bahrain 16 142
Barbados 16 142
Oman 16 142
Qatar 16 142
Costa Rica 14 146
Chile 12 147
Kuwait 12 147
Jamaica 11 149
Liechtenstein 11 149
Hungary 10 151
Poland 10 151
Slovakia 10 151
Brunei Darussalam 9 154
Croatia 9 154
Malaysia 9 154
United Arab Emirates 9 154
Cuba 8 158
Cyprus 8 158
United States 8 158
Andorra 7 161
Greece 7 161
Ireland 7 161
Malta 7 161
Belgium 6 165
Canada 6 165
Israel 6 165
Italy 6 165
New Zealand 6 165
Portugal 6 165
San Marino 6 165
Slovenia 6 165
Spain 6 165
United Kingdom 6 165
Australia 5 175
Austria 5 175
Czech Rep. 5 175
Denmark 5 175
Finland 5 175
France 5 175
Germany 5 175
Iceland 5 175
Korea, Rep. of 5 175
Luxembourg 5 175
Monaco 5 175
Netherlands 5 175
Japan 4 187
Norway 4 187
Singapore 4 187
Sweden 4 187
Switzerland 4 187
Holy See no data -
Niue no data -
† The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, referred to in the following tables as TFYR Macedonia.

 
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