The State of the World's Children 1998

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Under-five mortality rankings

The following list ranks countries in descending order of their estimated 1996 under-five mortality rate (U5MR). Subsequent tables list countries alphabetically.

Country	U5MR Rate	U5MR Rank
Niger	320	1
Angola	292	2
Sierra Leone	284	3
Afghanistan	257	4
Liberia	235	5
Guinea-Bissau	223	6
Mali	220	7
Malawi	217	8
Mozambique	214	9
Somalia	211	10
Guinea	210	11
Congo, Dem. Rep.	207	12
Zambia	202	13
Nigeria	191	14
Mauritania	183	15
Ethiopia	177	16
Burundi	176	17
Equatorial Guinea	173	18
Cambodia	170	19
Rwanda	170	19
Central African Rep.	164	21
Madagascar	164	21
Burkina Faso	158	23
Djibouti	157	24
Cote d'ivoire	150	25
Myanmar	150	25
Chad	149	27
Gabon	145	28
Tanzania	144	29
Uganda	141	30
Benin	140	31
Lesotho	139	32
Pakistan	136	33
Haiti	134	34
Lao People's Dem. Rep.	128	35
Bhutan	127	36
Senegal	127	36
Togo	125	38
Comoros	122	39
Iraq	122	39
Eritrea	120	41
Nepal	116	42
Sudan	116	42
Bangladesh	112	44
Papua New Guinea	112	44
India	111	46
Ghana	110	47
Congo	108	46
Gambia	107	49
Yemen	105	50
Bolivia	102	51
Cameroon	102	51
Swaziland	97	53
Marshall Islands	92	54
Kenya	90	55
Guyana	83	56
Sao Tome and Principe	80	57
Egypt	78	58
Turkmenistan	78	58
Namibia	77	60
Kiribati	76	61
Maldives	76	61
Taiikistan	76	61
Morocco	74	64
Cape Verde	73	65
Zimbabwe	73	65
Indonesia	71	67
Mongolia	71	67
South Africa	66	69
Libya	61	70
Ubekistan	60	71
Peru	58	72
Nicaragua	57	73
Dominican Rap-	56	74
Guatemala	56	74
Tuvalu	56	74
Samoa	53	77
Vanuatu	53	77
Brazil	52	79
Botswana	50	80
Kyrgyzstan	50	80
China	47	82
Turkey	47	82
Kazakstan	45	84
Azerbaijan	44	85
Belize	44	85
Viet Nam	44	85
Albania	40	88
Ecuador	40	88
D Salvador	40	88
Lebanon	40	88
Algeria	39	92
Philippines	38	93
Saint Kitts and Nevis	38	93
Thailand	38	93
Iran	37	96
Honduras	35	97
Palau	35	97
Tunisia	35	97
Paraguay	34	100
Syria	34	100
Mexico	32	102
Moldova, Rep. of	32	102
Colombia	31	104
Grenada	31	104
Nauru	31	104
Suriname	31	104
Armenia	30	108
Cook Islands	30	108
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	30	108
Saudi Arabia	30	108
TFYR Macedonia	30	108
Georgia	29	113
Solomon Islands	29	113
Venezuela	28	115
Micronesia, Fed. States of	27	116
Argentina	25	117
Jordan	25	117
Romania	25	117
Russian Federation	25	117
Fiji	24	121
Ukraine	24	121
Bahamas	23	123
Mauritius	23	123
Saint Vincent/Grenadines	23	123
Tonga	23	123
Antigua and Barbuda	22	127
Bahrain	22	127
Saint Lucia	22	127
Uruguay	22	127
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep.	22	127
Qatar	21	132
Dominica	20	133
Latvia	20	133
Panama	20	133
Bulgaria	19	136
Seychelles	19	136
Sri Lanka	19	136
Belarus	18	139
Lithuania	18	139
Oman	18	139
United Arab Emirates	18	139
Bosnia and Herzegovina	17	143
Trinidad and Tobago	17	143
Estonia	16	145
Costa Rica	15	146
Kuwait	14	147
Poland	14	147
Chile	13	149
Malaysia	13	149
San Marino	13	149
Barbados	12	152
Hungary	12	152
Brunei Darussalam	11	154
Croatia	11	154
Jamaica	11	154
Malta	11	154
Slovakia	11	154
Cuba	10	159
Cyprus	10	159
Greece	9	161
Israel	9	161
United States	8	163
Belgium	7	164
Canada	7	164
Czech Rep.	7	164
Ireland	7	164
Italy	7	164
Korea, Rep. of	7	164
Liechtenstein	7	164
Luxembourg	7	164
NewZealand	7	164
Portugal	7	164
United Kingdom	7	164
Andorra	6	175
Australia	6	175
Austria	6	175
Denmark	6	175
France	6	175
Germany	6	175
Japan	6	175
Monaco	6	175
Netherlands	6	175
Norway	6	175
Slovenia	6	175
Iceland	5	186
Spain	5	186
Switzerland	5	186
Finland	4	189
Singapore	4	189
Sweden	4	189
Holy See	no data
Niue	no data

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