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China: Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

5.70per 1,000 live births · 2024-50.9% since 2014

Probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for China from 1969 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
20245.7
20236.1
20226.6
20217
20207.5
20198
20188.6
20179.3
201610
201510.7
201411.6
201312.5
201213.5
201114.6
201015.7
200917.1
200818.5
200720.1
200621.9
200524
200426.3
200328.8
200231.4
200134.1
200036.6
199939.1
199841.4
199743.5
199645.5
199547.4
199449.2
199350.8
199252.1
199153
199053.6
198953.8
198853.9
198753.8
198653.9
198554.2
198454.9
198356.1
198257.7
198159.9
198062.6
197965.9
197869.8
197774.2
197679.1
197584.3
197489.7
197395.2
1972100.8
1971106.3
1970112.1
1969118

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-under5-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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