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China: Mortality rate, under-5

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

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year. 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 Bank, produced by UNICEF, World Health Organization, World Bank, United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mortality rate, under-5. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mortality-rate-under-5 (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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