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

21.80per 1,000 live births · 2024-28.1% since 2014

Probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Iraq from 1942 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202421.8
202322.5
202223.3
202124
202024.9
201925.7
201826.5
201727.5
201628.4
201529.3
201430.3
201331.3
201232.4
201133.4
201034.5
200935.6
200836.7
200737.7
200638.8
200539.7
200440.7
200341.6
200242.5
200143.4
200044.3
199945.3
199846.3
199747.2
199648.2
199549.1
199450
199350.9
199251.9
199165.7
199081.4
198982.9
198870.2
198757.8
198659.4
198561.1
198463
198365.1
198267.3
198169.8
198072.4
197975.3
197878.4
197781.7
197685.3
197589.2
197493.3
197397.7
1972102.3
1971107.1
1970112.2
1969117.6
1968123.3
1967129.5
1966136.2
1965143.4
1964151.2
1963159.8
1962169
1961179
1960189.9
1959201.7
1958214.5
1957228.3
1956243.3
1955259.4
1954276.5
1953294.4
1952313.8
1951334
1950355.5
1949377.8
1948401.1
1947425.6
1946450.8
1945477.8
1944506.8
1943536.5
1942568.6

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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