World Health Organization · Health
Sri Lanka: Number of under-five deaths
1898count · 2024-42.9% since 2014
Number of under-five deaths. WHO Global Health Observatory indicator CM_01. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1956 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (count) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,898 | |
| 2023 | 1,987 | |
| 2022 | 2,081 | |
| 2021 | 2,188 | |
| 2020 | 2,307 | |
| 2019 | 2,435 | |
| 2018 | 2,567 | |
| 2017 | 2,710 | |
| 2016 | 2,879 | |
| 2015 | 3,085 | |
| 2014 | 3,323 | |
| 2013 | 3,549 | |
| 2012 | 3,733 | |
| 2011 | 3,894 | |
| 2010 | 4,071 | |
| 2009 | 8,044 | |
| 2008 | 4,569 | |
| 2007 | 4,834 | |
| 2006 | 5,054 | |
| 2005 | 5,283 | |
| 2004 | 10 | |
| 2003 | 5,682 | |
| 2002 | 5,716 | |
| 2001 | 5,663 | |
| 2000 | 5,602 | |
| 1999 | 5,653 | |
| 1998 | 5,905 | |
| 1997 | 6,283 | |
| 1996 | 6,666 | |
| 1995 | 7,012 | |
| 1994 | 7,276 | |
| 1993 | 7,467 | |
| 1992 | 7,609 | |
| 1991 | 7,725 | |
| 1990 | 7,780 | |
| 1989 | 9,272 | |
| 1988 | 8,027 | |
| 1987 | 8,617 | |
| 1986 | 9,595 | |
| 1985 | 11 | |
| 1984 | 12 | |
| 1983 | 14 | |
| 1982 | 16 | |
| 1981 | 17 | |
| 1980 | 19 | |
| 1979 | 20 | |
| 1978 | 21 | |
| 1977 | 22 | |
| 1976 | 23 | |
| 1975 | 24 | |
| 1974 | 24 | |
| 1973 | 25 | |
| 1972 | 25 | |
| 1971 | 26 | |
| 1970 | 26 | |
| 1969 | 26 | |
| 1968 | 27 | |
| 1967 | 27 | |
| 1966 | 28 | |
| 1965 | 29 | |
| 1964 | 29 | |
| 1963 | 29 | |
| 1962 | 30 | |
| 1961 | 30 | |
| 1960 | 31 | |
| 1959 | 33 | |
| 1958 | 34 | |
| 1957 | 35 | |
| 1956 | 36 |
Source
Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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World Health Organization (2026). Number of under-five deaths. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-cm-01 (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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