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

5.90per 1,000 live births · 2024-35.9% since 2014

Probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1951 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
20245.9
20236.1
20226.3
20216.6
20206.9
20197.2
20187.6
20177.9
20168.3
20158.7
20149.2
20139.8
201210.3
201110.8
201011.2
200921.5
200812
200712.6
200613.3
200514
200429
200315.2
200215.5
200115.8
200016.3
199916.9
199817.6
199718.6
199619.5
199520.5
199421.4
199322.2
199222.9
199123.2
199023.3
198927.9
198824.1
198725.3
198627.4
198530.2
198433.5
198336.7
198239.8
198142.9
198046.3
197949.9
197853.7
197757.6
197661.1
197563.8
197465.9
197367.3
197268.3
197169.1
197070.1
196971.3
196873.1
196775.5
196678.1
196580.7
196483
196384.8
196286.7
196189.6
196094.1
195999.9
1958106.2
1957112.5
1956118
1955122.3
1954125.6
1953128.2
1952130.2
1951132

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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