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India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

Under-five mortality

The share of children who die before their fifth birthday. India's steepest sustained improvement on any measure tracked here, and the one that has saved the most lives.

Position from worst
3.58
2019
Published by
UN IGME, via Our World in Data
annual

Under-five mortality over time

0.0%5.0%10.0%15.0%20.0%25.0%30.0%19501962197419861998201020193.6%
19502019 · 70 observations · lower is better · % of children dying before age 5
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PeriodUnder-five mortality
20193.6%
20183.8%
20173.9%
20164.2%
20154.7%
20144.9%
20135.2%
20125.4%
20115.6%
20105.8%
20096.0%
20086.3%
20076.5%
20066.7%
20056.9%
20047.1%
20037.3%
20027.5%
20017.8%
20008.0%
19998.3%
19988.5%
19978.8%
19969.0%
19959.3%
19949.6%
19939.9%
199210.3%
199110.5%
199010.8%
198911.3%
198811.7%
198712.1%
198612.5%
198512.9%
198413.4%
198313.8%
198214.3%
198114.8%
198015.3%
197915.8%
197816.4%
197716.9%
197617.5%
197518.0%
197418.3%
197318.8%
197219.2%
197119.6%
197020.1%
196920.7%
196821.2%
196723.8%
196624.1%
196524.5%
196422.6%
196323.0%
196223.3%
196123.8%
196024.0%
195923.6%
195823.9%
195723.7%
195623.6%
195523.8%
195424.3%
195325.0%
195225.4%
195125.9%
195026.6%

Compared with

Japan
0.2%
Germany
0.3%
United States
0.7%
Sri Lanka
0.8%
China
0.8%
Vietnam
1.2%
Brazil
2.0%
Indonesia
2.5%
Nepal
2.9%
Bangladesh
2.9%
India
3.6%
South Africa
3.7%
Pakistan
6.3%
Latest available year for each country · % of children dying before age 5 · lower is better

Source

UN IGME, via Our World in Datahttps://ourworldindata.org/grapher/child-mortality-rate