Arab World - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Arab World was 270,202 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 452,058 in 1990 and a minimum value of 270,202 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1990 452,058
1991 441,293
1992 430,749
1993 420,417
1994 410,084
1995 399,736
1996 389,567
1997 379,707
1998 370,299
1999 361,400
2000 353,164
2001 345,623
2002 338,887
2003 332,986
2004 327,794
2005 323,394
2006 319,584
2007 316,057
2008 312,785
2009 309,984
2010 307,802
2011 306,370
2012 307,522
2013 306,133
2014 303,036
2015 298,520
2016 293,498
2017 285,633
2018 281,059
2019 275,807
2020 270,202

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Arab World was 354,541 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 622,545 in 1990 and a minimum value of 354,541 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1990 622,545
1991 606,878
1992 591,609
1993 576,822
1994 562,148
1995 547,573
1996 533,328
1997 519,472
1998 506,156
1999 493,362
2000 481,351
2001 470,173
2002 460,118
2003 451,194
2004 443,262
2005 436,370
2006 430,170
2007 424,184
2008 418,290
2009 413,024
2010 408,813
2011 406,490
2012 411,717
2013 411,149
2014 406,727
2015 399,273
2016 391,262
2017 376,423
2018 370,562
2019 363,052
2020 354,541

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Arab World was 173,268 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 247,658 in 1990 and a minimum value of 173,268 in 2020.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1990 247,658
1991 242,749
1992 237,922
1993 233,130
1994 228,298
1995 223,797
1996 219,663
1997 215,870
1998 212,403
1999 209,325
2000 206,568
2001 204,220
2002 202,317
2003 200,877
2004 199,557
2005 198,468
2006 197,539
2007 196,836
2008 195,916
2009 194,924
2010 194,077
2011 193,213
2012 192,422
2013 190,664
2014 188,132
2015 185,296
2016 182,819
2017 180,656
2018 178,389
2019 176,000
2020 173,268

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality