Botswana - Child and infant mortality
Number of infant deaths
The value for Number of infant deaths in Botswana was 1,994 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,667 in 1960 and a minimum value of 1,662 in 1989.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 2,667 |
| 1961 | 2,633 |
| 1962 | 2,602 |
| 1963 | 2,569 |
| 1964 | 2,542 |
| 1965 | 2,520 |
| 1966 | 2,496 |
| 1967 | 2,473 |
| 1968 | 2,450 |
| 1969 | 2,426 |
| 1970 | 2,399 |
| 1971 | 2,374 |
| 1972 | 2,349 |
| 1973 | 2,324 |
| 1974 | 2,298 |
| 1975 | 2,269 |
| 1976 | 2,240 |
| 1977 | 2,208 |
| 1978 | 2,177 |
| 1979 | 2,145 |
| 1980 | 2,109 |
| 1981 | 2,065 |
| 1982 | 2,013 |
| 1983 | 1,955 |
| 1984 | 1,893 |
| 1985 | 1,827 |
| 1986 | 1,766 |
| 1987 | 1,714 |
| 1988 | 1,676 |
| 1989 | 1,662 |
| 1990 | 1,672 |
| 1991 | 1,709 |
| 1992 | 1,762 |
| 1993 | 1,818 |
| 1994 | 1,873 |
| 1995 | 1,929 |
| 1996 | 1,985 |
| 1997 | 2,039 |
| 1998 | 2,090 |
| 1999 | 2,133 |
| 2000 | 2,143 |
| 2001 | 2,144 |
| 2002 | 2,144 |
| 2003 | 2,139 |
| 2004 | 2,123 |
| 2005 | 1,987 |
| 2006 | 1,975 |
| 2007 | 2,076 |
| 2008 | 2,141 |
| 2009 | 2,161 |
| 2010 | 2,152 |
| 2011 | 2,266 |
| 2012 | 2,231 |
| 2013 | 2,204 |
| 2014 | 2,252 |
| 2015 | 2,225 |
| 2016 | 2,210 |
| 2017 | 2,141 |
| 2018 | 2,101 |
| 2019 | 2,048 |
| 2020 | 1,994 |
Number of under-five deaths
The value for Number of under-five deaths in Botswana was 2,486 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,875 in 1960 and a minimum value of 2,118 in 1989.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 3,875 |
| 1961 | 3,814 |
| 1962 | 3,757 |
| 1963 | 3,698 |
| 1964 | 3,647 |
| 1965 | 3,603 |
| 1966 | 3,556 |
| 1967 | 3,511 |
| 1968 | 3,465 |
| 1969 | 3,417 |
| 1970 | 3,362 |
| 1971 | 3,309 |
| 1972 | 3,253 |
| 1973 | 3,196 |
| 1974 | 3,139 |
| 1975 | 3,077 |
| 1976 | 3,013 |
| 1977 | 2,946 |
| 1978 | 2,882 |
| 1979 | 2,817 |
| 1980 | 2,750 |
| 1981 | 2,674 |
| 1982 | 2,591 |
| 1983 | 2,504 |
| 1984 | 2,415 |
| 1985 | 2,322 |
| 1986 | 2,238 |
| 1987 | 2,168 |
| 1988 | 2,122 |
| 1989 | 2,118 |
| 1990 | 2,160 |
| 1991 | 2,260 |
| 1992 | 2,408 |
| 1993 | 2,572 |
| 1994 | 2,760 |
| 1995 | 2,965 |
| 1996 | 3,163 |
| 1997 | 3,354 |
| 1998 | 3,529 |
| 1999 | 3,670 |
| 2000 | 3,786 |
| 2001 | 3,809 |
| 2002 | 3,776 |
| 2003 | 3,721 |
| 2004 | 3,612 |
| 2005 | 3,373 |
| 2006 | 3,146 |
| 2007 | 3,047 |
| 2008 | 3,039 |
| 2009 | 2,958 |
| 2010 | 2,781 |
| 2011 | 2,846 |
| 2012 | 2,812 |
| 2013 | 2,764 |
| 2014 | 2,811 |
| 2015 | 2,789 |
| 2016 | 2,762 |
| 2017 | 2,683 |
| 2018 | 2,630 |
| 2019 | 2,559 |
| 2020 | 2,486 |
Number of neonatal deaths
The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Botswana was 1,216.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,318.00 in 2015 and a minimum value of 783.00 in 1999.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1966 | 1,053.00 |
| 1967 | 1,032.00 |
| 1968 | 1,009.00 |
| 1969 | 989.00 |
| 1970 | 977.00 |
| 1971 | 976.00 |
| 1972 | 984.00 |
| 1973 | 998.00 |
| 1974 | 1,013.00 |
| 1975 | 1,032.00 |
| 1976 | 1,058.00 |
| 1977 | 1,090.00 |
| 1978 | 1,123.00 |
| 1979 | 1,161.00 |
| 1980 | 1,199.00 |
| 1981 | 1,239.00 |
| 1982 | 1,266.00 |
| 1983 | 1,273.00 |
| 1984 | 1,255.00 |
| 1985 | 1,220.00 |
| 1986 | 1,181.00 |
| 1987 | 1,142.00 |
| 1988 | 1,110.00 |
| 1989 | 1,082.00 |
| 1990 | 1,056.00 |
| 1991 | 1,033.00 |
| 1992 | 1,008.00 |
| 1993 | 969.00 |
| 1994 | 927.00 |
| 1995 | 883.00 |
| 1996 | 841.00 |
| 1997 | 806.00 |
| 1998 | 786.00 |
| 1999 | 783.00 |
| 2000 | 798.00 |
| 2001 | 830.00 |
| 2002 | 880.00 |
| 2003 | 940.00 |
| 2004 | 1,001.00 |
| 2005 | 1,055.00 |
| 2006 | 1,103.00 |
| 2007 | 1,147.00 |
| 2008 | 1,184.00 |
| 2009 | 1,218.00 |
| 2010 | 1,249.00 |
| 2011 | 1,272.00 |
| 2012 | 1,293.00 |
| 2013 | 1,307.00 |
| 2014 | 1,317.00 |
| 2015 | 1,318.00 |
| 2016 | 1,310.00 |
| 2017 | 1,294.00 |
| 2018 | 1,270.00 |
| 2019 | 1,241.00 |
| 2020 | 1,216.00 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
