Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 1,275,459 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,782,302 in 1997 and a minimum value of 1,275,459 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 1,699,565
1991 1,714,835
1992 1,730,688
1993 1,747,637
1994 1,779,669
1995 1,771,596
1996 1,779,663
1997 1,782,302
1998 1,781,347
1999 1,769,781
2000 1,753,630
2001 1,730,560
2002 1,702,597
2003 1,672,646
2004 1,641,696
2005 1,611,701
2006 1,584,314
2007 1,555,949
2008 1,530,197
2009 1,505,455
2010 1,494,776
2011 1,456,687
2012 1,431,783
2013 1,408,441
2014 1,387,691
2015 1,368,744
2016 1,347,819
2017 1,326,920
2018 1,308,367
2019 1,291,843
2020 1,275,459

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 1,773,692 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,911,528 in 1994 and a minimum value of 1,773,692 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 2,783,159
1991 2,804,220
1992 2,826,108
1993 2,853,467
1994 2,911,528
1995 2,877,243
1996 2,883,168
1997 2,880,202
1998 2,872,843
1999 2,842,300
2000 2,805,305
2001 2,755,702
2002 2,697,200
2003 2,635,047
2004 2,571,300
2005 2,508,782
2006 2,448,884
2007 2,388,923
2008 2,330,722
2009 2,272,559
2010 2,254,676
2011 2,163,827
2012 2,110,174
2013 2,057,349
2014 2,009,888
2015 1,966,387
2016 1,919,531
2017 1,879,570
2018 1,842,647
2019 1,808,298
2020 1,773,692

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 731,204 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 830,717 in 1999 and a minimum value of 731,204 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 771,092
1991 778,532
1992 786,899
1993 795,866
1994 805,349
1995 813,048
1996 820,382
1997 825,913
1998 829,514
1999 830,717
2000 829,961
2001 827,465
2002 824,073
2003 820,293
2004 816,411
2005 812,380
2006 808,472
2007 804,214
2008 799,844
2009 795,080
2010 790,489
2011 784,592
2012 778,966
2013 772,921
2014 766,451
2015 760,294
2016 754,087
2017 748,555
2018 742,373
2019 736,727
2020 731,204

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality