Low income - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Low income was 1,048,376 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,473,990 in 1994 and a minimum value of 1,048,376 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 1,406,661
1991 1,419,318
1992 1,432,013
1993 1,445,415
1994 1,473,990
1995 1,462,360
1996 1,466,942
1997 1,466,156
1998 1,460,206
1999 1,449,514
2000 1,433,848
2001 1,413,534
2002 1,390,266
2003 1,365,760
2004 1,340,625
2005 1,316,558
2006 1,293,598
2007 1,269,647
2008 1,247,720
2009 1,227,116
2010 1,208,733
2011 1,187,006
2012 1,170,334
2013 1,153,850
2014 1,137,821
2015 1,121,975
2016 1,105,183
2017 1,087,111
2018 1,073,748
2019 1,060,946
2020 1,048,376

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Low income was 1,457,596 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,413,270 in 1994 and a minimum value of 1,457,596 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 2,309,195
1991 2,325,515
1992 2,341,316
1993 2,361,846
1994 2,413,270
1995 2,372,467
1996 2,372,401
1997 2,364,129
1998 2,346,987
1999 2,321,380
2000 2,286,952
2001 2,244,144
2002 2,195,779
2003 2,144,923
2004 2,092,758
2005 2,041,770
2006 1,992,421
2007 1,942,496
2008 1,893,732
2009 1,846,574
2010 1,803,236
2011 1,759,816
2012 1,726,247
2013 1,689,135
2014 1,654,354
2015 1,618,284
2016 1,579,780
2017 1,540,515
2018 1,512,555
2019 1,484,517
2020 1,457,596

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Low income was 598,540 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 690,606 in 1999 and a minimum value of 598,540 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 643,119
1991 650,202
1992 657,773
1993 665,671
1994 673,627
1995 679,663
1996 685,101
1997 688,714
1998 690,602
1999 690,606
2000 688,868
2001 685,887
2002 682,252
2003 678,397
2004 674,406
2005 670,352
2006 666,408
2007 661,999
2008 657,446
2009 652,576
2010 647,459
2011 642,325
2012 637,359
2013 632,107
2014 626,608
2015 621,586
2016 616,484
2017 612,067
2018 607,160
2019 602,809
2020 598,540

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality