Uganda - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Uganda was 52,585 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99,025 in 1998 and a minimum value of 42,463 in 1960.

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
1960 42,463
1961 43,021
1962 43,669
1963 44,333
1964 45,115
1965 45,893
1966 46,696
1967 47,464
1968 48,305
1969 49,202
1970 50,372
1971 51,760
1972 53,461
1973 55,507
1974 57,955
1975 60,772
1976 63,890
1977 67,185
1978 70,499
1979 73,586
1980 76,679
1981 78,713
1982 79,881
1983 80,530
1984 81,135
1985 82,117
1986 83,418
1987 84,929
1988 86,639
1989 88,292
1990 89,596
1991 90,681
1992 91,575
1993 92,568
1994 93,867
1995 95,534
1996 97,166
1997 98,408
1998 99,025
1999 98,827
2000 97,800
2001 96,082
2002 93,657
2003 90,629
2004 87,195
2005 83,806
2006 80,609
2007 77,610
2008 74,804
2009 73,016
2010 70,671
2011 68,397
2012 65,503
2013 63,817
2014 61,952
2015 60,216
2016 58,386
2017 56,644
2018 54,884
2019 53,779
2020 52,585

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Uganda was 70,916 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 163,463 in 1998 and a minimum value of 70,418 in 1960.

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
1960 70,418
1961 71,183
1962 72,100
1963 73,029
1964 74,175
1965 75,316
1966 76,508
1967 77,655
1968 78,963
1969 80,383
1970 82,328
1971 84,682
1972 87,611
1973 91,155
1974 95,401
1975 100,275
1976 105,642
1977 111,258
1978 116,846
1979 121,950
1980 126,913
1981 129,875
1982 131,245
1983 131,770
1984 132,431
1985 134,096
1986 136,642
1987 139,851
1988 143,216
1989 146,177
1990 148,451
1991 150,170
1992 151,538
1993 153,144
1994 155,323
1995 158,173
1996 160,834
1997 162,748
1998 163,463
1999 162,642
2000 160,326
2001 156,733
2002 151,889
2003 146,184
2004 139,817
2005 133,396
2006 127,236
2007 121,614
2008 116,411
2009 111,951
2010 107,047
2011 102,520
2012 97,227
2013 92,476
2014 88,652
2015 85,225
2016 81,382
2017 78,476
2018 75,588
2019 73,220
2020 70,916

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Uganda was 32,098 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 54 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37,259 in 2000 and a minimum value of 23,506 in 1966.

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
1966 23,506
1967 23,753
1968 23,957
1969 24,194
1970 24,389
1971 24,647
1972 25,008
1973 25,571
1974 26,287
1975 27,105
1976 28,111
1977 29,224
1978 30,367
1979 31,428
1980 32,287
1981 32,954
1982 33,314
1983 33,465
1984 33,543
1985 33,508
1986 33,476
1987 33,533
1988 33,680
1989 33,852
1990 33,957
1991 33,996
1992 34,138
1993 34,352
1994 34,770
1995 35,357
1996 36,005
1997 36,548
1998 36,979
1999 37,243
2000 37,259
2001 37,146
2002 36,941
2003 36,723
2004 36,595
2005 36,500
2006 36,541
2007 36,516
2008 36,485
2009 36,407
2010 36,351
2011 36,257
2012 36,002
2013 35,616
2014 35,118
2015 34,568
2016 34,010
2017 33,460
2018 33,000
2019 32,554
2020 32,098

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality