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Goal 3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Target 3.2 By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age, with all countries aiming to reduce neonatal mortality to at least as low as 12 per 1,000 live births and under-5 mortality to at least as low as 25 per 1,000 live births

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Under-five mortality rate, by sex //under 5 years old//Both sexes (Per 1,000 live births)

Country	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Algeria	36.9	35.3	33.8	32.3	31.0	29.8	28.7	27.8	27.1	26.5	26.1	25.7	25.3	24.9	24.5	24.0	23.5	22.9	22.3	21.8	...
Angola	184	176	166	157	147	138	129	120	112	105	98.3	92.9	88.3	84.4	81.1	78.0	75.0	72.1	69.4	66.9	...
Botswana	74.4	73.7	71.3	68.8	68.6	68.8	65.9	62.6	61.2	55.2	51.3	50.4	48.6	47.4	44.3	43.7	42.6	41.3	39.9	38.7	...
Burundi	138	132	125	118	110	104	97.0	91.0	85.6	80.5	75.7	71.6	67.9	64.6	61.7	59.1	56.7	54.6	52.6	50.5	...
Cameroon	135	131	128	125	122	118	115	111	106	102	97.5	93.4	89.3	85.9	82.7	79.8	77.3	74.9	72.2	69.8	...
Cabo Verde	29.7	28.6	28.0	27.8	27.8	27.6	27.2	26.5	25.5	24.2	22.8	21.3	19.7	18.3	17.0	15.9	15.0	14.2	13.5	12.3	...
Central African Republic	157	154	150	145	141	138	134	130	126	123	121	119	116	113	111	109	106	103	99.9	96.8	...
Chad	174	171	168	164	160	156	152	148	145	141	137	133	130	126	122	118	114	111	107	103	...
Comoros	89.7	87.2	84.8	82.4	79.9	77.5	75.1	72.7	70.3	68.1	65.8	63.6	61.4	59.1	57.0	55.0	53.2	51.5	49.8	48.2	...
Congo	100	93.4	86.5	80.0	74.2	69.3	65.4	62.4	60.1	58.2	56.4	54.6	52.9	51.0	49.3	47.8	52.4	44.7	43.2	41.6	...
Democratic Republic of the Congo	147	142	137	132	128	123	119	115	111	107	103	99.7	96.5	93.4	90.3	87.2	84.4	81.7	79.0	75.6	...
Benin	127	124	122	119	116	114	111	109	107	105	102	100	97.9	95.6	93.4	91.1	88.6	86.0	83.5	80.8	...
Equatorial Guinea	143	138	134	129	124	120	115	111	108	104	100	96.8	93.7	90.6	87.6	84.7	81.9	79.3	76.8	73.4	...
Ethiopia	122	116	110	103	97.6	92.2	87.2	82.5	78.1	73.9	70.1	66.5	63.1	59.9	56.9	54.3	52.1	49.9	48.0	46.2	...
Eritrea	74.0	70.7	67.7	64.8	62.1	59.7	57.4	55.2	53.3	51.5	49.8	48.1	46.4	44.9	43.4	41.9	40.6	39.3	38.1	36.6	...
Djibouti	93.4	91.0	88.5	86.1	83.7	81.2	78.9	76.5	74.3	72.2	69.9	67.8	65.6	63.8	61.9	59.9	57.9	56.0	54.1	51.9	...
Gabon	78.8	76.6	74.3	72.1	69.6	67.1	64.6	61.9	59.4	56.9	54.5	52.4	50.6	48.6	46.8	45.2	43.3	41.1	39.9	38.8	...
Gambia, the	100	95.9	91.8	87.8	84.1	80.6	77.2	74.0	70.8	68.0	65.2	62.6	60.1	57.7	55.5	53.4	51.5	49.6	47.9	45.6	...
Ghana	88.9	86.1	83.5	81.2	78.7	76.1	73.0	69.8	66.5	63.4	60.5	57.8	55.4	53.1	51.0	49.1	47.2	45.5	44.0	42.3	...
Guinea	147	142	137	133	130	127	124	122	120	118	116	115	113	110	108	106	104	102	98.7	96.0	...
Cote d'Ivoire	133	129	126	122	118	114	110	106	103	100	96.9	93.5	90.5	88.0	85.6	82.8	79.7	77.3	74.8	69.4	...
Kenya	85.3	80.8	76.0	71.6	67.6	62.7	58.7	56.1	53.9	52.2	50.1	48.9	47.5	46.3	45.4	44.3	43.4	43.0	41.9	41.1	...
Lesotho	115	116	117	117	114	111	102	93.0	89.4	86.9	85.1	84.0	82.5	77.8	76.0	77.2	78.1	76.6	73.9	72.2	...
Liberia	151	140	130	121	114	108	104	99.9	96.8	94.2	92.0	92.2	88.3	86.3	84.5	82.6	80.6	78.3	76.0	73.2	...
Libya	25.5	24.4	23.1	21.7	20.2	18.8	17.6	16.6	19.5	15.0	14.4	13.8	13.3	12.8	12.3	11.9	11.5	11.1	10.8	10.3	...
Madagascar	92.2	88.3	84.7	81.3	78.2	75.4	72.9	70.9	69.2	68.0	67.0	66.4	66.0	65.8	65.7	65.8	66.1	66.3	66.3	65.8	...
Malawi	132	120	110	104	99.1	93.4	88.1	83.0	76.9	70.5	64.5	59.8	56.6	53.5	50.7	47.8	45.6	43.5	41.9	40.1	...
Mali	169	163	158	153	148	143	138	134	130	126	123	119	116	112	109	106	103	100	97.1	93.8	...
Mauritania	83.1	77.7	72.5	68.0	64.2	61.2	58.6	56.7	54.9	53.4	51.9	50.5	49.0	47.5	46.1	44.6	43.2	41.8	40.5	39.2	...
Mauritius	16.0	15.8	15.6	15.5	15.2	14.9	14.6	14.6	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.6	14.7	15.0	15.4	15.9	16.3	16.6	15.0	...
Morocco	45.9	43.7	41.5	39.3	37.2	35.1	33.1	31.3	29.5	27.9	26.4	24.9	23.6	22.4	21.3	20.4	19.5	18.7	18.0	17.3	...
Mozambique	147	140	133	127	120	114	108	105	101	96.4	92.1	88.3	84.0	80.8	78.4	76.3	73.5	71.6	69.6	66.2	...
Namibia	74.4	74.1	70.6	65.4	61.0	55.5	52.1	49.4	49.2	50.3	48.1	45.5	46.2	45.5	44.4	43.6	41.9	40.3	39.0	37.9	...
Niger	195	184	172	162	154	147	141	137	133	131	129	128	127	126	124	123	122	121	119	117	...
Nigeria	166	160	155	150	146	142	139	136	133	131	130	128	126	125	122	120	117	114	111	107	...
Guinea-Bissau	158	152	145	139	133	126	120	114	109	104	99.6	95.6	92.1	88.7	85.7	82.7	79.8	77.0	74.5	71.9	...
Rwanda	134	119	105	94.0	84.5	76.3	69.6	63.8	58.6	55.2	52.2	49.8	47.7	46.1	44.7	43.4	42.1	40.7	39.4	38.0	...
Sao Tome and Principe	65.9	60.7	55.8	51.2	47.0	43.1	39.5	36.3	33.3	30.5	27.8	25.4	23.3	21.4	19.7	18.3	17.1	16.2	15.4	14.5	...
Senegal	107	99.1	91.7	85.1	79.4	74.5	70.2	66.4	62.9	59.8	56.7	53.8	51.0	48.4	45.9	43.7	41.8	40.1	38.6	37.0	...
Seychelles	13.9	13.9	14.0	14.0	14.1	14.1	14.2	14.3	14.3	14.4	14.4	14.5	14.6	14.6	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.7	14.5	...
Sierra Leone	209	203	197	190	183	176	169	161	155	148	142	140	141	126	121	117	113	109	105	101	...
Somalia	173	173	173	172	170	167	162	158	153	148	143	139	135	130	126	123	119	115	112	106	...
South Africa	76.5	77.8	79.2	78.9	74.6	68.3	60.0	51.6	45.5	41.7	39.8	38.6	37.8	37.2	36.6	36.1	35.6	35.3	34.7	34.5	...
Zimbabwe	92.6	92.9	93.7	95.6	96.2	94.7	91.3	86.1	80.6	72.1	66.2	62.6	60.5	57.9	56.2	53.7	52.7	51.8	49.5	47.7	...
Sudan	94.4	91.2	88.2	85.5	82.8	80.3	78.0	75.9	73.8	71.9	69.9	68.0	66.0	64.1	62.1	60.3	58.4	56.6	54.9	51.6	...
Eswatini	120	120	120	110	106	104	98.3	88.3	76.5	70.4	67.9	67.9	64.4	61.8	63.2	59.6	56.9	56.2	52.6	50.0	...
Togo	110	106	103	100	97.4	94.6	91.9	89.1	86.4	83.7	81.1	78.5	75.9	73.5	71.2	68.8	66.6	64.6	62.6	60.4	...
Tunisia	24.7	23.3	22.1	21.0	20.2	19.6	19.1	18.9	18.6	18.4	18.2	18.0	17.6	17.1	17.1	17.0	16.9	16.6	16.3	11.5	...
Uganda	124	115	107	99.8	93.1	87.0	81.7	76.4	71.6	66.7	62.5	59.1	56.0	52.7	50.2	47.7	45.6	43.7	42.1	40.5	...
Egypt	39.5	37.6	35.9	34.3	32.8	31.4	30.1	28.8	27.6	26.4	25.3	24.3	23.4	22.6	21.8	21.0	20.3	19.6	19.0	18.1	...
United Republic of Tanzania	107	100	94.0	88.9	83.9	79.6	75.3	71.7	68.2	65.2	62.5	59.8	58.0	55.8	53.9	51.9	50.4	49.0	47.1	40.5	...
Burkina Faso	165	159	153	146	139	133	127	122	117	113	109	105	101	97.7	94.5	91.3	88.2	85.4	82.6	78.8	...
Zambia	127	116	107	99.0	93.3	88.5	83.3	78.7	76.5	74.5	72.0	69.5	68.2	65.3	64.2	64.2	62.6	59.7	57.7	55.6	...
South Sudan	156	148	140	133	127	121	115	109	105	101	99.2	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	98.8	...

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2005

Africa
AMU
B5
CEN-SAD
Central Africa
COMESA
EAC
Eastern Africa
ECA countries of focus
ECCAS
ECOWAS
IGAD
Island economies
Land-locked countries
Land-locked LDCs
Least developed countries
Mineral-rich countries
Non-Oil LDCs
Non-Oil Producing
North Africa
Oil LDCs
Oil producing economies
SADC
Sahel
Small Island states
Southern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
West Africa

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Under-five mortality rate, by sex //under 5 years old//Both sexes (Per 1,000 live births)

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