health · Child survival

How many Indian children die before age five?

Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 live births.

26.6
0.1x since 1960 Under-five mortality rate · 2024
0 65.151 130.302 195.453 260.604 19601970198019902000201020202024 2024
Source: World Bank Indicators API · indicator SH.DYN.MORT Fetched 3/6/2026

At a glance

26.6
latest value, 2024
241.3
first value, 1960
65
annual observations in this artifact
annual
source frequency
The explanation Draft prose wraps locked source numbers; no numbers are generated at request time

Child mortality is one of the clearest long-run development indicators.

Child mortality is one of the clearest long-run development indicators.

Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 live births.

Read this as one piece of evidence, not the whole story. The useful question is what changes over time, what stays stuck, and what the indicator leaves out.

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Methodology

MeasureUnder-five mortality rate
GeographyIndia
Unitper 1,000 live births
TransformValues displayed per 1,000 live births.
CaveatNational child mortality hides state, income, and rural-urban differences.