Africa Rankings
Deaths Of Children Under Five Years Of Age
per 1000 live births
| Rank | Country | per 1000 live births | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Nigeria | 115.6 |
2 | 2 |  Niger | 110.7 |
3 | 3 |  Somalia | 101.1 |
4 | 4 |  Chad | 97.3 |
5 | 5 |  Guinea | 92.1 |
6 | 6 |  Sierra Leone | 90.5 |
7 | 7 |  Central African Republic | 89.7 |
7 | 8 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 89.7 |
9 | 9 |  Liberia | 86.4 |
10 | 10 |  Burkina Faso | 74.9 |
11 | 11 |  Benin | 74.7 |
12 | 12 |  Mali | 73 |
13 | 13 |  Equatorial Guinea | 68 |
14 | 14 |  Guinea-Bissau | 67.3 |
15 | 15 |  Cameroon | 64.8 |
16 | 17 |  Zimbabwe | 64.7 |
17 | 16 |  Ivory Coast | 64.5 |
18 | 18 |  Madagascar | 62.4 |
19 | 19 |  Sudan | 61.6 |
20 | 21 |  Lesotho | 60 |
21 | 20 |  Mozambique | 59.4 |
22 | 22 |  Togo | 56.1 |
23 | 24 |  Djibouti | 48.9 |
24 | 25 |  Malawi | 48.8 |
25 | 26 |  Uganda | 48.7 |
26 | 27 |  Zambia | 48.4 |
27 | 28 |  Burundi | 47.1 |
28 | 29 |  Swaziland | 45.1 |
29 | 23 |  Ethiopia | 44.5 |
30 | 30 |  Gambia | 42.4 |
31 | 31 |  Namibia | 39.5 |
32 | 32 |  Republic of the Congo | 39.1 |
33 | 33 |  Comoros | 39 |
34 | 34 |  Kenya | 38.8 |
35 | 35 |  Rwanda | 37.7 |
36 | 36 |  Tanzania | 37 |
37 | 38 |  Mauritania | 36.9 |
38 | 37 |  Senegal | 36.5 |
39 | 39 |  Ghana | 35.9 |
40 | 41 |  South Africa | 35.1 |
41 | 40 |  Eritrea | 34.3 |
42 | 42 |  Botswana | 33.3 |
43 | 43 |  Gabon | 32.6 |
44 | 45 |  Egypt | 22.4 |
45 | 46 |  Algeria | 21.6 |
46 | 47 |  Morocco | 15.7 |
47 | 48 |  Mauritius | 15.4 |
48 | 49 |  Seychelles | 14 |
49 | 50 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 13.6 |
50 | 51 |  Tunisia | 12.1 |
51 | 52 |  Cape Verde | 11.1 |
52 | 44 |  Libya | 9.8 |