Africa Rankings

Deaths Of Male Children Under Five Years Of Age

per 1000 live births

Rank		Country	per 1000 live births
Current	Previous	Country	per 1000 live births
1	1	Somalia	120
1	2	Nigeria	120
3	4	Chad	117
4	2	Sierra Leone	115
5	5	Central African Republic	109
6	6	Guinea	101
7	8	Lesotho	98
8	7	Mali	96
9	10	Burkina Faso	93
10	9	Benin	92
11	12	Democratic Republic of the Congo	90
12	11	Ivory Coast	86
13	13	Mauritania	84
13	14	Liberia	84
13	15	Equatorial Guinea	84
16	16	Guinea-Bissau	83
17	17	Niger	81
18	18	Cameroon	78
19	19	Mozambique	75
20	20	Zambia	70
21	21	Togo	69
22	21	Comoros	66
23	23	Sudan	61
23	23	Djibouti	61
25	27	Zimbabwe	59
25	26	Burundi	59
27	27	Gambia	56
28	30	Madagascar	55
29	25	Ethiopia	54
30	31	Tanzania	52
31	29	Swaziland	51
32	34	Ghana	49
32	32	Republic of the Congo	49
32	36	Botswana	49
35	32	Uganda	48
36	38	Gabon	46
36	34	Senegal	46
36	38	Kenya	46
39	37	Namibia	44
39	38	Rwanda	44
39	41	Eritrea	44
42	42	Malawi	43
43	43	South Africa	35
44	44	Algeria	25
45	46	Egypt	21
45	45	Morocco	21
47	47	Sao Tome and Principe	18
47	48	Tunisia	18
47	49	Mauritius	18
50	49	Cape Verde	16
51	51	Seychelles	15
52	52	Libya	12