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Sri Lanka

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Latest published figures · reporting years differ
Under-five mortality
5.9

deaths / 1,000 live births·2024

Published observation

Over time

Full published history
Sri Lanka2024 · 5.9
023.5347.0570.5794.11960199320251960: 94.1 — Uncertainty bound is 92.4 - 95.91961: 89.6 — Uncertainty bound is 87.9 - 91.41962: 86.7 — Uncertainty bound is 85.1 - 88.31963: 84.8 — Uncertainty bound is 83.3 - 86.41964: 83 — Uncertainty bound is 81.5 - 84.61965: 80.7 — Uncertainty bound is 79.3 - 82.21966: 78.1 — Uncertainty bound is 76.6 - 79.61967: 75.5 — Uncertainty bound is 73.9 - 77.11968: 73.1 — Uncertainty bound is 71.3 - 75.11969: 71.3 — Uncertainty bound is 69 - 73.71970: 70.1 — Uncertainty bound is 67.3 - 72.91971: 69.1 — Uncertainty bound is 66 - 72.41972: 68.3 — Uncertainty bound is 65 - 71.81973: 67.3 — Uncertainty bound is 64 - 70.81974: 65.9 — Uncertainty bound is 62.8 - 69.11975: 63.8 — Uncertainty bound is 61.1 - 66.61976: 61.1 — Uncertainty bound is 58.7 - 63.51977: 57.6 — Uncertainty bound is 55.7 - 59.51978: 53.7 — Uncertainty bound is 52.2 - 55.41979: 49.9 — Uncertainty bound is 48.6 - 51.31980: 46.3 — Uncertainty bound is 45.2 - 47.41981: 42.9 — Uncertainty bound is 42 - 43.91982: 39.8 — Uncertainty bound is 39.1 - 40.61983: 36.7 — Uncertainty bound is 36 - 37.41984: 33.5 — Uncertainty bound is 32.8 - 34.11985: 30.2 — Uncertainty bound is 29.6 - 30.81986: 27.4 — Uncertainty bound is 26.8 - 27.91987: 25.3 — Uncertainty bound is 24.8 - 25.81988: 24.1 — Uncertainty bound is 23.6 - 24.61989: 27.9 — Uncertainty bound is 27.3 - 28.51990: 23.3 — Uncertainty bound is 22.8 - 23.81991: 23.2 — Uncertainty bound is 22.7 - 23.71992: 22.9 — Uncertainty bound is 22.4 - 23.31993: 22.2 — Uncertainty bound is 21.8 - 22.61994: 21.4 — Uncertainty bound is 21 - 21.81995: 20.5 — Uncertainty bound is 20.1 - 20.91996: 19.5 — Uncertainty bound is 19.2 - 19.91997: 18.6 — Uncertainty bound is 18.2 - 18.91998: 17.6 — Uncertainty bound is 17.3 - 181999: 16.9 — Uncertainty bound is 16.5 - 17.22000: 16.3 — Uncertainty bound is 16 - 16.62001: 15.8 — Uncertainty bound is 15.5 - 16.12002: 15.5 — Uncertainty bound is 15.2 - 15.82003: 15.2 — Uncertainty bound is 14.9 - 15.52004: 29 — Uncertainty bound is 28.4 - 29.62005: 14 — Uncertainty bound is 13.7 - 14.32006: 13.3 — Uncertainty bound is 13 - 13.62007: 12.6 — Uncertainty bound is 12.4 - 12.92008: 12 — Uncertainty bound is 11.8 - 12.32009: 21.5 — Uncertainty bound is 21 - 21.92010: 11.2 — Uncertainty bound is 10.9 - 11.42011: 10.8 — Uncertainty bound is 10.6 - 112012: 10.3 — Uncertainty bound is 10.1 - 10.52013: 9.8 — Uncertainty bound is 9.6 - 102014: 9.2 — Uncertainty bound is 9 - 9.42015: 8.7 — Uncertainty bound is 8.5 - 92016: 8.3 — Uncertainty bound is 8 - 8.52017: 7.9 — Uncertainty bound is 7.7 - 8.22018: 7.6 — Uncertainty bound is 7.3 - 7.82019: 7.2 — Uncertainty bound is 7 - 7.52020: 6.9 — Uncertainty bound is 6.6 - 7.32021: 6.6 — Uncertainty bound is 6.1 - 7.22022: 6.3 — Uncertainty bound is 5.7 - 7.12023: 6.1 — Uncertainty bound is 5.3 - 72024: 5.9 — Uncertainty bound is 4.9 - 7
2024 · Source notes
Provider footnote

Uncertainty bound is 4.9 - 7

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.

Country context

Sri Lanka in perspective

Region
South Asia
Capital
Colombo
Country code
LKA