Under-five mortality 5.9
deaths / 1,000 live births· 2024
Published observation World Bank · World Development Indicators
Over time Full published history Sri Lanka 2024 · 5.9
0 23.53 47.05 70.57 94.1 1960 1993 2025 1960: 94.1 — Uncertainty bound is 92.4 - 95.9 1961: 89.6 — Uncertainty bound is 87.9 - 91.4 1962: 86.7 — Uncertainty bound is 85.1 - 88.3 1963: 84.8 — Uncertainty bound is 83.3 - 86.4 1964: 83 — Uncertainty bound is 81.5 - 84.6 1965: 80.7 — Uncertainty bound is 79.3 - 82.2 1966: 78.1 — Uncertainty bound is 76.6 - 79.6 1967: 75.5 — Uncertainty bound is 73.9 - 77.1 1968: 73.1 — Uncertainty bound is 71.3 - 75.1 1969: 71.3 — Uncertainty bound is 69 - 73.7 1970: 70.1 — Uncertainty bound is 67.3 - 72.9 1971: 69.1 — Uncertainty bound is 66 - 72.4 1972: 68.3 — Uncertainty bound is 65 - 71.8 1973: 67.3 — Uncertainty bound is 64 - 70.8 1974: 65.9 — Uncertainty bound is 62.8 - 69.1 1975: 63.8 — Uncertainty bound is 61.1 - 66.6 1976: 61.1 — Uncertainty bound is 58.7 - 63.5 1977: 57.6 — Uncertainty bound is 55.7 - 59.5 1978: 53.7 — Uncertainty bound is 52.2 - 55.4 1979: 49.9 — Uncertainty bound is 48.6 - 51.3 1980: 46.3 — Uncertainty bound is 45.2 - 47.4 1981: 42.9 — Uncertainty bound is 42 - 43.9 1982: 39.8 — Uncertainty bound is 39.1 - 40.6 1983: 36.7 — Uncertainty bound is 36 - 37.4 1984: 33.5 — Uncertainty bound is 32.8 - 34.1 1985: 30.2 — Uncertainty bound is 29.6 - 30.8 1986: 27.4 — Uncertainty bound is 26.8 - 27.9 1987: 25.3 — Uncertainty bound is 24.8 - 25.8 1988: 24.1 — Uncertainty bound is 23.6 - 24.6 1989: 27.9 — Uncertainty bound is 27.3 - 28.5 1990: 23.3 — Uncertainty bound is 22.8 - 23.8 1991: 23.2 — Uncertainty bound is 22.7 - 23.7 1992: 22.9 — Uncertainty bound is 22.4 - 23.3 1993: 22.2 — Uncertainty bound is 21.8 - 22.6 1994: 21.4 — Uncertainty bound is 21 - 21.8 1995: 20.5 — Uncertainty bound is 20.1 - 20.9 1996: 19.5 — Uncertainty bound is 19.2 - 19.9 1997: 18.6 — Uncertainty bound is 18.2 - 18.9 1998: 17.6 — Uncertainty bound is 17.3 - 18 1999: 16.9 — Uncertainty bound is 16.5 - 17.2 2000: 16.3 — Uncertainty bound is 16 - 16.6 2001: 15.8 — Uncertainty bound is 15.5 - 16.1 2002: 15.5 — Uncertainty bound is 15.2 - 15.8 2003: 15.2 — Uncertainty bound is 14.9 - 15.5 2004: 29 — Uncertainty bound is 28.4 - 29.6 2005: 14 — Uncertainty bound is 13.7 - 14.3 2006: 13.3 — Uncertainty bound is 13 - 13.6 2007: 12.6 — Uncertainty bound is 12.4 - 12.9 2008: 12 — Uncertainty bound is 11.8 - 12.3 2009: 21.5 — Uncertainty bound is 21 - 21.9 2010: 11.2 — Uncertainty bound is 10.9 - 11.4 2011: 10.8 — Uncertainty bound is 10.6 - 11 2012: 10.3 — Uncertainty bound is 10.1 - 10.5 2013: 9.8 — Uncertainty bound is 9.6 - 10 2014: 9.2 — Uncertainty bound is 9 - 9.4 2015: 8.7 — Uncertainty bound is 8.5 - 9 2016: 8.3 — Uncertainty bound is 8 - 8.5 2017: 7.9 — Uncertainty bound is 7.7 - 8.2 2018: 7.6 — Uncertainty bound is 7.3 - 7.8 2019: 7.2 — Uncertainty bound is 7 - 7.5 2020: 6.9 — Uncertainty bound is 6.6 - 7.3 2021: 6.6 — Uncertainty bound is 6.1 - 7.2 2022: 6.3 — Uncertainty bound is 5.7 - 7.1 2023: 6.1 — Uncertainty bound is 5.3 - 7 2024: 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.
Source & method