Deaths Of Female Children Under Five Years Of Age

Africa Ranking

per 1000 live birthsSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	Somalia	112	2019	1	116
2	Nigeria	107	2020	2	110
3	Sierra Leone	105	2019	3	109
4	Chad	103	2020	4	107
5	Central African Republic	97	2020	5	105
6	Guinea	89	2020	6	92
7 ↑	Lesotho	87	2015	8	87
8 ↓	Mali	85	2020	7	89
9	Burkina Faso	80	2020	9	83
9 ↑	Benin	80	2020	10	82
11 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	75	2020	12	77
12 ↓	Liberia	74	2019	11	78
12 ↑	Niger	74	2020	13	76
14	Equatorial Guinea	72	2020	14	75
15	Guinea-Bissau	71	2020	15	73
16	Ivory Coast	70	2020	16	72
17	Cameroon	69	2019	17	71
18	Mauritania	67	2019	18	69
19	Mozambique	66	2020	19	68
20	Togo	61	2019	20	63
21	Zambia	57	2020	21	59
22	Comoros	56	2020	22	58
23	Sudan	53	2019	23	57
24	Djibouti	51	2020	24	53
25	Burundi	50	2020	25	52
26	Zimbabwe	49	2020	26	49
27	Madagascar	46	2020	27	47
28 ↑	Gambia	45	2020	29	46
28 ↓	Tanzania	45	2020	27	47
30 ↑	Ethiopia	43	2020	31	45
31 ↑	Swaziland	42	2020	32	43
32	Republic of the Congo	41	2020	32	43
32 ↓	Rwanda	41	2017	29	46
32	Botswana	41	2020	32	43
35 ↓	Ghana	40	2020	32	43
36 ↓	Uganda	39	2020	32	43
37	Kenya	38	2020	37	39
38 ↓	Gabon	37	2020	37	39
39	Namibia	36	2020	39	38
40	Senegal	34	2020	40	36
40	Malawi	34	2020	40	36
40 ↑	Eritrea	34	2020	42	35
43	South Africa	30	2020	43	30
44	Algeria	21	2020	44	22
45	Egypt	18	2020	45	20
46	Morocco	17	2020	46	18
47 ↑	Mauritius	15	2020	49	14
47	Tunisia	15	2020	47	15
49 ↓	Sao Tome and Principe	14	2020	47	15
50 ↓	Cape Verde	13	2020	49	14
50 ↑	Seychelles	13	2020	51	13
52	Libya	11	2018	52	12

Definition of Deaths Of Female Children Under Five Years Of Age

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