Deaths Of Male 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	120	2020	1	124
1 ↑	Nigeria	120	2020	2	123
3 ↑	Chad	117	2020	4	120
4 ↓	Sierra Leone	115	2020	2	123
5	Central African Republic	109	2020	5	117
6	Guinea	101	2020	6	104
7 ↑	Lesotho	98	2019	8	98
8 ↓	Mali	96	2020	7	103
9 ↑	Burkina Faso	93	2019	10	96
10 ↓	Benin	92	2020	9	97
11 ↑	Democratic Republic of the Congo	90	2019	12	93
12 ↓	Ivory Coast	86	2020	11	94
13	Mauritania	84	2017	13	91
13 ↑	Liberia	84	2020	14	88
13 ↑	Equatorial Guinea	84	2020	15	87
16	Guinea-Bissau	83	2020	16	86
17	Niger	81	2020	17	84
18	Cameroon	78	2020	18	83
19	Mozambique	75	2020	19	77
20	Zambia	70	2017	20	73
21	Togo	69	2020	21	71
22 ↓	Comoros	66	2020	21	71
23	Sudan	61	2020	23	63
23	Djibouti	61	2020	23	63
25 ↑	Zimbabwe	59	2019	27	60
25 ↑	Burundi	59	2020	26	61
27	Gambia	56	2019	27	60
28 ↑	Madagascar	55	2020	30	56
29 ↓	Ethiopia	54	2020	25	62
30 ↑	Tanzania	52	2020	31	54
31 ↓	Swaziland	51	2020	29	57
32 ↑	Ghana	49	2020	34	51
32	Republic of the Congo	49	2020	32	52
32 ↑	Botswana	49	2020	36	50
35 ↓	Uganda	48	2020	32	52
36 ↑	Gabon	46	2020	38	47
36 ↓	Senegal	46	2018	34	51
36 ↑	Kenya	46	2020	38	47
39 ↓	Namibia	44	2020	37	48
39 ↓	Rwanda	44	2020	38	47
39 ↑	Eritrea	44	2020	41	46
42	Malawi	43	2020	42	45
43	South Africa	35	2020	43	37
44	Algeria	25	2019	44	26
45 ↑	Egypt	21	2020	46	21
45	Morocco	21	2019	45	25
47	Sao Tome and Principe	18	2020	47	19
47 ↑	Tunisia	18	2020	48	18
47 ↑	Mauritius	18	2020	49	17
50 ↓	Cape Verde	16	2019	49	17
51	Seychelles	15	2019	51	16
52	Libya	12	2020	52	13

Definition of Deaths Of Male Children Under Five Years Of Age

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