Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 2.78% to 7.00 in Lebanon in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Lebanon reached an all time high of 76.1 in 1960 and an all time low of 7.00 in 2020. When compared to Lebanon's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Cyprus amounted to 2.80, 3.60 in Israel, 15.0 in Jordan and 22.4 in Syria in 2020.
Lebanon has been ranked 117th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 6 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Cyprus | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.80 | 2.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | 24.3 | 23.3 | 22.5 | 21.7 | 20.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.40 | 4.30 | 4.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | 30.7 | 29.7 | 28.8 | 27.9 | 27.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Israel | 4.00 | 3.90 | 3.80 | 3.80 | 3.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | 17.9 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 16.4 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | 8.60 | 8.30 | 8.00 | 7.70 | 7.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 9.60 | 9.10 | 8.60 | 8.10 | 7.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syria | 47.0 | 41.6 | 39.5 | 23.5 | 23.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 13.8 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 11.4 | 10.7 |
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