Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 3.40% to 91.0 in Mali in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Mali reached an all time high of 498 in 1960 and an all time low of 91.0 in 2020. When compared to Mali's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Algeria amounted to 22.7, 85.0 in Burkina Faso, 70.7 in Mauritania and 77.5 in Niger in 2020.
Mali has been ranked 8th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 1 place below 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 |
| Algeria | 25.5 | 25.2 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 23.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 105 | 101 | 97.5 | 94.1 | 90.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 132 | 129 | 125 | 121 | 117 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 57.1 | 54.6 | 52.2 | 50.1 | 48.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 93.6 | 90.8 | 88.4 | 86.0 | 83.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Libya | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 112 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 97.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | 85.1 | 82.7 | 80.1 | 77.7 | 75.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | 24.9 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 21.2 | 20.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 98.0 | 93.8 | 90.1 | 86.6 | 83.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | 52.3 | 49.4 | 46.5 | 44.0 | 41.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 3.40 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | 17.3 | 17.2 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.0 |
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