Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 4.42% to 43.3 in Uganda in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Uganda reached an all time high of 223 in 1960 and an all time low of 43.3 in 2020. When compared to Uganda's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Kenya amounted to 41.9, 40.5 in Rwanda, 97.9 in South Sudan and 81.2 in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2020.
Uganda has been ranked 44th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 10 places 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 |
| Angola | 92.9 | 88.1 | 84.1 | 80.6 | 77.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | 71.3 | 67.6 | 64.4 | 61.5 | 59.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 128 | 123 | 118 | 115 | 111 | |||||||||||||||||
| Congo | 54.4 | 52.6 | 50.8 | 49.1 | 47.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 99.2 | 95.9 | 92.8 | 89.6 | 86.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 65.9 | 62.4 | 59.0 | 55.9 | 53.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 50.6 | 48.9 | 47.2 | 45.9 | 44.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 49.7 | 47.7 | 46.0 | 44.6 | 43.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 138 | 134 | 130 | 126 | 122 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 97.9 | 97.9 | 97.9 | 97.9 | 97.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 67.9 | 65.9 | 63.9 | 62.0 | 60.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | 59.9 | 58.1 | 56.0 | 54.1 | 52.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 58.8 | 55.7 | 52.4 | 49.9 | 47.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 68.3 | 67.7 | 65.3 | 64.6 | 65.4 |
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