Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 6.45% to 2.90 in Belarus in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Belarus reached an all time high of 21.0 in 1980 and an all time low of 2.90 in 2020. When compared to Belarus's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Lithuania amounted to 3.30, 4.40 in Poland, 5.40 in Russia and 8.10 in Ukraine in 2020.
Belarus has been ranked 161st within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 18 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 |
| Belarus | 4.30 | 4.10 | 3.90 | 3.60 | 3.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 11.6 | 10.7 | 9.90 | 9.20 | 8.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | 3.10 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 3.30 | 3.10 | 2.80 | 2.60 | 2.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 4.00 | 3.90 | 3.90 | 3.90 | 3.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 2.80 | 2.70 | 2.70 | 2.60 | 2.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 5.50 | 5.00 | 4.70 | 4.40 | 4.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 4.90 | 4.90 | 4.80 | 4.40 | 4.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 5.00 | 4.90 | 4.70 | 4.60 | 4.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 9.90 | 9.20 | 8.50 | 7.90 | 7.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 8.90 | 8.20 | 7.50 | 6.90 | 6.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 6.90 | 6.80 | 6.70 | 6.60 | 6.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 9.80 | 9.50 | 9.20 | 8.90 | 8.60 |
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