Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 7.69% to 2.40 in Montenegro in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Montenegro reached an all time high of 27.3 in 1984 and an all time low of 2.40 in 2020. When compared to Montenegro's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Albania amounted to 9.80, 5.70 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 4.60 in Croatia and 5.60 in Serbia in 2020.
Montenegro has been ranked 166th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 30 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 |
| Albania | 9.90 | 9.60 | 9.40 | 9.40 | 9.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.40 | 6.30 | 6.20 | 6.10 | 6.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 5.00 | 4.90 | 4.80 | 4.80 | 4.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.40 | 4.30 | 4.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | 5.40 | 5.10 | 4.70 | 4.40 | 4.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 3.60 | 3.50 | 3.40 | 3.30 | 3.20 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Macedonia | 11.2 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 9.60 | 8.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 4.40 | 4.00 | 3.60 | 3.20 | 2.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 9.90 | 9.20 | 8.50 | 7.90 | 7.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | 6.60 | 6.30 | 6.00 | 5.90 | 5.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 2.70 | 2.60 | 2.50 | 2.40 | 2.30 |
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