Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 8.33% to 3.30 in Lithuania in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Lithuania reached an all time high of 26.4 in 1968 and an all time low of 3.30 in 2020. When compared to Lithuania's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Belarus amounted to 2.90, 2.10 in Estonia, 4.00 in Latvia and 5.40 in Russia in 2020.
Lithuania has been ranked 154th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 13 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 3.30 | 3.10 | 2.80 | 2.60 | 2.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 2.60 | 2.50 | 2.40 | 2.40 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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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