Our World in Data - Child & Infant Mortality Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems https://ourworldindata.org/ 2026-04-04T06:11:00.000Z China’s Great Leap Forward caused a dramatic spike in child deaths https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/chinas-great-leap-forward-caused-a-dramatic-spike-in-child-deaths 2026-04-04T06:11:00.000Z Hannah RitchiePablo Arriagada
]]> Explore updated data on health, disease, and mortality around the world https://ourworldindata.org/explore-updated-data-on-health-disease-and-mortality-around-the-world 2026-02-27T11:59:00.000Z Fiona Spooner
]]> Child deaths outnumber homicides in the United States, but get far less public attention https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/child-deaths-outnumber-homicides-in-the-united-states-but-get-far-less-public-attention 2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> In these nine countries with the worst child mortality rates, about one in ten children dies before turning five https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/in-these-nine-countries-with-the-worst-child-mortality-rates-about-one-in-ten-children-dies-before-turning-five 2025-12-06T00:00:00.000Z Simon van Teutem
]]> How many lives would be saved if Africa had other regions’ child mortality rates? https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/how-many-lives-would-be-saved-if-africa-had-other-regions-child-mortality-rates 2025-12-02T00:00:00.000Z Simon van Teutem
]]> Almost one billion children have died globally since 1950 https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/almost-one-billion-children-have-died-globally-since-1950 2025-11-05T05:34:00.000Z Max RoserEdouard Mathieu
]]> Declining child mortality, fast and slow https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/declining-child-mortality-fast-and-slow 2025-10-08T04:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> Child mortality in Malawi has fallen by more than 80% since 1990 https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/child-mortality-in-malawi-has-fallen-by-more-than-80-since-1990 2025-06-30T04:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Childhood pneumonia deaths have plummeted in Nepal — and more lives can still be saved https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/childhood-pneumonia-deaths-have-plummeted-in-nepal-and-more-lives-can-still-be-saved 2025-06-20T04:00:00.000Z Veronika Samborska
]]> Less than 200 years ago, one in three Dutch children died before the age of five https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/less-than-200-years-ago-one-in-three-dutch-children-died-before-the-age-of-five 2025-06-06T04:00:00.000Z Simon van Teutem
]]> Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria is the leading cause of child mortality in much of Sub-Saharan Africa https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/despite-being-preventable-and-treatable-malaria-is-the-leading-cause-of-child-mortality-in-much-of-sub-saharan-africa 2025-05-19T04:00:00.000Z Veronika Samborska
]]> Where in the world are babies at the lowest risk of dying? https://ourworldindata.org/where-are-babies-at-lowest-risk-of-dying 2025-05-12T04:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Children in rich countries are much less likely to die than a few decades ago, but we rarely hear about this progress https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-rich-countries-decline 2025-05-05T04:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> In some countries, more than one in three mothers have lost a child younger than five https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/in-some-countries-more-than-one-in-three-mothers-have-lost-a-child-younger-than-five 2025-02-19T04:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> In these nine Asian countries, child mortality has more than halved since the year 2000 https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/in-these-nine-asian-countries-child-mortality-has-more-than-halved-since-the-year-2000 2025-02-14T04:00:00.000Z Simon van Teutem
]]> Less than half of births are attended by skilled health staff in some of the poorest countries https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/less-than-half-of-births-are-attended-by-skilled-health-staff-in-some-of-the-poorest-countries 2024-09-17T05:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Infants used to have a higher risk of dying than 80-year-olds https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/infants-used-to-have-a-higher-risk-of-dying-than-80-year-olds 2024-09-16T05:00:00.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> Many of us can save a child’s life, if we rely on the best data https://ourworldindata.org/cost-effectiveness 2024-09-02T07:40:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> The day a child is born is the most dangerous day of their life https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-day-a-child-is-born-is-the-most-dangerous-day-of-their-life 2024-08-12T05:00:00.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> Every day of infancy is safer than in the past https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/every-day-of-infancy-is-safer-than-in-the-past 2024-07-31T05:00:00.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> Much more progress can be made against child mortality https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/much-more-progress-can-be-made-against-child-mortality 2024-05-22T06:11:51.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> How many children did not die thanks to progress in global health? https://ourworldindata.org/children-saved-global-health 2024-04-29T09:25:29.000Z Max Roser
]]> Child and Infant Mortality https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality 2023-11-07T15:40:00.000Z Saloni DattaniFiona SpoonerHannah RitchieMax Roser
]]> How does the risk of death change as we age – and how has this changed over time? https://ourworldindata.org/how-do-the-risks-of-death-change-as-people-age 2023-10-13T12:29:00.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> How do statistical organizations define age periods for children? https://ourworldindata.org/how-do-statistical-organizations-define-age-periods-in-children 2023-10-09T16:42:17.000Z Saloni Dattani
]]> Mortality in the past: every second child died https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-in-the-past 2023-04-11T08:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> The world is awful. The world is much better. The world can be much better. https://ourworldindata.org/much-better-awful-can-be-better 2022-07-20T10:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> Child mortality: an everyday tragedy of enormous scale that we can make progress against https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-big-problem-in-brief 2021-07-21T09:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> Pneumonia — no child should die from a disease we can prevent https://ourworldindata.org/child-deaths-from-pneumonia 2019-11-12T11:00:05.000Z Bernadeta Dadonaite
]]> How often did parents see their children die? https://ourworldindata.org/parents-losing-their-child 2019-09-12T10:00:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> More than half a million children die from diarrhea each year. How do we prevent this? https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-diarrheal-diseases 2019-08-16T14:00:26.000Z Bernadeta Dadonaite
]]> Child mortality: achieving the global goal for 2030 would be a huge achievement – but we are currently far away https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-global-goal 2019-04-23T10:18:00.000Z Max Roser
]]> How child mortality has declined in the last two centuries https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-global-overview 2018-10-29T13:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Most of us are wrong about how the world has changed — especially those who are pessimistic about the future https://ourworldindata.org/wrong-about-the-world 2018-07-27T17:00:00.000Z Max Roser
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