Highest Rates in The World
In 2009, there were 31 countries reported in which at least 10% of children under five died. All were in Africa, except for Afghanistan. The highest 10 were:
- Chad - 20.9%
- Afghanistan - 19.9%
- Democratic Republic of the Congo - 19.9%
- Guinea-Bissau - 19.3%
- Sierra Leone - 19.2%
- Mali - 19.1%
- Somalia - 18.0%
- Central African Republic - 17.1%
- Burkina Faso - 16.6%
- Burundi - 16.6%
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