Table 1.
Under-five mortality rates and annual rate of reduction (ARR) for the 46 countries in the WHO African Region, 2000–2013
| Under-five mortality rate (per 1000) in the given year* | ARR (%) 2000 to 2013 | ARR (%) in 2000–2015 needed to meet MDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | 2000 | 2013 | MDG for 2015 | ||
| Algeria† | 39.6 | 25.2 | 15.7 | 3.5 | 6.2 |
| Angola | 216.7 | 167.4 | 75.3 | 2.0 | 7.0 |
| Benin | 146 | 85.3 | 59.8 | 4.1 | 6.0 |
| Botswana | 85.1 | 46.6 | 16.5 | 4.6 | 10.9 |
| Burkina Faso | 185.8 | 97.6 | 67.4 | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| Burundi | 148.9 | 82.9 | 56.9 | 4.5 | 6.4 |
| Cameroon | 151.2 | 94.5 | 45.5 | 3.6 | 8.0 |
| Cape Verde† | 35.3 | 26 | 21.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| Central African Republic | 174.1 | 139.2 | 59.0 | 1.7 | 7.2 |
| Chad | 190.7 | 147.5 | 71.6 | 2.0 | 6.5 |
| Comoros | 101.3 | 77.9 | 41.8 | 2.0 | 5.9 |
| Congo | 121.4 | 49.1 | 30.7 | 7.0 | 9.2 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 146.1 | 100 | 50.5 | 2.9 | 7.1 |
| Dem. Rep. of the Congo | 175.9 | 118.5 | 58.7 | 3.0 | 7.3 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 142.4 | 95.8 | 61.3 | 3.0 | 5.6 |
| Eritrea | 89.3 | 49.9 | 50.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Ethiopia | 145.5 | 64.4 | 68.3 | 6.3 | 5.0 |
| Gabon | 84.6 | 56.1 | 30.9 | 3.2 | 6.7 |
| Gambia | 119 | 73.8 | 56.6 | 3.7 | 5.0 |
| Ghana | 101.3 | 78.4 | 42.7 | 2.0 | 5.8 |
| Guinea | 170.2 | 100.7 | 79.2 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 180.8 | 123.9 | 74.9 | 2.9 | 5.9 |
| Kenya | 110.9 | 70.7 | 32.9 | 3.5 | 8.1 |
| Lesotho | 114.6 | 98 | 28.8 | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| Liberia | 175.2 | 71.1 | 82.7 | 6.9 | 5.0 |
| Madagascar | 110.6 | 56 | 53.6 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| Malawi | 174.2 | 67.9 | 81.8 | 7.2 | 5.0 |
| Mali | 219.9 | 122.7 | 84.7 | 4.5 | 6.4 |
| Mauritania | 113.1 | 90.1 | 39.3 | 1.7 | 7.0 |
| Mauritius† | 18.6 | 14.3 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 5.9 |
| Mozambique | 168.5 | 87.2 | 79.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Namibia | 75.5 | 49.8 | 24.5 | 3.2 | 7.5 |
| Niger | 226.9 | 104.2 | 109.1 | 6.0 | 4.9 |
| Nigeria | 187.7 | 117.4 | 71.1 | 3.6 | 6.5 |
| Rwanda | 181.9 | 52 | 50.6 | 9.6 | 8.5 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 89.3 | 51 | 36.8 | 4.3 | 5.9 |
| Senegal | 137 | 55.3 | 47.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 |
| Seychelles† | 14.2 | 14.2 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| Sierra Leone | 231.5 | 160.6 | 89.2 | 2.8 | 6.4 |
| South Africa | 74.3 | 43.9 | 20.3 | 4.0 | 8.6 |
| Swaziland | 122.5 | 80 | 24.6 | 3.3 | 10.7 |
| Togo | 121.8 | 84.7 | 48.8 | 2.8 | 6.1 |
| Uganda | 147 | 66.1 | 59.6 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| United Rep. of Tanzania | 131.5 | 51.8 | 55.7 | 7.2 | 5.7 |
| Zambia | 168.8 | 87.4 | 64.2 | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| Zimbabwe | 102.6 | 88.5 | 24.9 | 1.1 | 9.4 |
*U5M rate data obtained from http://www.childmortality.org, accessed June 2015.
†Countries with U5M rates <40 per 1000 in 2013 are considered to be on track despite having 1990–2013 ARRs of less than 4%.
ARR, annual rate of reduction; MDG, Millennium Development Goal.