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UN IGME Levels and Trends in Child Mortality

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The UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank and UN DESA) publishes comparable estimates of deaths of newborns, children under five and stillbirths for every country.

Key facts
Published byUN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank Group, UN DESA)
What it measuresUnder-five, infant and neonatal mortality rates and stillbirths.
How oftenAnnual
Latest editionReport 2024 (released 25 March 2025; data for 2023)

India's figures

India's figures
Under-five mortality, 202328 per 1,000 live births (48 in 2015)
Decline in under-five mortality, 2015–202342% (South Asia 33%, world 14%)
Neonatal mortality, 202317 per 1,000 live births (28 in 2015)
Decline in neonatal mortality, 2015–202339%
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