social2023

Deaths from congenital birth defects among individuals aged <5 years per 100,000 people

Name: Deaths from congenital birth defects among individuals aged <5 years per 100,000 people
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: social, deaths per 100,000 people, deaths, from, congenital, birth, defects, among, individuals, aged, years, per, 100, 000, people

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

59.2deaths per 100,000 people

Median: 55.1deaths per 100,000 people

Countries Covered

204

with available data

Highest

Afghanistan

202.1deaths per 100,000 people

Lowest

South Korea

9.7deaths per 100,000 people

Top 5 Countries

1Afghanistan202.1deaths per 100,000 people

2Azerbaijan160.9deaths per 100,000 people

3Haiti155.4deaths per 100,000 people

4Libya142.5deaths per 100,000 people

5Tunisia129.6deaths per 100,000 people

By Region

Africa88.9deaths per 100,000 people(9 countries)

Other66.8deaths per 100,000 people(124 countries)

South America64.2deaths per 100,000 people(7 countries)

Asia60.7deaths per 100,000 people(26 countries)

North America51.5deaths per 100,000 people(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (9.7deaths per 100,000 people)High (202.1deaths per 100,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 59.2deaths per 100,000 people)

Africa (9)

Other (124)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

North America (4)

Oceania (2)

Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Afghanistan	202.1deaths per 100,000 people
2	Azerbaijan	160.9deaths per 100,000 people
3	Haiti	155.4deaths per 100,000 people
4	Libya	142.5deaths per 100,000 people
5	Tunisia	129.6deaths per 100,000 people
6	Lao People's Democratic Republic	127.5deaths per 100,000 people
7	Ethiopia	123.5deaths per 100,000 people
8	Sierra Leone	123.1deaths per 100,000 people
9	Egypt	121.1deaths per 100,000 people
10	Bolivia	119.7deaths per 100,000 people
11	Myanmar	117.2deaths per 100,000 people
12	Yemen	117.2deaths per 100,000 people
13	South Sudan	113.7deaths per 100,000 people
14	Sudan	107.9deaths per 100,000 people
15	Ecuador	106.8deaths per 100,000 people
16	Iraq	105.1deaths per 100,000 people
17	Algeria	103.8deaths per 100,000 people
18	Mozambique	101.0deaths per 100,000 people
19	Jordan	100.4deaths per 100,000 people
20	Liberia	100.1deaths per 100,000 people
21	Zambia	99.7deaths per 100,000 people
22	Eritrea	98.3deaths per 100,000 people
23	Zimbabwe	98.3deaths per 100,000 people
24	Central African Republic	97.9deaths per 100,000 people
25	Guinea	97.6deaths per 100,000 people
26	Fiji	97.4deaths per 100,000 people
27	Turkmenistan	96.4deaths per 100,000 people
28	Equatorial Guinea	95.5deaths per 100,000 people
29	Paraguay	94.7deaths per 100,000 people
30	Rwanda	94.7deaths per 100,000 people
31	Djibouti	94.5deaths per 100,000 people
32	Cote d'Ivoire	93.9deaths per 100,000 people
33	Bangladesh	92.4deaths per 100,000 people
34	Burundi	92.0deaths per 100,000 people
35	Angola	91.9deaths per 100,000 people
36	Papua New Guinea	90.9deaths per 100,000 people
37	Timor-Leste	90.7deaths per 100,000 people
38	Nigeria	90.2deaths per 100,000 people
39	Somalia	89.9deaths per 100,000 people
40	Malawi	89.4deaths per 100,000 people
41	Comoros	88.9deaths per 100,000 people
42	Guinea-Bissau	88.9deaths per 100,000 people
43	Panama	88.8deaths per 100,000 people
44	Burkina Faso	88.4deaths per 100,000 people
45	Mali	88.1deaths per 100,000 people
46	Guyana	88.0deaths per 100,000 people
47	Morocco	87.1deaths per 100,000 people
48	Suriname	86.4deaths per 100,000 people
49	Mexico	86.0deaths per 100,000 people
50	Pakistan	84.9deaths per 100,000 people
51	Madagascar	83.4deaths per 100,000 people
52	Niger	83.1deaths per 100,000 people
53	Uganda	82.8deaths per 100,000 people
54	Venezuela	82.4deaths per 100,000 people
55	Chad	80.6deaths per 100,000 people
56	Indonesia	80.1deaths per 100,000 people
57	Benin	79.4deaths per 100,000 people
58	Democratic Republic of the Congo	78.8deaths per 100,000 people
59	Seychelles	78.1deaths per 100,000 people
60	Uzbekistan	78.0deaths per 100,000 people
61	Türkiye	77.2deaths per 100,000 people
62	Cameroon	77.0deaths per 100,000 people
63	Bhutan	76.3deaths per 100,000 people
64	Senegal	74.9deaths per 100,000 people
65	Philippines	74.9deaths per 100,000 people
66	El Salvador	73.8deaths per 100,000 people
67	India	73.6deaths per 100,000 people
68	Eswatini	73.3deaths per 100,000 people
69	United Republic of Tanzania	73.0deaths per 100,000 people
70	Peru	72.1deaths per 100,000 people
71	Kyrgyzstan	71.1deaths per 100,000 people
72	South Africa	70.9deaths per 100,000 people
73	Ghana	69.8deaths per 100,000 people
74	Republic of the Congo	69.6deaths per 100,000 people
75	Sao Tome and Principe	69.6deaths per 100,000 people
76	Gabon	69.4deaths per 100,000 people
77	Republic of The Gambia	69.2deaths per 100,000 people
78	Cambodia	69.1deaths per 100,000 people
79	Lebanon	68.1deaths per 100,000 people
80	Kazakhstan	67.7deaths per 100,000 people
81	Nicaragua	67.2deaths per 100,000 people
82	Mauritius	67.0deaths per 100,000 people
83	Brunei Darussalam	66.4deaths per 100,000 people
84	Cape Verde	65.0deaths per 100,000 people
85	Islamic Republic of Iran	64.8deaths per 100,000 people
86	Guatemala	64.5deaths per 100,000 people
87	Brazil	63.9deaths per 100,000 people
88	State of Palestine	63.7deaths per 100,000 people
89	Togo	63.7deaths per 100,000 people
90	Mauritania	62.8deaths per 100,000 people
91	Lesotho	62.7deaths per 100,000 people
92	Nauru	62.4deaths per 100,000 people
93	Maldives	62.4deaths per 100,000 people
94	Kuwait	61.7deaths per 100,000 people
95	Tajikistan	61.0deaths per 100,000 people
96	Trinidad and Tobago	59.7deaths per 100,000 people
97	Kiribati	59.3deaths per 100,000 people
98	Moldova, Republic of	58.4deaths per 100,000 people
99	Costa Rica	56.9deaths per 100,000 people
100	Colombia	56.9deaths per 100,000 people
101	Argentina	55.9deaths per 100,000 people
102	Namibia	55.8deaths per 100,000 people
103	Botswana	54.5deaths per 100,000 people
104	Palau	54.1deaths per 100,000 people
105	Armenia	52.5deaths per 100,000 people
106	Tuvalu	52.3deaths per 100,000 people
107	Jamaica	52.2deaths per 100,000 people
108	Vietnam	52.0deaths per 100,000 people
109	Chile	51.7deaths per 100,000 people
110	Guam	51.6deaths per 100,000 people
111	Oman	51.4deaths per 100,000 people
112	Saudi Arabia	50.6deaths per 100,000 people
113	Dominican Republic	50.4deaths per 100,000 people
114	Belize	47.4deaths per 100,000 people
115	North Korea	47.3deaths per 100,000 people
116	Mongolia	46.0deaths per 100,000 people
117	Ukraine	45.8deaths per 100,000 people
118	Honduras	45.7deaths per 100,000 people
119	Northern Mariana Islands	44.8deaths per 100,000 people
120	Barbados	44.7deaths per 100,000 people
121	Greenland	44.5deaths per 100,000 people
122	Bahrain	44.3deaths per 100,000 people
123	Tonga	44.0deaths per 100,000 people
124	Albania	43.9deaths per 100,000 people
125	Solomon Islands	43.6deaths per 100,000 people
126	Sri Lanka	43.3deaths per 100,000 people
127	Bahamas	43.0deaths per 100,000 people
128	Uruguay	41.9deaths per 100,000 people
129	Kenya	41.9deaths per 100,000 people
130	Nepal	41.8deaths per 100,000 people
131	Grenada	41.6deaths per 100,000 people
132	Saint Kitts and Nevis	40.7deaths per 100,000 people
133	Syrian Arab Republic	40.7deaths per 100,000 people
134	Samoa	39.9deaths per 100,000 people
135	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	39.5deaths per 100,000 people
136	Malaysia	38.3deaths per 100,000 people
137	Marshall Islands	37.4deaths per 100,000 people
138	Bulgaria	37.0deaths per 100,000 people
139	Niue	36.0deaths per 100,000 people
140	Malta	35.7deaths per 100,000 people
141	Romania	35.4deaths per 100,000 people
142	Dominica	35.1deaths per 100,000 people
143	Saint Lucia	34.9deaths per 100,000 people
144	Qatar	34.5deaths per 100,000 people
145	Belarus	33.9deaths per 100,000 people
146	Micronesia, Federated States of	33.6deaths per 100,000 people
147	Georgia	33.6deaths per 100,000 people
148	Thailand	33.0deaths per 100,000 people
149	Antigua and Barbuda	32.9deaths per 100,000 people
150	Puerto Rico	32.7deaths per 100,000 people
151	Russian Federation	32.6deaths per 100,000 people
152	American Samoa	31.7deaths per 100,000 people
153	Bermuda	29.7deaths per 100,000 people
154	Poland	29.5deaths per 100,000 people
155	United States of America	29.5deaths per 100,000 people
156	United Arab Emirates	27.9deaths per 100,000 people
157	Tokelau	27.8deaths per 100,000 people
158	Virgin Islands, U.S.	27.5deaths per 100,000 people
159	Slovakia	27.4deaths per 100,000 people
160	Vanuatu	27.1deaths per 100,000 people
161	Ireland	26.2deaths per 100,000 people
162	Greece	26.1deaths per 100,000 people
163	Canada	26.0deaths per 100,000 people
164	Switzerland	25.7deaths per 100,000 people
165	Denmark	25.6deaths per 100,000 people
166	United Kingdom	24.8deaths per 100,000 people
167	Croatia	24.5deaths per 100,000 people
168	New Zealand	24.2deaths per 100,000 people
169	Netherlands	24.1deaths per 100,000 people
170	Hungary	23.8deaths per 100,000 people
171	Cuba	23.4deaths per 100,000 people
172	Germany	23.3deaths per 100,000 people
173	Lithuania	23.0deaths per 100,000 people
174	The Republic of North Macedonia	23.0deaths per 100,000 people
175	Israel	22.8deaths per 100,000 people
176	Taiwan, Province of China	22.7deaths per 100,000 people
177	Iceland	22.4deaths per 100,000 people
178	Andorra	21.6deaths per 100,000 people
179	Australia	21.5deaths per 100,000 people
180	San Marino	21.3deaths per 100,000 people
181	Cook Islands	21.0deaths per 100,000 people
182	Portugal	20.6deaths per 100,000 people
183	Serbia	20.6deaths per 100,000 people
184	Latvia	19.8deaths per 100,000 people
185	Austria	19.6deaths per 100,000 people
186	France	19.1deaths per 100,000 people
187	Finland	19.1deaths per 100,000 people
188	Japan	18.8deaths per 100,000 people
189	Spain	18.7deaths per 100,000 people
190	Norway	17.8deaths per 100,000 people
191	Italy	17.7deaths per 100,000 people
192	Sweden	17.1deaths per 100,000 people
193	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16.8deaths per 100,000 people
194	Cyprus	16.7deaths per 100,000 people
195	Montenegro	16.5deaths per 100,000 people
196	Monaco	16.5deaths per 100,000 people
197	Singapore	16.1deaths per 100,000 people
198	People's Republic of China	15.7deaths per 100,000 people
199	Belgium	14.7deaths per 100,000 people
200	Slovenia	14.0deaths per 100,000 people
201	Estonia	13.0deaths per 100,000 people
202	Luxembourg	12.6deaths per 100,000 people
203	Czech Republic	11.4deaths per 100,000 people
204	South Korea	9.7deaths per 100,000 people

Showing 204 of 204 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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