Global Child Mortality Remains High in 2024—UN
While deaths among children under five have dropped by more than half since 2000, the pace of improvement has slowed by over 60% since 2015, raising concerns that global initiatives are losing momentum.
Most of these fatalities are preventable through low-cost interventions and access to quality health care, the report states.
“No child should die from diseases that we know how to prevent. But we see worrying signs that progress in child survival is slowing,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in the report.
Newborns represent nearly half of all under-5 deaths, highlighting slow progress in preventing deaths around birth. Complications from preterm birth account for 36% of these deaths, followed by labor and delivery complications at 21%.
For children beyond the first month, infectious diseases continue to be leading causes of death, including malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea. Malaria alone is responsible for 17% of fatalities in older children.
The report was produced jointly by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and the UN population division.
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