Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 2.40% to 44.8 in Botswana in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Botswana reached an all time high of 168 in 1960 and an all time low of 44.8 in 2020. When compared to Botswana's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Namibia amounted to 40.2, 32.2 in South Africa, 61.4 in Zambia and 53.9 in Zimbabwe in 2020.
Botswana has been ranked 38th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 15 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Angola | 92.9 | 88.1 | 84.1 | 80.6 | 77.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Botswana | 50.2 | 49.7 | 49.2 | 47.8 | 47.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 99.2 | 95.9 | 92.8 | 89.6 | 86.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 94.2 | 94.6 | 91.5 | 91.0 | 90.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 88.4 | 84.0 | 80.4 | 78.0 | 75.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Namibia | 47.9 | 47.6 | 46.3 | 44.9 | 43.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | 37.6 | 36.3 | 35.2 | 34.6 | 33.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Swaziland | 62.4 | 57.2 | 55.6 | 57.9 | 52.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | 59.9 | 58.1 | 56.0 | 54.1 | 52.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 68.3 | 67.7 | 65.3 | 64.6 | 65.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 62.7 | 61.3 | 58.7 | 57.0 | 54.8 |
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