West Bank and Gaza - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in West Bank and Gaza was 2,036 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,564 in 1976 and a minimum value of 2,036 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1976 4,564
1977 4,424
1978 4,287
1979 4,152
1980 4,021
1981 3,897
1982 3,784
1983 3,687
1984 3,604
1985 3,534
1986 3,483
1987 3,449
1988 3,429
1989 3,421
1990 3,420
1991 3,419
1992 3,418
1993 3,411
1994 3,390
1995 3,358
1996 3,312
1997 3,249
1998 3,177
1999 3,101
2000 3,026
2001 2,952
2002 2,883
2003 2,817
2004 2,758
2005 2,704
2006 2,658
2007 2,618
2008 2,585
2009 2,555
2010 2,527
2011 2,496
2012 2,462
2013 2,420
2014 2,372
2015 2,318
2016 2,260
2017 2,201
2018 2,139
2019 2,087
2020 2,036

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in West Bank and Gaza was 2,365 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,355 in 1980 and a minimum value of 2,365 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1980 5,355
1981 5,148
1982 4,953
1983 4,782
1984 4,629
1985 4,500
1986 4,395
1987 4,316
1988 4,257
1989 4,217
1990 4,190
1991 4,170
1992 4,152
1993 4,129
1994 4,094
1995 4,046
1996 3,983
1997 3,904
1998 3,813
1999 3,718
2000 3,622
2001 3,528
2002 3,439
2003 3,352
2004 3,273
2005 3,198
2006 3,134
2007 3,077
2008 3,030
2009 2,986
2010 2,949
2011 2,910
2012 2,869
2013 2,820
2014 2,765
2015 2,702
2016 2,635
2017 2,565
2018 2,490
2019 2,426
2020 2,365

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in West Bank and Gaza was 1,479 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,274 in 1994 and a minimum value of 1,479 in 2020.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1989 2,184
1990 2,208
1991 2,233
1992 2,253
1993 2,266
1994 2,274
1995 2,267
1996 2,228
1997 2,180
1998 2,135
1999 2,096
2000 2,059
2001 2,027
2002 1,998
2003 1,969
2004 1,937
2005 1,906
2006 1,876
2007 1,851
2008 1,829
2009 1,810
2010 1,793
2011 1,778
2012 1,759
2013 1,735
2014 1,706
2015 1,673
2016 1,636
2017 1,595
2018 1,554
2019 1,513
2020 1,479

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality