TABLE 10. THE RATE OF PROGRESS Average annual Re- rate of reduction ɵ (%) Annual rate of reduction (%) duction GDP per capita average Countries Under-5 Under-5 mortality rate Under-5 mortality rate Reduction since annual growth rate (%) Total fertility rate Total fertility rate mortality 1970– 1990– 2000– 1990– since 1990 2000 1970– 1990– ɵ ɵ and areas rank 1970 1990 2000 2015 1990 2000 2015 2015 (%) (%) 1970–1990 1990–2014 1970 1990 2015 1990 2015 Nigeria 7 285 213 187 109 1.5 1.3 3.6 2.7 49 42 -2.3 3.4 6.5 6.5 5.6 0.0 0.6 Niue 83 – 14 23 23 – -5.2 0.1 -2.0 -67 1 – – – – – – – Norway 182 16 9 5 3 3.1 5.7 4.2 4.8 70 47 3.3 1.6 2.5 1.9 1.8 1.5 0.1 Oman 125 228 39 17 12 8.8 8.6 2.4 4.9 71 30 3.2 0.6 7.3 7.2 2.7 0.1 3.9 Pakistan 22 189 139 112 81 1.5 2.1 2.2 2.1 41 28 2.7 1.7 6.6 6.0 3.6 0.5 2.1 Palau 104 – 36 27 16 – 3.0 3.3 3.2 55 39 – -0.4 x – – – – – Panama 99 68 31 26 17 3.9 1.7 2.8 2.4 45 35 0.2 3.8 5.2 3.1 2.4 2.6 0.9 Papua New Guinea 38 144 89 79 57 2.4 1.3 2.1 1.8 36 27 -1.0 0.9 6.2 4.8 3.7 1.2 1.0 Paraguay 89 78 47 34 21 2.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 56 39 3.8 0.9 5.7 4.5 2.5 1.2 2.4 Peru 99 164 80 39 17 3.6 7.3 5.5 6.2 79 56 -0.5 3.4 6.4 3.8 2.4 2.6 1.8 Philippines 73 84 58 40 28 1.8 3.8 2.3 2.9 52 29 0.6 2.3 6.3 4.3 2.9 1.9 1.5 Poland 159 36 17 9 5 3.7 6.2 3.9 4.8 70 44 – 4.2 2.3 2.1 1.3 0.4 1.7 Portugal 166 68 15 7 4 7.7 7.1 4.6 5.6 76 50 2.5 1.2 3.0 1.5 1.3 3.4 0.8 Qatar 142 66 21 12 8 5.8 5.2 2.9 3.8 62 35 – 1.5 x 6.9 4.0 2.0 2.7 2.8 Republic of Korea 182 53 7 6 3 10.0 1.5 3.9 2.9 52 44 7.5 4.3 4.5 1.6 1.3 5.2 0.9 Republic of Moldova 104 – 33 31 16 – 0.6 4.6 3.0 52 50 1.8 x 0.8 2.6 2.4 1.2 0.3 2.6 Romania 130 66 38 27 11 2.8 3.4 5.9 4.9 71 59 – 3.4 2.8 1.9 1.5 2.1 0.9 Russian Federation 133 44 26 23 10 2.7 1.1 5.9 4.0 63 59 – 2.5 2.0 1.9 1.7 0.3 0.4 Rwanda 56 219 152 184 42 1.8 -1.9 9.9 5.2 73 77 1.1 3.3 8.2 7.3 3.8 0.6 2.6 Saint Kitts and Nevis 130 69 28 19 11 4.5 4.2 3.8 4.0 63 44 6.5 x 1.8 – – – – – Saint Lucia 112 76 23 18 14 6.0 2.4 1.5 1.8 37 20 5.1 x 1.2 6.1 3.4 1.9 2.9 2.4 Saint Vincent and 96 80 25 22 18 5.9 1.0 1.3 1.2 25 18 3.3 2.9 6.0 3.0 2.0 3.6 1.7 the Grenadines Samoa 96 – 31 22 18 – 3.6 1.4 2.3 44 19 – 2.5 7.2 5.1 4.0 1.7 1.0 San Marino 182 – 11 6 3 – 6.8 4.3 5.3 73 47 1.8 3.4 x – – – – – Sao Tome and Principe 49 87 111 89 47 -1.2 2.1 4.2 3.4 57 47 – 3.0 x 6.5 5.8 4.5 0.5 1.0 Saudi Arabia 110 – 44 23 15 – 6.6 3.0 4.5 67 37 -2.1 1.4 7.3 5.9 2.7 1.0 3.1 Senegal 49 291 140 135 47 3.6 0.4 7.0 4.4 66 65 -0.6 1.1 7.3 6.6 5.0 0.5 1.1 Serbia 148 – 28 13 7 – 8.1 4.2 5.8 76 47 – 3.7 x 2.4 2.1 1.6 0.7 1.1 Seychelles 112 72 17 14 14 7.4 1.4 0.3 0.8 18 5 2.9 2.1 5.8 2.7 2.3 3.7 0.7 Sierra Leone 5 335 264 236 120 1.2 1.1 4.5 3.1 54 49 -0.6 1.4 6.0 6.7 4.5 -0.5 1.6 Singapore 182 27 8 4 3 6.3 6.5 2.6 4.2 65 32 5.9 3.5 3.2 1.7 1.2 3.1 1.3 Slovakia 148 – 18 12 7 – 4.1 3.1 3.5 59 38 – 4.2 x 2.5 2.0 1.4 1.0 1.5 Slovenia 182 – 10 6 3 – 6.4 5.0 5.5 75 53 – 2.5 x 2.2 1.5 1.6 2.1 -0.4 Solomon Islands 73 107 40 33 28 5.0 1.8 1.1 1.4 29 15 – -0.4 6.9 5.9 3.9 0.8 1.6 Somalia 3 – 180 174 137 – 0.3 1.6 1.1 24 22 -0.8 – 7.2 7.4 6.4 -0.1 0.6 South Africa 58 – 60 75 41 – -2.3 4.1 1.6 32 46 0.1 1.2 5.6 3.7 2.3 2.1 1.8 South Sudan 13 – 253 182 93 – 3.3 4.5 4.0 63 49 – – 6.9 6.8 4.9 0.1 1.3 Spain 166 29 11 7 4 4.9 5.3 3.1 3.9 63 37 1.9 1.5 2.9 1.3 1.3 3.8 0.0 Sri Lanka 133 71 21 16 10 6.1 2.6 3.4 3.1 54 40 3.0 4.4 4.3 2.5 2.1 2.8 0.7 State of Palestine 89 – 44 30 21 – 4.0 2.3 3.0 52 29 – 1.8 x 7.9 6.7 4.1 0.8 2.0 Sudan 27 155 128 106 70 1.0 1.9 2.8 2.4 45 34 -0.1 3.5 6.9 6.2 4.3 0.6 1.4 Suriname 89 – 48 34 21 – 3.2 3.2 3.2 55 38 -2.3 x 2.2 5.7 3.3 2.3 2.7 1.4 Swaziland 36 176 75 128 61 4.3 -5.4 5.0 0.8 19 53 3.1 1.0 6.9 5.7 3.2 0.9 2.3 Sweden 182 13 7 4 3 3.3 5.2 2.1 3.3 57 27 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.9 0.1 0.2 Switzerland 166 18 8 6 4 4.0 3.8 2.4 3.0 52 30 1.7 x 1.0 2.1 1.5 1.5 1.6 0.0 Syrian Arab Republic 120 105 37 23 13 5.2 4.6 4.0 4.2 65 45 2.1 1.8 x 7.6 5.3 2.9 1.8 2.4 Tajikistan 52 – 108 93 45 – 1.5 4.9 3.5 59 52 – 0.9 6.9 5.2 3.5 1.4 1.6 Thailand 125 100 37 23 12 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.4 67 45 4.8 3.1 5.6 2.1 1.5 4.9 1.4 The former Yugoslav 153 – 37 16 6 – 8.3 7.1 7.6 85 66 – 1.8 3.2 2.2 1.5 1.8 1.5 Republic of Macedonia Timor-Leste 41 – 176 110 53 – 4.7 4.9 4.8 70 52 – 3.4 x 5.9 5.3 5.6 0.5 -0.2 Togo 24 225 146 121 78 2.1 1.9 2.9 2.5 46 35 -0.5 0.1 7.1 6.3 4.5 0.6 1.3 Tonga 99 50 22 18 17 4.1 2.2 0.3 1.1 24 5 – 1.3 5.9 4.6 3.7 1.2 0.9 Trinidad and Tobago 94 52 31 29 20 2.6 0.6 2.3 1.6 33 29 -0.5 5.1 3.6 2.5 1.8 1.9 1.3 Tunisia 112 181 57 32 14 5.8 5.9 5.4 5.6 75 56 2.5 3.0 6.7 3.5 2.1 3.3 2.0 Turkey 112 187 75 40 14 4.6 6.3 7.2 6.8 82 66 1.9 2.5 5.6 3.1 2.1 3.0 1.6 Turkmenistan 42 – 91 82 51 – 1.0 3.1 2.3 43 37 – 3.5 6.3 4.3 2.3 1.9 2.6 Tuvalu 77 – 57 43 27 – 2.9 3.0 3.0 53 36 – 1.6 – – – – – Uganda 40 190 187 148 55 0.1 2.3 6.7 4.9 71 63 – 3.6 7.1 7.1 5.7 0.0 0.9 Ukraine 139 – 20 19 9 – 0.5 4.8 3.1 54 51 – 1.0 2.0 1.8 1.5 0.7 0.6 United Arab Emirates 148 98 17 11 7 8.9 4.0 3.3 3.5 59 39 -4.3 x -2.9 6.6 4.4 1.8 2.0 3.6 United Kingdom 166 21 9 7 4 4.1 3.4 3.0 3.2 55 36 2.2 1.8 2.3 1.8 1.9 1.2 -0.2 United Republic of Tanzania 46 216 165 131 49 1.3 2.4 6.6 4.9 71 63 – 2.5 6.8 6.2 5.1 0.4 0.8 THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2016 156