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 Gambia 29 303 170 119 69 2.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 60 42 0.7 0.3 x 6.1 6.1 5.7 0.0 0.3 Georgia 125 – 48 36 12 – 2.9 7.3 5.6 75 67 3.1 3.3 2.6 2.2 1.8 0.9 0.7 Germany 166 26 9 5 4 5.5 4.5 2.5 3.3 56 31 2.3 1.3 2.0 1.4 1.4 2.0 -0.2 Ghana 35 202 127 101 62 2.3 2.4 3.3 2.9 52 39 -2.0 2.9 7.0 5.6 4.1 1.1 1.2 Greece 159 38 13 8 5 5.5 4.8 3.5 4.0 63 41 1.3 1.4 2.4 1.4 1.3 2.5 0.3 Grenada 125 – 23 16 12 – 3.8 2.0 2.7 49 26 4.2 x 2.4 4.6 3.8 2.1 0.9 2.4 Guatemala 71 174 81 51 29 3.8 4.7 3.7 4.1 64 42 0.1 1.3 6.2 5.3 3.2 0.8 2.1 Guinea 11 327 238 170 94 1.6 3.4 4.0 3.7 61 45 – 0.6 6.2 6.6 4.9 -0.3 1.2 Guinea-Bissau 13 – 229 178 93 – 2.6 4.3 3.6 60 48 0.8 -0.9 6.0 6.6 4.8 -0.5 1.3 Guyana 59 74 60 47 39 1.0 2.6 1.1 1.7 35 16 -1.5 2.9 x 5.2 3.6 2.5 1.8 1.4 Haiti 29 245 146 105 69 2.6 3.3 2.8 3.0 53 34 – -0.6 x 5.8 5.4 3.0 0.3 2.4 Holy See – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Honduras 94 148 58 37 20 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.2 65 45 0.8 1.7 7.3 5.1 2.3 1.7 3.2 Hungary 153 43 19 11 6 4.0 5.3 4.3 4.7 69 47 – 2.5 x 2.0 1.8 1.4 0.5 1.2 Iceland 193 16 6 4 2 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.7 69 50 3.2 2.1 3.0 2.2 1.9 1.7 0.5 India 48 213 126 91 48 2.6 3.2 4.3 3.9 62 48 2.0 5.0 5.6 4.0 2.4 1.6 2.1 Indonesia 77 166 85 52 27 3.4 4.8 4.4 4.5 68 48 4.5 2.9 5.5 3.1 2.4 2.8 1.0 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 104 – 58 35 16 – 5.1 5.4 5.2 73 55 -4.3 2.4 6.4 4.8 1.7 1.5 4.2 Iraq 68 115 54 45 32 3.8 1.9 2.2 2.1 41 28 4.2 3.7 7.4 5.9 4.5 1.1 1.1 Ireland 166 22 9 7 4 4.4 2.6 4.5 3.8 61 49 2.8 3.8 3.8 2.0 2.0 3.2 0.0 Israel 166 – 12 7 4 – 5.2 3.6 4.3 66 42 1.9 2.4 3.8 3.0 3.0 1.2 0.0 Italy 166 34 10 6 4 6.2 5.7 3.0 4.1 64 36 2.8 0.6 2.4 1.3 1.5 3.2 -0.5 Jamaica 104 58 31 22 16 3.2 3.3 2.2 2.7 49 29 -1.3 0.4 5.5 2.9 2.0 3.1 1.5 Japan 182 18 6 5 3 5.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 57 40 3.4 0.7 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.5 0.4 Jordan 96 90 37 28 18 4.5 2.8 2.9 2.9 51 35 2.5 x 2.6 7.9 5.5 3.4 1.8 2.0 Kazakhstan 112 – 53 44 14 – 1.9 7.5 5.3 73 68 – 4.3 3.5 2.8 2.6 1.1 0.3 Kenya 46 148 102 108 49 1.9 -0.5 5.2 2.9 52 54 1.2 0.8 8.1 6.0 4.3 1.5 1.4 Kiribati 39 140 96 71 56 1.9 3.1 1.6 2.2 42 21 -5.0 1.0 5.5 4.7 3.7 0.8 1.0 Kuwait 139 71 18 13 9 6.9 3.4 2.6 2.9 52 32 -6.7 x 0.0 x 7.3 2.6 2.1 5.1 0.9 Kyrgyzstan 89 – 65 49 21 – 2.9 5.5 4.5 67 56 – 1.1 4.9 3.9 3.1 1.2 0.9 Lao People's Democratic 31 – 162 118 67 – 3.2 3.8 3.6 59 43 – 4.9 6.0 6.2 2.9 -0.1 3.0 Republic Latvia 142 – 20 17 8 – 1.7 5.2 3.8 61 54 – 5.7 x 1.9 1.9 1.5 0.0 1.0 Lebanon 142 63 33 20 8 3.3 4.9 5.9 5.5 74 59 – 2.1 4.9 3.0 1.7 2.5 2.2 Lesotho 17 175 88 117 90 3.4 -2.8 1.7 -0.1 -2 23 3.0 2.7 5.8 4.9 3.1 0.8 1.8 Liberia 27 286 255 182 70 0.6 3.4 6.4 5.2 73 62 -4.1 2.4 6.7 6.5 4.6 0.1 1.3 Libya 120 138 42 28 13 6.0 3.9 4.9 4.5 68 52 – -1.4 x 8.1 5.0 2.4 2.5 2.9 Liechtenstein – – – – – – – – – – – 2.2 2.9 x – – – – – Lithuania 159 25 17 12 5 2.1 3.4 5.5 4.6 68 56 – 5.8 x 2.3 2.0 1.6 0.8 0.8 Luxembourg 193 22 9 5 2 4.7 6.1 6.2 6.1 78 60 2.6 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.1 -0.1 Madagascar 44 152 161 109 50 -0.3 3.9 5.3 4.7 69 55 -2.4 -0.3 7.3 6.3 4.4 0.8 1.5 Malawi 33 347 242 174 64 1.8 3.3 6.7 5.3 74 63 0.0 1.4 7.3 7.0 5.0 0.2 1.3 Malaysia 148 56 17 10 7 6.1 4.9 2.5 3.5 58 31 4.0 3.2 4.9 3.5 1.9 1.6 2.4 Maldives 139 261 94 44 9 5.1 7.5 10.9 9.6 91 81 – 4.1 x 7.2 6.0 2.1 0.9 4.2 Mali 6 400 254 220 115 2.3 1.5 4.3 3.2 55 48 1.4 1.5 7.1 7.2 6.1 0.0 0.6 Malta 153 28 11 8 6 4.5 3.7 1.3 2.3 43 18 6.0 2.2 x 2.0 2.0 1.5 -0.1 1.3 Marshall Islands 63 88 50 41 36 2.8 1.9 0.9 1.3 28 13 – 0.7 – – – – – Mauritania 20 194 118 114 85 2.5 0.4 2.0 1.3 28 25 -1.1 1.2 6.8 6.0 4.5 0.6 1.1 Mauritius 112 83 23 19 14 6.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 42 27 3.1 x 3.6 4.0 2.3 1.5 2.7 1.8 Mexico 120 109 47 26 13 4.2 6.0 4.4 5.0 72 48 1.7 1.1 6.8 3.5 2.2 3.4 1.8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 65 – 56 54 35 – 0.3 2.9 1.9 38 36 – 0.6 6.9 5.0 3.2 1.7 1.8 Monaco 166 – 8 5 4 – 4.1 2.6 3.2 55 33 1.5 1.7 x – – – – – Mongolia 84 – 108 63 22 – 5.4 6.9 6.3 79 64 – 4.1 7.6 4.1 2.6 3.1 1.7 Montenegro 159 – 17 14 5 – 1.8 7.2 5.0 72 66 – 2.8 x 2.7 2.1 1.7 1.4 0.9 Morocco 73 189 80 50 28 4.3 4.7 4.0 4.3 66 45 2.6 2.8 6.7 4.1 2.5 2.5 2.0 Mozambique 23 273 240 171 79 0.6 3.4 5.2 4.5 67 54 -1.1 x 5.1 6.6 6.2 5.3 0.3 0.7 Myanmar 44 179 110 82 50 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.2 55 39 1.4 11.8 x 6.0 3.5 2.2 2.7 1.8 Namibia 52 97 74 76 45 1.4 -0.3 3.4 1.9 38 40 -2.1 x 2.2 6.5 5.2 3.5 1.1 1.6 Nauru 65 – 57 41 35 – 3.2 1.0 1.9 38 14 – – – – – – – Nepal 63 268 141 81 36 3.2 5.6 5.4 5.5 75 56 1.2 2.6 5.9 5.2 2.2 0.7 3.5 Netherlands 166 16 8 6 4 3.2 2.9 3.3 3.1 54 39 1.5 1.7 2.4 1.6 1.8 2.2 -0.5 New Zealand 153 21 11 7 6 3.1 4.1 1.7 2.7 49 23 1.5 x 1.7 3.1 2.1 2.0 2.0 0.1 Nicaragua 84 171 67 40 22 4.7 5.1 4.0 4.4 67 45 -3.7 2.1 6.9 4.6 2.2 2.0 2.9 Niger 10 327 328 227 96 0.0 3.7 5.8 4.9 71 58 -1.9 0.0 7.4 7.7 7.6 -0.2 0.1 THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2016 155