Child mortality has declined in all world regions
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In 1950, nearly one in four children worldwide died before age five; by 2025, the global average had fallen to 3.5 percent. Africa and Oceania saw child mortality fall 5-fold, Asia 10-fold, and Europe 27-fold since 1950.
About 4.7 million children under five still die annually—13,000 per day—so progress, though historic, remains incomplete.
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