Goal 4: Progress highlights

Under- five mortality rate for developing world

Source: UN MDG Report 2009

Under- five mortality rate for South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (central, east and west)

Source: Lancet 2010

Under- five mortality rate for Latin America, North Africa and Middle East

Source: Lancet 2010

Under- five mortality rate for Asia (central, east and southeast), Carribean, Oceania and souther part of Sub-Saharan Africa 

Source: Lancet 2010

It has been estimated that annual per capita total health expenditures of less than $45 are insufficient to ensure access to a very basic set of needed services (Countdown Report). Table below lists countries with highest mortality rates and lowest spending on health per capita.

Source: Countdown Report & Human Development Index

Progress varies a lot among the countries. The two tables below list best and worst perfoming countries.

Source: Unicef statistics

Source: Unicef Statistic
* Data from 2006 (Countdown Report)