WORLD PULSE
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World Pulse · dashboard

The world, indicator by indicator

21 indicators · 217 countries · 156,366 observations. Each indicator is read at the most recent year that still has near-complete coverage. Neither rule works alone: child stunting's newest year has six reporters, and internet use is best covered in 1990, when nearly every country reported it as zero.

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

read at 2024 · 2 years old

Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births.

World median

15.0per 1,000 live births

Countries reporting

196/ 217

Observations, all years

11.9k

The median is computed across the 196 countries reporting in 2024 — arithmetic over real values, not a published figure. Lower is better for this indicator.

How the world is spread · 2024

42 countries between 1.3 and 5.4 per 1,000 live births27 countries between 5.4 and 9.5 per 1,000 live births25 countries between 9.5 and 13.5 per 1,000 live births20 countries between 13.5 and 17.6 per 1,000 live births12 countries between 17.6 and 21.7 per 1,000 live births6 countries between 21.7 and 25.8 per 1,000 live births6 countries between 25.8 and 29.9 per 1,000 live births4 countries between 29.9 and 34.0 per 1,000 live births10 countries between 34.0 and 38.0 per 1,000 live births7 countries between 38.0 and 42.1 per 1,000 live births3 countries between 42.1 and 46.2 per 1,000 live births7 countries between 46.2 and 50.3 per 1,000 live births3 countries between 50.3 and 54.4 per 1,000 live births2 countries between 54.4 and 58.4 per 1,000 live births4 countries between 58.4 and 62.5 per 1,000 live births3 countries between 62.5 and 66.6 per 1,000 live births2 countries between 66.6 and 70.7 per 1,000 live births2 countries between 70.7 and 74.8 per 1,000 live births1 country between 74.8 and 78.9 per 1,000 live births1 country between 82.9 and 87.0 per 1,000 live births3 countries between 87.0 and 91.1 per 1,000 live births1 country between 91.1 and 95.2 per 1,000 live births2 countries between 95.2 and 99.3 per 1,000 live births1 country between 99.3 and 103.4 per 1,000 live births1 country between 107.4 and 111.5 per 1,000 live births1 country between 111.5 and 115.6 per 1,000 live birthsMEDIAN1.3115.6
196 countries reporting · each bar is a count of countries, not a value

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How much of the world was measured

ALL 2171960: 131 of 217 countries reported1961: 132 of 217 countries reported1962: 134 of 217 countries reported1963: 137 of 217 countries reported1964: 140 of 217 countries reported1965: 142 of 217 countries reported1966: 143 of 217 countries reported1967: 146 of 217 countries reported1968: 151 of 217 countries reported1969: 156 of 217 countries reported1970: 157 of 217 countries reported1971: 162 of 217 countries reported1972: 164 of 217 countries reported1973: 165 of 217 countries reported1974: 167 of 217 countries reported1975: 171 of 217 countries reported1976: 173 of 217 countries reported1977: 174 of 217 countries reported1978: 177 of 217 countries reported1979: 178 of 217 countries reported1980: 179 of 217 countries reported1981: 182 of 217 countries reported1982: 185 of 217 countries reported1983: 186 of 217 countries reported1984: 189 of 217 countries reported1985: 196 of 217 countries reported1986: 196 of 217 countries reported1987: 196 of 217 countries reported1988: 196 of 217 countries reported1989: 196 of 217 countries reported1990: 196 of 217 countries reported1991: 196 of 217 countries reported1992: 196 of 217 countries reported1993: 196 of 217 countries reported1994: 196 of 217 countries reported1995: 196 of 217 countries reported1996: 196 of 217 countries reported1997: 196 of 217 countries reported1998: 196 of 217 countries reported1999: 196 of 217 countries reported2000: 196 of 217 countries reported2001: 196 of 217 countries reported2002: 196 of 217 countries reported2003: 196 of 217 countries reported2004: 196 of 217 countries reported2005: 196 of 217 countries reported2006: 196 of 217 countries reported2007: 196 of 217 countries reported2008: 196 of 217 countries reported2009: 196 of 217 countries reported2010: 196 of 217 countries reported2011: 196 of 217 countries reported2012: 196 of 217 countries reported2013: 196 of 217 countries reported2014: 196 of 217 countries reported2015: 196 of 217 countries reported2016: 196 of 217 countries reported2017: 196 of 217 countries reported2018: 196 of 217 countries reported2019: 196 of 217 countries reported2020: 196 of 217 countries reported2021: 196 of 217 countries reported2022: 196 of 217 countries reported2023: 196 of 217 countries reported2024: 196 of 217 countries reported19602024
Best year 1985 with 196 of 217 · most recent 2024 with 196. A short bar means the world did not measure, not that the value fell.

Highest · 2024

Nigeria115.6
Niger110.7
Somalia, Fed. Rep.101.1
Chad97.3
South Sudan96.7
Guinea92.1
Sierra Leone90.5
Central African Republic89.7

Lowest · 2024

San Marino1.3
Estonia2.0
Luxembourg2.2
Slovenia2.3
Belarus2.3
Sweden2.4
Montenegro2.4
Japan2.4

Read with care

  • · Estimated by the UN Inter-agency Group (IGME) from surveys and civil registration; countries with weak registration carry wider uncertainty.

What we can actually see

Coverage is wildly uneven, and that unevenness is a finding rather than a footnote. Life expectancy is near-universal; the survey-based indicators are not. Sorted by how much of the world reports at all.

IndicatorCountriesYearsRead atObservations
Life expectancy217 / 2171960–20242024 (217)14,071
Fertility rate217 / 2171960–20242024 (217)14,073
Population217 / 2171960–20252025 (217)14,292
Electricity access216 / 2171990–20242024 (215)6,747
GDP per capita214 / 2171960–20252025 (186)11,764
Internet use213 / 2171990–20252024 (182)6,224
Primary enrolment209 / 2171970–20252023 (166)7,495
GDP per capita (PPP)203 / 2171990–20252025 (185)7,020
Education spending203 / 2171970–20252022 (164)5,124
CO₂ per person203 / 2171970–20242024 (203)11,165
Under-5 mortality196 / 2171960–20242024 (196)11,861
Maternal mortality194 / 2171985–20232023 (194)7,566
Inflation193 / 2171960–20252025 (165)9,136
Health spending193 / 2172000–20242023 (192)4,562
Unemployment187 / 2171991–20252025 (182)6,531
Extreme poverty171 / 2171963–20252021 (81)2,430
Income inequality (Gini)171 / 2171963–20252021 (81)2,430
Adult literacy170 / 2171970–20242022 (45)1,121
Military spending164 / 2171960–20242024 (147)7,909
Child stunting163 / 2171983–20242018 (48)1,129
Safe drinking water151 / 2172000–20242024 (148)3,716

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Nothing here is interpolated — where a country never reported, it is absent rather than estimated. Browse every country →