Key Market Indicators
By 2026, India is projected to have 388,350 deaths among children under the age of five, a 9.9 percent decrease from 2021's figure of 709,410. Since 1965, the country has seen a 6.6 percent annual decrease in child mortality. India was third in the 2021 ranking, with Nigeria leading with 709,410 deaths. Pakistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo followed in second and fourth place, respectively. In 2021, India had a 94 percent immunisation coverage rate for children aged 12-23 months, putting it in 79th place, behind the Solomon Islands. Greece, Mongolia, and Latvia respectively ranked second, third, and fourth. By 2026, India is expected to reach 100 percent coverage, with an annual growth rate of 1 percent since 1985.
