Child mortality in Indonesia 1895-2020

In 1895, the child mortality rate in the region of present-day Indonesia was 444 deaths per thousand live births, meaning that almost 45 percent of all births in Indonesia in that year would not survive past their fifth birthday. This figure would fall gradually until the 1930s, as public works projects by the Dutch would see standards of living begin to rise in the country, however the Japanese invasion of Indonesia in 1942 saw child mortality increase by 15 deaths per thousand in the early 1940s. Following the end of the Second World War, child mortality would begin to sharply decline, as mass immunization and vaccination, combined with several decades of economic growth, would result in the suppression or eradication of many childhood illnesses and raise standards of living throughout the country. Child mortality would fall both through the remainder of the 20^th century and into the 21^st century as well. As a result, it is estimated that approximately 97.5 percent of all children born in the past five years will make it to the age of five.