1. Between 2000 and 2023, India reduced its under-five mortality rate by 70% and neonatal mortality rate by 61%.
  2. India ranks 7th among the top 10 countries with the highest reduction in stillbirths (60–70%) and achieved a 60.4% decline compared to the global average of 37%.
  3. The global annual under-five deaths dropped from 9.9 million in 2000 to 4.9 million in 2022—more than a 50% reduction.
  4. From 2000 to 2022, the world lost 221 million children, adolescents, and youth