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Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
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Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
World Bank code: SP.DYN.IMRT.IN
• Data available for 196 countries • Latest year: 2024
In ,
South Sudan
led Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) at 71.90.
The world median across 196 reporting countries was
12.40.
What this measures:
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
How "Health & Population" indicators are measured
Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.
Distribution — 2024
Reporting
196 countries
Median
12.40
Mean
18.54
25th percentile
4.70
75th percentile
28.70
Range
1.20 – 71.90
World at a Glance — 2024
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
Lighter = lower value · Darker = higher value. Hover a cell to see the country and value.
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