Mortality rate, infant, female in IBRD only
IBRD only: Mortality rate, infant, female was 15.69 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant, female in IBRD only, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mortality rate, infant, female in IBRD only is 15.69 per 1,000 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.0% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant, female in IBRD only peaked at 53.75 per 1,000 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 15.69 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.47 per 1,000 live births | 43.84 per 1,000 live births | 53.75 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.33 per 1,000 live births | 28.1 per 1,000 live births | 42.37 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.73 per 1,000 live births | 18 per 1,000 live births | 26.81 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.77 per 1,000 live births | 15.69 per 1,000 live births | 17.73 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
More health data for IBRD only
- Population ages 0-14, female 514.86 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 67.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 1.07 billion (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 22.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 554.89 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 20.7% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 529.78 million (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 15.5% (2025)
- Population, female 2.48 billion (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 9.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant, female in IBRD only?
- Mortality rate, infant, female in IBRD only was 15.69 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, infant, female recorded in IBRD only?
- The highest recorded value was 53.75 per 1,000 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant, female recorded in IBRD only?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.69 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant, female rising or falling in IBRD only?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IBRD only data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.