Mortality rate, infant in Comoros
Comoros: Mortality rate, infant was 35 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in Comoros, 1973–2024
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 in Comoros is 35 per 1,000 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 52 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Comoros peaked at 148.9 per 1,000 live births in 1973 and was at its lowest, 35 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
Comoros ranks 32nd of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 52 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 139.63 per 1,000 live births | 130 per 1,000 live births | 148.9 per 1,000 live births | 7 |
| 1980s | 111.42 per 1,000 live births | 96.7 per 1,000 live births | 126.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 79.8 per 1,000 live births | 67.5 per 1,000 live births | 93.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.41 per 1,000 live births | 48.9 per 1,000 live births | 65.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.39 per 1,000 live births | 39.8 per 1,000 live births | 47.6 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.98 per 1,000 live births | 35 per 1,000 live births | 38.9 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
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More health data for Comoros
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 9,157 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 21,367 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 8,208 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 8,886 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 8,463 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 9,422 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 9,669 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 9,039 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 4.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 8,751 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Comoros?
- Mortality rate, infant in Comoros was 35 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 recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 148.9 per 1,000 live births in 1973.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Comoros rank for mortality rate, infant?
- Comoros ranks 32nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.