Mortality rate, infant in IDA only
IDA only: Mortality rate, infant was 39.48 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in IDA 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
IDA only recorded 39.48 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, infant in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in IDA only peaked at 102.27 per 1,000 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 39.48 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 | 95.13 per 1,000 live births | 84.99 per 1,000 live births | 102.27 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.23 per 1,000 live births | 56.82 per 1,000 live births | 81.92 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 48.86 per 1,000 live births | 43.51 per 1,000 live births | 54.61 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.82 per 1,000 live births | 39.48 per 1,000 live births | 43.45 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
More health data for IDA only
- Population ages 65 and above, female 4.5% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 29.39 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 758.07 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 58.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 373.63 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 239.23 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 36.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 58.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 246.69 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 4.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in IDA only?
- Mortality rate, infant in IDA only was 39.48 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 IDA only?
- The highest recorded value was 102.27 per 1,000 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in IDA only?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.48 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in IDA only?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this IDA 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 (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.