What is mortality rate, infant in Mali?

Mortality rate, infant in Mali was 47.5 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 Mali?

The highest recorded value was 205 per 1,000 live births in 1966.

What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Mali?

The lowest recorded value was 47.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024.

How does Mali rank for mortality rate, infant?

Mali ranks 16th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Mali?

Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Mali 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.

Mortality rate, infant in Mali

Name: Mortality rate, infant in Mali
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Mali: Mortality rate, infant was 47.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

47.5 per 1,000 live births

Change on year

down 3.7%

World rank

16th

of 195 countries

All-time high

205 per 1,000 live births

in 1966

All-time low

47.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1966–2024

Mortality rate, infant in Mali, 1966–2024

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.

Analysis

In 2024, mortality rate, infant in Mali stood at 47.5 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 59 years on record.

That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and down 30.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Mali peaked at 205 per 1,000 live births in 1966 and was at its lowest, 47.5 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.

That places Mali 16th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	200.72 per 1,000 live births	196.6 per 1,000 live births	205 per 1,000 live births	4
1970s	178.08 per 1,000 live births	160.6 per 1,000 live births	193.8 per 1,000 live births	10
1980s	140.73 per 1,000 live births	127 per 1,000 live births	156.8 per 1,000 live births	10
1990s	116.02 per 1,000 live births	106.1 per 1,000 live births	124.7 per 1,000 live births	10
2000s	90.21 per 1,000 live births	78.9 per 1,000 live births	103.1 per 1,000 live births	10
2010s	67.14 per 1,000 live births	57.6 per 1,000 live births	76.7 per 1,000 live births	10
2020s	51.34 per 1,000 live births	47.5 per 1,000 live births	55.4 per 1,000 live births	5

Countries ranked near Mali

13 Afghanistan 48.3 per 1,000 live births compare
14 Pakistan 48.2 per 1,000 live births compare
15 Equatorial Guinea 47.6 per 1,000 live births compare
17 Benin 45.2 per 1,000 live births compare
18 Cote d'Ivoire 44.8 per 1,000 live births compare
19 Mozambique 43.7 per 1,000 live births compare

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Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 379,272 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 6.46 million (2025)
Population ages 0-14, total 11.54 million (2025)
Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 387,564 (2025)
Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 371,062 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 350,904 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is mortality rate, infant in Mali?: Mortality rate, infant in Mali was 47.5 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 Mali?: The highest recorded value was 205 per 1,000 live births in 1966.
What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Mali?: The lowest recorded value was 47.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
How does Mali rank for mortality rate, infant?: Mali ranks 16th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Mali?: Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mali 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,475 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.