Mortality rate, infant in Moldova
Moldova: Mortality rate, infant was 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in Moldova, 1971–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 15.1 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, infant in 2024.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Moldova peaked at 51.2 per 1,000 live births in 1971 and was at its lowest, 14 per 1,000 live births, in 2017.
That places Moldova 84th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 46.62 per 1,000 live births | 42.4 per 1,000 live births | 51.2 per 1,000 live births | 9 |
| 1980s | 35.21 per 1,000 live births | 29.4 per 1,000 live births | 41.4 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 31.73 per 1,000 live births | 29.1 per 1,000 live births | 34 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.93 per 1,000 live births | 15.5 per 1,000 live births | 27.9 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.41 per 1,000 live births | 14 per 1,000 live births | 15.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.7 per 1,000 live births | 14.3 per 1,000 live births | 15.1 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
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More health data for Moldova
- Population ages 65 and above 16.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 20,165 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 20,450 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 20,257 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 20,597 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 22,598 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 139,923 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 23,715 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 21,335 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 19,859 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Moldova?
- Mortality rate, infant in Moldova was 15.1 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 Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 51.2 per 1,000 live births in 1971.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 per 1,000 live births in 2017.
- How does Moldova rank for mortality rate, infant?
- Moldova ranks 84th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Moldova 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.