Mortality rate, infant in Other small states
Other small states: Mortality rate, infant was 24.49 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in Other small states, 1990–2024
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 Other small states stood at 24.49 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Other small states peaked at 64.51 per 1,000 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 24.49 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 | 61.19 per 1,000 live births | 58.92 per 1,000 live births | 64.51 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 43.19 per 1,000 live births | 36.64 per 1,000 live births | 48.87 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.03 per 1,000 live births | 27.37 per 1,000 live births | 35.23 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.74 per 1,000 live births | 24.49 per 1,000 live births | 26.84 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
More health data for Other small states
- Population ages 65 and above, female 783,187 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 9.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 23.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 1.48 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 596,343 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 12.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 67.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 1.54 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 4.46 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Other small states?
- Mortality rate, infant in Other small states was 24.49 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 Other small states?
- The highest recorded value was 64.51 per 1,000 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Other small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.49 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Other small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Other small states 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.