Mortality rate, infant in Small states
Small states: Mortality rate, infant was 21.79 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in 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
Small states recorded 21.79 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 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Small states peaked at 51.97 per 1,000 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 21.79 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 | 48.6 per 1,000 live births | 46.2 per 1,000 live births | 51.97 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 35.49 per 1,000 live births | 30.98 per 1,000 live births | 39.42 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 26.77 per 1,000 live births | 24.19 per 1,000 live births | 29.94 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.84 per 1,000 live births | 21.79 per 1,000 live births | 23.75 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
More health data for Small states
- Population ages 0-14, female 2.41 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 11.2% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 1.14 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 13.43 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 67.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 6.85 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 65.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 2.51 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 4.92 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 24.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Small states?
- Mortality rate, infant in Small states was 21.79 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 Small states?
- The highest recorded value was 51.97 per 1,000 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.79 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Small states?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this 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.