What is mortality rate, infant in Uganda?

Mortality rate, infant in Uganda was 35.9 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 Uganda?

The highest recorded value was 127.7 per 1,000 live births in 1980.

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

The lowest recorded value was 35.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024.

How does Uganda rank for mortality rate, infant?

Uganda ranks 31st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Uganda?

Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Uganda 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 Uganda

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

Uganda: Mortality rate, infant was 35.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

35.9 per 1,000 live births

Change on year

down 0.8%

World rank

31st

of 195 countries

All-time high

127.7 per 1,000 live births

in 1980

All-time low

35.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1960–2024

Mortality rate, infant in Uganda, 1960–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for mortality rate, infant in Uganda is 35.9 per 1,000 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Uganda peaked at 127.7 per 1,000 live births in 1980 and was at its lowest, 35.9 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.

That places Uganda 31st out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	116.89 per 1,000 live births	110.1 per 1,000 live births	124.6 per 1,000 live births	10
1970s	116.02 per 1,000 live births	109.4 per 1,000 live births	126.1 per 1,000 live births	10
1980s	118.64 per 1,000 live births	109.2 per 1,000 live births	127.7 per 1,000 live births	10
1990s	99.34 per 1,000 live births	92.4 per 1,000 live births	107.1 per 1,000 live births	10
2000s	70.17 per 1,000 live births	52.7 per 1,000 live births	89.3 per 1,000 live births	10
2010s	41.75 per 1,000 live births	36.9 per 1,000 live births	49.9 per 1,000 live births	10
2020s	36.32 per 1,000 live births	35.9 per 1,000 live births	36.6 per 1,000 live births	5

Countries ranked near Uganda

28 Kiribati 38.8 per 1,000 live births compare
29 Malawi 38 per 1,000 live births compare
30 Namibia 36.4 per 1,000 live births compare
32 Comoros 35 per 1,000 live births compare
33 Togo 34.8 per 1,000 live births compare
34 East Timor 34.6 per 1,000 live births compare
34 Zambia 34.6 per 1,000 live births compare

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More health data for Uganda

Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 656,357 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 627,959 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 624,736 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 643,598 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 639,166 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 667,122 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 677,641 (2025)
Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 660,462 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, male 1.8% (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 650,869 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is mortality rate, infant in Uganda?: Mortality rate, infant in Uganda was 35.9 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 Uganda?: The highest recorded value was 127.7 per 1,000 live births in 1980.
What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Uganda?: The lowest recorded value was 35.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
How does Uganda rank for mortality rate, infant?: Uganda ranks 31st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Uganda?: Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uganda 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.