Mortality rate, infant in World
World: Mortality rate, infant was 27.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in World, 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 World stood at 27.7 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in World peaked at 64 per 1,000 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 27.7 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 | 60.51 per 1,000 live births | 55.1 per 1,000 live births | 64 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.37 per 1,000 live births | 38 per 1,000 live births | 53.3 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 32.27 per 1,000 live births | 29.2 per 1,000 live births | 36.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.76 per 1,000 live births | 27.7 per 1,000 live births | 29.3 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
More health data for World
- Population, male 50.3% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 474.56 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 5.36 billion (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 854.60 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 10.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 2.72 billion (2025)
- Population, female 4.09 billion (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 54.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in World?
- Mortality rate, infant in World was 27.7 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 64 per 1,000 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World 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.