Number of infant deaths, female in Namibia
Namibia: Number of infant deaths, female was 1,255 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of infant deaths, female in Namibia, 1968–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 1,255 for number of infant deaths, female in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths, female in Namibia peaked at 1,482 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 832, in 1968.
Namibia ranks 77th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 850 | 832 | 868 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1,122 | 908 | 1,302 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,247 | 1,218 | 1,300 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,316 | 1,251 | 1,405 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,144 | 1,043 | 1,256 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,413 | 1,259 | 1,482 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,325 | 1,255 | 1,396 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More education data for Namibia
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 14 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.6% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 120.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 21,240 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 117.9% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 123.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 1.15 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 48.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths, female in Namibia?
- Number of infant deaths, female in Namibia was 1,255 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of infant deaths, female recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,482 in 2016.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths, female recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 832 in 1968.
- How does Namibia rank for number of infant deaths, female?
- Namibia ranks 77th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths, female rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of infant deaths, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age.