Number of infant deaths in Jordan
Jordan: Number of infant deaths was 2,815 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths in Jordan, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Jordan recorded 2,815 for number of infant deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Jordan peaked at 5,256 in 1971 and was at its lowest, 2,815, in 2024.
Jordan ranks 79th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,722 | 4,498 | 5,105 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,997 | 4,571 | 5,256 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,215 | 4,011 | 4,482 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,136 | 3,727 | 4,333 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,384 | 3,169 | 3,575 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,312 | 3,169 | 3,468 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,976 | 2,815 | 3,145 | 5 |
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More health data for Jordan
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 121,116 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 122,088 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 121,328 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 122,805 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 46.4% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 53.7% (2025)
- Population, female 5.59 million (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 123,076 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 117,271 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 7.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths in Jordan?
- Number of infant deaths in Jordan was 2,815 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of infant deaths recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 5,256 in 1971.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,815 in 2024.
- How does Jordan rank for number of infant deaths?
- Jordan ranks 79th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of infant deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.