Number of infant deaths in Myanmar

Myanmar: Number of infant deaths was 29,371 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
29,371
Change on year
down 3.6%
World rank
29th
of 195 countries
All-time high
122,861
in 1969
All-time low
29,371
in 2024
Years of data
56
1969–2024

Number of infant deaths in Myanmar, 1969–2024

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Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Analysis

Myanmar recorded 29,371 for number of infant deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.

The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 31.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Myanmar peaked at 122,861 in 1969 and was at its lowest, 29,371, in 2024.

Myanmar ranks 29th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 122,861 122,861 122,861 1
1970s 118,568 113,706 122,524 10
1980s 107,925 97,793 112,695 10
1990s 88,076 78,358 96,604 10
2000s 67,009 53,276 76,491 10
2010s 42,638 35,868 50,847 10
2020s 31,796 29,371 34,391 5

Countries ranked near Myanmar

  1. 26 Burkina Faso 31,762 compare
  2. 27 Brazil 31,647 compare
  3. 28 Zimbabwe 30,713 compare
  4. 30 Guinea 28,994 compare
  5. 31 South Africa 28,570 compare
  6. 32 Malawi 25,217 compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of infant deaths in Myanmar?
Number of infant deaths in Myanmar was 29,371 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 Myanmar?
The highest recorded value was 122,861 in 1969.
What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Myanmar?
The lowest recorded value was 29,371 in 2024.
How does Myanmar rank for number of infant deaths?
Myanmar ranks 29th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Myanmar?
Over the last ten years it is down 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Myanmar 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

Indicator
Number of infant deaths
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, 13,405 data points, 1960–2024
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Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.