Number of infant deaths in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Number of infant deaths was 355 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths in Solomon Islands, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of infant deaths in Solomon Islands is 355, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Solomon Islands peaked at 743 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 355, in 2024.
Solomon Islands ranks 126th 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 | 675.6 | 581 | 743 | 10 |
| 1970s | 466.4 | 395 | 554 | 10 |
| 1980s | 372.5 | 362 | 387 | 10 |
| 1990s | 360.8 | 356 | 364 | 10 |
| 2000s | 368.9 | 363 | 375 | 10 |
| 2010s | 391.2 | 376 | 404 | 10 |
| 2020s | 366.8 | 355 | 378 | 5 |
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More health data for Solomon Islands
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 9,891 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 9,556 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 9,715 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 10,437 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 9,824 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 10,519 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 10,634 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 10,582 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 9,961 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 10,157 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths in Solomon Islands?
- Number of infant deaths in Solomon Islands was 355 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 743 in 1960.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 355 in 2024.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for number of infant deaths?
- Solomon Islands ranks 126th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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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Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.