Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Australia

Infant mortality rate in Australia in 2024 — 3.1 per 1,000. Ranked 26 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 84.8%.

2024 3.1 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 26of 196
Period maximum 20.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3.1 per 1,0002023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Australia, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 20.4 per 1,0001962: 19.5 per 1,0001964: 18.8 per 1,0001966: 18.4 per 1,0001968: 18.2 per 1,0001970: 17.9 per 1,0001972: 16.9 per 1,0001974: 15.3 per 1,0001976: 13.5 per 1,0001978: 11.9 per 1,0001980: 10.8 per 1,0001982: 10.1 per 1,0001984: 9.6 per 1,0001986: 9.1 per 1,0001988: 8.4 per 1,0001990: 7.6 per 1,0001992: 6.7 per 1,0001994: 6 per 1,0001996: 5.6 per 1,0001998: 5.3 per 1,0002000: 5.1 per 1,0002002: 4.9 per 1,0002004: 4.8 per 1,0002006: 4.7 per 1,0002008: 4.4 per 1,0002010: 4 per 1,0002012: 3.6 per 1,0002014: 3.4 per 1,0002016: 3.2 per 1,0002018: 3.2 per 1,0002020: 3.2 per 1,0002022: 3.2 per 1,0002024: 3.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −17.3 (−84.8%) Average annual rate: -2.9 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia

Australia 3.1 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 10.7 per 1,000
Australia and New Zealand computed 3.2 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.1 +0 +0%
2023 3.1 −0.1 −3.13%
2022 3.2 +0 +0%
2021 3.2 +0 +0%
2020 3.2 +0 +0%
2019 3.2 +0 +0%
2018 3.2 +0 +0%
2017 3.2 +0 +0%
2016 3.2 −0.1 −3.03%
2015 3.3 −0.1 −2.94%
2014 3.4 −0.1 −2.86%
2013 3.5 −0.1 −2.78%
2012 3.6 −0.2 −5.26%
2011 3.8 −0.2 −5%
2010 4 −0.2 −4.76%
2009 4.2 −0.2 −4.55%
2008 4.4 −0.1 −2.22%
2007 4.5 −0.2 −4.26%
2006 4.7 −0.1 −2.08%
2005 4.8 +0 +0%
2004 4.8 −0.1 −2.04%
2003 4.9 +0 +0%
2002 4.9 −0.1 −2%
2001 5 −0.1 −1.96%
2000 5.1 −0.1 −1.92%
1999 5.2 −0.1 −1.89%
1998 5.3 −0.1 −1.85%
1997 5.4 −0.2 −3.57%
1996 5.6 −0.1 −1.75%
1995 5.7 −0.3 −5%
1994 6 −0.3 −4.76%
1993 6.3 −0.4 −5.97%
1992 6.7 −0.4 −5.63%
1991 7.1 −0.5 −6.58%
1990 7.6 −0.4 −5%
1989 8 −0.4 −4.76%
1988 8.4 −0.3 −3.45%
1987 8.7 −0.4 −4.4%
1986 9.1 −0.2 −2.15%
1985 9.3 −0.3 −3.12%
1984 9.6 −0.2 −2.04%
1983 9.8 −0.3 −2.97%
1982 10.1 −0.3 −2.88%
1981 10.4 −0.4 −3.7%
1980 10.8 −0.5 −4.42%
1979 11.3 −0.6 −5.04%
1978 11.9 −0.8 −6.3%
1977 12.7 −0.8 −5.93%
1976 13.5 −0.9 −6.25%
1975 14.4 −0.9 −5.88%
1974 15.3 −0.9 −5.56%
1973 16.2 −0.7 −4.14%
1972 16.9 −0.6 −3.43%
1971 17.5 −0.4 −2.23%
1970 17.9 −0.2 −1.1%
1969 18.1 −0.1 −0.55%
1968 18.2 −0.1 −0.55%
1967 18.3 −0.1 −0.54%
1966 18.4 −0.1 −0.54%
1965 18.5 −0.3 −1.6%
1964 18.8 −0.3 −1.57%
1963 19.1 −0.4 −2.05%
1962 19.5 −0.5 −2.5%
1961 20 −0.4 −1.96%
1960 20.4

Australia and New Zealand, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AU Australia 3.1 NZ New Zealand 4

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.