Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Botswana

Infant mortality rate in Botswana in 2024 — 32.1 per 1,000. Ranked 154 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 72.8%.

2024 32.1 per 1,000 −3.6% vs 2023
World rank 154of 196
Period maximum 118 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 32.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Botswana, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 118 per 1,0001962: 113.1 per 1,0001964: 108.6 per 1,0001966: 104.6 per 1,0001968: 100.2 per 1,0001970: 95.2 per 1,0001972: 89.4 per 1,0001974: 82.9 per 1,0001976: 75.4 per 1,0001978: 67.3 per 1,0001980: 60 per 1,0001982: 54 per 1,0001984: 49.5 per 1,0001986: 45.4 per 1,0001988: 41.6 per 1,0001990: 40 per 1,0001992: 40.5 per 1,0001994: 42 per 1,0001996: 40.7 per 1,0001998: 39.8 per 1,0002000: 39.4 per 1,0002002: 39.7 per 1,0002004: 44 per 1,0002006: 45.8 per 1,0002008: 52.8 per 1,0002010: 53.3 per 1,0002012: 49.5 per 1,0002014: 46.2 per 1,0002016: 42.8 per 1,0002018: 38.7 per 1,0002020: 36.5 per 1,0002022: 34.3 per 1,0002024: 32.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −85.9 (−72.8%) Average annual rate: -2.01 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Botswana 32.1 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Southern Africa computed 26.3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 32.1 −1.2 −3.6%
2023 33.3 −1 −2.92%
2022 34.3 −1.1 −3.11%
2021 35.4 −1.1 −3.01%
2020 36.5 −0.9 −2.41%
2019 37.4 −1.3 −3.36%
2018 38.7 −1.3 −3.25%
2017 40 −2.8 −6.54%
2016 42.8 −1.4 −3.17%
2015 44.2 −2 −4.33%
2014 46.2 −0.8 −1.7%
2013 47 −2.5 −5.05%
2012 49.5 −4.8 −8.84%
2011 54.3 +1 +1.88%
2010 53.3 +0.8 +1.52%
2009 52.5 −0.3 −0.57%
2008 52.8 +2.5 +4.97%
2007 50.3 +4.5 +9.83%
2006 45.8 +2.2 +5.05%
2005 43.6 −0.4 −0.91%
2004 44 +2.6 +6.28%
2003 41.4 +1.7 +4.28%
2002 39.7 +0.7 +1.79%
2001 39 −0.4 −1.02%
2000 39.4 −0.5 −1.25%
1999 39.9 +0.1 +0.25%
1998 39.8 −0.6 −1.49%
1997 40.4 −0.3 −0.74%
1996 40.7 +0.1 +0.25%
1995 40.6 −1.4 −3.33%
1994 42 +0.8 +1.94%
1993 41.2 +0.7 +1.73%
1992 40.5 +0.7 +1.76%
1991 39.8 −0.2 −0.5%
1990 40 −0.5 −1.23%
1989 40.5 −1.1 −2.64%
1988 41.6 −1.8 −4.15%
1987 43.4 −2 −4.41%
1986 45.4 −2.1 −4.42%
1985 47.5 −2 −4.04%
1984 49.5 −2.1 −4.07%
1983 51.6 −2.4 −4.44%
1982 54 −2.9 −5.1%
1981 56.9 −3.1 −5.17%
1980 60 −3.5 −5.51%
1979 63.5 −3.8 −5.65%
1978 67.3 −3.9 −5.48%
1977 71.2 −4.2 −5.57%
1976 75.4 −3.8 −4.8%
1975 79.2 −3.7 −4.46%
1974 82.9 −3.4 −3.94%
1973 86.3 −3.1 −3.47%
1972 89.4 −2.9 −3.14%
1971 92.3 −2.9 −3.05%
1970 95.2 −2.6 −2.66%
1969 97.8 −2.4 −2.4%
1968 100.2 −2.4 −2.34%
1967 102.6 −2 −1.91%
1966 104.6 −1.9 −1.78%
1965 106.5 −2.1 −1.93%
1964 108.6 −2.3 −2.07%
1963 110.9 −2.2 −1.95%
1962 113.1 −2.3 −1.99%
1961 115.4 −2.6 −2.2%
1960 118

Southern Africa, 2024

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

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.