Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Brazil

Infant mortality rate in Brazil in 2024 — 12.3 per 1,000. Ranked 97 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 90.3%.

2024 12.3 per 1,000 −0.81% vs 2023
World rank 97of 196
Period maximum 127.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 12.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Brazil, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 127.2 per 1,0001962: 120.8 per 1,0001964: 115.4 per 1,0001966: 110.7 per 1,0001968: 106.4 per 1,0001970: 102.2 per 1,0001972: 97.9 per 1,0001974: 93.3 per 1,0001976: 88.4 per 1,0001978: 82.9 per 1,0001980: 76.7 per 1,0001982: 70.4 per 1,0001984: 64.8 per 1,0001986: 60.1 per 1,0001988: 56 per 1,0001990: 51.9 per 1,0001992: 47.4 per 1,0001994: 42.4 per 1,0001996: 37.5 per 1,0001998: 33.1 per 1,0002000: 29.1 per 1,0002002: 25.6 per 1,0002004: 22.4 per 1,0002006: 19.7 per 1,0002008: 17.6 per 1,0002010: 16 per 1,0002012: 14.8 per 1,0002014: 14 per 1,0002016: 14.6 per 1,0002018: 13.1 per 1,0002020: 12.8 per 1,0002022: 12.6 per 1,0002024: 12.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −114.9 (−90.33%) Average annual rate: -3.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Brazil 12.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
South America computed 11.8 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 12.3 −0.1 −0.81%
2023 12.4 −0.2 −1.59%
2022 12.6 −0.1 −0.79%
2021 12.7 −0.1 −0.78%
2020 12.8 −0.1 −0.78%
2019 12.9 −0.2 −1.53%
2018 13.1 −0.2 −1.5%
2017 13.3 −1.3 −8.9%
2016 14.6 +0.9 +6.57%
2015 13.7 −0.3 −2.14%
2014 14 −0.4 −2.78%
2013 14.4 −0.4 −2.7%
2012 14.8 −0.5 −3.27%
2011 15.3 −0.7 −4.38%
2010 16 −0.7 −4.19%
2009 16.7 −0.9 −5.11%
2008 17.6 −1 −5.38%
2007 18.6 −1.1 −5.58%
2006 19.7 −1.3 −6.19%
2005 21 −1.4 −6.25%
2004 22.4 −1.6 −6.67%
2003 24 −1.6 −6.25%
2002 25.6 −1.7 −6.23%
2001 27.3 −1.8 −6.19%
2000 29.1 −2 −6.43%
1999 31.1 −2 −6.04%
1998 33.1 −2.1 −5.97%
1997 35.2 −2.3 −6.13%
1996 37.5 −2.4 −6.02%
1995 39.9 −2.5 −5.9%
1994 42.4 −2.5 −5.57%
1993 44.9 −2.5 −5.27%
1992 47.4 −2.4 −4.82%
1991 49.8 −2.1 −4.05%
1990 51.9 −2.1 −3.89%
1989 54 −2 −3.57%
1988 56 −2.1 −3.61%
1987 58.1 −2 −3.33%
1986 60.1 −2.2 −3.53%
1985 62.3 −2.5 −3.86%
1984 64.8 −2.6 −3.86%
1983 67.4 −3 −4.26%
1982 70.4 −3.2 −4.35%
1981 73.6 −3.1 −4.04%
1980 76.7 −3.2 −4.01%
1979 79.9 −3 −3.62%
1978 82.9 −2.8 −3.27%
1977 85.7 −2.7 −3.05%
1976 88.4 −2.5 −2.75%
1975 90.9 −2.4 −2.57%
1974 93.3 −2.3 −2.41%
1973 95.6 −2.3 −2.35%
1972 97.9 −2.2 −2.2%
1971 100.1 −2.1 −2.05%
1970 102.2 −2.1 −2.01%
1969 104.3 −2.1 −1.97%
1968 106.4 −2.1 −1.94%
1967 108.5 −2.2 −1.99%
1966 110.7 −2.3 −2.04%
1965 113 −2.4 −2.08%
1964 115.4 −2.6 −2.2%
1963 118 −2.8 −2.32%
1962 120.8 −3.2 −2.58%
1961 124 −3.2 −2.52%
1960 127.2

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.