Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — China

Infant mortality rate in China in 2024 — 4.1 per 1,000. Ranked 39 in the world out of 196. Since 1969, the indicator has fallen by 95.4%.

2024 4.1 per 1,000 −6.82% vs 2023
World rank 39of 196
Period maximum 88.8 per 1,0001969
Period minimum 4.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1969–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — China, 1969–2024025507510019691975198119871993199920052011201720231969: 88.8 per 1,0001970: 84.6 per 1,0001971: 80.5 per 1,0001972: 76.6 per 1,0001973: 72.6 per 1,0001974: 68.6 per 1,0001975: 64.7 per 1,0001976: 60.9 per 1,0001977: 57.3 per 1,0001978: 54.1 per 1,0001979: 51.3 per 1,0001980: 48.8 per 1,0001981: 46.8 per 1,0001982: 45.3 per 1,0001983: 44.2 per 1,0001984: 43.5 per 1,0001985: 43.1 per 1,0001986: 43 per 1,0001987: 43.1 per 1,0001988: 43.2 per 1,0001989: 43.4 per 1,0001990: 43.3 per 1,0001991: 43 per 1,0001992: 42.3 per 1,0001993: 41.3 per 1,0001994: 40.1 per 1,0001995: 38.7 per 1,0001996: 37.2 per 1,0001997: 35.5 per 1,0001998: 33.8 per 1,0001999: 31.9 per 1,0002000: 29.9 per 1,0002001: 27.8 per 1,0002002: 25.6 per 1,0002003: 23.4 per 1,0002004: 21.3 per 1,0002005: 19.4 per 1,0002006: 17.7 per 1,0002007: 16.1 per 1,0002008: 14.8 per 1,0002009: 13.5 per 1,0002010: 12.4 per 1,0002011: 11.4 per 1,0002012: 10.5 per 1,0002013: 9.7 per 1,0002014: 8.9 per 1,0002015: 8.2 per 1,0002016: 7.6 per 1,0002017: 7 per 1,0002018: 6.4 per 1,0002019: 6 per 1,0002020: 5.5 per 1,0002021: 5.1 per 1,0002022: 4.8 per 1,0002023: 4.4 per 1,0002024: 4.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −84.7 (−95.38%) Average annual rate: -5.44 %

Comparison, 2024

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

China 4.1 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 10.7 per 1,000
Eastern Asia computed 4 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 4.1 −0.3 −6.82%
2023 4.4 −0.4 −8.33%
2022 4.8 −0.3 −5.88%
2021 5.1 −0.4 −7.27%
2020 5.5 −0.5 −8.33%
2019 6 −0.4 −6.25%
2018 6.4 −0.6 −8.57%
2017 7 −0.6 −7.89%
2016 7.6 −0.6 −7.32%
2015 8.2 −0.7 −7.87%
2014 8.9 −0.8 −8.25%
2013 9.7 −0.8 −7.62%
2012 10.5 −0.9 −7.89%
2011 11.4 −1 −8.06%
2010 12.4 −1.1 −8.15%
2009 13.5 −1.3 −8.78%
2008 14.8 −1.3 −8.07%
2007 16.1 −1.6 −9.04%
2006 17.7 −1.7 −8.76%
2005 19.4 −1.9 −8.92%
2004 21.3 −2.1 −8.97%
2003 23.4 −2.2 −8.59%
2002 25.6 −2.2 −7.91%
2001 27.8 −2.1 −7.02%
2000 29.9 −2 −6.27%
1999 31.9 −1.9 −5.62%
1998 33.8 −1.7 −4.79%
1997 35.5 −1.7 −4.57%
1996 37.2 −1.5 −3.88%
1995 38.7 −1.4 −3.49%
1994 40.1 −1.2 −2.91%
1993 41.3 −1 −2.36%
1992 42.3 −0.7 −1.63%
1991 43 −0.3 −0.69%
1990 43.3 −0.1 −0.23%
1989 43.4 +0.2 +0.46%
1988 43.2 +0.1 +0.23%
1987 43.1 +0.1 +0.23%
1986 43 −0.1 −0.23%
1985 43.1 −0.4 −0.92%
1984 43.5 −0.7 −1.58%
1983 44.2 −1.1 −2.43%
1982 45.3 −1.5 −3.21%
1981 46.8 −2 −4.1%
1980 48.8 −2.5 −4.87%
1979 51.3 −2.8 −5.18%
1978 54.1 −3.2 −5.58%
1977 57.3 −3.6 −5.91%
1976 60.9 −3.8 −5.87%
1975 64.7 −3.9 −5.69%
1974 68.6 −4 −5.51%
1973 72.6 −4 −5.22%
1972 76.6 −3.9 −4.84%
1971 80.5 −4.1 −4.85%
1970 84.6 −4.2 −4.73%
1969 88.8

Eastern Asia, 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.