Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Dominican Republic

Infant mortality rate in the Dominican Republic in 2024 — 27.7 per 1,000. Ranked 146 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 73.3%.

2024 27.7 per 1,000 −2.46% vs 2023
World rank 146of 196
Period maximum 103.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 27.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Dominican Republic, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 103.8 per 1,0001962: 102.6 per 1,0001964: 100.3 per 1,0001966: 97.3 per 1,0001968: 93.9 per 1,0001970: 90.3 per 1,0001972: 86 per 1,0001974: 81 per 1,0001976: 75.8 per 1,0001978: 71 per 1,0001980: 66.6 per 1,0001982: 62.5 per 1,0001984: 58.6 per 1,0001986: 55 per 1,0001988: 51.5 per 1,0001990: 48 per 1,0001992: 44.5 per 1,0001994: 41 per 1,0001996: 37.9 per 1,0001998: 35.4 per 1,0002000: 33.5 per 1,0002002: 32.1 per 1,0002004: 31.3 per 1,0002006: 30.8 per 1,0002008: 30.5 per 1,0002010: 30.5 per 1,0002012: 30.6 per 1,0002014: 30.9 per 1,0002016: 31.2 per 1,0002018: 31.1 per 1,0002020: 30.4 per 1,0002022: 29.1 per 1,0002024: 27.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −76.1 (−73.31%) Average annual rate: -2.04 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Dominican Republic 27.7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 27.7 −0.7 −2.46%
2023 28.4 −0.7 −2.41%
2022 29.1 −0.7 −2.35%
2021 29.8 −0.6 −1.97%
2020 30.4 −0.5 −1.62%
2019 30.9 −0.2 −0.64%
2018 31.1 −0.1 −0.32%
2017 31.2 +0 +0%
2016 31.2 +0.2 +0.65%
2015 31 +0.1 +0.32%
2014 30.9 +0.1 +0.32%
2013 30.8 +0.2 +0.65%
2012 30.6 +0 +0%
2011 30.6 +0.1 +0.33%
2010 30.5 +0 +0%
2009 30.5 +0 +0%
2008 30.5 −0.1 −0.33%
2007 30.6 −0.2 −0.65%
2006 30.8 −0.2 −0.65%
2005 31 −0.3 −0.96%
2004 31.3 −0.4 −1.26%
2003 31.7 −0.4 −1.25%
2002 32.1 −0.6 −1.83%
2001 32.7 −0.8 −2.39%
2000 33.5 −0.8 −2.33%
1999 34.3 −1.1 −3.11%
1998 35.4 −1.2 −3.28%
1997 36.6 −1.3 −3.43%
1996 37.9 −1.5 −3.81%
1995 39.4 −1.6 −3.9%
1994 41 −1.7 −3.98%
1993 42.7 −1.8 −4.04%
1992 44.5 −1.7 −3.68%
1991 46.2 −1.8 −3.75%
1990 48 −1.7 −3.42%
1989 49.7 −1.8 −3.5%
1988 51.5 −1.7 −3.2%
1987 53.2 −1.8 −3.27%
1986 55 −1.8 −3.17%
1985 56.8 −1.8 −3.07%
1984 58.6 −1.9 −3.14%
1983 60.5 −2 −3.2%
1982 62.5 −2 −3.1%
1981 64.5 −2.1 −3.15%
1980 66.6 −2.2 −3.2%
1979 68.8 −2.2 −3.1%
1978 71 −2.4 −3.27%
1977 73.4 −2.4 −3.17%
1976 75.8 −2.5 −3.19%
1975 78.3 −2.7 −3.33%
1974 81 −2.5 −2.99%
1973 83.5 −2.5 −2.91%
1972 86 −2.3 −2.6%
1971 88.3 −2 −2.21%
1970 90.3 −2 −2.17%
1969 92.3 −1.6 −1.7%
1968 93.9 −1.7 −1.78%
1967 95.6 −1.7 −1.75%
1966 97.3 −1.6 −1.62%
1965 98.9 −1.4 −1.4%
1964 100.3 −1.3 −1.28%
1963 101.6 −1 −0.97%
1962 102.6 −0.8 −0.77%
1961 103.4 −0.4 −0.39%
1960 103.8

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.