Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Gambia

Infant mortality rate in the Gambia in 2024 — 32.7 per 1,000. Ranked 156 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 79.2%.

2024 32.7 per 1,000 −2.97% vs 2023
World rank 156of 196
Period maximum 157.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 32.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Gambia, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 157.2 per 1,0001962: 154.9 per 1,0001964: 152.8 per 1,0001966: 150.6 per 1,0001968: 148.2 per 1,0001970: 145.6 per 1,0001972: 142.4 per 1,0001974: 138.7 per 1,0001976: 134.5 per 1,0001978: 130.4 per 1,0001980: 126.2 per 1,0001982: 121.3 per 1,0001984: 116 per 1,0001986: 110.3 per 1,0001988: 104.8 per 1,0001990: 99.5 per 1,0001992: 94.3 per 1,0001994: 88.9 per 1,0001996: 83.5 per 1,0001998: 78.3 per 1,0002000: 73.3 per 1,0002002: 68.5 per 1,0002004: 63.8 per 1,0002006: 59.4 per 1,0002008: 55.3 per 1,0002010: 51.5 per 1,0002012: 48.1 per 1,0002014: 45 per 1,0002016: 42.1 per 1,0002018: 39.4 per 1,0002020: 37 per 1,0002022: 34.7 per 1,0002024: 32.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −124.5 (−79.2%) Average annual rate: -2.42 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 32.7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 57.4 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 32.7 −1 −2.97%
2023 33.7 −1 −2.88%
2022 34.7 −1.2 −3.34%
2021 35.9 −1.1 −2.97%
2020 37 −1.2 −3.14%
2019 38.2 −1.2 −3.05%
2018 39.4 −1.3 −3.19%
2017 40.7 −1.4 −3.33%
2016 42.1 −1.4 −3.22%
2015 43.5 −1.5 −3.33%
2014 45 −1.5 −3.23%
2013 46.5 −1.6 −3.33%
2012 48.1 −1.7 −3.41%
2011 49.8 −1.7 −3.3%
2010 51.5 −1.9 −3.56%
2009 53.4 −1.9 −3.44%
2008 55.3 −2 −3.49%
2007 57.3 −2.1 −3.54%
2006 59.4 −2.1 −3.41%
2005 61.5 −2.3 −3.61%
2004 63.8 −2.3 −3.48%
2003 66.1 −2.4 −3.5%
2002 68.5 −2.4 −3.39%
2001 70.9 −2.4 −3.27%
2000 73.3 −2.5 −3.3%
1999 75.8 −2.5 −3.19%
1998 78.3 −2.6 −3.21%
1997 80.9 −2.6 −3.11%
1996 83.5 −2.7 −3.13%
1995 86.2 −2.7 −3.04%
1994 88.9 −2.7 −2.95%
1993 91.6 −2.7 −2.86%
1992 94.3 −2.6 −2.68%
1991 96.9 −2.6 −2.61%
1990 99.5 −2.6 −2.55%
1989 102.1 −2.7 −2.58%
1988 104.8 −2.7 −2.51%
1987 107.5 −2.8 −2.54%
1986 110.3 −2.9 −2.56%
1985 113.2 −2.8 −2.41%
1984 116 −2.7 −2.27%
1983 118.7 −2.6 −2.14%
1982 121.3 −2.6 −2.1%
1981 123.9 −2.3 −1.82%
1980 126.2 −2.2 −1.71%
1979 128.4 −2 −1.53%
1978 130.4 −2.1 −1.58%
1977 132.5 −2 −1.49%
1976 134.5 −2.1 −1.54%
1975 136.6 −2.1 −1.51%
1974 138.7 −1.9 −1.35%
1973 140.6 −1.8 −1.26%
1972 142.4 −1.7 −1.18%
1971 144.1 −1.5 −1.03%
1970 145.6 −1.5 −1.02%
1969 147.1 −1.1 −0.74%
1968 148.2 −1.1 −0.74%
1967 149.3 −1.3 −0.86%
1966 150.6 −1.2 −0.79%
1965 151.8 −1 −0.65%
1964 152.8 −1 −0.65%
1963 153.8 −1.1 −0.71%
1962 154.9 −1.1 −0.71%
1961 156 −1.2 −0.76%
1960 157.2

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.