Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — India

Infant mortality rate in India in 2024 — 23.3 per 1,000. Ranked 136 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 84.5%.

2024 23.3 per 1,000 −4.9% vs 2023
World rank 136of 196
Period maximum 150.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 23.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — India, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 150.4 per 1,0001962: 146.6 per 1,0001964: 143.5 per 1,0001966: 140.5 per 1,0001968: 137.9 per 1,0001970: 134.8 per 1,0001972: 131.2 per 1,0001974: 126.7 per 1,0001976: 121.1 per 1,0001978: 114.7 per 1,0001980: 108.2 per 1,0001982: 102.4 per 1,0001984: 97.5 per 1,0001986: 93 per 1,0001988: 88.6 per 1,0001990: 84.4 per 1,0001992: 80.7 per 1,0001994: 77.3 per 1,0001996: 73.9 per 1,0001998: 70.2 per 1,0002000: 66.3 per 1,0002002: 62.4 per 1,0002004: 58.5 per 1,0002006: 54.5 per 1,0002008: 50.5 per 1,0002010: 46.3 per 1,0002012: 42.2 per 1,0002014: 38.2 per 1,0002016: 34.6 per 1,0002018: 31.3 per 1,0002020: 28.3 per 1,0002022: 25.7 per 1,0002024: 23.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −127.1 (−84.51%) Average annual rate: -2.87 %

Comparison, 2024

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

India 23.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
South Asia 23.2 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 26.1 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — India, by year India All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 23.3 −1.2 −4.9%
2023 24.5 −1.2 −4.67%
2022 25.7 −1.3 −4.81%
2021 27 −1.3 −4.59%
2020 28.3 −1.5 −5.03%
2019 29.8 −1.5 −4.79%
2018 31.3 −1.6 −4.86%
2017 32.9 −1.7 −4.91%
2016 34.6 −1.7 −4.68%
2015 36.3 −1.9 −4.97%
2014 38.2 −1.9 −4.74%
2013 40.1 −2.1 −4.98%
2012 42.2 −2 −4.52%
2011 44.2 −2.1 −4.54%
2010 46.3 −2.1 −4.34%
2009 48.4 −2.1 −4.16%
2008 50.5 −2 −3.81%
2007 52.5 −2 −3.67%
2006 54.5 −2 −3.54%
2005 56.5 −2 −3.42%
2004 58.5 −1.9 −3.15%
2003 60.4 −2 −3.21%
2002 62.4 −1.9 −2.95%
2001 64.3 −2 −3.02%
2000 66.3 −2 −2.93%
1999 68.3 −1.9 −2.71%
1998 70.2 −1.9 −2.64%
1997 72.1 −1.8 −2.44%
1996 73.9 −1.7 −2.25%
1995 75.6 −1.7 −2.2%
1994 77.3 −1.7 −2.15%
1993 79 −1.7 −2.11%
1992 80.7 −1.8 −2.18%
1991 82.5 −1.9 −2.25%
1990 84.4 −2 −2.31%
1989 86.4 −2.2 −2.48%
1988 88.6 −2.2 −2.42%
1987 90.8 −2.2 −2.37%
1986 93 −2.2 −2.31%
1985 95.2 −2.3 −2.36%
1984 97.5 −2.3 −2.3%
1983 99.8 −2.6 −2.54%
1982 102.4 −2.8 −2.66%
1981 105.2 −3 −2.77%
1980 108.2 −3.2 −2.87%
1979 111.4 −3.3 −2.88%
1978 114.7 −3.2 −2.71%
1977 117.9 −3.2 −2.64%
1976 121.1 −2.9 −2.34%
1975 124 −2.7 −2.13%
1974 126.7 −2.3 −1.78%
1973 129 −2.2 −1.68%
1972 131.2 −1.9 −1.43%
1971 133.1 −1.7 −1.26%
1970 134.8 −1.6 −1.17%
1969 136.4 −1.5 −1.09%
1968 137.9 −1.3 −0.93%
1967 139.2 −1.3 −0.93%
1966 140.5 −1.5 −1.06%
1965 142 −1.5 −1.05%
1964 143.5 −1.5 −1.03%
1963 145 −1.6 −1.09%
1962 146.6 −1.8 −1.21%
1961 148.4 −2 −1.33%
1960 150.4

Southern 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.