Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Iran

Infant mortality rate in Iran in 2024 — 10.3 per 1,000. Ranked 84 in the world out of 196. Since 1971, the indicator has fallen by 92.9%.

2024 10.3 per 1,000 −2.83% vs 2023
World rank 84of 196
Period maximum 144.4 per 1,0001971
Period minimum 10.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1971–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Iran, 1971–202405010015019711977198319891995200120072013201920241971: 144.4 per 1,0001972: 138.5 per 1,0001973: 132.9 per 1,0001974: 127.2 per 1,0001975: 121.2 per 1,0001976: 115.1 per 1,0001977: 108.5 per 1,0001978: 101.8 per 1,0001979: 95 per 1,0001980: 88.5 per 1,0001981: 82.3 per 1,0001982: 76.8 per 1,0001983: 71.8 per 1,0001984: 67.6 per 1,0001985: 63.8 per 1,0001986: 60.4 per 1,0001987: 57.2 per 1,0001988: 54.3 per 1,0001989: 51.5 per 1,0001990: 49 per 1,0001991: 46.8 per 1,0001992: 44.7 per 1,0001993: 43 per 1,0001994: 41.4 per 1,0001995: 39.8 per 1,0001996: 38.3 per 1,0001997: 36.7 per 1,0001998: 35.1 per 1,0001999: 33.4 per 1,0002000: 31.7 per 1,0002001: 30 per 1,0002002: 28.3 per 1,0002003: 26.6 per 1,0002004: 25 per 1,0002005: 23.4 per 1,0002006: 22 per 1,0002007: 20.6 per 1,0002008: 19.3 per 1,0002009: 18.2 per 1,0002010: 17.3 per 1,0002011: 16.5 per 1,0002012: 15.7 per 1,0002013: 15.1 per 1,0002014: 14.5 per 1,0002015: 14 per 1,0002016: 13.5 per 1,0002017: 13 per 1,0002018: 12.6 per 1,0002019: 12.1 per 1,0002020: 11.8 per 1,0002021: 11.4 per 1,0002022: 11 per 1,0002023: 10.6 per 1,0002024: 10.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −134.1 (−92.87%) Average annual rate: -4.86 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iran 10.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 26.1 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Iran, by year Iran All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 10.3 −0.3 −2.83%
2023 10.6 −0.4 −3.64%
2022 11 −0.4 −3.51%
2021 11.4 −0.4 −3.39%
2020 11.8 −0.3 −2.48%
2019 12.1 −0.5 −3.97%
2018 12.6 −0.4 −3.08%
2017 13 −0.5 −3.7%
2016 13.5 −0.5 −3.57%
2015 14 −0.5 −3.45%
2014 14.5 −0.6 −3.97%
2013 15.1 −0.6 −3.82%
2012 15.7 −0.8 −4.85%
2011 16.5 −0.8 −4.62%
2010 17.3 −0.9 −4.95%
2009 18.2 −1.1 −5.7%
2008 19.3 −1.3 −6.31%
2007 20.6 −1.4 −6.36%
2006 22 −1.4 −5.98%
2005 23.4 −1.6 −6.4%
2004 25 −1.6 −6.02%
2003 26.6 −1.7 −6.01%
2002 28.3 −1.7 −5.67%
2001 30 −1.7 −5.36%
2000 31.7 −1.7 −5.09%
1999 33.4 −1.7 −4.84%
1998 35.1 −1.6 −4.36%
1997 36.7 −1.6 −4.18%
1996 38.3 −1.5 −3.77%
1995 39.8 −1.6 −3.86%
1994 41.4 −1.6 −3.72%
1993 43 −1.7 −3.8%
1992 44.7 −2.1 −4.49%
1991 46.8 −2.2 −4.49%
1990 49 −2.5 −4.85%
1989 51.5 −2.8 −5.16%
1988 54.3 −2.9 −5.07%
1987 57.2 −3.2 −5.3%
1986 60.4 −3.4 −5.33%
1985 63.8 −3.8 −5.62%
1984 67.6 −4.2 −5.85%
1983 71.8 −5 −6.51%
1982 76.8 −5.5 −6.68%
1981 82.3 −6.2 −7.01%
1980 88.5 −6.5 −6.84%
1979 95 −6.8 −6.68%
1978 101.8 −6.7 −6.18%
1977 108.5 −6.6 −5.73%
1976 115.1 −6.1 −5.03%
1975 121.2 −6 −4.72%
1974 127.2 −5.7 −4.29%
1973 132.9 −5.6 −4.04%
1972 138.5 −5.9 −4.09%
1971 144.4

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.