Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Iraq

Infant mortality rate in Iraq in 2024 — 20.1 per 1,000. Ranked 128 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 85.4%.

2024 20.1 per 1,000 −2.9% vs 2023
World rank 128of 196
Period maximum 138.1 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 20.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Iraq, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 138.1 per 1,0001962: 124 per 1,0001964: 111.9 per 1,0001966: 101.7 per 1,0001968: 92.9 per 1,0001970: 85.3 per 1,0001972: 78.4 per 1,0001974: 72.2 per 1,0001976: 66.6 per 1,0001978: 61.6 per 1,0001980: 57.4 per 1,0001982: 53.8 per 1,0001984: 50.8 per 1,0001986: 48.3 per 1,0001988: 51.7 per 1,0001990: 55.6 per 1,0001992: 43.4 per 1,0001994: 42.2 per 1,0001996: 41 per 1,0001998: 39.8 per 1,0002000: 38.4 per 1,0002002: 37.1 per 1,0002004: 35.7 per 1,0002006: 34.3 per 1,0002008: 32.7 per 1,0002010: 30.9 per 1,0002012: 29.2 per 1,0002014: 27.5 per 1,0002016: 25.9 per 1,0002018: 24.3 per 1,0002020: 22.8 per 1,0002022: 21.4 per 1,0002024: 20.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −118 (−85.45%) Average annual rate: -2.97 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 20.1 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 13.8 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 20.1 −0.6 −2.9%
2023 20.7 −0.7 −3.27%
2022 21.4 −0.7 −3.17%
2021 22.1 −0.7 −3.07%
2020 22.8 −0.7 −2.98%
2019 23.5 −0.8 −3.29%
2018 24.3 −0.8 −3.19%
2017 25.1 −0.8 −3.09%
2016 25.9 −0.7 −2.63%
2015 26.6 −0.9 −3.27%
2014 27.5 −0.8 −2.83%
2013 28.3 −0.9 −3.08%
2012 29.2 −0.8 −2.67%
2011 30 −0.9 −2.91%
2010 30.9 −0.9 −2.83%
2009 31.8 −0.9 −2.75%
2008 32.7 −0.8 −2.39%
2007 33.5 −0.8 −2.33%
2006 34.3 −0.7 −2%
2005 35 −0.7 −1.96%
2004 35.7 −0.7 −1.92%
2003 36.4 −0.7 −1.89%
2002 37.1 −0.7 −1.85%
2001 37.8 −0.6 −1.56%
2000 38.4 −0.7 −1.79%
1999 39.1 −0.7 −1.76%
1998 39.8 −0.6 −1.49%
1997 40.4 −0.6 −1.46%
1996 41 −0.6 −1.44%
1995 41.6 −0.6 −1.42%
1994 42.2 −0.6 −1.4%
1993 42.8 −0.6 −1.38%
1992 43.4 −5.7 −11.61%
1991 49.1 −6.5 −11.69%
1990 55.6 −0.9 −1.59%
1989 56.5 +4.8 +9.28%
1988 51.7 +4.4 +9.3%
1987 47.3 −1 −2.07%
1986 48.3 −1.2 −2.42%
1985 49.5 −1.3 −2.56%
1984 50.8 −1.5 −2.87%
1983 52.3 −1.5 −2.79%
1982 53.8 −1.8 −3.24%
1981 55.6 −1.8 −3.14%
1980 57.4 −2 −3.37%
1979 59.4 −2.2 −3.57%
1978 61.6 −2.4 −3.75%
1977 64 −2.6 −3.9%
1976 66.6 −2.7 −3.9%
1975 69.3 −2.9 −4.02%
1974 72.2 −3.1 −4.12%
1973 75.3 −3.1 −3.95%
1972 78.4 −3.4 −4.16%
1971 81.8 −3.5 −4.1%
1970 85.3 −3.7 −4.16%
1969 89 −3.9 −4.2%
1968 92.9 −4.2 −4.33%
1967 97.1 −4.6 −4.52%
1966 101.7 −4.9 −4.6%
1965 106.6 −5.3 −4.74%
1964 111.9 −5.9 −5.01%
1963 117.8 −6.2 −5%
1962 124 −6.8 −5.2%
1961 130.8 −7.3 −5.29%
1960 138.1

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.