Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Kuwait

Infant mortality rate in Kuwait in 2024 — 7 per 1,000. Ranked 59 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 94%.

2024 7 per 1,000 −2.78% vs 2023
World rank 59of 196
Period maximum 117 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Kuwait, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 117 per 1,0001962: 101.9 per 1,0001964: 88.4 per 1,0001966: 76.6 per 1,0001968: 66.9 per 1,0001970: 58.9 per 1,0001972: 52 per 1,0001974: 46 per 1,0001976: 40.5 per 1,0001978: 35.4 per 1,0001980: 30.5 per 1,0001982: 25.4 per 1,0001984: 21 per 1,0001986: 18.2 per 1,0001988: 16.3 per 1,0001990: 14.5 per 1,0001992: 13.2 per 1,0001994: 12.4 per 1,0001996: 11.9 per 1,0001998: 11.2 per 1,0002000: 10.6 per 1,0002002: 10.3 per 1,0002004: 10 per 1,0002006: 9.8 per 1,0002008: 9.5 per 1,0002010: 9.1 per 1,0002012: 8.5 per 1,0002014: 8 per 1,0002016: 7.7 per 1,0002018: 7.6 per 1,0002020: 7.6 per 1,0002022: 7.4 per 1,0002024: 7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −110 (−94.02%) Average annual rate: -4.3 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kuwait 7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 13.8 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 7 −0.2 −2.78%
2023 7.2 −0.2 −2.7%
2022 7.4 −0.1 −1.33%
2021 7.5 −0.1 −1.32%
2020 7.6 +0 +0%
2019 7.6 +0 +0%
2018 7.6 −0.1 −1.3%
2017 7.7 +0 +0%
2016 7.7 −0.1 −1.28%
2015 7.8 −0.2 −2.5%
2014 8 −0.2 −2.44%
2013 8.2 −0.3 −3.53%
2012 8.5 −0.3 −3.41%
2011 8.8 −0.3 −3.3%
2010 9.1 −0.2 −2.15%
2009 9.3 −0.2 −2.11%
2008 9.5 −0.1 −1.04%
2007 9.6 −0.2 −2.04%
2006 9.8 −0.1 −1.01%
2005 9.9 −0.1 −1%
2004 10 −0.2 −1.96%
2003 10.2 −0.1 −0.97%
2002 10.3 −0.2 −1.9%
2001 10.5 −0.1 −0.94%
2000 10.6 −0.3 −2.75%
1999 10.9 −0.3 −2.68%
1998 11.2 −0.3 −2.61%
1997 11.5 −0.4 −3.36%
1996 11.9 −0.3 −2.46%
1995 12.2 −0.2 −1.61%
1994 12.4 −0.3 −2.36%
1993 12.7 −0.5 −3.79%
1992 13.2 −0.5 −3.65%
1991 13.7 −0.8 −5.52%
1990 14.5 −0.9 −5.84%
1989 15.4 −0.9 −5.52%
1988 16.3 −1 −5.78%
1987 17.3 −0.9 −4.95%
1986 18.2 −1.2 −6.19%
1985 19.4 −1.6 −7.62%
1984 21 −2 −8.7%
1983 23 −2.4 −9.45%
1982 25.4 −2.5 −8.96%
1981 27.9 −2.6 −8.52%
1980 30.5 −2.5 −7.58%
1979 33 −2.4 −6.78%
1978 35.4 −2.5 −6.6%
1977 37.9 −2.6 −6.42%
1976 40.5 −2.7 −6.25%
1975 43.2 −2.8 −6.09%
1974 46 −3 −6.12%
1973 49 −3 −5.77%
1972 52 −3.3 −5.97%
1971 55.3 −3.6 −6.11%
1970 58.9 −3.8 −6.06%
1969 62.7 −4.2 −6.28%
1968 66.9 −4.6 −6.43%
1967 71.5 −5.1 −6.66%
1966 76.6 −5.6 −6.81%
1965 82.2 −6.2 −7.01%
1964 88.4 −6.6 −6.95%
1963 95 −6.9 −6.77%
1962 101.9 −7.2 −6.6%
1961 109.1 −7.9 −6.75%
1960 117

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.