Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Laos

Infant mortality rate in Laos in 2024 — 27.2 per 1,000. Ranked 144 in the world out of 196. Since 1978, the indicator has fallen by 79.9%.

2024 27.2 per 1,000 −3.55% vs 2023
World rank 144of 196
Period maximum 135.1 per 1,0001978
Period minimum 27.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1978–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Laos, 1978–202405010015019781983198819931998200320082013201820231978: 135.1 per 1,0001979: 133.4 per 1,0001980: 131.5 per 1,0001981: 129.9 per 1,0001982: 128.1 per 1,0001983: 126.3 per 1,0001984: 124.6 per 1,0001985: 122.7 per 1,0001986: 120.6 per 1,0001987: 118.6 per 1,0001988: 116.2 per 1,0001989: 113.7 per 1,0001990: 111 per 1,0001991: 108.2 per 1,0001992: 105.3 per 1,0001993: 102.4 per 1,0001994: 99.4 per 1,0001995: 96.6 per 1,0001996: 93.7 per 1,0001997: 90.9 per 1,0001998: 88.1 per 1,0001999: 85.2 per 1,0002000: 82.2 per 1,0002001: 79.2 per 1,0002002: 76 per 1,0002003: 72.8 per 1,0002004: 69.5 per 1,0002005: 66.2 per 1,0002006: 63 per 1,0002007: 59.9 per 1,0002008: 56.8 per 1,0002009: 53.9 per 1,0002010: 51.2 per 1,0002011: 48.6 per 1,0002012: 46.2 per 1,0002013: 44 per 1,0002014: 41.9 per 1,0002015: 39.9 per 1,0002016: 38.1 per 1,0002017: 36.4 per 1,0002018: 34.8 per 1,0002019: 33.3 per 1,0002020: 31.9 per 1,0002021: 30.5 per 1,0002022: 29.3 per 1,0002023: 28.2 per 1,0002024: 27.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −107.9 (−79.87%) Average annual rate: -3.42 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Laos 27.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 10.7 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 16.1 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 27.2 −1 −3.55%
2023 28.2 −1.1 −3.75%
2022 29.3 −1.2 −3.93%
2021 30.5 −1.4 −4.39%
2020 31.9 −1.4 −4.2%
2019 33.3 −1.5 −4.31%
2018 34.8 −1.6 −4.4%
2017 36.4 −1.7 −4.46%
2016 38.1 −1.8 −4.51%
2015 39.9 −2 −4.77%
2014 41.9 −2.1 −4.77%
2013 44 −2.2 −4.76%
2012 46.2 −2.4 −4.94%
2011 48.6 −2.6 −5.08%
2010 51.2 −2.7 −5.01%
2009 53.9 −2.9 −5.11%
2008 56.8 −3.1 −5.18%
2007 59.9 −3.1 −4.92%
2006 63 −3.2 −4.83%
2005 66.2 −3.3 −4.75%
2004 69.5 −3.3 −4.53%
2003 72.8 −3.2 −4.21%
2002 76 −3.2 −4.04%
2001 79.2 −3 −3.65%
2000 82.2 −3 −3.52%
1999 85.2 −2.9 −3.29%
1998 88.1 −2.8 −3.08%
1997 90.9 −2.8 −2.99%
1996 93.7 −2.9 −3%
1995 96.6 −2.8 −2.82%
1994 99.4 −3 −2.93%
1993 102.4 −2.9 −2.75%
1992 105.3 −2.9 −2.68%
1991 108.2 −2.8 −2.52%
1990 111 −2.7 −2.37%
1989 113.7 −2.5 −2.15%
1988 116.2 −2.4 −2.02%
1987 118.6 −2 −1.66%
1986 120.6 −2.1 −1.71%
1985 122.7 −1.9 −1.52%
1984 124.6 −1.7 −1.35%
1983 126.3 −1.8 −1.41%
1982 128.1 −1.8 −1.39%
1981 129.9 −1.6 −1.22%
1980 131.5 −1.9 −1.42%
1979 133.4 −1.7 −1.26%
1978 135.1

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.