Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Lebanon

Infant mortality rate in Lebanon in 2024 — 15.3 per 1,000. Ranked 115 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 76.6%.

2024 15.3 per 1,000 +4.08% vs 2023
World rank 115of 196
Period maximum 112.4 per 1,0001976
Period minimum 11.1 per 1,0002012

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Lebanon, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 65.5 per 1,0001962: 61.4 per 1,0001964: 58.1 per 1,0001966: 55.7 per 1,0001968: 54.2 per 1,0001970: 53.2 per 1,0001972: 52.4 per 1,0001974: 51.4 per 1,0001976: 112.4 per 1,0001978: 57.8 per 1,0001980: 54.6 per 1,0001982: 73.3 per 1,0001984: 41.9 per 1,0001986: 38.1 per 1,0001988: 39.6 per 1,0001990: 28.3 per 1,0001992: 25.6 per 1,0001994: 23.3 per 1,0001996: 21.3 per 1,0001998: 19.5 per 1,0002000: 17.6 per 1,0002002: 15.8 per 1,0002004: 14.2 per 1,0002006: 12.9 per 1,0002008: 11.9 per 1,0002010: 11.4 per 1,0002012: 11.1 per 1,0002014: 11.2 per 1,0002016: 11.5 per 1,0002018: 12.2 per 1,0002020: 13.1 per 1,0002022: 14.2 per 1,0002024: 15.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −50.2 (−76.64%) Average annual rate: -2.25 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lebanon 15.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 13.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 15.3 +0.6 +4.08%
2023 14.7 +0.5 +3.52%
2022 14.2 +0.6 +4.41%
2021 13.6 +0.5 +3.82%
2020 13.1 +0.5 +3.97%
2019 12.6 +0.4 +3.28%
2018 12.2 +0.4 +3.39%
2017 11.8 +0.3 +2.61%
2016 11.5 +0.2 +1.77%
2015 11.3 +0.1 +0.89%
2014 11.2 +0.1 +0.9%
2013 11.1 +0 +0%
2012 11.1 −0.1 −0.89%
2011 11.2 −0.2 −1.75%
2010 11.4 −0.2 −1.72%
2009 11.6 −0.3 −2.52%
2008 11.9 −0.4 −3.25%
2007 12.3 −0.6 −4.65%
2006 12.9 −0.6 −4.44%
2005 13.5 −0.7 −4.93%
2004 14.2 −0.8 −5.33%
2003 15 −0.8 −5.06%
2002 15.8 −0.9 −5.39%
2001 16.7 −0.9 −5.11%
2000 17.6 −0.9 −4.86%
1999 18.5 −1 −5.13%
1998 19.5 −0.9 −4.41%
1997 20.4 −0.9 −4.23%
1996 21.3 −1 −4.48%
1995 22.3 −1 −4.29%
1994 23.3 −1.2 −4.9%
1993 24.5 −1.1 −4.3%
1992 25.6 −1.3 −4.83%
1991 26.9 −1.4 −4.95%
1990 28.3 −1.4 −4.71%
1989 29.7 −9.9 −25%
1988 39.6 −1.8 −4.35%
1987 41.4 +3.3 +8.66%
1986 38.1 −1.9 −4.75%
1985 40 −1.9 −4.53%
1984 41.9 −1.8 −4.12%
1983 43.7 −29.6 −40.38%
1982 73.3 +20.4 +38.56%
1981 52.9 −1.7 −3.11%
1980 54.6 −1.7 −3.02%
1979 56.3 −1.5 −2.6%
1978 57.8 −1.5 −2.53%
1977 59.3 −53.1 −47.24%
1976 112.4 +61.7 +121.7%
1975 50.7 −0.7 −1.36%
1974 51.4 −0.6 −1.15%
1973 52 −0.4 −0.76%
1972 52.4 −0.4 −0.76%
1971 52.8 −0.4 −0.75%
1970 53.2 −0.5 −0.93%
1969 53.7 −0.5 −0.92%
1968 54.2 −0.7 −1.28%
1967 54.9 −0.8 −1.44%
1966 55.7 −1.1 −1.94%
1965 56.8 −1.3 −2.24%
1964 58.1 −1.5 −2.52%
1963 59.6 −1.8 −2.93%
1962 61.4 −1.9 −3%
1961 63.3 −2.2 −3.36%
1960 65.5

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.