Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Low-income countries

Infant mortality rate in low-income countries in 2024 — 42.8 per 1,000. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 72%.

2024 42.8 per 1,000 −3.46% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 153.1 per 1,0001961
Period minimum 42.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1961–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Low-income countries, 1961–202405010015020019611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 153.1 per 1,0001963: 149.2 per 1,0001965: 144 per 1,0001967: 144.4 per 1,0001969: 139.9 per 1,0001971: 138.3 per 1,0001973: 135.3 per 1,0001975: 132.6 per 1,0001977: 126.3 per 1,0001979: 122.9 per 1,0001981: 121.8 per 1,0001983: 126.7 per 1,0001985: 121.9 per 1,0001987: 109.5 per 1,0001989: 105.7 per 1,0001991: 105.2 per 1,0001993: 102.6 per 1,0001995: 98.5 per 1,0001997: 97.5 per 1,0001999: 91.7 per 1,0002001: 86.9 per 1,0002003: 77.6 per 1,0002005: 69.9 per 1,0002007: 64 per 1,0002009: 60.7 per 1,0002011: 58.3 per 1,0002013: 52.7 per 1,0002015: 51.9 per 1,0002017: 50.6 per 1,0002019: 47 per 1,0002021: 47.3 per 1,0002023: 44.3 per 1,0002024: 42.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −110.3 (−72.05%) Average annual rate: -2 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 42.8 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 42.8 −1.5 −3.46%
2023 44.3 −3.5 −7.25%
2022 47.8 +0.4 +0.91%
2021 47.3 +1.5 +3.17%
2020 45.9 −1.1 −2.43%
2019 47 −0.9 −1.95%
2018 48 −2.6 −5.21%
2017 50.6 −0.4 −0.83%
2016 51 −0.8 −1.62%
2015 51.9 −0.7 −1.38%
2014 52.6 −0.1 −0.22%
2013 52.7 −1.7 −3.2%
2012 54.5 −3.8 −6.59%
2011 58.3 −0 −0.02%
2010 58.3 −2.4 −3.99%
2009 60.7 −0.8 −1.32%
2008 61.6 −2.4 −3.79%
2007 64 −2.7 −4.12%
2006 66.7 −3.1 −4.5%
2005 69.9 −5 −6.7%
2004 74.9 −2.7 −3.54%
2003 77.6 −4.8 −5.8%
2002 82.4 −4.5 −5.16%
2001 86.9 −1.8 −2.01%
2000 88.7 −3 −3.28%
1999 91.7 −6 −6.11%
1998 97.7 +0.1 +0.12%
1997 97.5 −2.3 −2.33%
1996 99.9 +1.4 +1.38%
1995 98.5 −1.5 −1.53%
1994 100 −2.5 −2.48%
1993 102.6 −1.4 −1.33%
1992 104 −1.2 −1.15%
1991 105.2 +1 +0.93%
1990 104.2 −1.5 −1.44%
1989 105.7 −13.9 −11.65%
1988 119.7 +10.2 +9.34%
1987 109.5 −8.1 −6.86%
1986 117.5 −4.4 −3.58%
1985 121.9 −2.2 −1.79%
1984 124.1 −2.6 −2.04%
1983 126.7 +6.1 +5.02%
1982 120.6 −1.1 −0.93%
1981 121.8 −0.8 −0.68%
1980 122.6 −0.3 −0.28%
1979 122.9 −1.8 −1.46%
1978 124.8 −1.6 −1.25%
1977 126.3 −1.4 −1.08%
1976 127.7 −4.8 −3.64%
1975 132.6 −1.4 −1.06%
1974 134 −1.3 −1%
1973 135.3 −3.4 −2.45%
1972 138.7 +0.4 +0.29%
1971 138.3 −0.2 −0.13%
1970 138.5 −1.4 −1.03%
1969 139.9 −2.8 −1.99%
1968 142.8 −1.6 −1.11%
1967 144.4 −1.6 −1.08%
1966 146 +2 +1.37%
1965 144 −2.8 −1.93%
1964 146.8 −2.4 −1.61%
1963 149.2 −1.8 −1.18%
1962 151 −2 −1.34%
1961 153.1

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.