Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Lower-middle-income countries

Infant mortality rate in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 28.5 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 80.9%.

2024 28.5 per 1,000 −2.84% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 149.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 28.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 149.2 per 1,0001962: 144.3 per 1,0001964: 138.5 per 1,0001966: 134.6 per 1,0001968: 135.1 per 1,0001970: 132.7 per 1,0001972: 121.4 per 1,0001974: 119 per 1,0001976: 112.9 per 1,0001978: 107.2 per 1,0001980: 101.4 per 1,0001982: 96.4 per 1,0001984: 91.8 per 1,0001986: 87.7 per 1,0001988: 83.7 per 1,0001990: 79.9 per 1,0001992: 76.7 per 1,0001994: 73.6 per 1,0001996: 70.4 per 1,0001998: 66.8 per 1,0002000: 62.8 per 1,0002002: 58.8 per 1,0002004: 55 per 1,0002006: 51.3 per 1,0002008: 48.1 per 1,0002010: 44.6 per 1,0002012: 41.5 per 1,0002014: 38.6 per 1,0002016: 36 per 1,0002018: 33.8 per 1,0002020: 31.8 per 1,0002022: 30.2 per 1,0002024: 28.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −120.7 (−80.87%) Average annual rate: -2.55 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries 28.5 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 28.5 −0.8 −2.84%
2023 29.4 −0.8 −2.69%
2022 30.2 −0.8 −2.65%
2021 31 −0.8 −2.63%
2020 31.8 −1 −2.91%
2019 32.8 −1 −2.94%
2018 33.8 −1.1 −3.07%
2017 34.9 −1.2 −3.26%
2016 36 −1.2 −3.27%
2015 37.3 −1.3 −3.46%
2014 38.6 −1.4 −3.51%
2013 40 −1.5 −3.64%
2012 41.5 −1.5 −3.53%
2011 43 −1.6 −3.57%
2010 44.6 −1.6 −3.56%
2009 46.3 −1.9 −3.88%
2008 48.1 −1.4 −2.91%
2007 49.6 −1.7 −3.36%
2006 51.3 −1.8 −3.4%
2005 53.1 −1.9 −3.47%
2004 55 −1.8 −3.23%
2003 56.8 −2 −3.36%
2002 58.8 −2 −3.24%
2001 60.8 −2 −3.24%
2000 62.8 −2 −3.15%
1999 64.9 −2 −2.95%
1998 66.8 −1.9 −2.71%
1997 68.7 −1.7 −2.47%
1996 70.4 −1.6 −2.24%
1995 72.1 −1.6 −2.12%
1994 73.6 −1.5 −2.01%
1993 75.1 −1.5 −1.99%
1992 76.7 −1.6 −2.05%
1991 78.3 −1.7 −2.1%
1990 79.9 −1.8 −2.22%
1989 81.7 −1.9 −2.32%
1988 83.7 −2 −2.31%
1987 85.7 −2 −2.3%
1986 87.7 −2.1 −2.3%
1985 89.7 −2.1 −2.26%
1984 91.8 −2.2 −2.29%
1983 94 −2.4 −2.47%
1982 96.4 −2.4 −2.45%
1981 98.8 −2.6 −2.61%
1980 101.4 −2.6 −2.49%
1979 104 −3.1 −2.93%
1978 107.2 −2.8 −2.54%
1977 110 −2.9 −2.57%
1976 112.9 −3.3 −2.86%
1975 116.2 −2.9 −2.4%
1974 119 −0.2 −0.18%
1973 119.2 −2.2 −1.78%
1972 121.4 −5.1 −4.05%
1971 126.5 −6.2 −4.65%
1970 132.7 −0.5 −0.41%
1969 133.2 −1.8 −1.35%
1968 135.1 +2.1 +1.58%
1967 133 −1.7 −1.23%
1966 134.6 −1.9 −1.39%
1965 136.5 −2 −1.42%
1964 138.5 −3.6 −2.54%
1963 142.1 −2.2 −1.55%
1962 144.3 −2.3 −1.55%
1961 146.6 −2.6 −1.74%
1960 149.2

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.