Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Mauritania

Infant mortality rate in Mauritania in 2024 — 30.2 per 1,000. Ranked 150 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 77.4%.

2024 30.2 per 1,000 −2.89% vs 2023
World rank 150of 196
Period maximum 134 per 1,0001968
Period minimum 30.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Mauritania, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 133.5 per 1,0001962: 128.5 per 1,0001964: 123.1 per 1,0001966: 117.3 per 1,0001968: 134 per 1,0001970: 129.1 per 1,0001972: 127.8 per 1,0001974: 127.8 per 1,0001976: 107.4 per 1,0001978: 103.3 per 1,0001980: 98.4 per 1,0001982: 93.5 per 1,0001984: 87.9 per 1,0001986: 81.2 per 1,0001988: 76 per 1,0001990: 73.5 per 1,0001992: 72.8 per 1,0001994: 72.8 per 1,0001996: 72.5 per 1,0001998: 70.9 per 1,0002000: 67.3 per 1,0002002: 61.7 per 1,0002004: 55.3 per 1,0002006: 49.4 per 1,0002008: 45.3 per 1,0002010: 42.7 per 1,0002012: 41 per 1,0002014: 39.3 per 1,0002016: 37.6 per 1,0002018: 35.8 per 1,0002020: 33.9 per 1,0002022: 32.1 per 1,0002024: 30.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −103.3 (−77.38%) Average annual rate: -2.3 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 30.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 57.4 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 30.2 −0.9 −2.89%
2023 31.1 −1 −3.12%
2022 32.1 −0.9 −2.73%
2021 33 −0.9 −2.65%
2020 33.9 −1 −2.87%
2019 34.9 −0.9 −2.51%
2018 35.8 −0.9 −2.45%
2017 36.7 −0.9 −2.39%
2016 37.6 −0.9 −2.34%
2015 38.5 −0.8 −2.04%
2014 39.3 −0.9 −2.24%
2013 40.2 −0.8 −1.95%
2012 41 −0.8 −1.91%
2011 41.8 −0.9 −2.11%
2010 42.7 −1.2 −2.73%
2009 43.9 −1.4 −3.09%
2008 45.3 −1.9 −4.03%
2007 47.2 −2.2 −4.45%
2006 49.4 −2.8 −5.36%
2005 52.2 −3.1 −5.61%
2004 55.3 −3.2 −5.47%
2003 58.5 −3.2 −5.19%
2002 61.7 −3 −4.64%
2001 64.7 −2.6 −3.86%
2000 67.3 −2.1 −3.03%
1999 69.4 −1.5 −2.12%
1998 70.9 −1 −1.39%
1997 71.9 −0.6 −0.83%
1996 72.5 −0.2 −0.28%
1995 72.7 −0.1 −0.14%
1994 72.8 +0.1 +0.14%
1993 72.7 −0.1 −0.14%
1992 72.8 −0.1 −0.14%
1991 72.9 −0.6 −0.82%
1990 73.5 −0.8 −1.08%
1989 74.3 −1.7 −2.24%
1988 76 −2.3 −2.94%
1987 78.3 −2.9 −3.57%
1986 81.2 −3.3 −3.91%
1985 84.5 −3.4 −3.87%
1984 87.9 −2.9 −3.19%
1983 90.8 −2.7 −2.89%
1982 93.5 −2.4 −2.5%
1981 95.9 −2.5 −2.54%
1980 98.4 −2.4 −2.38%
1979 100.8 −2.5 −2.42%
1978 103.3 −2.3 −2.18%
1977 105.6 −1.8 −1.68%
1976 107.4 −1.1 −1.01%
1975 108.5 −19.3 −15.1%
1974 127.8 −0.1 −0.08%
1973 127.9 +0.1 +0.08%
1972 127.8 −0.2 −0.16%
1971 128 −1.1 −0.85%
1970 129.1 −2 −1.53%
1969 131.1 −2.9 −2.16%
1968 134 +19.6 +17.13%
1967 114.4 −2.9 −2.47%
1966 117.3 −3 −2.49%
1965 120.3 −2.8 −2.27%
1964 123.1 −2.7 −2.15%
1963 125.8 −2.7 −2.1%
1962 128.5 −2.5 −1.91%
1961 131 −2.5 −1.87%
1960 133.5

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.