Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Mauritius

Infant mortality rate in Mauritius in 2024 — 13.8 per 1,000. Ranked 105 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 80%.

2024 13.8 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 105of 196
Period maximum 69.2 per 1,0001967
Period minimum 12.9 per 1,0002015

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Mauritius, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 68.9 per 1,0001962: 63.1 per 1,0001964: 58.4 per 1,0001966: 64.2 per 1,0001968: 69.2 per 1,0001970: 57.2 per 1,0001972: 60.1 per 1,0001974: 55 per 1,0001976: 42.6 per 1,0001978: 36.6 per 1,0001980: 32.8 per 1,0001982: 27.6 per 1,0001984: 24.6 per 1,0001986: 24.1 per 1,0001988: 23.2 per 1,0001990: 19.9 per 1,0001992: 18.3 per 1,0001994: 18.9 per 1,0001996: 19.8 per 1,0001998: 19.1 per 1,0002000: 16.5 per 1,0002002: 14.6 per 1,0002004: 13.8 per 1,0002006: 13.5 per 1,0002008: 13.2 per 1,0002010: 13 per 1,0002012: 13.2 per 1,0002014: 13 per 1,0002016: 13 per 1,0002018: 13.7 per 1,0002020: 14.1 per 1,0002022: 13.9 per 1,0002024: 13.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −55.1 (−79.97%) Average annual rate: -2.48 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritius 13.8 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 37.8 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 13.8 +0 +0%
2023 13.8 −0.1 −0.72%
2022 13.9 −0.2 −1.42%
2021 14.1 +0 +0%
2020 14.1 +0.1 +0.71%
2019 14 +0.3 +2.19%
2018 13.7 +0.4 +3.01%
2017 13.3 +0.3 +2.31%
2016 13 +0.1 +0.78%
2015 12.9 −0.1 −0.77%
2014 13 −0.2 −1.52%
2013 13.2 +0 +0%
2012 13.2 +0.1 +0.76%
2011 13.1 +0.1 +0.77%
2010 13 −0.1 −0.76%
2009 13.1 −0.1 −0.76%
2008 13.2 −0.1 −0.75%
2007 13.3 −0.2 −1.48%
2006 13.5 −0.2 −1.46%
2005 13.7 −0.1 −0.72%
2004 13.8 −0.3 −2.13%
2003 14.1 −0.5 −3.42%
2002 14.6 −0.8 −5.19%
2001 15.4 −1.1 −6.67%
2000 16.5 −1.3 −7.3%
1999 17.8 −1.3 −6.81%
1998 19.1 −0.7 −3.54%
1997 19.8 +0 +0%
1996 19.8 +0.3 +1.54%
1995 19.5 +0.6 +3.17%
1994 18.9 +0.5 +2.72%
1993 18.4 +0.1 +0.55%
1992 18.3 −0.5 −2.66%
1991 18.8 −1.1 −5.53%
1990 19.9 −1.6 −7.44%
1989 21.5 −1.7 −7.33%
1988 23.2 −0.8 −3.33%
1987 24 −0.1 −0.41%
1986 24.1 +0 +0%
1985 24.1 −0.5 −2.03%
1984 24.6 −1 −3.91%
1983 25.6 −2 −7.25%
1982 27.6 −2.6 −8.61%
1981 30.2 −2.6 −7.93%
1980 32.8 −1.9 −5.48%
1979 34.7 −1.9 −5.19%
1978 36.6 −2.4 −6.15%
1977 39 −3.6 −8.45%
1976 42.6 −5.5 −11.43%
1975 48.1 −6.9 −12.55%
1974 55 −5.4 −8.94%
1973 60.4 +0.3 +0.5%
1972 60.1 +3.1 +5.44%
1971 57 −0.2 −0.35%
1970 57.2 −5.8 −9.21%
1969 63 −6.2 −8.96%
1968 69.2 +0 +0%
1967 69.2 +5 +7.79%
1966 64.2 +4.5 +7.54%
1965 59.7 +1.3 +2.23%
1964 58.4 −1.4 −2.34%
1963 59.8 −3.3 −5.23%
1962 63.1 −3.6 −5.4%
1961 66.7 −2.2 −3.19%
1960 68.9

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.