Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Middle East & North Africa

Infant mortality rate in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 32 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 80.2%.

2024 32 per 1,000 −3.03% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 161.5 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 32 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Middle East & North Africa, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 161.5 per 1,0001962: 154.8 per 1,0001964: 147.9 per 1,0001966: 141.8 per 1,0001968: 136.4 per 1,0001970: 131.4 per 1,0001972: 129.6 per 1,0001974: 122 per 1,0001976: 114.1 per 1,0001978: 103.2 per 1,0001980: 92.8 per 1,0001982: 82.8 per 1,0001984: 71.9 per 1,0001986: 63.4 per 1,0001988: 57.5 per 1,0001990: 79.1 per 1,0001992: 75.6 per 1,0001994: 73.2 per 1,0001996: 70.2 per 1,0001998: 66.3 per 1,0002000: 62.5 per 1,0002002: 58.6 per 1,0002004: 55.1 per 1,0002006: 52 per 1,0002008: 49.1 per 1,0002010: 46.5 per 1,0002012: 43.7 per 1,0002014: 40.9 per 1,0002016: 38.6 per 1,0002018: 37.2 per 1,0002020: 35.7 per 1,0002022: 34 per 1,0002024: 32 per 1,000
Change over the period: −129.5 (−80.18%) Average annual rate: -2.5 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 32 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 32 −1 −3.03%
2023 33 −1 −2.94%
2022 34 −1 −2.86%
2021 35 −0.7 −1.96%
2020 35.7 −0.8 −2.19%
2019 36.5 −0.7 −1.88%
2018 37.2 −0.5 −1.33%
2017 37.7 −0.9 −2.33%
2016 38.6 −1.2 −3.02%
2015 39.8 −1.1 −2.69%
2014 40.9 −1.4 −3.31%
2013 42.3 −1.4 −3.2%
2012 43.7 −1.3 −2.89%
2011 45 −1.5 −3.23%
2010 46.5 −1.3 −2.72%
2009 47.8 −1.3 −2.65%
2008 49.1 −1.4 −2.77%
2007 50.5 −1.5 −2.88%
2006 52 −1.4 −2.62%
2005 53.4 −1.7 −3.09%
2004 55.1 −1.9 −3.33%
2003 57 −1.6 −2.73%
2002 58.6 −1.9 −3.14%
2001 60.5 −2 −3.2%
2000 62.5 −2 −3.1%
1999 64.5 −1.8 −2.71%
1998 66.3 −2 −2.93%
1997 68.3 −1.9 −2.71%
1996 70.2 −1.6 −2.23%
1995 71.8 −1.4 −1.91%
1994 73.2 −1.1 −1.48%
1993 74.3 −1.3 −1.72%
1992 75.6 −1.7 −2.2%
1991 77.3 −1.8 −2.28%
1990 79.1 +23.9 +43.22%
1989 55.2 −2.2 −3.87%
1988 57.5 −2.5 −4.23%
1987 60 −3.4 −5.32%
1986 63.4 −4 −5.93%
1985 67.4 −4.5 −6.32%
1984 71.9 −5 −6.44%
1983 76.9 −6 −7.22%
1982 82.8 −4.8 −5.46%
1981 87.6 −5.2 −5.6%
1980 92.8 −5.2 −5.34%
1979 98.1 −5.2 −5%
1978 103.2 −5.1 −4.69%
1977 108.3 −5.8 −5.09%
1976 114.1 −3.5 −3.01%
1975 117.6 −4.3 −3.54%
1974 122 −4 −3.17%
1973 126 −3.7 −2.83%
1972 129.6 −2.8 −2.1%
1971 132.4 +1 +0.74%
1970 131.4 −2.4 −1.81%
1969 133.9 −2.6 −1.87%
1968 136.4 −2.5 −1.83%
1967 139 −2.8 −1.98%
1966 141.8 −2.9 −2.03%
1965 144.7 −3.2 −2.15%
1964 147.9 −3.4 −2.23%
1963 151.3 −3.5 −2.28%
1962 154.8 −3.1 −1.97%
1961 157.9 −3.6 −2.2%
1960 161.5

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.