Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Namibia

Infant mortality rate in Namibia in 2024 — 36.4 per 1,000. Ranked 167 in the world out of 196. Since 1967, the indicator has fallen by 38.9%.

2024 36.4 per 1,000 −4.96% vs 2023
World rank 167of 196
Period maximum 72.1 per 1,0001980
Period minimum 36.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1967–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Namibia, 1967–2024304050607080196719731979198519911997200320092015202120241967: 59.6 per 1,0001968: 60.3 per 1,0001969: 60.9 per 1,0001970: 61.7 per 1,0001971: 62.5 per 1,0001972: 63.4 per 1,0001973: 64.4 per 1,0001974: 65.4 per 1,0001975: 66.7 per 1,0001976: 68.2 per 1,0001977: 69.6 per 1,0001978: 70.8 per 1,0001979: 71.7 per 1,0001980: 72.1 per 1,0001981: 71.7 per 1,0001982: 70.8 per 1,0001983: 69.3 per 1,0001984: 67.4 per 1,0001985: 65.1 per 1,0001986: 62.9 per 1,0001987: 60.9 per 1,0001988: 59.1 per 1,0001989: 57.5 per 1,0001990: 56.2 per 1,0001991: 54.8 per 1,0001992: 53.7 per 1,0001993: 52.8 per 1,0001994: 52.1 per 1,0001995: 51.6 per 1,0001996: 51.1 per 1,0001997: 50.9 per 1,0001998: 50.3 per 1,0001999: 49.3 per 1,0002000: 48 per 1,0002001: 46.9 per 1,0002002: 46 per 1,0002003: 45.2 per 1,0002004: 44.1 per 1,0002005: 41.3 per 1,0002006: 40.1 per 1,0002007: 41.4 per 1,0002008: 43.2 per 1,0002009: 44.8 per 1,0002010: 43.7 per 1,0002011: 44.2 per 1,0002012: 46.9 per 1,0002013: 45.8 per 1,0002014: 44.9 per 1,0002015: 45.3 per 1,0002016: 45.3 per 1,0002017: 44.3 per 1,0002018: 43.8 per 1,0002019: 42.8 per 1,0002020: 41.6 per 1,0002021: 40.4 per 1,0002022: 38.8 per 1,0002023: 38.3 per 1,0002024: 36.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −23.2 (−38.93%) Average annual rate: -0.86 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Namibia 36.4 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Southern Africa computed 26.3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 36.4 −1.9 −4.96%
2023 38.3 −0.5 −1.29%
2022 38.8 −1.6 −3.96%
2021 40.4 −1.2 −2.88%
2020 41.6 −1.2 −2.8%
2019 42.8 −1 −2.28%
2018 43.8 −0.5 −1.13%
2017 44.3 −1 −2.21%
2016 45.3 +0 +0%
2015 45.3 +0.4 +0.89%
2014 44.9 −0.9 −1.97%
2013 45.8 −1.1 −2.35%
2012 46.9 +2.7 +6.11%
2011 44.2 +0.5 +1.14%
2010 43.7 −1.1 −2.46%
2009 44.8 +1.6 +3.7%
2008 43.2 +1.8 +4.35%
2007 41.4 +1.3 +3.24%
2006 40.1 −1.2 −2.91%
2005 41.3 −2.8 −6.35%
2004 44.1 −1.1 −2.43%
2003 45.2 −0.8 −1.74%
2002 46 −0.9 −1.92%
2001 46.9 −1.1 −2.29%
2000 48 −1.3 −2.64%
1999 49.3 −1 −1.99%
1998 50.3 −0.6 −1.18%
1997 50.9 −0.2 −0.39%
1996 51.1 −0.5 −0.97%
1995 51.6 −0.5 −0.96%
1994 52.1 −0.7 −1.33%
1993 52.8 −0.9 −1.68%
1992 53.7 −1.1 −2.01%
1991 54.8 −1.4 −2.49%
1990 56.2 −1.3 −2.26%
1989 57.5 −1.6 −2.71%
1988 59.1 −1.8 −2.96%
1987 60.9 −2 −3.18%
1986 62.9 −2.2 −3.38%
1985 65.1 −2.3 −3.41%
1984 67.4 −1.9 −2.74%
1983 69.3 −1.5 −2.12%
1982 70.8 −0.9 −1.26%
1981 71.7 −0.4 −0.55%
1980 72.1 +0.4 +0.56%
1979 71.7 +0.9 +1.27%
1978 70.8 +1.2 +1.72%
1977 69.6 +1.4 +2.05%
1976 68.2 +1.5 +2.25%
1975 66.7 +1.3 +1.99%
1974 65.4 +1 +1.55%
1973 64.4 +1 +1.58%
1972 63.4 +0.9 +1.44%
1971 62.5 +0.8 +1.3%
1970 61.7 +0.8 +1.31%
1969 60.9 +0.6 +1%
1968 60.3 +0.7 +1.17%
1967 59.6

Southern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.