Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — New Zealand

Infant mortality rate in New Zealand in 2024 — 4 per 1,000. Ranked 38 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 82.2%.

2024 4 per 1,000 −2.44% vs 2023
World rank 38of 196
Period maximum 22.5 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — New Zealand, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 22.5 per 1,0001962: 20.9 per 1,0001964: 19.4 per 1,0001966: 18.3 per 1,0001968: 17.6 per 1,0001970: 16.9 per 1,0001972: 16.2 per 1,0001974: 15.4 per 1,0001976: 14.5 per 1,0001978: 13.6 per 1,0001980: 12.8 per 1,0001982: 12.2 per 1,0001984: 11.6 per 1,0001986: 11 per 1,0001988: 10.1 per 1,0001990: 9.1 per 1,0001992: 8.2 per 1,0001994: 7.5 per 1,0001996: 6.9 per 1,0001998: 6.4 per 1,0002000: 6.1 per 1,0002002: 5.8 per 1,0002004: 5.5 per 1,0002006: 5.4 per 1,0002008: 5.3 per 1,0002010: 5.2 per 1,0002012: 5 per 1,0002014: 4.8 per 1,0002016: 4.6 per 1,0002018: 4.5 per 1,0002020: 4.3 per 1,0002022: 4.2 per 1,0002024: 4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −18.5 (−82.22%) Average annual rate: -2.66 %

Comparison, 2024

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

New Zealand 4 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 10.7 per 1,000
Australia and New Zealand computed 3.2 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 4 −0.1 −2.44%
2023 4.1 −0.1 −2.38%
2022 4.2 −0.1 −2.33%
2021 4.3 +0 +0%
2020 4.3 −0.1 −2.27%
2019 4.4 −0.1 −2.22%
2018 4.5 +0 +0%
2017 4.5 −0.1 −2.17%
2016 4.6 −0.1 −2.13%
2015 4.7 −0.1 −2.08%
2014 4.8 −0.1 −2.04%
2013 4.9 −0.1 −2%
2012 5 −0.1 −1.96%
2011 5.1 −0.1 −1.92%
2010 5.2 +0 +0%
2009 5.2 −0.1 −1.89%
2008 5.3 +0 +0%
2007 5.3 −0.1 −1.85%
2006 5.4 −0.1 −1.82%
2005 5.5 +0 +0%
2004 5.5 −0.2 −3.51%
2003 5.7 −0.1 −1.72%
2002 5.8 −0.1 −1.69%
2001 5.9 −0.2 −3.28%
2000 6.1 −0.1 −1.61%
1999 6.2 −0.2 −3.13%
1998 6.4 −0.2 −3.03%
1997 6.6 −0.3 −4.35%
1996 6.9 −0.3 −4.17%
1995 7.2 −0.3 −4%
1994 7.5 −0.3 −3.85%
1993 7.8 −0.4 −4.88%
1992 8.2 −0.5 −5.75%
1991 8.7 −0.4 −4.4%
1990 9.1 −0.5 −5.21%
1989 9.6 −0.5 −4.95%
1988 10.1 −0.5 −4.72%
1987 10.6 −0.4 −3.64%
1986 11 −0.3 −2.65%
1985 11.3 −0.3 −2.59%
1984 11.6 −0.3 −2.52%
1983 11.9 −0.3 −2.46%
1982 12.2 −0.3 −2.4%
1981 12.5 −0.3 −2.34%
1980 12.8 −0.4 −3.03%
1979 13.2 −0.4 −2.94%
1978 13.6 −0.4 −2.86%
1977 14 −0.5 −3.45%
1976 14.5 −0.5 −3.33%
1975 15 −0.4 −2.6%
1974 15.4 −0.4 −2.53%
1973 15.8 −0.4 −2.47%
1972 16.2 −0.4 −2.41%
1971 16.6 −0.3 −1.78%
1970 16.9 −0.4 −2.31%
1969 17.3 −0.3 −1.7%
1968 17.6 −0.3 −1.68%
1967 17.9 −0.4 −2.19%
1966 18.3 −0.5 −2.66%
1965 18.8 −0.6 −3.09%
1964 19.4 −0.7 −3.48%
1963 20.1 −0.8 −3.83%
1962 20.9 −0.9 −4.13%
1961 21.8 −0.7 −3.11%
1960 22.5

Australia and New Zealand, 2024

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

AU Australia 3.1 NZ New Zealand 4

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.