Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Philippines

Infant mortality rate in the Philippines in 2024 — 21.7 per 1,000. Ranked 132 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 65.2%.

2024 21.7 per 1,000 −1.36% vs 2023
World rank 132of 196
Period maximum 62.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 21.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Philippines, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 62.3 per 1,0001962: 59.4 per 1,0001964: 57.4 per 1,0001966: 55.7 per 1,0001968: 54.2 per 1,0001970: 53.2 per 1,0001972: 52.9 per 1,0001974: 53.1 per 1,0001976: 53.4 per 1,0001978: 53.3 per 1,0001980: 52.6 per 1,0001982: 51.5 per 1,0001984: 49.9 per 1,0001986: 47.2 per 1,0001988: 43.3 per 1,0001990: 38.8 per 1,0001992: 34.9 per 1,0001994: 32 per 1,0001996: 29.8 per 1,0001998: 28.3 per 1,0002000: 27.3 per 1,0002002: 26.4 per 1,0002004: 25.4 per 1,0002006: 24.5 per 1,0002008: 23.7 per 1,0002010: 23 per 1,0002012: 22.4 per 1,0002014: 22.1 per 1,0002016: 22.2 per 1,0002018: 22.5 per 1,0002020: 22.7 per 1,0002022: 22.4 per 1,0002024: 21.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −40.6 (−65.17%) Average annual rate: -1.63 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Philippines 21.7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 10.7 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 16.1 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Philippines, by year Philippines All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 21.7 −0.3 −1.36%
2023 22 −0.4 −1.79%
2022 22.4 −0.2 −0.88%
2021 22.6 −0.1 −0.44%
2020 22.7 +0.1 +0.44%
2019 22.6 +0.1 +0.44%
2018 22.5 +0.2 +0.9%
2017 22.3 +0.1 +0.45%
2016 22.2 +0.1 +0.45%
2015 22.1 +0 +0%
2014 22.1 −0.1 −0.45%
2013 22.2 −0.2 −0.89%
2012 22.4 −0.3 −1.32%
2011 22.7 −0.3 −1.3%
2010 23 −0.3 −1.29%
2009 23.3 −0.4 −1.69%
2008 23.7 −0.4 −1.66%
2007 24.1 −0.4 −1.63%
2006 24.5 −0.5 −2%
2005 25 −0.4 −1.57%
2004 25.4 −0.5 −1.93%
2003 25.9 −0.5 −1.89%
2002 26.4 −0.4 −1.49%
2001 26.8 −0.5 −1.83%
2000 27.3 −0.4 −1.44%
1999 27.7 −0.6 −2.12%
1998 28.3 −0.7 −2.41%
1997 29 −0.8 −2.68%
1996 29.8 −1 −3.25%
1995 30.8 −1.2 −3.75%
1994 32 −1.3 −3.9%
1993 33.3 −1.6 −4.58%
1992 34.9 −1.8 −4.9%
1991 36.7 −2.1 −5.41%
1990 38.8 −2.2 −5.37%
1989 41 −2.3 −5.31%
1988 43.3 −2.1 −4.63%
1987 45.4 −1.8 −3.81%
1986 47.2 −1.5 −3.08%
1985 48.7 −1.2 −2.4%
1984 49.9 −0.8 −1.58%
1983 50.7 −0.8 −1.55%
1982 51.5 −0.6 −1.15%
1981 52.1 −0.5 −0.95%
1980 52.6 −0.3 −0.57%
1979 52.9 −0.4 −0.75%
1978 53.3 −0.1 −0.19%
1977 53.4 +0 +0%
1976 53.4 +0.1 +0.19%
1975 53.3 +0.2 +0.38%
1974 53.1 +0.1 +0.19%
1973 53 +0.1 +0.19%
1972 52.9 +0 +0%
1971 52.9 −0.3 −0.56%
1970 53.2 −0.4 −0.75%
1969 53.6 −0.6 −1.11%
1968 54.2 −0.7 −1.28%
1967 54.9 −0.8 −1.44%
1966 55.7 −0.8 −1.42%
1965 56.5 −0.9 −1.57%
1964 57.4 −0.9 −1.54%
1963 58.3 −1.1 −1.85%
1962 59.4 −1.3 −2.14%
1961 60.7 −1.6 −2.57%
1960 62.3

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.