Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Saint Lucia

Infant mortality rate in Saint Lucia in 2024 — 15.8 per 1,000. Ranked 116 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 82.3%.

2024 15.8 per 1,000 −1.25% vs 2023
World rank 116of 196
Period maximum 89.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 15.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Saint Lucia, 1960–2024025507510019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 89.2 per 1,0001962: 83.2 per 1,0001964: 76.1 per 1,0001966: 68.2 per 1,0001968: 60.1 per 1,0001970: 52.2 per 1,0001972: 44.9 per 1,0001974: 38.5 per 1,0001976: 33.1 per 1,0001978: 28.7 per 1,0001980: 25.2 per 1,0001982: 22.6 per 1,0001984: 20.6 per 1,0001986: 19.1 per 1,0001988: 18 per 1,0001990: 17.3 per 1,0001992: 16.8 per 1,0001994: 16.4 per 1,0001996: 16.1 per 1,0001998: 16 per 1,0002000: 16 per 1,0002002: 16 per 1,0002004: 16.2 per 1,0002006: 16.3 per 1,0002008: 16.6 per 1,0002010: 16.7 per 1,0002012: 16.9 per 1,0002014: 16.9 per 1,0002016: 16.8 per 1,0002018: 16.7 per 1,0002020: 16.5 per 1,0002022: 16.2 per 1,0002024: 15.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −73.4 (−82.29%) Average annual rate: -2.67 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Saint Lucia 15.8 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 13.3 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.4 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 15.8 −0.2 −1.25%
2023 16 −0.2 −1.23%
2022 16.2 −0.1 −0.61%
2021 16.3 −0.2 −1.21%
2020 16.5 −0.1 −0.6%
2019 16.6 −0.1 −0.6%
2018 16.7 −0.1 −0.6%
2017 16.8 +0 +0%
2016 16.8 −0.1 −0.59%
2015 16.9 +0 +0%
2014 16.9 +0 +0%
2013 16.9 +0 +0%
2012 16.9 +0.1 +0.6%
2011 16.8 +0.1 +0.6%
2010 16.7 +0 +0%
2009 16.7 +0.1 +0.6%
2008 16.6 +0.2 +1.22%
2007 16.4 +0.1 +0.61%
2006 16.3 +0.1 +0.62%
2005 16.2 +0 +0%
2004 16.2 +0.1 +0.62%
2003 16.1 +0.1 +0.63%
2002 16 +0 +0%
2001 16 +0 +0%
2000 16 +0.1 +0.63%
1999 15.9 −0.1 −0.62%
1998 16 +0 +0%
1997 16 −0.1 −0.62%
1996 16.1 −0.1 −0.62%
1995 16.2 −0.2 −1.22%
1994 16.4 −0.2 −1.2%
1993 16.6 −0.2 −1.19%
1992 16.8 −0.2 −1.18%
1991 17 −0.3 −1.73%
1990 17.3 −0.3 −1.7%
1989 17.6 −0.4 −2.22%
1988 18 −0.5 −2.7%
1987 18.5 −0.6 −3.14%
1986 19.1 −0.7 −3.54%
1985 19.8 −0.8 −3.88%
1984 20.6 −0.9 −4.19%
1983 21.5 −1.1 −4.87%
1982 22.6 −1.2 −5.04%
1981 23.8 −1.4 −5.56%
1980 25.2 −1.6 −5.97%
1979 26.8 −1.9 −6.62%
1978 28.7 −2 −6.51%
1977 30.7 −2.4 −7.25%
1976 33.1 −2.6 −7.28%
1975 35.7 −2.8 −7.27%
1974 38.5 −3.1 −7.45%
1973 41.6 −3.3 −7.35%
1972 44.9 −3.6 −7.42%
1971 48.5 −3.7 −7.09%
1970 52.2 −3.9 −6.95%
1969 56.1 −4 −6.66%
1968 60.1 −4 −6.24%
1967 64.1 −4.1 −6.01%
1966 68.2 −4 −5.54%
1965 72.2 −3.9 −5.12%
1964 76.1 −3.7 −4.64%
1963 79.8 −3.4 −4.09%
1962 83.2 −3.2 −3.7%
1961 86.4 −2.8 −3.14%
1960 89.2

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.