Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Saudi Arabia

Infant mortality rate in Saudi Arabia in 2024 — 4.7 per 1,000. Ranked 46 in the world out of 196. Since 1972, the indicator has fallen by 96.8%.

2024 4.7 per 1,000 −2.08% vs 2023
World rank 46of 196
Period maximum 148.7 per 1,0001972
Period minimum 4.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1972–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Saudi Arabia, 1972–202405010015019721978198419901996200220082014202020241972: 148.7 per 1,0001973: 138.7 per 1,0001974: 129.5 per 1,0001975: 121.2 per 1,0001976: 113.3 per 1,0001977: 105.7 per 1,0001978: 98.8 per 1,0001979: 92.3 per 1,0001980: 86.2 per 1,0001981: 80.4 per 1,0001982: 74.8 per 1,0001983: 69.5 per 1,0001984: 64.6 per 1,0001985: 59.9 per 1,0001986: 55.6 per 1,0001987: 51.5 per 1,0001988: 47.6 per 1,0001989: 43.9 per 1,0001990: 40.6 per 1,0001991: 37.5 per 1,0001992: 34.6 per 1,0001993: 32.1 per 1,0001994: 29.8 per 1,0001995: 27.7 per 1,0001996: 25.8 per 1,0001997: 24.1 per 1,0001998: 22.5 per 1,0001999: 21.1 per 1,0002000: 19.8 per 1,0002001: 18.6 per 1,0002002: 17.5 per 1,0002003: 16.4 per 1,0002004: 15.4 per 1,0002005: 14.5 per 1,0002006: 13.6 per 1,0002007: 12.7 per 1,0002008: 11.9 per 1,0002009: 11.1 per 1,0002010: 10.4 per 1,0002011: 9.7 per 1,0002012: 9 per 1,0002013: 8.4 per 1,0002014: 7.8 per 1,0002015: 7.3 per 1,0002016: 6.8 per 1,0002017: 6.4 per 1,0002018: 6 per 1,0002019: 5.7 per 1,0002020: 5.4 per 1,0002021: 5.2 per 1,0002022: 5 per 1,0002023: 4.8 per 1,0002024: 4.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −144 (−96.84%) Average annual rate: -6.43 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Saudi Arabia 4.7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 13.8 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 4.7 −0.1 −2.08%
2023 4.8 −0.2 −4%
2022 5 −0.2 −3.85%
2021 5.2 −0.2 −3.7%
2020 5.4 −0.3 −5.26%
2019 5.7 −0.3 −5%
2018 6 −0.4 −6.25%
2017 6.4 −0.4 −5.88%
2016 6.8 −0.5 −6.85%
2015 7.3 −0.5 −6.41%
2014 7.8 −0.6 −7.14%
2013 8.4 −0.6 −6.67%
2012 9 −0.7 −7.22%
2011 9.7 −0.7 −6.73%
2010 10.4 −0.7 −6.31%
2009 11.1 −0.8 −6.72%
2008 11.9 −0.8 −6.3%
2007 12.7 −0.9 −6.62%
2006 13.6 −0.9 −6.21%
2005 14.5 −0.9 −5.84%
2004 15.4 −1 −6.1%
2003 16.4 −1.1 −6.29%
2002 17.5 −1.1 −5.91%
2001 18.6 −1.2 −6.06%
2000 19.8 −1.3 −6.16%
1999 21.1 −1.4 −6.22%
1998 22.5 −1.6 −6.64%
1997 24.1 −1.7 −6.59%
1996 25.8 −1.9 −6.86%
1995 27.7 −2.1 −7.05%
1994 29.8 −2.3 −7.17%
1993 32.1 −2.5 −7.23%
1992 34.6 −2.9 −7.73%
1991 37.5 −3.1 −7.64%
1990 40.6 −3.3 −7.52%
1989 43.9 −3.7 −7.77%
1988 47.6 −3.9 −7.57%
1987 51.5 −4.1 −7.37%
1986 55.6 −4.3 −7.18%
1985 59.9 −4.7 −7.28%
1984 64.6 −4.9 −7.05%
1983 69.5 −5.3 −7.09%
1982 74.8 −5.6 −6.97%
1981 80.4 −5.8 −6.73%
1980 86.2 −6.1 −6.61%
1979 92.3 −6.5 −6.58%
1978 98.8 −6.9 −6.53%
1977 105.7 −7.6 −6.71%
1976 113.3 −7.9 −6.52%
1975 121.2 −8.3 −6.41%
1974 129.5 −9.2 −6.63%
1973 138.7 −10 −6.72%
1972 148.7

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.