Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — South Asia

Infant mortality rate in South Asia in 2024 — 23.2 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 85.1%.

2024 23.2 per 1,000 −4.13% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 155.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 23.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — South Asia, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 155.7 per 1,0001962: 150.7 per 1,0001964: 146.6 per 1,0001966: 142.8 per 1,0001968: 139.9 per 1,0001970: 138.5 per 1,0001972: 134.2 per 1,0001974: 132.5 per 1,0001976: 124.9 per 1,0001978: 119.1 per 1,0001980: 113 per 1,0001982: 107.5 per 1,0001984: 102.7 per 1,0001986: 97.8 per 1,0001988: 93 per 1,0001990: 85.5 per 1,0001992: 81.3 per 1,0001994: 77.3 per 1,0001996: 73.4 per 1,0001998: 69.2 per 1,0002000: 64.9 per 1,0002002: 60.6 per 1,0002004: 56.6 per 1,0002006: 52.6 per 1,0002008: 48.7 per 1,0002010: 44.7 per 1,0002012: 40.8 per 1,0002014: 37 per 1,0002016: 33.5 per 1,0002018: 30.3 per 1,0002020: 27.6 per 1,0002022: 25.2 per 1,0002024: 23.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −132.5 (−85.1%) Average annual rate: -2.93 %

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 23.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 23.2 −1 −4.13%
2023 24.2 −1 −3.97%
2022 25.2 −1.1 −4.18%
2021 26.3 −1.3 −4.71%
2020 27.6 −1.3 −4.5%
2019 28.9 −1.4 −4.62%
2018 30.3 −1.6 −5.02%
2017 31.9 −1.6 −4.78%
2016 33.5 −1.7 −4.83%
2015 35.2 −1.8 −4.86%
2014 37 −1.8 −4.64%
2013 38.8 −2 −4.9%
2012 40.8 −1.9 −4.45%
2011 42.7 −2 −4.47%
2010 44.7 −2 −4.28%
2009 46.7 −2 −4.11%
2008 48.7 −1.9 −3.75%
2007 50.6 −2 −3.8%
2006 52.6 −2 −3.66%
2005 54.6 −2 −3.53%
2004 56.6 −2 −3.41%
2003 58.6 −2 −3.3%
2002 60.6 −2.1 −3.35%
2001 62.7 −2.2 −3.39%
2000 64.9 −2.2 −3.28%
1999 67.1 −2.1 −3.03%
1998 69.2 −2.1 −2.95%
1997 71.3 −2.1 −2.86%
1996 73.4 −2 −2.65%
1995 75.4 −1.9 −2.46%
1994 77.3 −2 −2.52%
1993 79.3 −2 −2.46%
1992 81.3 −2.1 −2.52%
1991 83.4 −2.1 −2.46%
1990 85.5 −5.2 −5.69%
1989 90.7 −2.3 −2.48%
1988 93 −2.5 −2.65%
1987 95.5 −2.4 −2.41%
1986 97.8 −2.5 −2.52%
1985 100.4 −2.4 −2.31%
1984 102.7 −2.2 −2.06%
1983 104.9 −2.6 −2.39%
1982 107.5 −2.6 −2.33%
1981 110 −3 −2.62%
1980 113 −3 −2.62%
1979 116 −3.1 −2.58%
1978 119.1 −2.9 −2.39%
1977 122 −2.9 −2.3%
1976 124.9 −5.1 −3.94%
1975 130 −2.4 −1.83%
1974 132.5 +0.6 +0.48%
1973 131.8 −2.3 −1.74%
1972 134.2 −7.2 −5.07%
1971 141.3 +2.8 +2.03%
1970 138.5 +0.1 +0.08%
1969 138.4 −1.5 −1.05%
1968 139.9 −1.4 −1%
1967 141.3 −1.5 −1.07%
1966 142.8 −1.8 −1.25%
1965 144.6 −1.9 −1.31%
1964 146.6 −2 −1.35%
1963 148.6 −2.2 −1.44%
1962 150.7 −2.3 −1.53%
1961 153.1 −2.6 −1.66%
1960 155.7

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.