Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Melanesia

Infant mortality rate in Melanesia in 2024 — 29.3 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 77.6%.

2024 29.3 per 1,000 −2.63% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 130.9 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 29.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Melanesia, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 130.9 per 1,0001962: 123 per 1,0001964: 115.2 per 1,0001966: 107.8 per 1,0001968: 100.9 per 1,0001970: 94.5 per 1,0001972: 88.8 per 1,0001974: 83.5 per 1,0001976: 78.5 per 1,0001978: 73.8 per 1,0001980: 69.7 per 1,0001982: 66 per 1,0001984: 62.7 per 1,0001986: 59.9 per 1,0001988: 57.6 per 1,0001990: 55.5 per 1,0001992: 53.7 per 1,0001994: 52.1 per 1,0001996: 50.8 per 1,0001998: 49.6 per 1,0002000: 48.5 per 1,0002002: 47.3 per 1,0002004: 46 per 1,0002006: 44.6 per 1,0002008: 42.9 per 1,0002010: 41.1 per 1,0002012: 39.2 per 1,0002014: 37.4 per 1,0002016: 35.7 per 1,0002018: 34.1 per 1,0002020: 32.6 per 1,0002022: 30.9 per 1,0002024: 29.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −101.6 (−77.6%) Average annual rate: -2.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia 29.3 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 29.3 −0.8 −2.63%
2023 30.1 −0.8 −2.48%
2022 30.9 −0.8 −2.57%
2021 31.7 −0.9 −2.65%
2020 32.6 −0.7 −2.22%
2019 33.3 −0.8 −2.39%
2018 34.1 −0.7 −2.07%
2017 34.8 −0.8 −2.33%
2016 35.7 −3.4 −8.71%
2015 39.1 +1.7 +4.54%
2014 37.4 −0.9 −2.29%
2013 38.3 −0.9 −2.31%
2012 39.2 −0.9 −2.28%
2011 40.1 −1 −2.43%
2010 41.1 −0.9 −2.15%
2009 42 −1 −2.23%
2008 42.9 −0.8 −1.93%
2007 43.8 −0.8 −1.86%
2006 44.6 −0.7 −1.59%
2005 45.3 −0.7 −1.51%
2004 46 −0.7 −1.47%
2003 46.7 −0.6 −1.31%
2002 47.3 −0.6 −1.27%
2001 47.9 −0.5 −1.11%
2000 48.5 −0.6 −1.13%
1999 49 −0.6 −1.15%
1998 49.6 −5 −9.22%
1997 54.6 +3.8 +7.49%
1996 50.8 −0.7 −1.28%
1995 51.5 −0.7 −1.26%
1994 52.1 −0.7 −1.41%
1993 52.9 −0.8 −1.58%
1992 53.7 −0.9 −1.58%
1991 54.6 −0.9 −1.67%
1990 55.5 −1 −1.85%
1989 56.6 −1 −1.77%
1988 57.6 −1.1 −1.92%
1987 58.7 −1.2 −1.96%
1986 59.9 −1.4 −2.25%
1985 61.3 −1.4 −2.27%
1984 62.7 −1.6 −2.42%
1983 64.2 −1.7 −2.62%
1982 66 −1.8 −2.62%
1981 67.7 −2 −2.89%
1980 69.7 −2 −2.74%
1979 71.7 −2.1 −2.86%
1978 73.8 −2.3 −3.07%
1977 76.2 −2.4 −3.03%
1976 78.5 −2.6 −3.15%
1975 81.1 −2.4 −2.89%
1974 83.5 −2.5 −2.95%
1973 86 −2.7 −3.09%
1972 88.8 −2.8 −3.08%
1971 91.6 −2.9 −3.08%
1970 94.5 −3.1 −3.2%
1969 97.6 −3.3 −3.22%
1968 100.9 −3.3 −3.18%
1967 104.2 −3.6 −3.29%
1966 107.8 −3.6 −3.26%
1965 111.4 −3.8 −3.29%
1964 115.2 −3.9 −3.28%
1963 119.1 −3.9 −3.18%
1962 123 −4 −3.15%
1961 127 −3.9 −2.99%
1960 130.9

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.