Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Southern Asia

Infant mortality rate in Southern Asia in 2024 — 26.1 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 83.2%.

2024 26.1 per 1,000 −3.89% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 155.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 26.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Southern 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: 134.3 per 1,0001974: 132.3 per 1,0001976: 124.5 per 1,0001978: 118.4 per 1,0001980: 112 per 1,0001982: 106.1 per 1,0001984: 101.1 per 1,0001986: 96.1 per 1,0001988: 91.1 per 1,0001990: 86.6 per 1,0001992: 82.4 per 1,0001994: 78.7 per 1,0001996: 74.7 per 1,0001998: 70.6 per 1,0002000: 66.3 per 1,0002002: 62.3 per 1,0002004: 58.5 per 1,0002006: 54.6 per 1,0002008: 50.9 per 1,0002010: 47.1 per 1,0002012: 43.4 per 1,0002014: 39.8 per 1,0002016: 36.4 per 1,0002018: 33.4 per 1,0002020: 30.6 per 1,0002022: 28.3 per 1,0002024: 26.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −129.5 (−83.2%) Average annual rate: -2.75 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 26.1 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 26.1 −1.1 −3.89%
2023 27.2 −1.1 −3.82%
2022 28.3 −1.2 −3.97%
2021 29.5 −1.2 −3.81%
2020 30.6 −1.3 −4.2%
2019 32 −1.4 −4.16%
2018 33.4 −1.5 −4.23%
2017 34.8 −1.6 −4.38%
2016 36.4 −1.6 −4.24%
2015 38 −1.8 −4.42%
2014 39.8 −1.8 −4.24%
2013 41.6 −1.9 −4.33%
2012 43.4 −1.8 −4.03%
2011 45.3 −1.9 −3.99%
2010 47.1 −1.9 −3.92%
2009 49.1 −1.8 −3.62%
2008 50.9 −1.8 −3.47%
2007 52.7 −1.9 −3.41%
2006 54.6 −1.9 −3.35%
2005 56.5 −2 −3.4%
2004 58.5 −1.8 −3.02%
2003 60.3 −2 −3.18%
2002 62.3 −1.9 −3.03%
2001 64.2 −2.1 −3.18%
2000 66.3 −2.2 −3.15%
1999 68.5 −2.1 −2.98%
1998 70.6 −2.1 −2.9%
1997 72.7 −2 −2.72%
1996 74.7 −2 −2.57%
1995 76.7 −1.9 −2.46%
1994 78.7 −1.9 −2.36%
1993 80.6 −1.9 −2.29%
1992 82.4 −2 −2.37%
1991 84.4 −2.1 −2.44%
1990 86.6 −2.2 −2.49%
1989 88.8 −2.3 −2.57%
1988 91.1 −2.6 −2.73%
1987 93.7 −2.4 −2.52%
1986 96.1 −2.6 −2.62%
1985 98.7 −2.5 −2.44%
1984 101.1 −2.3 −2.2%
1983 103.4 −2.7 −2.54%
1982 106.1 −2.7 −2.51%
1981 108.8 −3.1 −2.79%
1980 112 −3.2 −2.78%
1979 115.2 −3.2 −2.73%
1978 118.4 −3.1 −2.54%
1977 121.5 −3 −2.44%
1976 124.5 −5.2 −3.98%
1975 129.7 −2.6 −1.95%
1974 132.3 +0.4 +0.28%
1973 131.9 −2.5 −1.83%
1972 134.3 −7.1 −5.03%
1971 141.5 +2.9 +2.12%
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.