Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Syria

Infant mortality rate in Syria in 2024 — 17.7 per 1,000. Ranked 125 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 83.5%.

2024 17.7 per 1,000 −4.84% vs 2023
World rank 125of 196
Period maximum 107.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 17.5 per 1,0002008

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Syria, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 107.3 per 1,0001962: 100.5 per 1,0001964: 94.9 per 1,0001966: 89.3 per 1,0001968: 82.9 per 1,0001970: 76.2 per 1,0001972: 69.8 per 1,0001974: 64 per 1,0001976: 58.6 per 1,0001978: 53.2 per 1,0001980: 48.2 per 1,0001982: 50.5 per 1,0001984: 39.9 per 1,0001986: 36.7 per 1,0001988: 34 per 1,0001990: 31.6 per 1,0001992: 29.3 per 1,0001994: 26.9 per 1,0001996: 24.6 per 1,0001998: 22.5 per 1,0002000: 20.8 per 1,0002002: 19.4 per 1,0002004: 18.5 per 1,0002006: 17.8 per 1,0002008: 17.5 per 1,0002010: 17.5 per 1,0002012: 23.8 per 1,0002014: 24.6 per 1,0002016: 23.7 per 1,0002018: 24.2 per 1,0002020: 20 per 1,0002022: 19.1 per 1,0002024: 17.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −89.6 (−83.5%) Average annual rate: -2.78 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 17.7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 13.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 17.7 −0.9 −4.84%
2023 18.6 −0.5 −2.62%
2022 19.1 −0.2 −1.04%
2021 19.3 −0.7 −3.5%
2020 20 −1.1 −5.21%
2019 21.1 −3.1 −12.81%
2018 24.2 +0 +0%
2017 24.2 +0.5 +2.11%
2016 23.7 −1.8 −7.06%
2015 25.5 +0.9 +3.66%
2014 24.6 −0.4 −1.6%
2013 25 +1.2 +5.04%
2012 23.8 +5.1 +27.27%
2011 18.7 +1.2 +6.86%
2010 17.5 +0 +0%
2009 17.5 +0 +0%
2008 17.5 −0.1 −0.57%
2007 17.6 −0.2 −1.12%
2006 17.8 −0.3 −1.66%
2005 18.1 −0.4 −2.16%
2004 18.5 −0.4 −2.12%
2003 18.9 −0.5 −2.58%
2002 19.4 −0.7 −3.48%
2001 20.1 −0.7 −3.37%
2000 20.8 −0.8 −3.7%
1999 21.6 −0.9 −4%
1998 22.5 −1 −4.26%
1997 23.5 −1.1 −4.47%
1996 24.6 −1.1 −4.28%
1995 25.7 −1.2 −4.46%
1994 26.9 −1.2 −4.27%
1993 28.1 −1.2 −4.1%
1992 29.3 −1.1 −3.62%
1991 30.4 −1.2 −3.8%
1990 31.6 −1.2 −3.66%
1989 32.8 −1.2 −3.53%
1988 34 −1.3 −3.68%
1987 35.3 −1.4 −3.81%
1986 36.7 −1.5 −3.93%
1985 38.2 −1.7 −4.26%
1984 39.9 −1.8 −4.32%
1983 41.7 −8.8 −17.43%
1982 50.5 +2.1 +4.34%
1981 48.4 +0.2 +0.41%
1980 48.2 −2.4 −4.74%
1979 50.6 −2.6 −4.89%
1978 53.2 −2.7 −4.83%
1977 55.9 −2.7 −4.61%
1976 58.6 −2.7 −4.4%
1975 61.3 −2.7 −4.22%
1974 64 −2.8 −4.19%
1973 66.8 −3 −4.3%
1972 69.8 −3.1 −4.25%
1971 72.9 −3.3 −4.33%
1970 76.2 −3.3 −4.15%
1969 79.5 −3.4 −4.1%
1968 82.9 −3.3 −3.83%
1967 86.2 −3.1 −3.47%
1966 89.3 −2.8 −3.04%
1965 92.1 −2.8 −2.95%
1964 94.9 −2.7 −2.77%
1963 97.6 −2.9 −2.89%
1962 100.5 −3.3 −3.18%
1961 103.8 −3.5 −3.26%
1960 107.3

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.