Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Vanuatu

Infant mortality rate in Vanuatu in 2024 — 14.4 per 1,000. Ranked 108 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 87.2%.

2024 14.4 per 1,000 −2.04% vs 2023
World rank 108of 196
Period maximum 112.9 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 14.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Vanuatu, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 112.9 per 1,0001962: 107.7 per 1,0001964: 101.8 per 1,0001966: 95.2 per 1,0001968: 88.5 per 1,0001970: 81.9 per 1,0001972: 75.7 per 1,0001974: 70.1 per 1,0001976: 64.7 per 1,0001978: 59 per 1,0001980: 52.7 per 1,0001982: 46.1 per 1,0001984: 39.8 per 1,0001986: 34.6 per 1,0001988: 30.6 per 1,0001990: 27.6 per 1,0001992: 25.5 per 1,0001994: 23.9 per 1,0001996: 22.8 per 1,0001998: 22 per 1,0002000: 21.3 per 1,0002002: 20.7 per 1,0002004: 20.2 per 1,0002006: 19.5 per 1,0002008: 18.5 per 1,0002010: 17.3 per 1,0002012: 16.2 per 1,0002014: 15.5 per 1,0002016: 15.3 per 1,0002018: 15.2 per 1,0002020: 15.1 per 1,0002022: 14.9 per 1,0002024: 14.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −98.5 (−87.25%) Average annual rate: -3.17 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Vanuatu 14.4 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 10.7 per 1,000
Melanesia computed 29.3 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 14.4 −0.3 −2.04%
2023 14.7 −0.2 −1.34%
2022 14.9 −0.2 −1.32%
2021 15.1 +0 +0%
2020 15.1 +0 +0%
2019 15.1 −0.1 −0.66%
2018 15.2 +0 +0%
2017 15.2 −0.1 −0.65%
2016 15.3 −0.1 −0.65%
2015 15.4 −0.1 −0.65%
2014 15.5 −0.3 −1.9%
2013 15.8 −0.4 −2.47%
2012 16.2 −0.5 −2.99%
2011 16.7 −0.6 −3.47%
2010 17.3 −0.6 −3.35%
2009 17.9 −0.6 −3.24%
2008 18.5 −0.6 −3.14%
2007 19.1 −0.4 −2.05%
2006 19.5 −0.4 −2.01%
2005 19.9 −0.3 −1.49%
2004 20.2 −0.2 −0.98%
2003 20.4 −0.3 −1.45%
2002 20.7 −0.3 −1.43%
2001 21 −0.3 −1.41%
2000 21.3 −0.4 −1.84%
1999 21.7 −0.3 −1.36%
1998 22 −0.4 −1.79%
1997 22.4 −0.4 −1.75%
1996 22.8 −0.5 −2.15%
1995 23.3 −0.6 −2.51%
1994 23.9 −0.7 −2.85%
1993 24.6 −0.9 −3.53%
1992 25.5 −1 −3.77%
1991 26.5 −1.1 −3.99%
1990 27.6 −1.4 −4.83%
1989 29 −1.6 −5.23%
1988 30.6 −1.8 −5.56%
1987 32.4 −2.2 −6.36%
1986 34.6 −2.4 −6.49%
1985 37 −2.8 −7.04%
1984 39.8 −3.1 −7.23%
1983 42.9 −3.2 −6.94%
1982 46.1 −3.3 −6.68%
1981 49.4 −3.3 −6.26%
1980 52.7 −3.2 −5.72%
1979 55.9 −3.1 −5.25%
1978 59 −2.9 −4.68%
1977 61.9 −2.8 −4.33%
1976 64.7 −2.7 −4.01%
1975 67.4 −2.7 −3.85%
1974 70.1 −2.7 −3.71%
1973 72.8 −2.9 −3.83%
1972 75.7 −3.1 −3.93%
1971 78.8 −3.1 −3.79%
1970 81.9 −3.3 −3.87%
1969 85.2 −3.3 −3.73%
1968 88.5 −3.5 −3.8%
1967 92 −3.2 −3.36%
1966 95.2 −3.4 −3.45%
1965 98.6 −3.2 −3.14%
1964 101.8 −3 −2.86%
1963 104.8 −2.9 −2.69%
1962 107.7 −2.7 −2.45%
1961 110.4 −2.5 −2.21%
1960 112.9

Melanesia, 2024

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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.