Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Iraq

Under-five mortality rate in Iraq in 2024 — 21.8 per 1,000. Ranked 127 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 88.5%.

2024 21.8 per 1,000 −3.11% vs 2023
World rank 127of 196
Period maximum 189.9 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 21.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Iraq, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 189.9 per 1,0001962: 169 per 1,0001964: 151.2 per 1,0001966: 136.2 per 1,0001968: 123.3 per 1,0001970: 112.2 per 1,0001972: 102.3 per 1,0001974: 93.3 per 1,0001976: 85.3 per 1,0001978: 78.4 per 1,0001980: 72.4 per 1,0001982: 67.3 per 1,0001984: 63 per 1,0001986: 59.4 per 1,0001988: 70.2 per 1,0001990: 81.4 per 1,0001992: 51.9 per 1,0001994: 50 per 1,0001996: 48.2 per 1,0001998: 46.3 per 1,0002000: 44.3 per 1,0002002: 42.5 per 1,0002004: 40.7 per 1,0002006: 38.8 per 1,0002008: 36.7 per 1,0002010: 34.5 per 1,0002012: 32.4 per 1,0002014: 30.3 per 1,0002016: 28.4 per 1,0002018: 26.5 per 1,0002020: 24.9 per 1,0002022: 23.3 per 1,0002024: 21.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −168.1 (−88.52%) Average annual rate: -3.33 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 21.8 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 16 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 21.8 −0.7 −3.11%
2023 22.5 −0.8 −3.43%
2022 23.3 −0.7 −2.92%
2021 24 −0.9 −3.61%
2020 24.9 −0.8 −3.11%
2019 25.7 −0.8 −3.02%
2018 26.5 −1 −3.64%
2017 27.5 −0.9 −3.17%
2016 28.4 −0.9 −3.07%
2015 29.3 −1 −3.3%
2014 30.3 −1 −3.19%
2013 31.3 −1.1 −3.4%
2012 32.4 −1 −2.99%
2011 33.4 −1.1 −3.19%
2010 34.5 −1.1 −3.09%
2009 35.6 −1.1 −3%
2008 36.7 −1 −2.65%
2007 37.7 −1.1 −2.84%
2006 38.8 −0.9 −2.27%
2005 39.7 −1 −2.46%
2004 40.7 −0.9 −2.16%
2003 41.6 −0.9 −2.12%
2002 42.5 −0.9 −2.07%
2001 43.4 −0.9 −2.03%
2000 44.3 −1 −2.21%
1999 45.3 −1 −2.16%
1998 46.3 −0.9 −1.91%
1997 47.2 −1 −2.07%
1996 48.2 −0.9 −1.83%
1995 49.1 −0.9 −1.8%
1994 50 −0.9 −1.77%
1993 50.9 −1 −1.93%
1992 51.9 −13.8 −21%
1991 65.7 −15.7 −19.29%
1990 81.4 −1.5 −1.81%
1989 82.9 +12.7 +18.09%
1988 70.2 +12.4 +21.45%
1987 57.8 −1.6 −2.69%
1986 59.4 −1.7 −2.78%
1985 61.1 −1.9 −3.02%
1984 63 −2.1 −3.23%
1983 65.1 −2.2 −3.27%
1982 67.3 −2.5 −3.58%
1981 69.8 −2.6 −3.59%
1980 72.4 −2.9 −3.85%
1979 75.3 −3.1 −3.95%
1978 78.4 −3.3 −4.04%
1977 81.7 −3.6 −4.22%
1976 85.3 −3.9 −4.37%
1975 89.2 −4.1 −4.39%
1974 93.3 −4.4 −4.5%
1973 97.7 −4.6 −4.5%
1972 102.3 −4.8 −4.48%
1971 107.1 −5.1 −4.55%
1970 112.2 −5.4 −4.59%
1969 117.6 −5.7 −4.62%
1968 123.3 −6.2 −4.79%
1967 129.5 −6.7 −4.92%
1966 136.2 −7.2 −5.02%
1965 143.4 −7.8 −5.16%
1964 151.2 −8.6 −5.38%
1963 159.8 −9.2 −5.44%
1962 169 −10 −5.59%
1961 179 −10.9 −5.74%
1960 189.9

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.