Armenia vs Turkey: Infant mortality rate
Armenia
0.8485 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Turkey
0.8034 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Armenia rank
124th
Turkey rank
127th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Armenia
- Turkey
How they compare
Armenia currently reports 0.8485 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8034 deaths per 100 live births in Turkey, a difference of 0.0451 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Armenia's figure about 1.1 times Turkey's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Turkey ahead.
Armenia ranks 124th and Turkey ranks 127th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 2 and Turkey in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Armenia | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.72 deaths per 100 live births | 11.4 deaths per 100 live births | 3.67 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1980s | 5.98 deaths per 100 live births | 8.31 deaths per 100 live births | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1990s | 3.71 deaths per 100 live births | 4.62 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9105 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2000s | 2.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0195 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2010s | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1762 deaths per 100 live births | Armenia |
| 2020s | 0.9308 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8837 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0471 deaths per 100 live births | Armenia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Armenia or Turkey?
- Armenia, at 0.8485 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8034 deaths per 100 live births in Turkey as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Armenia and Turkey?
- 0.0451 deaths per 100 live births, with Armenia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Turkey?
- 49 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2024.
- How do Armenia and Turkey rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Armenia ranks 124th and Turkey ranks 127th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .