Canada vs Sri Lanka: Infant mortality rate
Canada
0.4717 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.5166 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
152nd
Sri Lanka rank
149th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Canada
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.5166 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4717 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.0449 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
Across all 74 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 152nd and Sri Lanka ranks 149th of 199 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.32 deaths per 100 live births | 6.72 deaths per 100 live births | 3.41 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2.92 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 4.41 deaths per 100 live births | 2.95 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 0.8379 deaths per 100 live births | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 0.5942 deaths per 100 live births | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 0.5207 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6993 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7632 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2932 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 0.4611 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5566 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0954 deaths per 100 live births | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Canada or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.5166 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4717 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Canada and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0449 deaths per 100 live births, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Sri Lanka?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Sri Lanka rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Canada ranks 152nd and Sri Lanka ranks 149th 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
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .