What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Libya and Nauru?

0.0171 deaths per 100 live births, with Libya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Nauru?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.

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.

Libya vs Nauru: Infant mortality rate

Libya

0.789 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Nauru

0.7719 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Libya rank

129th

Nauru rank

132nd

Infant mortality rate over time

Libya
Nauru

How they compare

Libya currently reports 0.789 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7719 deaths per 100 live births in Nauru, a difference of 0.0171 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Nauru ahead.

Libya ranks 129th and Nauru ranks 132nd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 1 and Nauru in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Libya	Nauru	Difference	Ahead
1980s	3.73 deaths per 100 live births	6.74 deaths per 100 live births	3 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
1990s	2.62 deaths per 100 live births	4.82 deaths per 100 live births	2.2 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2000s	1.8 deaths per 100 live births	3.18 deaths per 100 live births	1.38 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2010s	1.1 deaths per 100 live births	1.73 deaths per 100 live births	0.6234 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2020s	1 deaths per 100 live births	0.8818 deaths per 100 live births	0.122 deaths per 100 live births	Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate, Libya or Nauru?: Libya, at 0.789 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7719 deaths per 100 live births in Nauru as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Libya and Nauru?: 0.0171 deaths per 100 live births, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Nauru?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Libya and Nauru rank globally for infant mortality rate?: Libya ranks 129th and Nauru ranks 132nd 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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Indicator: Infant mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 13,185 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .