Libya vs Turkey: Infant mortality rate
Libya
0.789 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Turkey
0.8034 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Libya rank
129th
Turkey rank
127th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Libya
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 0.8034 deaths per 100 live births against 0.789 deaths per 100 live births in Libya, a difference of 0.0144 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Libya ahead.
Libya ranks 129th and Turkey ranks 127th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 2 and Turkey in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Libya | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 22.67 deaths per 100 live births | 18.51 deaths per 100 live births | 4.15 deaths per 100 live births | Libya |
| 1960s | 14.76 deaths per 100 live births | 16 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1970s | 7.48 deaths per 100 live births | 12.54 deaths per 100 live births | 5.06 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1980s | 4.29 deaths per 100 live births | 8.31 deaths per 100 live births | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 1990s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 4.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2000s | 1.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4293 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2010s | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0476 deaths per 100 live births | Turkey |
| 2020s | 1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8837 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1202 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 Turkey?
- Turkey, at 0.8034 deaths per 100 live births against 0.789 deaths per 100 live births in Libya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Libya and Turkey?
- 0.0144 deaths per 100 live births, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Turkey?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2024.
- How do Libya and Turkey rank globally for infant mortality rate?
- Libya ranks 129th 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 .