What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Iran and Peru?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Peru ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Peru?

54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iran vs Peru: Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)

Iran

9.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Peru

9.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Iran rank

109th

Peru rank

108th

Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) over time

Iran
Peru

How they compare

Peru currently reports 9.8 per 1,000 live births against 9.7 per 1,000 live births in Iran, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 109th and Peru ranks 108th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Iran averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iran	Peru	Difference	Ahead
1970s	117.93 per 1,000 live births	92.24 per 1,000 live births	25.69 per 1,000 live births	Iran
1980s	65.76 per 1,000 live births	71.12 per 1,000 live births	5.36 per 1,000 live births	Peru
1990s	39.52 per 1,000 live births	42.37 per 1,000 live births	2.85 per 1,000 live births	Peru
2000s	23.56 per 1,000 live births	20.43 per 1,000 live births	3.13 per 1,000 live births	Iran
2010s	13.71 per 1,000 live births	12.72 per 1,000 live births	0.99 per 1,000 live births	Iran
2020s	10.4 per 1,000 live births	10.4 per 1,000 live births	0 per 1,000 live births	—

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Iran or Peru?: Peru, at 9.8 per 1,000 live births against 9.7 per 1,000 live births in Iran as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Iran and Peru?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Peru?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Iran and Peru rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?: Iran ranks 109th and Peru ranks 108th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.