What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Iraq and Palau?

1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Iraq ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Palau?

60 years are reported by both, from 1965 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.

Iraq vs Palau: Mortality rate, infant, female

Iraq

18.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Palau

16.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Iraq rank

68th

Palau rank

71st

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

Iraq
Palau

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 18.1 per 1,000 live births against 16.4 per 1,000 live births in Palau, a difference of 1.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Palau's.

Across all 60 years both countries report, Iraq has been ahead every year.

Iraq ranks 68th and Palau ranks 71st of 197 countries.

Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Palau	Difference	Ahead
1960s	91.12 per 1,000 live births	68.7 per 1,000 live births	22.42 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
1970s	66.11 per 1,000 live births	47.6 per 1,000 live births	18.51 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
1980s	48.33 per 1,000 live births	30 per 1,000 live births	18.33 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
1990s	40.16 per 1,000 live births	23.8 per 1,000 live births	16.36 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2000s	32.16 per 1,000 live births	17.04 per 1,000 live births	15.12 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2010s	24.52 per 1,000 live births	15.98 per 1,000 live births	8.54 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2020s	19.32 per 1,000 live births	17 per 1,000 live births	2.32 per 1,000 live births	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Iraq or Palau?: Iraq, at 18.1 per 1,000 live births against 16.4 per 1,000 live births in Palau as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Iraq and Palau?: 1.7 per 1,000 live births, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Palau?: 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Iraq and Palau rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?: Iraq ranks 68th and Palau ranks 71st 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: 03 September 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.