Libya vs Turkey: Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)

Libya
8.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Turkey
8.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Libya rank
129th
Turkey rank
126th

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

  • Libya
  • Turkey
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How they compare

Turkey currently reports 8.7 per 1,000 live births against 8.6 per 1,000 live births in Libya, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 129th and Turkey ranks 126th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 1 and Turkey in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Libya Turkey Difference Ahead
1960s 156.59 per 1,000 live births 168.87 per 1,000 live births 12.28 per 1,000 live births Turkey
1970s 80.58 per 1,000 live births 132 per 1,000 live births 51.42 per 1,000 live births Turkey
1980s 46.81 per 1,000 live births 87.76 per 1,000 live births 40.95 per 1,000 live births Turkey
1990s 28.86 per 1,000 live births 48.89 per 1,000 live births 20.03 per 1,000 live births Turkey
2000s 19.89 per 1,000 live births 23.57 per 1,000 live births 3.68 per 1,000 live births Turkey
2010s 12.15 per 1,000 live births 12.18 per 1,000 live births 0.03 per 1,000 live births Turkey
2020s 10.82 per 1,000 live births 9.48 per 1,000 live births 1.34 per 1,000 live births Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Libya or Turkey?
Turkey, at 8.7 per 1,000 live births against 8.6 per 1,000 live births in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Libya and Turkey?
0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Turkey?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Libya and Turkey rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Libya ranks 129th and Turkey ranks 126th 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, male (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, male (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

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