Sri Lanka vs United States of America: Mortality rate, infant, male

Sri Lanka
5.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
United States of America
5.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Sri Lanka rank
147th
United States of America rank
144th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Sri Lanka
  • United States of America
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How they compare

United States of America currently reports 5.9 per 1,000 live births against 5.7 per 1,000 live births in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 147th and United States of America ranks 144th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka United States of America Difference Ahead
1960s 57.36 per 1,000 live births 26.45 per 1,000 live births 30.91 per 1,000 live births Sri Lanka
1970s 48.1 per 1,000 live births 18.33 per 1,000 live births 29.77 per 1,000 live births Sri Lanka
1980s 26.34 per 1,000 live births 12.07 per 1,000 live births 14.27 per 1,000 live births Sri Lanka
1990s 17.81 per 1,000 live births 8.97 per 1,000 live births 8.84 per 1,000 live births Sri Lanka
2000s 13.29 per 1,000 live births 7.42 per 1,000 live births 5.87 per 1,000 live births Sri Lanka
2010s 8.44 per 1,000 live births 6.34 per 1,000 live births 2.1 per 1,000 live births Sri Lanka
2020s 6.18 per 1,000 live births 5.92 per 1,000 live births 0.26 per 1,000 live births Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Sri Lanka or United States of America?
United States of America, at 5.9 per 1,000 live births against 5.7 per 1,000 live births in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Sri Lanka and United States of America?
0.2 per 1,000 live births, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and United States of America?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Sri Lanka and United States of America rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Sri Lanka ranks 147th and United States of America ranks 144th 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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About this data

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.