What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Arab World and Djibouti?

16.42 per 1,000 live births, with Djibouti ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Arab World and Djibouti?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Arab World vs Djibouti: Mortality rate, infant

Arab World

26.58 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Djibouti

43 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Arab World rank

20th

Djibouti rank

21st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Arab World
Djibouti

How they compare

Djibouti currently reports 43 per 1,000 live births against 26.58 per 1,000 live births in Arab World, a difference of 16.42 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Djibouti's figure about 1.6 times Arab World's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Djibouti has been ahead every year.

Arab World ranks 20th and Djibouti ranks 21st of 47 groups.

Djibouti has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Arab World	Djibouti	Difference	Ahead
1990s	56.96 per 1,000 live births	84.75 per 1,000 live births	27.79 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
2000s	41.26 per 1,000 live births	73.44 per 1,000 live births	32.18 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
2010s	32.18 per 1,000 live births	57.41 per 1,000 live births	25.23 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti
2020s	27.79 per 1,000 live births	45.84 per 1,000 live births	18.05 per 1,000 live births	Djibouti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Arab World or Djibouti?: Djibouti, at 43 per 1,000 live births against 26.58 per 1,000 live births in Arab World as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Arab World and Djibouti?: 16.42 per 1,000 live births, with Djibouti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Arab World and Djibouti?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Arab World and Djibouti rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Arab World ranks 20th and Djibouti ranks 21st of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.