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

0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Belize ahead.

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

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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belize vs Iran: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)

Belize

10.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Iran

10.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Belize rank

110th

Iran rank

113th

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

Belize
Iran

How they compare

Belize currently reports 10.8 per 1,000 live births against 10.3 per 1,000 live births in Iran, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Iran ahead.

Belize ranks 110th and Iran ranks 113th of 197 countries.

Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belize	Iran	Difference	Ahead
1970s	61.67 per 1,000 live births	120.51 per 1,000 live births	58.84 per 1,000 live births	Iran
1980s	42.11 per 1,000 live births	67.42 per 1,000 live births	25.31 per 1,000 live births	Iran
1990s	24.87 per 1,000 live births	40.82 per 1,000 live births	15.95 per 1,000 live births	Iran
2000s	17.47 per 1,000 live births	24.51 per 1,000 live births	7.04 per 1,000 live births	Iran
2010s	13.4 per 1,000 live births	14.43 per 1,000 live births	1.03 per 1,000 live births	Iran
2020s	10.94 per 1,000 live births	11.02 per 1,000 live births	0.08 per 1,000 live births	Iran

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Belize or Iran?: Belize, at 10.8 per 1,000 live births against 10.3 per 1,000 live births in Iran as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Belize and Iran?: 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Belize ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Iran?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Belize and Iran rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Belize ranks 110th and Iran ranks 113th 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 (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: 29 October 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.