What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Fiji and India?

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Fiji ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and India?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Fiji vs India: Mortality rate, infant

Fiji

23.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

India

23.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Fiji rank

59th

India rank

61st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Fiji
India

How they compare

Fiji currently reports 23.5 per 1,000 live births against 23.3 per 1,000 live births in India, 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 India ahead.

Fiji ranks 59th and India ranks 61st of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Fiji	India	Difference	Ahead
1960s	51.52 per 1,000 live births	142.99 per 1,000 live births	91.47 per 1,000 live births	India
1970s	41.16 per 1,000 live births	124.39 per 1,000 live births	83.23 per 1,000 live births	India
1980s	27.56 per 1,000 live births	96.71 per 1,000 live births	69.15 per 1,000 live births	India
1990s	18.58 per 1,000 live births	76.4 per 1,000 live births	57.82 per 1,000 live births	India
2000s	17.01 per 1,000 live births	57.43 per 1,000 live births	40.42 per 1,000 live births	India
2010s	17.01 per 1,000 live births	37.59 per 1,000 live births	20.58 per 1,000 live births	India
2020s	22.88 per 1,000 live births	25.76 per 1,000 live births	2.88 per 1,000 live births	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Fiji or India?: Fiji, at 23.5 per 1,000 live births against 23.3 per 1,000 live births in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Fiji and India?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Fiji ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and India?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Fiji and India rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Fiji ranks 59th and India ranks 61st 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: 20 August 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.