What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Haiti and South Asia?

15.8 per 1,000 live births, with Haiti ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and South Asia?

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.

Haiti vs South Asia: Mortality rate, infant

Haiti

39 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Asia

23.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Haiti rank

27th

South Asia rank

24th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Haiti
South Asia

How they compare

Haiti currently reports 39 per 1,000 live births against 23.2 per 1,000 live births in South Asia, a difference of 15.8 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Haiti's figure about 1.7 times South Asia's.

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

Haiti ranks 27th and South Asia ranks 24th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Haiti	South Asia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	85.91 per 1,000 live births	76.32 per 1,000 live births	9.59 per 1,000 live births	Haiti
2000s	63.08 per 1,000 live births	55.66 per 1,000 live births	7.42 per 1,000 live births	Haiti
2010s	52.59 per 1,000 live births	36.38 per 1,000 live births	16.21 per 1,000 live births	Haiti
2020s	41.3 per 1,000 live births	25.3 per 1,000 live births	16 per 1,000 live births	Haiti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Haiti or South Asia?: Haiti, at 39 per 1,000 live births against 23.2 per 1,000 live births in South Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Haiti and South Asia?: 15.8 per 1,000 live births, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Haiti and South Asia?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Haiti and South Asia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Haiti ranks 27th and South Asia ranks 24th 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: 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.