What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between IDA blend and South Sudan?

18.96 per 1,000 live births, with South Sudan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and South Sudan?

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.

IDA blend vs South Sudan: Mortality rate, infant

IDA blend

52.94 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Sudan

71.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

IDA blend rank

2nd

South Sudan rank

1st

Mortality rate, infant over time

IDA blend
South Sudan

How they compare

South Sudan currently reports 71.9 per 1,000 live births against 52.94 per 1,000 live births in IDA blend, a difference of 18.96 per 1,000 live births.

That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.4 times IDA blend's.

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

IDA blend ranks 2nd and South Sudan ranks 1st of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	IDA blend	South Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1990s	94.94 per 1,000 live births	157.26 per 1,000 live births	62.32 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan
2000s	76.18 per 1,000 live births	98.91 per 1,000 live births	22.73 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan
2010s	61 per 1,000 live births	108.45 per 1,000 live births	47.45 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan
2020s	54.45 per 1,000 live births	71.9 per 1,000 live births	17.45 per 1,000 live births	South Sudan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, IDA blend or South Sudan?: South Sudan, at 71.9 per 1,000 live births against 52.94 per 1,000 live births in IDA blend as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between IDA blend and South Sudan?: 18.96 per 1,000 live births, with South Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA blend and South Sudan?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do IDA blend and South Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: IDA blend ranks 2nd and South Sudan ranks 1st 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.