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

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

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

53 years are reported by both, from 1972 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.

India vs Tajikistan: Mortality rate, infant

India

23.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Tajikistan

23.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

India rank

61st

Tajikistan rank

59th

Mortality rate, infant over time

India
Tajikistan

How they compare

Tajikistan 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 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was India ahead.

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

Across the 6 decades both report, India averaged higher in 5 and Tajikistan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	India	Tajikistan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	122 per 1,000 live births	103.55 per 1,000 live births	18.45 per 1,000 live births	India
1980s	96.71 per 1,000 live births	87.53 per 1,000 live births	9.18 per 1,000 live births	India
1990s	76.4 per 1,000 live births	78.33 per 1,000 live births	1.93 per 1,000 live births	Tajikistan
2000s	57.43 per 1,000 live births	43.71 per 1,000 live births	13.72 per 1,000 live births	India
2010s	37.59 per 1,000 live births	27.05 per 1,000 live births	10.54 per 1,000 live births	India
2020s	25.76 per 1,000 live births	24.3 per 1,000 live births	1.46 per 1,000 live births	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, India or Tajikistan?: Tajikistan, 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 India and Tajikistan?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Tajikistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Tajikistan?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do India and Tajikistan rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: India ranks 61st and Tajikistan ranks 59th 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.