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

0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Iran ahead.

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

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.

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

Iran

10.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Tunisia

9.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Iran rank

113th

Tunisia rank

115th

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

Iran
Tunisia

How they compare

Iran currently reports 10.3 per 1,000 live births against 9.7 per 1,000 live births in Tunisia, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Iran's figure about 1.1 times Tunisia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Iran ahead.

Iran ranks 113th and Tunisia ranks 115th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Iran averaged higher in 4 and Tunisia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iran	Tunisia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	120.51 per 1,000 live births	85.63 per 1,000 live births	34.88 per 1,000 live births	Iran
1980s	67.42 per 1,000 live births	48.29 per 1,000 live births	19.13 per 1,000 live births	Iran
1990s	40.82 per 1,000 live births	31.54 per 1,000 live births	9.28 per 1,000 live births	Iran
2000s	24.51 per 1,000 live births	19.73 per 1,000 live births	4.78 per 1,000 live births	Iran
2010s	14.43 per 1,000 live births	15.88 per 1,000 live births	1.45 per 1,000 live births	Tunisia
2020s	11.02 per 1,000 live births	11.54 per 1,000 live births	0.52 per 1,000 live births	Tunisia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Iran or Tunisia?: Iran, at 10.3 per 1,000 live births against 9.7 per 1,000 live births in Tunisia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Iran and Tunisia?: 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Iran ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Tunisia?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Iran and Tunisia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Iran ranks 113th and Tunisia ranks 115th 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.