Iraq vs Syria: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)
Iraq
20.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Syria
17.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iraq rank
69th
Syria rank
72nd
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time
- Iraq
- Syria
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 20.1 per 1,000 live births against 17.7 per 1,000 live births in Syria, a difference of 2.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Syria's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Iraq has been ahead every year.
Iraq ranks 69th and Syria ranks 72nd of 197 countries.
Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110.99 per 1,000 live births | 93.41 per 1,000 live births | 17.58 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 1970s | 71.39 per 1,000 live births | 62.93 per 1,000 live births | 8.46 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 1980s | 52.32 per 1,000 live births | 40.57 per 1,000 live births | 11.75 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 1990s | 43.5 per 1,000 live births | 26.42 per 1,000 live births | 17.08 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2000s | 35.27 per 1,000 live births | 18.62 per 1,000 live births | 16.65 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2010s | 27.13 per 1,000 live births | 22.83 per 1,000 live births | 4.3 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2020s | 21.42 per 1,000 live births | 18.94 per 1,000 live births | 2.48 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Iraq or Syria?
- Iraq, at 20.1 per 1,000 live births against 17.7 per 1,000 live births in Syria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Iraq and Syria?
- 2.4 per 1,000 live births, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Syria?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Iraq and Syria rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Iraq ranks 69th and Syria ranks 72nd 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.