What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Iraq and Venezuela?

1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Venezuela ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Venezuela?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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.

Iraq vs Venezuela: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)

Iraq

20.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Venezuela

21.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Iraq rank

69th

Venezuela rank

66th

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

Iraq
Venezuela

How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 21.2 per 1,000 live births against 20.1 per 1,000 live births in Iraq, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 69th and Venezuela ranks 66th of 197 countries.

Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iraq	Venezuela	Difference	Ahead
1960s	110.99 per 1,000 live births	53.97 per 1,000 live births	57.02 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
1970s	71.39 per 1,000 live births	43.58 per 1,000 live births	27.81 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
1980s	52.32 per 1,000 live births	30.39 per 1,000 live births	21.93 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
1990s	43.5 per 1,000 live births	21.45 per 1,000 live births	22.05 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2000s	35.27 per 1,000 live births	15.64 per 1,000 live births	19.63 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2010s	27.13 per 1,000 live births	17.69 per 1,000 live births	9.44 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2020s	21.42 per 1,000 live births	21.2 per 1,000 live births	0.22 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 Venezuela?: Venezuela, at 21.2 per 1,000 live births against 20.1 per 1,000 live births in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Iraq and Venezuela?: 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Venezuela ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Venezuela?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Iraq and Venezuela rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Iraq ranks 69th and Venezuela ranks 66th 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.