What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Jordan and Mexico?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Mexico ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Mexico?

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.

Jordan vs Mexico: Mortality rate, infant

Jordan

12 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Mexico

12.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Jordan rank

102nd

Mexico rank

101st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Jordan
Mexico

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 12.1 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Jordan, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Jordan ahead.

Jordan ranks 102nd and Mexico ranks 101st of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Jordan	Mexico	Difference	Ahead
1960s	90.85 per 1,000 live births	94.44 per 1,000 live births	3.59 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1970s	59.32 per 1,000 live births	71.7 per 1,000 live births	12.38 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1980s	38.8 per 1,000 live births	48.92 per 1,000 live births	10.12 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
1990s	26.98 per 1,000 live births	31.26 per 1,000 live births	4.28 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2000s	20 per 1,000 live births	20.21 per 1,000 live births	0.21 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2010s	15.27 per 1,000 live births	15.28 per 1,000 live births	0.01 per 1,000 live births	Mexico
2020s	12.64 per 1,000 live births	12.76 per 1,000 live births	0.12 per 1,000 live births	Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Jordan or Mexico?: Mexico, at 12.1 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Jordan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Jordan and Mexico?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Mexico?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Jordan and Mexico rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Jordan ranks 102nd and Mexico ranks 101st 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: 20 August 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.