What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Kiribati and Small states?

17.01 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Small states?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

Kiribati vs Small states: Mortality rate, infant

Kiribati

38.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Small states

21.79 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kiribati rank

28th

Small states rank

26th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Kiribati
Small states

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 38.8 per 1,000 live births against 21.79 per 1,000 live births in Small states, a difference of 17.01 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.8 times Small states's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Kiribati has been ahead every year.

Kiribati ranks 28th and Small states ranks 26th of 197 countries.

Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kiribati	Small states	Difference	Ahead
1990s	59.1 per 1,000 live births	48.6 per 1,000 live births	10.5 per 1,000 live births	Kiribati
2000s	45.23 per 1,000 live births	35.49 per 1,000 live births	9.74 per 1,000 live births	Kiribati
2010s	42.52 per 1,000 live births	26.77 per 1,000 live births	15.75 per 1,000 live births	Kiribati
2020s	40.64 per 1,000 live births	22.84 per 1,000 live births	17.8 per 1,000 live births	Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Kiribati or Small states?: Kiribati, at 38.8 per 1,000 live births against 21.79 per 1,000 live births in Small states as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Kiribati and Small states?: 17.01 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Small states?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and Small states rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Kiribati ranks 28th and Small states ranks 26th 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.