What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Kosovo and Turkey?

0 per 1,000 live births, with Kosovo ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kosovo and Turkey?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 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.

Kosovo vs Turkey: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)

Kosovo

8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Turkey

8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kosovo rank

125th

Turkey rank

125th

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

Kosovo
Turkey

How they compare

Kosovo currently reports 8 per 1,000 live births against 8 per 1,000 live births in Turkey, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Kosovo ahead.

Kosovo ranks 125th and Turkey ranks 125th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Kosovo averaged higher in 4 and Turkey in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kosovo	Turkey	Difference	Ahead
1980s	112.26 per 1,000 live births	72.34 per 1,000 live births	39.92 per 1,000 live births	Kosovo
1990s	68.37 per 1,000 live births	46.19 per 1,000 live births	22.18 per 1,000 live births	Kosovo
2000s	30.12 per 1,000 live births	22.28 per 1,000 live births	7.84 per 1,000 live births	Kosovo
2010s	13.78 per 1,000 live births	11.52 per 1,000 live births	2.26 per 1,000 live births	Kosovo
2020s	8.74 per 1,000 live births	8.84 per 1,000 live births	0.1 per 1,000 live births	Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Kosovo or Turkey?: Kosovo, at 8 per 1,000 live births against 8 per 1,000 live births in Turkey as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Kosovo and Turkey?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Kosovo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kosovo and Turkey?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Kosovo and Turkey rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Kosovo ranks 125th and Turkey ranks 125th 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.