What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Libya and Nauru?

0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Libya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Nauru?

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.

Libya vs Nauru: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)

Libya

7.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Nauru

7.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Libya rank

129th

Nauru rank

131st

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

Libya
Nauru

How they compare

Libya currently reports 7.9 per 1,000 live births against 7.7 per 1,000 live births in Nauru, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

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

Libya ranks 129th and Nauru ranks 131st of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 1 and Nauru in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Libya	Nauru	Difference	Ahead
1980s	37.36 per 1,000 live births	67.34 per 1,000 live births	29.98 per 1,000 live births	Nauru
1990s	26.18 per 1,000 live births	48.16 per 1,000 live births	21.98 per 1,000 live births	Nauru
2000s	17.98 per 1,000 live births	31.8 per 1,000 live births	13.82 per 1,000 live births	Nauru
2010s	11.04 per 1,000 live births	17.27 per 1,000 live births	6.23 per 1,000 live births	Nauru
2020s	10.06 per 1,000 live births	8.84 per 1,000 live births	1.22 per 1,000 live births	Libya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Libya or Nauru?: Libya, at 7.9 per 1,000 live births against 7.7 per 1,000 live births in Nauru as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Libya and Nauru?: 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Libya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Nauru?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Libya and Nauru rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Libya ranks 129th and Nauru ranks 131st 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.