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

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

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

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.

Libya vs Türkiye: Mortality rate, infant

Libya

7.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Türkiye

8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Libya rank

129th

Türkiye rank

125th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Libya
Türkiye

How they compare

Türkiye currently reports 8 per 1,000 live births against 7.9 per 1,000 live births in Libya, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 129th and Türkiye ranks 125th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Libya averaged higher in 1 and Türkiye in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Libya	Türkiye	Difference	Ahead
1960s	147.55 per 1,000 live births	160.06 per 1,000 live births	12.51 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye
1970s	74.82 per 1,000 live births	125.35 per 1,000 live births	50.53 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye
1980s	42.87 per 1,000 live births	83.13 per 1,000 live births	40.26 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye
1990s	26.18 per 1,000 live births	46.19 per 1,000 live births	20.01 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye
2000s	17.98 per 1,000 live births	22.28 per 1,000 live births	4.3 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye
2010s	11.04 per 1,000 live births	11.52 per 1,000 live births	0.48 per 1,000 live births	Türkiye
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 Türkiye?: Türkiye, at 8 per 1,000 live births against 7.9 per 1,000 live births in Libya as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Libya and Türkiye?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Türkiye ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Libya and Türkiye?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Libya and Türkiye rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Libya ranks 129th and Türkiye 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: 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.