New Zealand vs United Arab Emirates: Mortality rate, infant

New Zealand
4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
United Arab Emirates
3.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
New Zealand rank
160th
United Arab Emirates rank
161st

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • New Zealand
  • United Arab Emirates
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 4 per 1,000 live births against 3.8 per 1,000 live births in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times United Arab Emirates's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

New Zealand ranks 160th and United Arab Emirates ranks 161st of 197 countries.

United Arab Emirates has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand United Arab Emirates Difference Ahead
1960s 19.46 per 1,000 live births 113.41 per 1,000 live births 93.95 per 1,000 live births United Arab Emirates
1970s 15.12 per 1,000 live births 48.57 per 1,000 live births 33.45 per 1,000 live births United Arab Emirates
1980s 11.36 per 1,000 live births 18.07 per 1,000 live births 6.71 per 1,000 live births United Arab Emirates
1990s 7.46 per 1,000 live births 9.88 per 1,000 live births 2.42 per 1,000 live births United Arab Emirates
2000s 5.57 per 1,000 live births 7.8 per 1,000 live births 2.23 per 1,000 live births United Arab Emirates
2010s 4.77 per 1,000 live births 6.11 per 1,000 live births 1.34 per 1,000 live births United Arab Emirates
2020s 4.18 per 1,000 live births 4.22 per 1,000 live births 0.04 per 1,000 live births United Arab Emirates

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, New Zealand or United Arab Emirates?
New Zealand, at 4 per 1,000 live births against 3.8 per 1,000 live births in United Arab Emirates as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between New Zealand and United Arab Emirates?
0.2 per 1,000 live births, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and United Arab Emirates?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do New Zealand and United Arab Emirates rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
New Zealand ranks 160th and United Arab Emirates ranks 161st 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

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.