Palau vs Syria: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)
Palau
18.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Syria
17.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Palau rank
71st
Syria rank
72nd
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time
- Palau
- Syria
How they compare
Palau currently reports 18.6 per 1,000 live births against 17.7 per 1,000 live births in Syria, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Palau's figure about 1.1 times Syria's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Syria ahead.
Palau ranks 71st and Syria ranks 72nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Palau averaged higher in 3 and Syria in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Palau | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 75.56 per 1,000 live births | 86 per 1,000 live births | 10.44 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 1970s | 53.14 per 1,000 live births | 62.93 per 1,000 live births | 9.79 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 1980s | 33.85 per 1,000 live births | 40.57 per 1,000 live births | 6.72 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 1990s | 26.89 per 1,000 live births | 26.42 per 1,000 live births | 0.47 per 1,000 live births | Palau |
| 2000s | 19.3 per 1,000 live births | 18.62 per 1,000 live births | 0.68 per 1,000 live births | Palau |
| 2010s | 18.08 per 1,000 live births | 22.83 per 1,000 live births | 4.75 per 1,000 live births | Syria |
| 2020s | 19.28 per 1,000 live births | 18.94 per 1,000 live births | 0.34 per 1,000 live births | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Palau or Syria?
- Palau, at 18.6 per 1,000 live births against 17.7 per 1,000 live births in Syria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Palau and Syria?
- 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Palau and Syria?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Palau and Syria rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Palau ranks 71st and Syria ranks 72nd 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.