What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Syria and Palestine?

0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Syria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and Palestine?

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 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.

Syria vs Palestine: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)

Syria

17.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Palestine

17 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Syria rank

72nd

Palestine rank

74th

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

Syria
Palestine

How they compare

Syria currently reports 17.7 per 1,000 live births against 17 per 1,000 live births in Palestine, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Palestine ahead.

Syria ranks 72nd and Palestine ranks 74th of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Syria averaged higher in 2 and Palestine in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Syria	Palestine	Difference	Ahead
1970s	55.92 per 1,000 live births	83.84 per 1,000 live births	27.92 per 1,000 live births	Palestine
1980s	40.57 per 1,000 live births	53.93 per 1,000 live births	13.36 per 1,000 live births	Palestine
1990s	26.42 per 1,000 live births	32.59 per 1,000 live births	6.17 per 1,000 live births	Palestine
2000s	18.62 per 1,000 live births	22.95 per 1,000 live births	4.33 per 1,000 live births	Palestine
2010s	22.83 per 1,000 live births	16.29 per 1,000 live births	6.54 per 1,000 live births	Syria
2020s	18.94 per 1,000 live births	14.42 per 1,000 live births	4.52 per 1,000 live births	Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Syria or Palestine?: Syria, at 17.7 per 1,000 live births against 17 per 1,000 live births in Palestine as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Syria and Palestine?: 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and Palestine?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Syria and Palestine rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Syria ranks 72nd and Palestine ranks 74th 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.