Mortality rate, infant in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Mortality rate, infant was 33.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
33.1 per 1,000 live births
Change on year
down 2.4%
Rank
15th
of 45 groups
All-time high
84.7 per 1,000 live births
in 1990
All-time low
33.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Years of data
35
1990–2024
Mortality rate, infant in Lower middle income, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
Lower middle income recorded 33.1 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, infant in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Lower middle income peaked at 84.7 per 1,000 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 33.1 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
That places Lower middle income 15th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Mortality rate, infant in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 84.7 per 1,000 live births | — |
| 1991 | 83.1 per 1,000 live births | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 81.6 per 1,000 live births | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 80.1 per 1,000 live births | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 78.7 per 1,000 live births | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 77.2 per 1,000 live births | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 75.6 per 1,000 live births | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 73.8 per 1,000 live births | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 72 per 1,000 live births | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 70 per 1,000 live births | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 67.8 per 1,000 live births | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 65.6 per 1,000 live births | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 63.4 per 1,000 live births | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 61.3 per 1,000 live births | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 59.3 per 1,000 live births | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 57.4 per 1,000 live births | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 55.5 per 1,000 live births | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 53.7 per 1,000 live births | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 52.1 per 1,000 live births | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 50.3 per 1,000 live births | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 48.8 per 1,000 live births | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 47.1 per 1,000 live births | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 45.5 per 1,000 live births | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 44 per 1,000 live births | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 42.6 per 1,000 live births | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 41.3 per 1,000 live births | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 40.1 per 1,000 live births | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 39 per 1,000 live births | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 38 per 1,000 live births | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 37.1 per 1,000 live births | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 36.2 per 1,000 live births | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 35.5 per 1,000 live births | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 34.7 per 1,000 live births | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 33.9 per 1,000 live births | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 33.1 per 1,000 live births | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.68 per 1,000 live births | 70 per 1,000 live births | 84.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.64 per 1,000 live births | 50.3 per 1,000 live births | 67.8 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.35 per 1,000 live births | 37.1 per 1,000 live births | 48.8 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.68 per 1,000 live births | 33.1 per 1,000 live births | 36.2 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 12 Sierra Leone 54.6 per 1,000 live births compare
- 13 Afghanistan 48.3 per 1,000 live births compare
- 14 Pakistan 48.2 per 1,000 live births compare
- 15 Equatorial Guinea 47.6 per 1,000 live births compare
- 16 Mali 47.5 per 1,000 live births compare
- 17 Benin 45.2 per 1,000 live births compare
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 44.8 per 1,000 live births compare
More health data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1516 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.3166 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.295 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate 0.0357 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1434 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 0.1036 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Lower middle income?
- Mortality rate, infant in Lower middle income was 33.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 84.7 per 1,000 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Lower middle income rank for mortality rate, infant?
- Lower middle income ranks 15th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.