Taxa de mortalidade infantil by country
Countries reporting
17
Highest
16
Armenia
Lowest
10.2
Serbia
Median
13.9
Years covered
18
2007–2024
Data points
504
What the numbers show
Taxa de mortalidade infantil is currently reported for 17 countries. The highest value is 16 in Armenia; the lowest is 10.2 in Serbia.
The median across all reporting countries is 13.9, and the mean is 13.31.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Montserrat (up 7.8%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 22.7%).
Taxa de mortalidade infantil: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenia | 16 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 2 | Panama | 15.4 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.2 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 4 | Tonga | 14.3 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 4 | Sweden | 14.3 | 2024 | down 18.8% | flat |
| 4 | Malta | 14.3 | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 7 | Morocco | 14.1 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 8 | Albania | 14 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 9 | Montserrat | 13.9 | 2024 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 10 | Romania | 13.7 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 11 | Peru | 13.6 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 12 | Brazil | 12.7 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 13 | Spain | 12.1 | 2024 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 14 | Madagascar | 11.4 | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 15 | Puerto Rico | 10.7 | 2024 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 16 | Seychelles | 10.4 | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 17 | Serbia | 10.2 | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Roraima 19.3
- Acre 19
- Amapá 17.9
- Piauí 14.4
- Rio de Janeiro 13.4
- Rio Grande do Norte 12.9
- Paraíba 12.5
- Goiás 12.1
- São Paulo 11.4
- Ceará 11.3
- Distrito Federal 11