Demography · World Development Indicators

Infant mortality — Countries

Infant mortality · per 1,000 live births. WDI observations are shown without interpolation by MetaphAI; reference years and coverage can differ across countries.

What it measures

Infant mortality · per 1,000 live births. WDI observations are shown without interpolation by MetaphAI; reference years and coverage can differ across countries.

How to interpret it

WDI observations are shown without interpolation by MetaphAI; reference years and coverage can differ across countries.

Key figures

Spain2.6 per 1,000 live births20th in 2024
Highest value71.9 per 1,000 live birthsSouth Sudan
Lowest value1.2 per 1,000 live birthsSan Marino
Median12.4 per 1,000 live births196 countries and territories with data
Change in Spain−7.1%2014–2024

Source

World Bank — World Development Indicators

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: www.childmortality.org; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation; World Bank (WB), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation; United Nations (UN), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, publisher: UN Population Division

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Infant mortality — Countries

Infant mortality · per 1,000 live births. WDI observations are shown without interpolation by MetaphAI; reference years and coverage can differ across countries.

International ranking

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Infant mortality over time

WDI observations are shown without interpolation by MetaphAI; reference years and coverage can differ across countries.

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