🗺️ Infant Mortality Rate of Africa

The current infant mortality rate of Africa is 42.4197 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. A -1.57% decrease from 2023, when the infant mortality rate was 43.0981 and 1,994,191 infants died for the year. In the future, Africa's infant mortality rate is projected to decrease to 15.4372 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, by the year 2100. A total decrease of Africa's infant mortality rate by -63.61% from today's standard. This positive trend of Africa's infant mortality rate can broadly be attributed to improvements in hygiene, water quality, and living conditions that reduced the spread of infections. The avalibality of midwife-led continuity of care (MLCC) from professional midwives according to international standard also plays a role in the overall decrease of the infant mortality rate.

Historic Infant Mortality Rate of Africa (1950-2024)

Africa has seen a decrease of the infant mortality rate since the 1950's. From 186.567 to 42.4197 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, a decrease of -77.26% in total.

Future Infant Mortality Rate of Africa (2024-2100)

Africa's positive downward trend in the infant mortality rate is set to decrease even further in the future. Where the infant mortality rate will shrink from 42.4197 to an average of 15.4372 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. An additional decrease of -63.61% from 2024 to 2100.

What is Infant Mortality Rate?

Mortality rate is a measure of the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population during a specified interval. Infant mortality rate refers to the number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births in a given population. It is an important indicator of the overall health and well-being of a society, as well as the quality of healthcare and socio-economic conditions.

How is Infant Mortality Rate calculated?

The infant mortality rate or IMR for short is the number of children that die under one year of age in a given year, per 1,000 live births. Thus, infant mortality rates are calculated as the number of deaths in the first year of life divided by the number of live births, multiplied by 1000.

Infant Mortality Rate Formula

Infant Mortality Rate = deaths under 1 year / live births * 1000

What Countries have the Lowest Infant Mortality Rate?

In general, developed countries tend to have lower infant mortality rates due to better access to healthcare, advanced medical facilities, and public health initiatives. In contrast, developing countries often have higher rates due to various factors such as limited access to healthcare, inadequate nutrition, poor sanitation, and infectious diseases.

Infant Mortality Rate numbers for country change each year, thus we provide a list of countries with the lowest infant mortality rate in 2024, and previous years dating back to the 1950's.

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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