🇬🇲 Infant Mortality Rate of Gambia

The current infant mortality rate of Gambia is 26.6609 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. A -4.76% decrease from 2022, when the infant mortality rate was 27.9935 and 2,476 infants died for the year. In the future, Gambia's infant mortality rate is projected to decrease to 11.6419 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, by the year 2100. A total decrease of Gambia's infant mortality rate by -56.33% from today's standard. This positive trend of Gambia'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 Gambia (1950-2023)

Gambia has seen a decrease of the infant mortality rate since the 1950's. From 174.0117 to 26.6609 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, a decrease of -84.68% in total.

Future Infant Mortality Rate of Gambia (2023-2100)

Gambia'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 26.6609 to an average of 11.6419 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. An additional decrease of -56.33% from 2023 to 2100.

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

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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