๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Infant Mortality Rate of New Zealand

3.34
Infant Mortality Rate
214
Infant Deaths
35,540
Overall Deaths

The current infant mortality rate of New Zealand is 3.3445 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. A -2.12% decrease from 2023, when the infant mortality rate was 3.417 and 219 infants died for the year. In the future, New Zealand's infant mortality rate is projected to decrease to 0.9171 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, by the year 2100. A total decrease of New Zealand's infant mortality rate by -72.58% from today's standard. This positive trend of New Zealand'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 New Zealand (1950-2024)

New Zealand has seen a decrease of the infant mortality rate since the 1950's. From 27.7392 to 3.3445 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, a decrease of -87.94% in total.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (infant deaths for every 1,000 live births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
1950 27.7392 1,361 18,043
1951 27.5473 1,372 18,792
1952 28.8809 1,473 18,849
1953 25.6156 1,318 18,318
1954 24.3887 1,305 18,875
1955 24.847 1,368 19,203
1956 23.3268 1,320 19,694
1957 24.5271 1,416 20,871
1958 23.7385 1,415 20,263
1959 24.1068 1,480 21,134
1960 22.713 1,430 20,901
1961 23.3262 1,511 21,792
1962 20.566 1,329 22,067
1963 19.5971 1,260 22,405
1964 18.7786 1,171 22,845
1965 19.031 1,146 22,949
1966 17.5587 1,054 23,733
1967 18.0909 1,103 23,025
1968 18.875 1,177 24,529
1969 17.0004 1,063 24,135
1970 16.6256 1,035 24,840
1971 16.9219 1,086 24,368
1972 15.6738 989 24,774
1973 15.8626 962 25,249
1974 15.3645 908 25,219
1975 15.7119 889 25,119
1976 13.7972 765 25,452
1977 14.177 773 25,973
1978 13.2975 688 24,718
1979 12.6164 662 25,398
1980 12.7241 648 26,586
1981 11.4547 582 25,189
1982 11.7556 588 25,543
1983 12.5394 631 25,974
1984 11.7085 602 25,430
1985 10.8542 564 27,480
1986 11.2892 597 27,019
1987 10.2162 561 27,464
1988 10.9596 628 27,482
1989 10.3688 603 27,042
1990 8.507 507 26,423
1991 8.0633 478 26,292
1992 7.1133 422 27,147
1993 7.1613 420 27,089
1994 6.918 396 26,931
1995 6.5642 376 27,790
1996 7.0889 405 28,369
1997 6.5869 376 27,653
1998 5.2821 294 26,376
1999 5.6722 323 28,178
2000 6.1433 347 26,649
2001 5.3399 297 27,883
2002 5.3922 290 28,082
2003 4.9521 274 28,063
2004 5.6115 322 28,413
2005 5.2241 300 27,120
2006 5.1551 303 28,253
2007 5.0532 319 28,490
2008 4.6123 295 29,147
2009 4.8101 301 28,974
2010 5.0386 320 28,465
2011 4.5632 281 30,154
2012 4.1688 255 30,141
2013 4.291 252 29,480
2014 4.7357 271 29,588
2015 4.4499 266 30,037
2016 3.8756 227 30,614
2017 3.638 220 30,918
2018 3.951 227 31,234
2019 3.8466 241 31,550
2020 3.754 235 32,067
2021 3.9537 251 33,869
2022 3.4962 224 33,895
2023 3.417 219 34,699
2024 3.3445 214 35,540

Future Infant Mortality Rate of New Zealand (2024-2100)

New Zealand'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 3.3445 to an average of 0.9171 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. An additional decrease of -72.58% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (infant deaths for every 1,000 live births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
2024 3.3445 214 35,540
2025 3.2699 208 36,366
2026 3.1976 203 37,203
2027 3.1313 197 38,078
2028 3.0631 191 38,936
2029 3.0006 186 39,834
2030 2.9436 181 40,773
2031 2.8843 177 41,696
2032 2.827 172 42,637
2033 2.7743 168 43,616
2034 2.7199 163 44,567
2035 2.6699 159 45,541
2036 2.6212 156 46,500
2037 2.5708 153 47,413
2038 2.5247 150 48,347
2039 2.4823 148 49,300
2040 2.4411 146 50,238
2041 2.39 142 51,028
2042 2.3507 140 51,931
2043 2.3124 138 52,808
2044 2.2703 135 53,591
2045 2.2311 132 54,374
2046 2.1955 130 55,159
2047 2.1557 127 55,838
2048 2.1196 124 56,514
2049 2.0821 122 57,114
2050 2.0496 120 57,737
2051 2.0159 117 58,276
2052 1.9826 115 58,772
2053 1.9524 114 59,262
2054 1.9188 111 59,647
2055 1.8898 110 60,070
2056 1.8595 108 60,423
2057 1.8277 106 60,701
2058 1.7993 104 60,980
2059 1.7691 101 61,180
2060 1.7394 99 61,348
2061 1.7127 97 61,530
2062 1.6861 96 61,693
2063 1.6588 94 61,821
2064 1.632 92 61,965
2065 1.6056 90 62,128
2066 1.5796 88 62,320
2067 1.5547 86 62,544
2068 1.5287 84 62,764
2069 1.5031 83 63,018
2070 1.4811 81 63,380
2071 1.4568 80 63,707
2072 1.4341 78 64,104
2073 1.4106 77 64,500
2074 1.3906 75 65,001
2075 1.367 74 65,422
2076 1.346 73 65,925
2077 1.3247 71 66,400
2078 1.3011 70 66,787
2079 1.282 69 67,267
2080 1.2618 68 67,674
2081 1.2406 67 68,010
2082 1.2226 65 68,392
2083 1.2037 65 68,697
2084 1.1839 63 68,925
2085 1.1669 62 69,193
2086 1.1501 61 69,412
2087 1.1313 60 69,506
2088 1.1113 59 69,489
2089 1.0946 58 69,543
2090 1.0754 56 69,448
2091 1.0594 55 69,436
2092 1.0436 54 69,400
2093 1.0263 53 69,278
2094 1.0103 52 69,177
2095 0.9928 51 69,000
2096 0.9773 50 68,886
2097 0.9626 49 68,770
2098 0.9477 48 68,641
2099 0.9313 47 68,443
2100 0.9171 47 68,322

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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