๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Infant Mortality Rate of Upper-middle-income countries

8.82
Infant Mortality Rate
229,285
Infant Deaths
19,215,188
Overall Deaths

The current infant mortality rate of Upper-middle-income countries is 8.8198 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. A -6.12% decrease from 2023, when the infant mortality rate was 9.3952 and 246,339 infants died for the year. In the future, Upper-middle-income countries's infant mortality rate is projected to decrease to 2.2391 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, by the year 2100. A total decrease of Upper-middle-income countries's infant mortality rate by -74.61% from today's standard. This positive trend of Upper-middle-income countries'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 Upper-middle-income countries (1950-2024)

Upper-middle-income countries has seen a decrease of the infant mortality rate since the 1950's. From 131.5572 to 8.8198 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births, a decrease of -93.3% in total.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (infant deaths for every 1,000 live births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
1950 131.5572 4,652,802 18,477,375
1951 129.3891 4,651,005 18,283,879
1952 125.4518 4,829,700 18,169,482
1953 122.0468 4,740,043 17,922,340
1954 120.0303 4,766,613 17,759,976
1955 116.6407 4,714,313 17,687,756
1956 112.8827 4,490,917 17,251,705
1957 110.4607 4,579,772 17,321,556
1958 107.3163 4,360,289 16,987,837
1959 134.1428 5,049,088 21,530,661
1960 154.0908 5,539,178 24,909,379
1961 126.6076 4,279,699 19,838,911
1962 98.2922 3,934,343 15,775,652
1963 96.4198 4,616,472 16,393,074
1964 93.9239 4,467,485 16,255,106
1965 91.3512 4,252,809 16,105,830
1966 88.8001 4,081,534 15,913,252
1967 86.6021 3,856,633 15,683,195
1968 84.3233 3,953,934 15,739,732
1969 82.0851 3,926,157 15,740,145
1970 79.0418 3,804,503 15,589,091
1971 75.8681 3,591,912 15,181,683
1972 73.0143 3,374,373 14,891,534
1973 70.1606 3,184,520 14,552,414
1974 67.3951 2,956,079 14,282,455
1975 64.8722 2,690,264 14,034,230
1976 62.2282 2,494,355 13,793,881
1977 59.7899 2,314,099 13,556,364
1978 57.383 2,203,795 13,463,354
1979 54.9652 2,163,769 13,482,400
1980 52.6778 2,122,357 13,525,987
1981 50.4636 2,086,078 13,515,243
1982 48.4318 2,091,891 13,581,145
1983 46.963 1,948,894 13,519,693
1984 45.5994 1,918,290 13,632,776
1985 44.382 1,922,953 13,702,168
1986 43.1877 1,953,579 13,599,301
1987 42.4015 1,987,581 13,739,812
1988 41.8825 1,927,402 13,881,551
1989 41.2986 1,909,436 13,998,746
1990 40.6201 1,906,476 14,293,696
1991 39.7569 1,686,133 14,311,590
1992 38.7384 1,539,364 14,284,108
1993 37.7488 1,450,912 14,559,927
1994 36.5243 1,372,571 14,771,241
1995 35.2344 1,298,439 14,740,065
1996 33.839 1,217,493 14,713,565
1997 32.4276 1,139,002 14,678,006
1998 31.0341 1,067,677 14,645,145
1999 29.6531 1,004,242 15,037,458
2000 28.0464 960,773 15,187,411
2001 26.5471 889,182 15,074,786
2002 25.1285 831,323 15,341,390
2003 23.662 778,728 15,561,440
2004 22.2207 738,265 15,656,522
2005 20.942 700,914 15,828,056
2006 19.6586 663,829 15,821,581
2007 18.468 631,322 15,974,454
2008 17.4007 606,274 16,218,036
2009 16.1893 570,899 16,236,117
2010 15.2478 537,211 16,453,204
2011 14.2949 503,815 16,509,534
2012 13.5242 494,322 16,644,483
2013 12.9772 466,036 16,798,646
2014 12.3104 446,398 17,018,518
2015 11.7408 412,585 17,257,846
2016 11.0737 392,057 17,527,478
2017 10.4751 370,013 17,873,608
2018 10.3335 336,844 17,888,629
2019 10.1254 314,946 18,132,330
2020 9.7512 279,134 19,826,791
2021 9.8489 264,793 21,180,532
2022 9.7657 258,072 20,316,648
2023 9.3952 246,339 19,211,887
2024 8.8198 229,285 19,215,188

Future Infant Mortality Rate of Upper-middle-income countries (2024-2100)

Upper-middle-income countries'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 8.8198 to an average of 2.2391 infant deaths for every 1,000 live births. An additional decrease of -74.61% from 2024 to 2100.

Year Infant Mortality Rate (infant deaths for every 1,000 live births) Infant Deaths Overall Deaths
2024 8.8198 229,285 19,215,188
2025 8.5859 221,098 19,533,896
2026 8.3567 213,453 19,862,139
2027 8.1383 206,199 20,204,696
2028 7.9282 199,539 20,564,779
2029 7.7267 193,488 20,931,356
2030 7.5339 187,799 21,303,785
2031 7.3437 182,390 21,697,884
2032 7.1562 177,396 22,103,890
2033 6.9782 172,679 22,528,072
2034 6.809 168,156 22,966,738
2035 6.6367 163,983 23,410,016
2036 6.465 159,896 23,852,127
2037 6.2919 156,071 24,298,167
2038 6.1208 152,187 24,746,299
2039 5.964 148,419 25,189,257
2040 5.8105 144,671 25,626,219
2041 5.6707 141,221 26,051,131
2042 5.5286 137,554 26,468,969
2043 5.4025 133,861 26,888,264
2044 5.2735 130,239 27,298,581
2045 5.1647 126,532 27,698,472
2046 5.06 122,846 28,080,447
2047 4.961 119,162 28,468,832
2048 4.8717 115,369 28,836,852
2049 4.7903 111,606 29,190,676
2050 4.7125 107,869 29,527,783
2051 4.6398 104,113 29,857,507
2052 4.5724 100,824 30,177,566
2053 4.5036 97,617 30,498,548
2054 4.4384 94,475 30,786,686
2055 4.3751 91,434 31,069,882
2056 4.3124 88,618 31,343,866
2057 4.2471 86,042 31,586,362
2058 4.1787 83,788 31,793,857
2059 4.106 81,333 31,982,364
2060 4.0334 79,232 32,144,654
2061 3.9582 77,360 32,274,021
2062 3.8874 75,611 32,374,140
2063 3.8114 73,852 32,421,629
2064 3.739 72,195 32,456,374
2065 3.6706 70,605 32,469,922
2066 3.5993 69,086 32,485,731
2067 3.5324 67,720 32,466,291
2068 3.4686 66,287 32,453,926
2069 3.4059 64,956 32,419,273
2070 3.344 63,677 32,398,028
2071 3.2889 62,515 32,377,834
2072 3.2354 61,313 32,366,774
2073 3.1834 59,988 32,359,400
2074 3.1297 58,736 32,348,299
2075 3.0817 57,458 32,338,462
2076 3.0347 56,124 32,317,578
2077 2.9915 54,864 32,292,381
2078 2.9484 53,595 32,258,862
2079 2.9088 52,354 32,193,066
2080 2.8745 51,116 32,098,047
2081 2.8384 49,932 31,986,931
2082 2.8013 48,686 31,819,671
2083 2.7707 47,557 31,612,126
2084 2.737 46,378 31,401,508
2085 2.7065 45,270 31,147,740
2086 2.6758 44,225 30,871,976
2087 2.6471 43,178 30,580,189
2088 2.6169 42,177 30,283,210
2089 2.588 41,265 29,983,827
2090 2.5569 40,346 29,690,530
2091 2.5267 39,462 29,417,562
2092 2.4941 38,657 29,187,518
2093 2.462 37,846 28,986,286
2094 2.4306 37,108 28,793,514
2095 2.4005 36,431 28,637,506
2096 2.3666 35,767 28,508,240
2097 2.3343 35,084 28,379,018
2098 2.3015 34,444 28,273,468
2099 2.2687 33,820 28,158,584
2100 2.2391 33,165 28,059,469

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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