Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.08% to 36.6 in Turkmenistan in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Turkmenistan reached an all time high of 103 in 1977 and an all time low of 36.3 in 2014. When compared to Turkmenistan's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan amounted to 46.4, 11.5 in Iran, 9.00 in Kazakhstan and 13.3 in Uzbekistan in 2019.
Turkmenistan has been ranked 38th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 21 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Afghanistan | 55.2 | 53.2 | 51.3 | 49.5 | 47.9 | |||||||||||||||||
China | 9.00 | 8.30 | 7.60 | 7.00 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
Iran | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Iraq | 25.5 | 24.8 | 24.1 | 23.4 | 22.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 11.6 | 10.6 | 9.80 | 9.40 | 9.20 | |||||||||||||||||
Kyrgyzstan | 20.9 | 19.9 | 18.9 | 18.0 | 17.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Pakistan | 63.8 | 62.1 | 60.5 | 58.9 | 57.3 | |||||||||||||||||
Russia | 7.20 | 6.60 | 6.10 | 5.50 | 5.10 | |||||||||||||||||
Tajikistan | 33.4 | 32.6 | 31.8 | 30.9 | 30.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Turkmenistan | 36.3 | 36.4 | 36.7 | 37.0 | 37.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | 18.6 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 14.1 |