Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.77% to 28.1 in the World in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in the World reached an all time high of 121 in 1960 and an all time low of 28.1 in 2019. When compared to World's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in China amounted to 5.90, 3.20 in Germany, 1.80 in Japan and 5.50 in USA in 2019.
World has been ranked th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births.
| 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 |
| Austria | 3.10 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.90 | 2.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 4.70 | 4.70 | 4.60 | 4.60 | 4.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 9.00 | 8.30 | 7.60 | 7.00 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 3.10 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.30 | 3.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 36.9 | 34.9 | 33.1 | 31.4 | 29.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 2.10 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 14.4 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 4.30 | 4.20 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 3.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 7.20 | 6.60 | 6.10 | 5.50 | 5.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 3.10 | 3.00 | 2.90 | 2.80 | 2.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 5.90 | 5.80 | 5.70 | 5.70 | 5.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| World | 32.3 | 31.4 | 30.6 | 29.7 | 28.9 |
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