Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.79% to 48.7 in Comoros in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Comoros reached an all time high of 152 in 1970 and an all time low of 48.7 in 2019. When compared to Comoros's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Kenya amounted to 32.0, 37.2 in Madagascar, 54.3 in Mozambique and 35.8 in Tanzania in 2019.
Comoros has been ranked 22nd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 2 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 |
Comoros | 55.8 | 54.4 | 53.0 | 51.5 | 50.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Ethiopia | 45.2 | 43.2 | 41.3 | 39.5 | 38.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Kenya | 36.4 | 35.2 | 34.4 | 33.7 | 32.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Madagascar | 42.3 | 41.3 | 40.3 | 39.3 | 38.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Malawi | 39.2 | 36.7 | 34.6 | 32.8 | 31.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Mozambique | 63.0 | 61.3 | 59.4 | 57.5 | 56.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Somalia | 85.9 | 83.6 | 81.4 | 79.1 | 76.8 | |||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 29.4 | 28.6 | 28.0 | 27.6 | 26.9 | |||||||||||||||||
Swaziland | 50.1 | 45.2 | 42.6 | 43.5 | 39.4 | |||||||||||||||||
Tanzania | 41.9 | 40.9 | 39.7 | 38.2 | 36.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Uganda | 40.6 | 38.9 | 37.3 | 35.7 | 34.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Zambia | 46.0 | 46.9 | 45.6 | 44.3 | 43.9 |