Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.99% to 16.2 in Suriname in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Suriname reached an all time high of 48.1 in 1983 and an all time low of 16.2 in 2019. When compared to Suriname's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Brazil amounted to 13.3, 24.5 in Guyana, 15.4 in Trinidad and Tobago and 21.1 in Venezuela in 2019.
Suriname has been ranked 78th 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 |
| Bolivia | 26.6 | 25.4 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 22.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 14.6 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 13.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | 13.8 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 12.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | 28.1 | 27.4 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 25.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peru | 12.7 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Puerto Rico | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Suriname | 18.6 | 18.2 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 16.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 17.8 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 15.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 15.4 | 16.4 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 21.1 |
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