Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.99% to 29.2 in Tajikistan in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Tajikistan reached an all time high of 119 in 1972 and an all time low of 29.2 in 2019. When compared to Tajikistan's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Afghanistan amounted to 46.4, 5.90 in China, 16.4 in Kyrgyzstan and 13.3 in Uzbekistan in 2019.
Tajikistan has been ranked 54th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 4 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 36.9 | 34.9 | 33.1 | 31.4 | 29.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 2.10 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 5.90 | 5.80 | 5.70 | 5.70 | 5.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 18.6 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 14.1 |
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