Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.31% to 14.6 in Palestine in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Palestine reached an all time high of 76.9 in 1975 and an all time low of 14.6 in 2019. When compared to Palestine's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Egypt amounted to 17.2, 3.00 in Israel, 13.3 in Jordan and 6.20 in Lebanon in 2019.
Palestine has been ranked 80th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 3 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 |
Cyprus | 2.40 | 2.40 | 2.40 | 2.30 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||||
Egypt | 20.5 | 19.8 | 19.1 | 18.5 | 17.8 | |||||||||||||||||
Iraq | 25.5 | 24.8 | 24.1 | 23.4 | 22.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Israel | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.10 | 3.00 | 3.00 | |||||||||||||||||
Jordan | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.7 | |||||||||||||||||
Lebanon | 7.40 | 7.10 | 6.80 | 6.60 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
Libya | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 10.2 | |||||||||||||||||
Palestine | 16.9 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 15.5 | 15.1 | |||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | 8.30 | 7.80 | 7.30 | 6.90 | 6.60 | |||||||||||||||||
Sudan | 46.3 | 45.2 | 44.1 | 43.0 | 42.0 | |||||||||||||||||
Syria | 27.7 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 18.8 | 18.9 |