Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 4.00% to 2.40 in Belarus in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Belarus reached an all time high of 17.2 in 1980 and an all time low of 2.40 in 2019. When compared to Belarus's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Lithuania amounted to 2.90, 3.80 in Poland, 4.70 in Russia and 7.20 in Ukraine in 2019.
Belarus has been ranked 161st within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 16 places below 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 |
| Belarus | 3.30 | 3.10 | 2.90 | 2.70 | 2.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 9.00 | 8.30 | 7.60 | 7.00 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | 2.50 | 2.50 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 2.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 2.60 | 2.40 | 2.20 | 2.10 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 2.10 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 4.60 | 4.30 | 4.00 | 3.80 | 3.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.90 | 3.60 | 3.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 4.30 | 4.20 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 3.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 8.30 | 7.70 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 6.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 7.20 | 6.60 | 6.10 | 5.50 | 5.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 5.90 | 5.80 | 5.70 | 5.70 | 5.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 8.40 | 8.10 | 7.90 | 7.60 | 7.40 |
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