Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 4.55% to 6.30 in Saudi Arabia in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 110 in 1972 and an all time low of 6.30 in 2019. When compared to Saudi Arabia's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Iraq amounted to 22.0, 13.3 in Jordan, 5.80 in United Arab Emirates and 46.4 in Yemen in 2019.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 116th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 3 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 |
| Bahrain | 6.60 | 6.50 | 6.40 | 6.30 | 6.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | 56.2 | 54.6 | 53.1 | 51.6 | 50.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 34.9 | 34.0 | 33.1 | 32.2 | 31.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | 7.70 | 7.50 | 7.40 | 7.40 | 7.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oman | 9.70 | 9.60 | 9.60 | 9.60 | 9.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | 7.00 | 6.70 | 6.30 | 6.00 | 5.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 8.30 | 7.80 | 7.30 | 6.90 | 6.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syria | 27.7 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 18.8 | 18.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 6.70 | 6.50 | 6.30 | 6.20 | 6.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 45.4 | 46.1 | 46.0 | 45.9 | 46.5 |
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