Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 7.84% to 4.70 in Russia in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Russia reached an all time high of 30.2 in 1970 and an all time low of 4.70 in 2019. When compared to Russia's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in China amounted to 5.90, 3.20 in Germany, 1.80 in Japan and 5.50 in USA in 2019.
Russia has been ranked 134th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 11 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 |
| Austria | 3.10 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 2.90 | 2.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Canada | 4.70 | 4.70 | 4.60 | 4.60 | 4.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 9.00 | 8.30 | 7.60 | 7.00 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 3.10 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.30 | 3.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 36.9 | 34.9 | 33.1 | 31.4 | 29.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 2.10 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | 14.4 | 13.9 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 4.30 | 4.20 | 4.10 | 4.00 | 3.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 7.20 | 6.60 | 6.10 | 5.50 | 5.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | 3.10 | 3.00 | 2.90 | 2.80 | 2.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 5.90 | 5.80 | 5.70 | 5.70 | 5.60 |
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