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Australia - Infant Mortality Rate 1973

Name: Australia Infant Mortality Rate 1973
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

16.2 −0.7 from 1972 Global rank: 13th

Australia's infant mortality rate was 16.2 in 1973, decreased +0.7 from 16.9 in 1972. This was the 13th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1973▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1973
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	9.8	-5.8%
2nd	Japan	11.3	-5.0%
3rd	Netherlands	11.3	-3.4%
4th	Finland	11.4	-5.0%
5th	Iceland	11.5	-4.2%
6th	Norway	11.5	-5.0%
7th	Denmark	11.6	-6.5%
8th	Switzerland	12.8	-5.9%
9th	France	13.1	-4.4%
10th	New Zealand	15.8	-2.5%
11th	Canada	15.9	-4.8%
12th	Luxembourg	15.9	-5.9%
13th	Australia	16.2	-4.1%
14th	United Kingdom	16.7	-2.9%
15th	Lithuania	17.0	3.7%
16th	United States	17.5	-4.4%
17th	Belgium	17.6	-5.4%
18th	Singapore	17.7	-8.3%
19th	Belarus	17.9	-1.1%
20th	Ireland	18.0	-1.6%
21st	Germany	19.7	-4.4%
22nd	Czechia	19.9	-2.5%
23rd	Antigua and Barbuda	20.4	-6.4%
24th	Malta	21.3	-5.3%
25th	Spain	21.8	-8.0%
26th	Russian Federation	22.0	-0.9%
27th	Austria	23.1	-4.5%
28th	Israel	23.1	-3.3%
29th	Greece	24.4	-2.8%
30th	Italy	24.4	-7.6%
31st	Slovak Republic	24.5	-1.2%
32nd	Bulgaria	25.0	-2.3%
33rd	Bahamas, The	26.7	0.8%
34th	Poland	27.1	-5.6%
35th	Cuba	27.3	-5.2%
36th	Ukraine	27.4	-2.5%
37th	Brunei Darussalam	28.8	-6.2%
38th	Dominica	29.6	-6.9%
39th	Grenada	32.5	-1.8%
40th	Tonga	32.9	-5.5%
41st	British Virgin Islands	33.5	-4.0%
42nd	Cyprus	33.7	-2.6%
43rd	Hungary	34.8	0.6%
44th	Barbados	35.3	-5.1%
45th	Malaysia	35.8	-5.3%
46th	Romania	37.3	-3.6%
47th	Korea	38.5	-4.9%
48th	Jamaica	41.5	-3.9%
49th	St. Lucia	41.6	-7.3%
50th	Seychelles	41.6	-7.1%
51st	Fiji	43.0	-0.9%
52nd	Portugal	43.3	-8.5%
53rd	Panama	43.4	-5.4%
54th	Qatar	44.0	-6.4%
55th	Trinidad and Tobago	44.2	-2.4%
56th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	44.8	-5.1%
57th	Turks and Caicos Islands	46.1	-6.9%
58th	Samoa	46.6	-4.5%
59th	Costa Rica	47.4	-9.2%
60th	Sri Lanka	47.5	-0.8%
61st	Uruguay	48.6	1.0%
62nd	Kuwait	48.9	-5.8%
63rd	Moldova	48.9	-2.0%
64th	Bahrain	49.6	-8.8%
65th	St. Kitts and Nevis	50.3	-
66th	São Tomé and Principe	50.9	0.8%
67th	Lebanon	51.7	-0.8%
68th	Philippines	52.5	0.4%
69th	Marshall Islands	53.5	-2.6%
70th	United Arab Emirates	54.1	-9.5%
71st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	55.7	5.5%
72nd	Argentina	56.9	-1.9%
73rd	Mauritius	57.4	-2.4%
74th	Palau	57.4	-5.3%
75th	Solomon Islands	59.0	-6.3%
76th	Paraguay	59.8	-1.0%
77th	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.0	-3.2%
78th	Guyana	60.1	0.2%
79th	Namibia	61.7	1.6%
80th	Jordan	62.2	-4.2%
81st	Viet Nam	62.6	-8.6%
82nd	Chile	64.4	-2.3%
83rd	Belize	65.2	-3.8%
84th	Colombia	65.5	-3.8%
85th	Syrian Arab Republic	67.1	-4.1%
86th	Thailand	68.2	-4.7%
87th	Zimbabwe	68.2	0.9%
88th	Congo, Republic of	70.6	-1.8%
89th	Vanuatu	71.3	-3.8%
90th	Kazakhstan	71.8	-2.4%
91st	China	72.5	-5.1%
92nd	Cabo Verde	73.7	-5.3%
93rd	Mexico	74.5	-3.0%
94th	Tuvalu	75.0	-5.4%
95th	Iraq	75.4	-4.1%
96th	Libya	79.7	-6.6%
97th	Kenya	82.5	-2.1%
98th	Dominican Republic	82.8	-2.8%
99th	Madagascar	83.4	2.2%
100th	Zambia	84.1	-2.8%
101st	Gabon	85.1	-2.2%
102nd	Botswana	85.6	-3.5%
103rd	Sudan	90.3	0.1%
104th	Honduras	94.1	-3.8%
105th	Ecuador	94.3	-3.4%
106th	Tunisia	94.7	-5.2%
107th	Brazil	95.3	-2.4%
108th	Papua New Guinea	96.2	-3.2%
109th	Kiribati	96.4	-2.1%
110th	Indonesia	102.3	-2.7%
111th	El Salvador	102.7	-2.1%
112th	Peru	103.6	-2.8%
113th	Mauritania	106.9	1.0%
114th	Ghana	108.1	-2.4%
115th	Eswatini	108.1	-2.8%
116th	Tajikistan	110.1	-3.2%
117th	Uganda	110.3	1.2%
118th	Tanzania	111.4	-1.1%
119th	Guatemala	112.1	-2.9%
120th	Togo	114.5	-1.7%
121st	Nicaragua	115.2	-10.4%
122nd	Cameroon	116.8	-2.1%
123rd	Senegal	117.5	-1.5%
124th	Myanmar	117.8	-1.5%
125th	Rwanda	121.1	1.8%
126th	Burundi	121.5	-10.9%
127th	Morocco	122.3	-1.3%
128th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	123.9	-1.0%
129th	Central African Republic	125.1	-1.7%
130th	India	130.0	-1.7%
131st	Türkiye	131.0	-2.6%
132nd	Benin	131.6	-1.7%
133rd	Pakistan	132.6	-0.7%
134th	Lesotho	132.8	-1.9%
135th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	133.2	-4.2%
136th	Nigeria	134.0	-3.5%
137th	Chad	135.3	-0.5%
138th	Saudi Arabia	137.4	-6.5%
139th	Gambia, The	139.4	-1.2%
140th	Oman	141.2	-5.2%
141st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	144.4	-2.6%
142nd	Côte d'Ivoire	145.1	-3.6%
143rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	145.9	-0.7%
144th	Bangladesh	148.0	-0.3%
145th	Comoros	148.3	-
146th	Sierra Leone	148.4	-0.9%
147th	Algeria	149.0	-2.7%
148th	Mozambique	149.3	0.0%
149th	Niger	153.3	0.2%
150th	Burkina Faso	154.6	-1.9%
151st	Haiti	156.1	-2.2%
152nd	Malawi	158.4	-1.8%
153rd	South Sudan	169.0	-1.1%
154th	Nepal	169.4	-2.0%
155th	Bhutan	172.1	-2.3%
156th	Maldives	173.7	-4.5%
157th	Guinea	176.1	-0.8%
158th	Liberia	177.1	-1.7%
159th	Mali	182.5	-1.8%
160th	Yemen, Republic of	203.2	-3.1%
161st	Afghanistan	213.8	-1.5%

FAQ

What was Australia's infant mortality rate in 1973?▾

Australia's infant mortality rate in 1973 was 16.2. This ranked 13th globally.

How did Australia's infant mortality rate change in 1973?▾

Australia's infant mortality rate decreased by 4.1% in 1973 compared to 1972.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1973?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1973 at 213.8.

What is the infant mortality rate of Australia in 1973?▾

The infant mortality rate of Australia in 1973 was 16.2. This ranked 13th globally.

How does 1973 compare to 1972 for Australia's infant mortality rate?▾

Australia's infant mortality rate went from 16.9 in 1972 to 16.2 in 1973, a 4.1% decrease.

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