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Canada - Infant Mortality Rate 1978

Name: Canada Infant Mortality Rate 1978
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

11.7 −0.8 from 1977 Global rank: 10th

Canada's infant mortality rate was 11.7 in 1978, decreased +0.8 from 12.5 in 1977. This was the 10th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1978▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1978
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	7.7	-3.8%
2nd	Finland	8.2	-6.8%
3rd	Japan	8.3	-5.7%
4th	Denmark	8.8	-4.3%
5th	Norway	8.8	-5.4%
6th	Iceland	8.9	-5.3%
7th	Switzerland	9.2	-6.1%
8th	Netherlands	9.3	-4.1%
9th	France	11.0	-3.5%
10th	Canada	11.7	-6.4%
11th	Australia	11.9	-6.3%
12th	Luxembourg	12.2	-3.9%
13th	Singapore	12.3	-1.6%
14th	Belgium	13.4	-5.0%
15th	United Kingdom	13.4	-5.0%
16th	New Zealand	13.6	-2.9%
17th	United States	13.8	-4.2%
18th	Ireland	14.2	-6.6%
19th	Germany	14.4	-7.1%
20th	Spain	14.6	-8.2%
21st	Antigua and Barbuda	14.8	-6.9%
22nd	Austria	15.5	-7.2%
23rd	Italy	16.1	-6.9%
24th	Malta	16.3	-4.7%
25th	Czechia	16.4	-5.2%
26th	Lithuania	17.1	-1.7%
27th	Belarus	17.4	-1.1%
28th	Israel	17.4	-6.5%
29th	Brunei Darussalam	19.6	-8.0%
30th	Greece	19.9	-5.7%
31st	Cuba	20.4	-5.6%
32nd	Dominica	21.3	-5.8%
33rd	Slovak Republic	21.3	-3.6%
34th	Bulgaria	21.7	-4.8%
35th	Russian Federation	21.9	0.0%
36th	Poland	22.4	-3.0%
37th	Cyprus	24.3	-9.3%
38th	Hungary	24.5	-7.5%
39th	Costa Rica	24.6	-12.5%
40th	Ukraine	25.2	-1.2%
41st	Bahamas, The	25.7	-1.5%
42nd	Tonga	26.0	-4.4%
43rd	Malaysia	26.2	-6.4%
44th	Barbados	26.6	-5.7%
45th	Seychelles	26.6	-9.5%
46th	Portugal	26.8	-9.2%
47th	St. Lucia	28.6	-6.8%
48th	British Virgin Islands	29.3	-2.0%
49th	Grenada	29.7	-2.3%
50th	Romania	30.3	-3.2%
51st	Korea	31.3	-4.3%
52nd	United Arab Emirates	32.4	-10.0%
53rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	32.5	-6.6%
54th	Bahrain	33.0	-7.0%
55th	Qatar	33.1	-4.9%
56th	Jamaica	34.8	-3.3%
57th	Kuwait	35.5	-6.6%
58th	Panama	35.5	-2.7%
59th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	35.7	-4.3%
60th	Chile	35.9	-13.5%
61st	Mauritius	36.2	-8.1%
62nd	Samoa	36.4	-5.0%
63rd	Fiji	37.3	-4.1%
64th	Sri Lanka	38.4	-6.6%
65th	Trinidad and Tobago	38.8	-2.8%
66th	Palau	42.7	-5.3%
67th	Argentina	43.3	-7.7%
68th	Moldova	43.3	-2.5%
69th	Uruguay	43.3	-6.9%
70th	Solomon Islands	43.5	-5.2%
71st	St. Kitts and Nevis	45.1	-2.6%
72nd	Viet Nam	49.6	-1.8%
73rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	50.2	-7.0%
74th	Marshall Islands	50.3	-1.0%
75th	Jordan	50.4	-4.2%
76th	Georgia	51.2	-3.8%
77th	Colombia	51.4	-5.2%
78th	Micronesia, Federated States of	52.3	-2.4%
79th	Philippines	52.7	-0.2%
80th	São Tomé and Principe	52.7	0.6%
81st	Syrian Arab Republic	53.5	-4.8%
82nd	China	54.0	-5.8%
83rd	Belize	54.2	-3.6%
84th	Thailand	54.2	-4.2%
85th	Paraguay	55.3	-2.0%
86th	Lebanon	56.0	-0.9%
87th	Tuvalu	57.3	-4.5%
88th	Vanuatu	57.4	-4.8%
89th	Cabo Verde	57.8	-3.8%
90th	Libya	58.7	-5.3%
91st	Guyana	59.6	-0.3%
92nd	Iraq	61.6	-3.8%
93rd	Mexico	63.0	-3.5%
94th	Kazakhstan	64.8	-1.8%
95th	Congo, Republic of	65.4	-1.5%
96th	Albania	66.9	-
97th	Botswana	67.1	-5.4%
98th	Namibia	68.7	2.2%
99th	Tunisia	68.9	-6.5%
100th	Dominican Republic	70.6	-3.2%
101st	Kenya	72.3	-2.8%
102nd	Zimbabwe	73.5	1.2%
103rd	Armenia	74.7	-4.0%
104th	Gabon	75.5	-2.6%
105th	Ecuador	76.5	-4.1%
106th	Honduras	77.0	-4.1%
107th	West Bank and Gaza	78.1	-5.9%
108th	Zambia	80.7	0.7%
109th	Brazil	82.8	-3.4%
110th	Papua New Guinea	83.2	-2.6%
111th	El Salvador	87.8	-3.7%
112th	Sudan	89.6	-0.2%
113th	Indonesia	90.5	-2.3%
114th	Eswatini	91.0	-3.6%
115th	Kiribati	91.2	-0.8%
116th	Peru	91.8	-1.7%
117th	Madagascar	92.0	1.8%
118th	Ghana	92.4	-2.6%
119th	Kyrgyz Republic	92.5	-
120th	Nicaragua	92.6	-5.1%
121st	Eritrea	93.6	-1.1%
122nd	Guatemala	95.5	-3.2%
123rd	Tajikistan	97.0	-1.4%
124th	Saudi Arabia	97.9	-6.7%
125th	South Africa	98.7	-5.8%
126th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	101.4	-6.3%
127th	Oman	101.5	-7.4%
128th	Mauritania	102.2	-2.4%
129th	Senegal	102.3	-3.2%
130th	Togo	103.8	-2.1%
131st	Tanzania	104.5	-1.1%
132nd	Morocco	107.2	-3.5%
133rd	Myanmar	107.7	-1.8%
134th	Djibouti	108.1	-
135th	Türkiye	111.2	-3.6%
136th	Cameroon	111.4	-1.1%
137th	Nigeria	112.4	-3.0%
138th	Lesotho	112.5	-4.0%
139th	India	115.2	-2.9%
140th	Turkmenistan	115.3	-3.8%
141st	Central African Republic	116.2	-1.2%
142nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	116.7	-1.4%
143rd	Côte d'Ivoire	118.6	-3.7%
144th	Burundi	119.4	-1.6%
145th	Benin	119.4	-1.9%
146th	Algeria	122.6	-4.5%
147th	Uganda	123.2	2.2%
148th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	125.3	-2.7%
149th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	128.1	-3.5%
150th	Rwanda	128.5	-1.6%
151st	Pakistan	128.6	-0.5%
152nd	Gambia, The	129.5	-1.5%
153rd	Burkina Faso	131.2	-3.4%
154th	Chad	131.9	-0.6%
155th	Comoros	133.3	-2.3%
156th	Maldives	134.4	-5.1%
157th	Lao PDR	136.9	-
158th	Haiti	137.3	-2.6%
159th	Bangladesh	139.0	-2.0%
160th	Malawi	139.8	-3.1%
161st	Sierra Leone	143.0	-0.7%
162nd	Niger	144.7	-1.8%
163rd	Mozambique	149.7	0.1%
164th	Bhutan	150.4	-3.0%
165th	Nepal	151.8	-2.4%
166th	South Sudan	159.8	-1.0%
167th	Liberia	162.2	-1.6%
168th	Mali	163.3	-2.4%
169th	Guinea	165.7	-1.4%
170th	Yemen, Republic of	167.2	-4.6%
171st	Afghanistan	196.6	-1.9%
172nd	Cambodia	216.1	-8.1%

FAQ

What was Canada's infant mortality rate in 1978?▾

Canada's infant mortality rate in 1978 was 11.7. This ranked 10th globally.

How did Canada's infant mortality rate change in 1978?▾

Canada's infant mortality rate decreased by 6.4% in 1978 compared to 1977.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1978?▾

Cambodia had the highest infant mortality rate in 1978 at 216.1.

What is the infant mortality rate of Canada in 1978?▾

The infant mortality rate of Canada in 1978 was 11.7. This ranked 10th globally.

How does 1978 compare to 1977 for Canada's infant mortality rate?▾

Canada's infant mortality rate went from 12.5 in 1977 to 11.7 in 1978, a 6.4% decrease.

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