Georgia Infant Mortality Rate

Georgia’s infant mortality rate has fallen dramatically over the past five decades, declining from an all‑time peak of 57.30 in 1975 to a trough of 7.88 in 2025, ranking 125th globally. This 86 percent reduction reflects sustained improvements in prenatal care, vaccination coverage and health‑system financing, mirroring the progress seen in regional peers such as Armenia, which recorded 7.96 in the same year. The pace of decline accelerated after the early 2000s, when reforms introduced universal health insurance and expanded rural health facilities, narrowing the gap with higher‑income comparators like Argentina (7.80) and Brunei Darussalam (8.06). Despite the impressive gains, the remaining mortality burden is concentrated among preterm births and neonatal complications, suggesting that further reductions will depend on enhancing neonatal intensive care capacity and addressing socioeconomic disparities. Continued investment in maternal‑child health programs is likely to sustain the downward trajectory and bring Georgia closer to the low‑mortality benchmarks of its peers.