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India - Infant Mortality Rate 1981

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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

105.3 −3.1 from 1980 Global rank: 148th

India's infant mortality rate was 105.3 in 1981, decreased +3.1 from 108.4 in 1980. This was the 148th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1981▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1981
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Finland	6.8	-5.6%
2nd	Sweden	6.9	-4.2%
3rd	Japan	7.0	-5.4%
4th	Iceland	7.5	-5.1%
5th	Switzerland	8.0	-4.8%
6th	Denmark	8.0	-2.4%
7th	Norway	8.0	-1.2%
8th	Netherlands	8.5	-3.4%
9th	Canada	9.7	-5.8%
10th	France	9.8	-3.0%
11th	Australia	10.4	-3.7%
12th	Luxembourg	10.9	-3.5%
13th	Ireland	11.0	-7.6%
14th	United Kingdom	11.4	-5.8%
15th	Singapore	11.4	-4.2%
16th	Spain	11.5	-7.3%
17th	Belgium	11.6	-4.9%
18th	Germany	11.8	-6.3%
19th	United States	12.1	-4.0%
20th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.2	-6.2%
21st	New Zealand	12.5	-2.3%
22nd	Austria	13.2	-5.0%
23rd	Italy	13.4	-5.6%
24th	Czechia	13.8	-5.5%
25th	Malta	14.4	-4.0%
26th	Israel	14.7	-5.2%
27th	Latvia	15.2	-0.7%
28th	Slovenia	15.3	-
29th	Brunei Darussalam	15.4	-7.8%
30th	Lithuania	15.4	-3.8%
31st	Belarus	16.2	-3.0%
32nd	Greece	16.3	-6.3%
33rd	Estonia	17.0	-3.4%
34th	Cuba	17.3	-4.9%
35th	Cyprus	17.9	-9.1%
36th	Dominica	18.4	-4.2%
37th	Bulgaria	18.8	-4.1%
38th	Slovak Republic	18.9	-4.1%
39th	Croatia	19.2	-
40th	Costa Rica	19.6	-4.4%
41st	Seychelles	20.3	-8.1%
42nd	Hungary	20.4	-4.7%
43rd	Poland	20.5	-2.8%
44th	Portugal	21.2	-6.6%
45th	Russian Federation	21.4	-0.9%
46th	Malaysia	21.5	-6.5%
47th	Barbados	22.5	-5.1%
48th	Tonga	23.2	-3.7%
49th	United Arab Emirates	23.6	-9.9%
50th	Ukraine	23.7	-2.5%
51st	St. Lucia	23.8	-5.6%
52nd	Bahamas, The	24.6	-1.2%
53rd	Chile	25.3	-9.6%
54th	Turks and Caicos Islands	26.4	-6.7%
55th	Korea	26.5	-6.0%
56th	Bahrain	26.9	-6.3%
57th	Grenada	27.0	-3.6%
58th	Romania	27.3	-4.2%
59th	British Virgin Islands	27.3	-2.5%
60th	Kuwait	27.9	-8.2%
61st	Qatar	28.6	-4.7%
62nd	Mauritius	30.5	-5.3%
63rd	Sri Lanka	30.8	-7.2%
64th	Jamaica	31.7	-3.1%
65th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	31.8	-3.6%
66th	Samoa	31.8	-4.2%
67th	Fiji	32.1	-5.0%
68th	Uruguay	32.1	-9.6%
69th	Panama	32.6	-3.0%
70th	Argentina	33.5	-8.0%
71st	Trinidad and Tobago	35.8	-2.7%
72nd	Palau	37.4	-4.1%
73rd	Solomon Islands	37.7	-4.3%
74th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	38.0	-9.3%
75th	St. Kitts and Nevis	39.6	-5.0%
76th	Moldova	40.2	-2.7%
77th	Colombia	43.6	-5.2%
78th	Jordan	44.4	-4.1%
79th	Georgia	45.8	-3.6%
80th	China	46.8	-4.1%
81st	Viet Nam	47.0	-1.9%
82nd	Thailand	47.6	-4.0%
83rd	Marshall Islands	48.2	-1.6%
84th	Syrian Arab Republic	48.4	0.2%
85th	Belize	48.6	-3.6%
86th	Vanuatu	48.6	-5.8%
87th	Micronesia, Federated States of	49.8	-1.2%
88th	Libya	50.4	-4.9%
89th	Tuvalu	51.1	-3.2%
90th	Paraguay	51.2	-2.8%
91st	Philippines	51.5	-1.0%
92nd	Albania	51.6	-8.0%
93rd	Lebanon	52.1	-3.3%
94th	North Macedonia	52.9	-
95th	São Tomé and Principe	54.4	1.5%
96th	Cabo Verde	54.7	-0.9%
97th	Iraq	55.4	-3.3%
98th	Mexico	55.8	-4.1%
99th	Botswana	57.1	-5.3%
100th	Tunisia	57.1	-5.8%
101st	Guyana	58.7	-0.5%
102nd	Kazakhstan	59.6	-3.2%
103rd	Congo, Republic of	62.1	-1.9%
104th	Dominican Republic	64.2	-3.0%
105th	West Bank and Gaza	65.0	-5.9%
106th	Armenia	66.0	-4.1%
107th	Kenya	66.8	-2.5%
108th	Ecuador	66.9	-4.6%
109th	Honduras	67.5	-4.4%
110th	Gabon	70.1	-2.5%
111th	Namibia	70.5	0.0%
112th	Zimbabwe	72.2	-1.9%
113th	Brazil	73.3	-4.2%
114th	El Salvador	76.6	-13.3%
115th	Papua New Guinea	77.1	-2.3%
116th	Oman	78.0	-8.9%
117th	Nicaragua	78.3	-5.4%
118th	Saudi Arabia	79.6	-6.8%
119th	Eswatini	80.9	-4.0%
120th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	81.8	-7.0%
121st	South Africa	82.9	-5.7%
122nd	Zambia	83.3	1.1%
123rd	Kyrgyz Republic	83.5	-3.6%
124th	Indonesia	84.4	-2.4%
125th	Guatemala	86.1	-3.5%
126th	Peru	87.1	-1.9%
127th	Kiribati	88.3	-1.2%
128th	Uzbekistan	88.3	-6.2%
129th	Ghana	89.0	-0.7%
130th	Sudan	89.0	-0.2%
131st	Eritrea	91.7	-0.7%
132nd	Mongolia	93.8	-1.7%
133rd	Senegal	94.7	-2.1%
134th	Morocco	94.8	-4.1%
135th	Mauritania	95.2	-2.4%
136th	Tajikistan	95.2	-0.4%
137th	Madagascar	97.1	2.0%
138th	Togo	97.7	-2.0%
139th	Türkiye	98.0	-4.4%
140th	Algeria	98.1	-8.9%
141st	Lesotho	98.6	-4.5%
142nd	Turkmenistan	102.0	-4.0%
143rd	Myanmar	102.5	-1.6%
144th	Djibouti	102.8	-1.7%
145th	Cameroon	104.0	-2.9%
146th	Tanzania	104.5	0.6%
147th	Nigeria	104.8	-1.9%
148th	India	105.3	-2.9%
149th	Rwanda	107.9	-6.9%
150th	Burundi	108.5	-3.8%
151st	Cambodia	108.6	-11.1%
152nd	Côte d'Ivoire	108.7	-2.6%
153rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	112.2	-1.3%
154th	Central African Republic	112.5	-0.9%
155th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	113.2	-4.4%
156th	Benin	113.3	-1.6%
157th	Maldives	114.6	-5.1%
158th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	116.2	-2.4%
159th	Burkina Faso	121.0	-2.3%
160th	Gambia, The	122.9	-1.8%
161st	Comoros	123.3	-2.7%
162nd	Pakistan	126.2	-0.7%
163rd	Angola	126.4	-0.9%
164th	Haiti	126.6	-2.7%
165th	Uganda	126.6	-0.2%
166th	Malawi	128.9	-2.1%
167th	Chad	129.1	-0.8%
168th	Bangladesh	129.4	-2.5%
169th	Lao PDR	131.5	-1.3%
170th	Bhutan	136.3	-3.5%
171st	Nepal	140.0	-2.8%
172nd	Niger	140.1	-0.3%
173rd	Sierra Leone	140.2	-0.7%
174th	Yemen, Republic of	142.7	-5.4%
175th	Mozambique	151.5	0.5%
176th	Mali	151.9	-2.4%
177th	Liberia	155.4	-1.3%
178th	South Sudan	155.6	-1.0%
179th	Guinea	157.5	-1.7%
180th	Afghanistan	184.6	-2.2%

FAQ

What was India's infant mortality rate in 1981?▾

India's infant mortality rate in 1981 was 105.3. This ranked 148th globally.

How did India's infant mortality rate change in 1981?▾

India's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.9% in 1981 compared to 1980.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1981?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1981 at 184.6.

What is the infant mortality rate of India in 1981?▾

The infant mortality rate of India in 1981 was 105.3. This ranked 148th globally.

How does 1981 compare to 1980 for India's infant mortality rate?▾

India's infant mortality rate went from 108.4 in 1980 to 105.3 in 1981, a 2.9% decrease.

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