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Iran, Islamic Republic of - Infant Mortality Rate 1998

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

34.7 −1.6 from 1997 Global rank: 109th

Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate was 34.7 in 1998, decreased +1.6 from 36.3 in 1997. This was the 109th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	3.4	-5.6%
2nd	Sweden	3.5	-2.8%
3rd	Iceland	3.6	-5.3%
4th	Japan	3.6	-5.3%
5th	Finland	3.8	-2.6%
6th	Norway	4.1	-2.4%
7th	France	4.4	-4.3%
8th	Luxembourg	4.4	-6.4%
9th	Monaco	4.5	-4.3%
10th	Germany	4.7	-2.1%
11th	Spain	4.7	-4.1%
12th	Austria	4.8	-4.0%
13th	Switzerland	4.8	-2.0%
14th	Denmark	4.8	-4.0%
15th	Slovenia	5.1	-5.6%
16th	Czechia	5.2	-8.8%
17th	Australia	5.3	-1.9%
18th	Belgium	5.3	-5.4%
19th	Italy	5.3	-5.4%
20th	Netherlands	5.3	-1.9%
21st	Canada	5.4	-1.8%
22nd	United Kingdom	5.7	-1.7%
23rd	San Marino	5.8	-7.9%
24th	Ireland	6.1	0.0%
25th	Israel	6.1	-4.7%
26th	Greece	6.3	-6.0%
27th	Portugal	6.3	-4.5%
28th	New Zealand	6.4	-3.0%
29th	European Union	6.5	-5.0%
30th	Cyprus	6.6	-5.7%
31st	Korea	6.6	-5.7%
32nd	Andorra	7.1	-4.1%
33rd	Malta	7.2	-5.3%
34th	United States	7.3	-2.7%
35th	Cuba	7.4	-5.1%
36th	Croatia	7.7	-3.8%
37th	United Arab Emirates	8.8	-2.2%
38th	Brunei Darussalam	8.8	-3.3%
39th	Slovak Republic	8.8	-4.3%
40th	Turks and Caicos Islands	8.8	-5.4%
41st	Malaysia	8.9	-5.3%
42nd	Lithuania	9.3	-5.1%
43rd	Hungary	9.5	-4.0%
44th	Poland	9.5	-8.7%
45th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.6	-5.9%
46th	Chile	10.0	-2.0%
47th	Estonia	10.3	-7.2%
48th	Kuwait	11.2	-2.6%
49th	Qatar	11.2	-4.3%
50th	Belarus	11.4	-4.2%
51st	Seychelles	11.8	0.0%
52nd	Bahrain	11.9	-8.5%
53rd	Costa Rica	12.1	-1.6%
54th	Serbia	12.3	-8.9%
55th	Antigua and Barbuda	12.6	-0.8%
56th	Barbados	12.8	-0.8%
57th	Montenegro	13.3	-1.5%
58th	Latvia	13.4	-6.9%
59th	Bahamas, The	13.9	-2.8%
60th	Grenada	13.9	-2.1%
61st	Sri Lanka	14.1	-4.7%
62nd	Tonga	14.5	-2.0%
63rd	British Virgin Islands	15.0	-2.0%
64th	Bulgaria	15.4	-1.9%
65th	Oman	15.4	-7.2%
66th	Dominica	16.0	1.9%
67th	St. Lucia	16.0	-0.6%
68th	Uruguay	16.0	-4.8%
69th	North Macedonia	16.3	-5.2%
70th	Russian Federation	16.8	-2.3%
71st	Fiji	16.9	-1.7%
72nd	Samoa	17.5	-3.3%
73rd	Argentina	18.1	-4.2%
74th	Ukraine	18.9	-2.1%
75th	Mauritius	19.0	-3.6%
76th	Lebanon	19.4	-4.4%
77th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.4	1.0%
78th	Albania	19.6	-4.4%
79th	Jamaica	20.1	-2.9%
80th	Romania	20.2	-5.2%
81st	Thailand	20.5	-4.7%
82nd	Belize	21.1	-3.7%
83rd	Panama	21.2	-1.4%
84th	St. Kitts and Nevis	21.6	-2.7%
85th	Vanuatu	22.2	-2.2%
86th	Syrian Arab Republic	22.5	-4.7%
87th	Saudi Arabia	22.6	-6.6%
88th	Libya	22.8	-3.0%
89th	Colombia	23.0	-3.0%
90th	Solomon Islands	23.8	-1.7%
91st	Viet Nam	23.9	-5.5%
92nd	Palau	24.0	-3.2%
93rd	Jordan	24.2	-3.2%
94th	Mexico	26.1	-4.4%
95th	Tunisia	26.7	-5.3%
96th	Trinidad and Tobago	26.8	-1.1%
97th	Ecuador	27.1	-5.9%
98th	West Bank and Gaza	28.2	-3.4%
99th	Philippines	28.3	-2.4%
100th	Suriname	29.2	-3.0%
101st	El Salvador	29.8	-5.7%
102nd	Paraguay	29.9	-2.3%
103rd	Armenia	30.9	-4.9%
104th	Moldova	32.1	-4.2%
105th	Georgia	32.7	-4.1%
106th	Brazil	33.0	-6.0%
107th	Marshall Islands	33.1	1.2%
108th	China	33.8	-5.1%
109th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	34.7	-4.4%
110th	Peru	35.1	-7.9%
111th	Micronesia, Federated States of	35.3	-2.5%
112th	Cabo Verde	35.5	-7.6%
113th	Dominican Republic	35.5	-3.3%
114th	Türkiye	35.8	-6.8%
115th	Algeria	36.6	-2.1%
116th	Nicaragua	37.3	1.9%
117th	Tuvalu	38.0	-2.8%
118th	Iraq	39.7	-1.5%
119th	Kazakhstan	40.5	-4.7%
120th	Nauru	40.9	-4.2%
121st	Honduras	41.2	23.4%
122nd	Maldives	41.2	-8.6%
123rd	Botswana	41.7	0.2%
124th	Guyana	43.3	-2.3%
125th	Guatemala	43.9	-3.7%
126th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	44.3	-5.7%
127th	Indonesia	45.2	-4.4%
128th	South Africa	45.9	0.2%
129th	Morocco	48.7	-3.6%
130th	Namibia	48.7	-1.8%
131st	Kyrgyz Republic	48.8	-4.9%
132nd	Kosovo	51.4	-7.7%
133rd	Kiribati	52.2	-3.0%
134th	Gabon	53.0	-2.0%
135th	Mongolia	54.1	-5.4%
136th	Eritrea	55.0	-4.5%
137th	São Tomé and Principe	56.9	-4.4%
138th	Papua New Guinea	57.6	-1.4%
139th	Zimbabwe	58.3	-0.3%
140th	Uzbekistan	58.5	-1.8%
141st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	61.4	-1.4%
142nd	Turkmenistan	64.0	-2.9%
143rd	Ghana	65.3	-1.8%
144th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	65.9	-4.5%
145th	Bhutan	66.8	-5.2%
146th	Bangladesh	66.9	-5.1%
147th	Azerbaijan	67.8	-4.6%
148th	Kenya	67.9	-2.2%
149th	Nepal	68.6	-5.0%
150th	Comoros	69.6	-3.6%
151st	Eswatini	69.7	3.0%
152nd	India	70.2	-2.5%
153rd	Madagascar	71.0	-3.8%
154th	Mauritania	71.3	-1.2%
155th	Tajikistan	71.8	-5.9%
156th	Congo, Republic of	73.3	2.2%
157th	Sudan	74.4	-2.2%
158th	Togo	74.9	-2.3%
159th	Haiti	75.7	-3.3%
160th	Lesotho	76.7	0.4%
161st	Senegal	77.0	-0.1%
162nd	Myanmar	77.2	-2.0%
163rd	Gambia, The	78.1	-3.2%
164th	Yemen, Republic of	82.1	-2.8%
165th	Djibouti	83.1	-1.0%
166th	Benin	83.2	-2.0%
167th	Cameroon	85.5	-0.7%
168th	Lao PDR	92.1	-2.6%
169th	Burundi	93.0	-1.8%
170th	Tanzania	93.8	-3.1%
171st	Pakistan	93.9	-2.6%
172nd	Zambia	94.4	-1.5%
173rd	Cambodia	94.8	-1.0%
174th	Côte d'Ivoire	94.9	-1.5%
175th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	95.0	-1.5%
176th	Uganda	95.5	-1.6%
177th	Burkina Faso	96.0	-1.7%
178th	Nigeria	101.6	-1.7%
179th	Central African Republic	102.5	-1.1%
180th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	0.0%
181st	Guinea	104.6	-3.4%
182nd	Chad	105.3	-1.4%
183rd	Guinea-Bissau	105.5	-2.2%
184th	Mali	108.7	-2.2%
185th	Malawi	109.1	-2.1%
186th	Equatorial Guinea	111.6	-1.7%
187th	Niger	115.0	-3.4%
188th	Afghanistan	115.9	-2.4%
189th	Mozambique	118.8	-5.0%
190th	Angola	119.8	-1.4%
191st	Rwanda	124.3	-2.9%
192nd	Timor-Leste	126.2	0.2%
193rd	Sierra Leone	127.8	-1.5%
194th	Liberia	139.5	-4.9%
195th	South Sudan	234.6	67.0%

FAQ

What was Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate in 1998?▾

Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate in 1998 was 34.7. This ranked 109th globally.

How did Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate change in 1998?▾

Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate decreased by 4.4% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1998?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1998 at 234.6.

What is the infant mortality rate of Iran, Islamic Republic of in 1998?▾

The infant mortality rate of Iran, Islamic Republic of in 1998 was 34.7. This ranked 109th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate?▾

Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate went from 36.3 in 1997 to 34.7 in 1998, a 4.4% decrease.

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