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

13.0 −0.5 from 2016 Global rank: 85th

Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate was 13.0 in 2017, decreased +0.5 from 13.5 in 2016. This was the 85th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	1.7	-5.6%
2nd	Finland	1.9	0.0%
3rd	Japan	1.9	-5.0%
4th	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
5th	Slovenia	2.0	-4.8%
6th	Luxembourg	2.1	0.0%
7th	Norway	2.1	0.0%
8th	Singapore	2.1	-4.5%
9th	Estonia	2.2	-4.3%
10th	Sweden	2.3	0.0%
11th	Cyprus	2.4	0.0%
12th	Czechia	2.6	0.0%
13th	Spain	2.7	0.0%
14th	Korea	2.7	-3.6%
15th	Monaco	2.7	-3.6%
16th	Belarus	2.8	-3.4%
17th	Italy	2.8	-3.4%
18th	Portugal	2.9	0.0%
19th	Austria	3.0	0.0%
20th	Ireland	3.0	-3.2%
21st	Israel	3.0	-3.2%
22nd	Montenegro	3.0	-6.3%
23rd	Andorra	3.1	-3.1%
24th	Australia	3.2	0.0%
25th	Germany	3.2	-3.0%
26th	France	3.3	3.1%
27th	Belgium	3.4	0.0%
28th	Denmark	3.4	-2.9%
29th	European Union	3.4	-1.7%
30th	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
31st	Switzerland	3.6	-2.7%
32nd	Greece	3.6	0.0%
33rd	Hungary	3.7	-7.5%
34th	Latvia	3.7	-7.5%
35th	United Kingdom	3.8	0.0%
36th	Lithuania	3.8	-5.0%
37th	Poland	4.0	-2.4%
38th	Croatia	4.1	0.0%
39th	New Zealand	4.5	-2.2%
40th	Canada	4.6	0.0%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.7	-2.1%
42nd	Cuba	5.0	2.0%
43rd	Slovak Republic	5.0	-2.0%
44th	Serbia	5.1	-1.9%
45th	United Arab Emirates	5.6	-3.4%
46th	Malta	5.6	-1.8%
47th	Russian Federation	5.6	-8.2%
48th	United States	5.6	-1.8%
49th	Qatar	5.9	-4.8%
50th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.0	1.7%
51st	Bulgaria	6.1	-4.7%
52nd	Bahrain	6.3	0.0%
53rd	Chile	6.5	-3.0%
54th	Romania	6.5	-8.5%
55th	Saudi Arabia	6.5	-5.8%
56th	Sri Lanka	6.7	-4.3%
57th	Malaysia	6.7	0.0%
58th	Uruguay	6.8	-5.6%
59th	China	7.0	-7.9%
60th	Maldives	7.4	-7.5%
61st	Kuwait	7.6	-1.3%
62nd	Albania	7.7	1.3%
63rd	Costa Rica	7.7	0.0%
64th	Antigua and Barbuda	8.3	-1.2%
65th	Kazakhstan	8.4	-4.5%
66th	Georgia	8.5	-2.3%
67th	North Macedonia	8.5	-10.5%
68th	Brunei Darussalam	8.6	0.0%
69th	Ukraine	8.7	-2.2%
70th	Oman	8.9	-1.1%
71st	Tonga	9.2	-2.1%
72nd	Argentina	9.4	-3.1%
73rd	Thailand	9.6	-4.0%
74th	Libya	9.8	-3.9%
75th	Türkiye	9.9	-4.8%
76th	Barbados	11.2	-2.6%
77th	El Salvador	11.5	-4.2%
78th	Kosovo	11.5	-6.5%
79th	Armenia	11.7	-4.1%
80th	Lebanon	11.8	3.5%
81st	Bahamas, The	12.1	-0.8%
82nd	Belize	12.1	-4.0%
83rd	Ecuador	12.2	-2.4%
84th	São Tomé and Principe	12.9	-7.2%
85th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.0	-3.7%
86th	Mexico	13.0	-3.7%
87th	Colombia	13.2	-2.9%
88th	Mauritius	13.2	1.5%
89th	Brazil	13.3	-8.9%
90th	Nicaragua	13.3	-4.3%
91st	Panama	13.4	-0.7%
92nd	Seychelles	13.4	0.8%
93rd	Nauru	13.5	-8.8%
94th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	13.6	-6.2%
95th	British Virgin Islands	13.6	-1.4%
96th	Moldova	13.9	-0.7%
97th	Mongolia	14.2	-5.3%
98th	Jordan	14.3	-2.7%
99th	Peru	14.4	-0.7%
100th	Samoa	14.5	-1.4%
101st	West Bank and Gaza	14.7	-3.3%
102nd	Cabo Verde	15.0	-7.4%
103rd	Vanuatu	15.1	-1.3%
104th	Viet Nam	15.2	-1.3%
105th	St. Lucia	15.4	-0.6%
106th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	15.4	-6.7%
107th	Tunisia	15.5	-1.9%
108th	Honduras	16.1	-3.0%
109th	Grenada	16.4	1.9%
110th	Uzbekistan	16.4	-5.7%
111th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.5	-1.2%
112th	Kyrgyz Republic	17.5	-4.9%
113th	Jamaica	17.6	0.0%
114th	Fiji	18.0	5.9%
115th	Suriname	18.1	-2.7%
116th	Paraguay	18.3	-3.2%
117th	Azerbaijan	18.7	-5.6%
118th	Solomon Islands	19.1	-1.5%
119th	Palau	19.4	3.2%
120th	Morocco	19.6	-4.4%
121st	Trinidad and Tobago	19.7	-2.0%
122nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	19.8	-3.4%
123rd	Indonesia	20.7	-3.7%
124th	Tuvalu	20.8	-3.3%
125th	Algeria	21.3	-1.4%
126th	Guatemala	21.7	-3.6%
127th	Philippines	22.4	0.4%
128th	Bhutan	22.6	-3.4%
129th	Tajikistan	23.7	-1.7%
130th	Syrian Arab Republic	24.5	2.5%
131st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	24.8	-4.2%
132nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	25.0	-2.7%
133rd	Iraq	25.1	-3.1%
134th	Cambodia	25.4	-4.2%
135th	South Africa	27.3	-3.9%
136th	Bangladesh	27.4	-4.2%
137th	Marshall Islands	27.9	-2.8%
138th	Guyana	28.6	-3.1%
139th	Dominica	28.8	3.6%
140th	Nepal	29.9	-4.2%
141st	Eritrea	30.6	-2.5%
142nd	Dominican Republic	31.3	0.0%
143rd	Gabon	31.7	-1.9%
144th	Rwanda	32.6	-1.5%
145th	Congo, Republic of	32.9	-2.9%
146th	India	33.0	-4.9%
147th	Turkmenistan	34.2	0.6%
148th	Uganda	34.6	-4.9%
149th	Ghana	35.1	-3.6%
150th	Malawi	36.1	-4.0%
151st	Senegal	36.4	-1.4%
152nd	Mauritania	36.7	-2.4%
153rd	Tanzania	37.7	-4.6%
154th	Papua New Guinea	38.2	-2.8%
155th	Burundi	38.4	-4.0%
156th	Kenya	38.5	-0.5%
157th	Zambia	38.8	-5.1%
158th	Yemen, Republic of	39.7	-2.0%
159th	Comoros	41.0	-1.7%
160th	Gambia, The	41.0	-3.1%
161st	Myanmar	41.6	-3.5%
162nd	Timor-Leste	41.6	-2.3%
163rd	Togo	42.7	-3.0%
164th	Kiribati	42.8	0.5%
165th	Lao PDR	43.5	-3.8%
166th	Madagascar	43.9	0.2%
167th	Botswana	44.3	-5.1%
168th	Namibia	46.3	-2.7%
169th	Sudan	46.5	-2.7%
170th	Angola	47.0	-3.9%
171st	Haiti	47.5	-2.5%
172nd	Zimbabwe	49.2	-3.1%
173rd	Cameroon	49.7	-3.7%
174th	Mozambique	51.5	-2.6%
175th	Eswatini	51.5	-1.0%
176th	Guinea-Bissau	51.7	-3.2%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	52.9	-2.9%
178th	Burkina Faso	53.1	-2.9%
179th	Djibouti	53.5	-2.9%
180th	Benin	54.4	-2.3%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	55.8	-2.8%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	59.4	-3.1%
183rd	Pakistan	60.3	-3.1%
184th	Afghanistan	60.4	-3.0%
185th	Liberia	60.6	-1.9%
186th	Mali	66.6	-2.1%
187th	Lesotho	68.2	-0.1%
188th	Nigeria	68.6	-1.3%
189th	Sierra Leone	68.8	-3.5%
190th	Chad	69.2	-2.5%
191st	Guinea	69.4	-1.1%
192nd	Niger	69.4	0.1%
193rd	Central African Republic	87.4	13.5%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	96.7	17.9%
195th	South Sudan	172.9	5.4%

FAQ

What was Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate in 2017?▾

Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate in 2017 was 13.0. This ranked 85th globally.

How did Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate change in 2017?▾

Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate decreased by 3.7% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2017?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 2017 at 172.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of Iran, Islamic Republic of in 2017?▾

The infant mortality rate of Iran, Islamic Republic of in 2017 was 13.0. This ranked 85th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate?▾

Iran, Islamic Republic of's infant mortality rate went from 13.5 in 2016 to 13.0 in 2017, a 3.7% decrease.

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