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Iraq - Infant Mortality Rate 1972

Name: Iraq Infant Mortality Rate 1972
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

78.6 −3.3 from 1971 Global rank: 93rd

Iraq's infant mortality rate was 78.6 in 1972, decreased +3.3 from 81.9 in 1971. This was the 93rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1972▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1972
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	10.4	-4.6%
2nd	Netherlands	11.7	-3.3%
3rd	Japan	11.9	-5.6%
4th	Finland	12.0	-4.8%
5th	Iceland	12.0	-4.0%
6th	Norway	12.1	-4.0%
7th	Denmark	12.4	-6.1%
8th	Switzerland	13.6	-4.9%
9th	France	13.7	-4.2%
10th	New Zealand	16.2	-2.4%
11th	Lithuania	16.4	-1.8%
12th	Canada	16.7	-5.1%
13th	Australia	16.9	-3.4%
14th	Luxembourg	16.9	-6.1%
15th	United Kingdom	17.2	-2.8%
16th	Belarus	18.1	-1.1%
17th	Ireland	18.3	-1.6%
18th	United States	18.3	-4.2%
19th	Belgium	18.6	-5.1%
20th	Singapore	19.3	-6.3%
21st	Czechia	20.4	-1.9%
22nd	Germany	20.6	-3.7%
23rd	Antigua and Barbuda	21.8	-7.2%
24th	Russian Federation	22.2	-1.3%
25th	Malta	22.5	-5.1%
26th	Spain	23.7	-7.4%
27th	Israel	23.9	-3.2%
28th	Austria	24.2	-2.4%
29th	Slovak Republic	24.8	-1.2%
30th	Greece	25.1	-3.8%
31st	Bulgaria	25.6	-3.4%
32nd	Italy	26.4	-6.4%
33rd	Bahamas, The	26.5	0.8%
34th	Ukraine	28.1	-2.4%
35th	Poland	28.7	-5.3%
36th	Cuba	28.8	-5.0%
37th	Brunei Darussalam	30.7	-5.5%
38th	Dominica	31.8	-7.3%
39th	Grenada	33.1	-1.8%
40th	Cyprus	34.6	-2.3%
41st	Hungary	34.6	-0.3%
42nd	Tonga	34.8	-5.9%
43rd	British Virgin Islands	34.9	-4.6%
44th	Barbados	37.2	-4.9%
45th	Malaysia	37.8	-4.8%
46th	Romania	38.7	-8.7%
47th	Korea	40.5	-5.6%
48th	Jamaica	43.2	-4.0%
49th	Fiji	43.4	-0.5%
50th	Seychelles	44.8	-6.5%
51st	St. Lucia	44.9	-7.2%
52nd	Trinidad and Tobago	45.3	-2.2%
53rd	Panama	45.9	-5.2%
54th	Qatar	47.0	-6.2%
55th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	47.2	-5.2%
56th	Portugal	47.3	-8.0%
57th	Sri Lanka	47.9	-0.4%
58th	Uruguay	48.1	0.0%
59th	Samoa	48.8	-4.7%
60th	Turks and Caicos Islands	49.5	-6.8%
61st	Moldova	49.9	-2.5%
62nd	São Tomé and Principe	50.5	0.6%
63rd	Kuwait	51.9	-6.0%
64th	Lebanon	52.1	-0.8%
65th	Costa Rica	52.2	-7.4%
66th	Philippines	52.3	0.0%
67th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	52.8	6.7%
68th	Bahrain	54.4	-9.2%
69th	Marshall Islands	54.9	-3.0%
70th	Argentina	58.0	-1.4%
71st	Mauritius	58.8	-1.3%
72nd	United Arab Emirates	59.8	-9.3%
73rd	Guyana	60.0	0.2%
74th	Paraguay	60.4	-0.7%
75th	Palau	60.6	-5.0%
76th	Namibia	60.7	1.2%
77th	Micronesia, Federated States of	62.0	-3.3%
78th	Solomon Islands	63.0	-6.4%
79th	Jordan	64.9	-4.0%
80th	Chile	65.9	-1.5%
81st	Zimbabwe	67.6	0.6%
82nd	Belize	67.8	-3.8%
83rd	Colombia	68.1	-3.4%
84th	Viet Nam	68.5	9.1%
85th	Syrian Arab Republic	70.0	-4.0%
86th	Thailand	71.6	-4.5%
87th	Congo, Republic of	71.9	-1.9%
88th	Kazakhstan	73.6	-2.5%
89th	Vanuatu	74.1	-3.9%
90th	China	76.4	-4.9%
91st	Mexico	76.8	-2.9%
92nd	Cabo Verde	77.8	-5.0%
93rd	Iraq	78.6	-4.0%
94th	Tuvalu	79.3	-5.1%
95th	Madagascar	81.6	-
96th	Kenya	84.3	-2.0%
97th	Dominican Republic	85.2	-2.6%
98th	Libya	85.3	-7.0%
99th	Zambia	86.5	-2.8%
100th	Gabon	87.0	-2.2%
101st	Botswana	88.7	-3.3%
102nd	Sudan	90.2	0.1%
103rd	Brazil	97.6	-2.2%
104th	Ecuador	97.6	-2.7%
105th	Honduras	97.8	-3.5%
106th	Kiribati	98.5	-2.8%
107th	Papua New Guinea	99.4	-3.2%
108th	Tunisia	99.9	-5.0%
109th	El Salvador	104.9	-1.8%
110th	Indonesia	105.1	-2.7%
111th	Mauritania	105.8	0.7%
112th	Peru	106.6	-2.7%
113th	Uganda	109.0	0.6%
114th	Ghana	110.8	-1.9%
115th	Eswatini	111.2	-2.5%
116th	Tanzania	112.6	-1.1%
117th	Tajikistan	113.7	-
118th	Guatemala	115.5	-2.9%
119th	Togo	116.5	-1.7%
120th	Rwanda	119.0	1.3%
121st	Cameroon	119.3	-2.9%
122nd	Senegal	119.3	-1.1%
123rd	Myanmar	119.6	-1.5%
124th	Morocco	123.9	-1.3%
125th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	125.1	-0.9%
126th	Central African Republic	127.3	-1.7%
127th	Nicaragua	128.5	6.0%
128th	India	132.2	-1.3%
129th	Pakistan	133.6	-0.8%
130th	Benin	133.9	-1.7%
131st	Türkiye	134.5	-2.4%
132nd	Lesotho	135.4	-1.7%
133rd	Chad	136.0	-0.4%
134th	Burundi	136.4	13.4%
135th	Nigeria	138.9	-3.3%
136th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	139.1	-4.1%
137th	Gambia, The	141.1	-1.3%
138th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	147.0	-0.2%
139th	Saudi Arabia	147.0	-
140th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	148.2	-2.5%
141st	Bangladesh	148.4	-27.9%
142nd	Oman	148.9	-5.0%
143rd	Mozambique	149.3	0.1%
144th	Sierra Leone	149.7	-0.8%
145th	Côte d'Ivoire	150.5	-3.4%
146th	Niger	153.0	0.7%
147th	Algeria	153.1	-2.3%
148th	Burkina Faso	157.6	-1.3%
149th	Haiti	159.6	-2.1%
150th	Malawi	161.3	-1.3%
151st	South Sudan	170.8	-1.0%
152nd	Nepal	172.9	-2.0%
153rd	Bhutan	176.1	-2.1%
154th	Guinea	177.6	-0.8%
155th	Liberia	180.2	-1.8%
156th	Maldives	181.8	-4.0%
157th	Mali	185.8	-1.5%
158th	Yemen, Republic of	209.7	-3.1%
159th	Afghanistan	217.1	-1.4%

FAQ

What was Iraq's infant mortality rate in 1972?▾

Iraq's infant mortality rate in 1972 was 78.6. This ranked 93rd globally.

How did Iraq's infant mortality rate change in 1972?▾

Iraq's infant mortality rate decreased by 4.0% in 1972 compared to 1971.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1972?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1972 at 217.1.

What is the infant mortality rate of Iraq in 1972?▾

The infant mortality rate of Iraq in 1972 was 78.6. This ranked 93rd globally.

How does 1972 compare to 1971 for Iraq's infant mortality rate?▾

Iraq's infant mortality rate went from 81.9 in 1971 to 78.6 in 1972, a 4.0% decrease.

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