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Lao PDR - Infant Mortality Rate 1997

Name: Lao PDR Infant Mortality Rate 1997
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

94.6 −2.6 from 1996 Global rank: 168th

Lao PDR's infant mortality rate was 94.6 in 1997, decreased +2.6 from 97.2 in 1996. This was the 168th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1997▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1997
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	3.6	-5.3%
2nd	Sweden	3.6	-5.3%
3rd	Iceland	3.8	-5.0%
4th	Japan	3.8	-5.0%
5th	Finland	3.9	-4.9%
6th	Norway	4.2	-4.5%
7th	France	4.6	-6.1%
8th	Luxembourg	4.7	-6.0%
9th	Monaco	4.7	-4.1%
10th	Germany	4.8	-4.0%
11th	Switzerland	4.9	-2.0%
12th	Spain	4.9	-5.8%
13th	Austria	5.0	-5.7%
14th	Denmark	5.0	-3.8%
15th	Australia	5.4	-3.6%
16th	Netherlands	5.4	-1.8%
17th	Slovenia	5.4	-6.9%
18th	Canada	5.5	-1.8%
19th	Belgium	5.6	-5.1%
20th	Italy	5.6	-6.7%
21st	Czechia	5.7	-10.9%
22nd	United Kingdom	5.8	-1.7%
23rd	Ireland	6.1	0.0%
24th	San Marino	6.3	-7.4%
25th	Israel	6.4	-5.9%
26th	New Zealand	6.6	-4.3%
27th	Portugal	6.6	-5.7%
28th	Greece	6.7	-5.6%
29th	European Union	6.9	-5.8%
30th	Cyprus	7.0	-6.7%
31st	Korea	7.0	-6.7%
32nd	Andorra	7.4	-2.6%
33rd	United States	7.5	-2.6%
34th	Malta	7.6	-3.8%
35th	Cuba	7.8	-3.7%
36th	Croatia	8.0	-3.6%
37th	United Arab Emirates	9.0	-2.2%
38th	Brunei Darussalam	9.1	-4.2%
39th	Slovak Republic	9.2	-5.2%
40th	Turks and Caicos Islands	9.3	-6.1%
41st	Malaysia	9.4	-5.1%
42nd	Lithuania	9.8	-8.4%
43rd	Hungary	9.9	-3.9%
44th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10.2	-6.4%
45th	Chile	10.2	-2.9%
46th	Poland	10.4	-9.6%
47th	Estonia	11.1	-5.9%
48th	Kuwait	11.5	-3.4%
49th	Qatar	11.7	-4.1%
50th	Seychelles	11.8	-0.8%
51st	Belarus	11.9	-2.5%
52nd	Costa Rica	12.3	-2.4%
53rd	Antigua and Barbuda	12.7	0.0%
54th	Barbados	12.9	-1.5%
55th	Bahrain	13.0	-8.5%
56th	Montenegro	13.5	0.0%
57th	Serbia	13.5	-10.6%
58th	Grenada	14.2	-2.7%
59th	Bahamas, The	14.3	-3.4%
60th	Latvia	14.4	-5.9%
61st	Sri Lanka	14.8	-5.1%
62nd	Tonga	14.8	-2.0%
63rd	British Virgin Islands	15.3	-1.9%
64th	Bulgaria	15.7	0.0%
65th	Dominica	15.7	1.9%
66th	St. Lucia	16.1	-0.6%
67th	Oman	16.6	-7.3%
68th	Uruguay	16.8	-5.1%
69th	Fiji	17.2	-1.7%
70th	North Macedonia	17.2	-9.0%
71st	Russian Federation	17.2	-1.7%
72nd	Samoa	18.1	-3.2%
73rd	Argentina	18.9	-5.0%
74th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.2	0.5%
75th	Ukraine	19.3	-0.5%
76th	Mauritius	19.7	-0.5%
77th	Lebanon	20.3	-4.7%
78th	Albania	20.5	-3.8%
79th	Jamaica	20.7	-3.3%
80th	Romania	21.3	-2.7%
81st	Panama	21.5	-1.4%
82nd	Thailand	21.5	-4.9%
83rd	Belize	21.9	-3.5%
84th	St. Kitts and Nevis	22.2	-2.2%
85th	Vanuatu	22.7	-1.7%
86th	Libya	23.5	-3.3%
87th	Syrian Arab Republic	23.6	-4.5%
88th	Colombia	23.7	-3.3%
89th	Saudi Arabia	24.2	-6.6%
90th	Solomon Islands	24.2	-1.6%
91st	Palau	24.8	-3.5%
92nd	Jordan	25.0	-2.7%
93rd	Viet Nam	25.3	-5.6%
94th	Trinidad and Tobago	27.1	-1.1%
95th	Mexico	27.3	-4.5%
96th	Tunisia	28.2	-5.1%
97th	Ecuador	28.8	-6.2%
98th	Philippines	29.0	-2.7%
99th	West Bank and Gaza	29.2	-3.6%
100th	Suriname	30.1	-3.2%
101st	Paraguay	30.6	-2.2%
102nd	El Salvador	31.6	-6.0%
103rd	Armenia	32.5	-5.0%
104th	Marshall Islands	32.7	0.6%
105th	Honduras	33.4	-3.7%
106th	Moldova	33.5	-1.5%
107th	Georgia	34.1	-3.1%
108th	Brazil	35.1	-6.1%
109th	China	35.6	-4.3%
110th	Micronesia, Federated States of	36.2	-2.7%
111th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	36.3	-4.0%
112th	Nicaragua	36.6	-5.7%
113th	Dominican Republic	36.7	-3.4%
114th	Algeria	37.4	-2.1%
115th	Peru	38.1	-7.7%
116th	Cabo Verde	38.4	-5.4%
117th	Türkiye	38.4	-6.8%
118th	Tuvalu	39.1	-3.0%
119th	Iraq	40.3	-1.5%
120th	Botswana	41.6	0.2%
121st	Kazakhstan	42.5	-3.4%
122nd	Nauru	42.7	-4.5%
123rd	Guyana	44.3	-2.4%
124th	Maldives	45.1	-7.8%
125th	Guatemala	45.6	-3.8%
126th	South Africa	45.8	-0.7%
127th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	47.0	-5.8%
128th	Indonesia	47.3	-4.4%
129th	Namibia	49.6	-1.0%
130th	Morocco	50.5	-3.6%
131st	Kyrgyz Republic	51.3	-4.1%
132nd	Kiribati	53.8	-2.9%
133rd	Gabon	54.1	-1.5%
134th	Kosovo	55.7	-7.5%
135th	Mongolia	57.2	-4.7%
136th	Eritrea	57.6	-4.8%
137th	Papua New Guinea	58.4	-1.5%
138th	Zimbabwe	58.5	-0.2%
139th	São Tomé and Principe	59.5	-3.7%
140th	Uzbekistan	59.6	-1.2%
141st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	62.3	-1.7%
142nd	Turkmenistan	65.9	-1.8%
143rd	Ghana	66.5	-1.3%
144th	Eswatini	67.7	3.5%
145th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	69.0	-4.3%
146th	Kenya	69.4	-1.3%
147th	Bangladesh	70.5	-5.0%
148th	Bhutan	70.5	-4.7%
149th	Azerbaijan	71.1	-3.5%
150th	Congo, Republic of	71.7	3.3%
151st	India	72.0	-2.4%
152nd	Comoros	72.2	-3.5%
153rd	Mauritania	72.2	-0.7%
154th	Nepal	72.2	-4.9%
155th	Madagascar	73.8	-3.7%
156th	Sudan	76.1	-1.9%
157th	Tajikistan	76.3	-5.0%
158th	Lesotho	76.4	0.1%
159th	Togo	76.7	-2.3%
160th	Senegal	77.1	0.7%
161st	Haiti	78.3	-3.5%
162nd	Myanmar	78.8	-2.2%
163rd	Gambia, The	80.7	-3.1%
164th	Djibouti	83.9	-0.7%
165th	Yemen, Republic of	84.5	-2.1%
166th	Benin	84.9	-2.0%
167th	Cameroon	86.1	-0.1%
168th	Lao PDR	94.6	-2.7%
169th	Burundi	94.7	-1.1%
170th	Cambodia	95.8	0.1%
171st	Zambia	95.8	-1.3%
172nd	Côte d'Ivoire	96.3	-1.3%
173rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	96.4	-1.1%
174th	Pakistan	96.4	-2.7%
175th	Tanzania	96.8	-2.4%
176th	Uganda	97.1	-1.0%
177th	Burkina Faso	97.7	-1.5%
178th	Nigeria	103.4	-1.2%
179th	Central African Republic	103.6	-1.1%
180th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	0.0%
181st	Chad	106.8	-1.2%
182nd	Guinea-Bissau	107.9	-2.4%
183rd	Guinea	108.3	-3.4%
184th	Mali	111.2	-1.9%
185th	Malawi	111.4	-1.6%
186th	Equatorial Guinea	113.5	-1.1%
187th	Afghanistan	118.8	-2.4%
188th	Niger	119.1	-3.6%
189th	Angola	121.5	-0.9%
190th	Mozambique	125.0	-4.2%
191st	Timor-Leste	125.9	-4.5%
192nd	Rwanda	128.0	0.0%
193rd	Sierra Leone	129.7	-1.3%
194th	South Sudan	140.5	-2.4%
195th	Liberia	146.7	-4.4%

FAQ

What was Lao PDR's infant mortality rate in 1997?▾

Lao PDR's infant mortality rate in 1997 was 94.6. This ranked 168th globally.

How did Lao PDR's infant mortality rate change in 1997?▾

Lao PDR's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.7% in 1997 compared to 1996.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1997?▾

Liberia had the highest infant mortality rate in 1997 at 146.7.

What is the infant mortality rate of Lao PDR in 1997?▾

The infant mortality rate of Lao PDR in 1997 was 94.6. This ranked 168th globally.

How does 1997 compare to 1996 for Lao PDR's infant mortality rate?▾

Lao PDR's infant mortality rate went from 97.2 in 1996 to 94.6 in 1997, a 2.7% decrease.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Lao PDR matched the Currency Crisis Pattern pattern in 1997. Historically: 128 occurrences, 35 successful (27%). Outcome 24 months later: 125.3%. View full analysis →

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