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New Zealand - Infant Mortality Rate 1966

Name: New Zealand Infant Mortality Rate 1966
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

18.3 −0.5 from 1965 Global rank: 10th

New Zealand's infant mortality rate was 18.3 in 1966, decreased +0.5 from 18.8 in 1965. This was the 10th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1966▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1966
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	13.1	-4.4%
2nd	Netherlands	14.1	-2.8%
3rd	Iceland	15.0	-3.2%
4th	Norway	15.4	-3.8%
5th	Finland	15.8	-4.8%
6th	Denmark	17.0	-5.0%
7th	Japan	17.6	-7.9%
8th	Switzerland	17.7	-4.3%
9th	France	17.8	-4.3%
10th	New Zealand	18.3	-2.7%
11th	Australia	18.4	-0.5%
12th	United Kingdom	19.6	-3.0%
13th	Czechia	21.3	0.5%
14th	Belarus	22.1	-6.0%
15th	Canada	22.1	-4.3%
16th	United States	22.7	-3.0%
17th	Belgium	23.3	-3.3%
18th	Ireland	23.4	-5.6%
19th	Luxembourg	23.4	-4.9%
20th	Russian Federation	25.7	-4.1%
21st	Slovak Republic	25.8	-1.1%
22nd	Singapore	26.3	-3.7%
23rd	Austria	27.3	-3.9%
24th	Israel	29.4	-4.2%
25th	Malta	29.6	-3.6%
26th	Bulgaria	31.2	-1.0%
27th	Greece	33.5	-2.3%
28th	Italy	34.4	-3.9%
29th	Spain	35.4	-4.8%
30th	Cuba	35.8	-1.6%
31st	Antigua and Barbuda	37.7	-9.6%
32nd	Poland	38.1	-6.4%
33rd	Hungary	38.9	-2.5%
34th	Grenada	40.5	-5.8%
35th	Brunei Darussalam	40.8	-4.9%
36th	Fiji	47.5	-3.3%
37th	Malaysia	48.2	-4.6%
38th	British Virgin Islands	48.6	-6.0%
39th	Barbados	49.0	-4.7%
40th	Romania	49.6	7.1%
41st	Dominica	50.6	-7.7%
42nd	Tonga	51.3	-6.4%
43rd	Uruguay	51.6	-0.6%
44th	Sri Lanka	51.8	-2.1%
45th	Trinidad and Tobago	51.9	-2.6%
46th	Jamaica	52.5	-2.4%
47th	São Tomé and Principe	53.9	-2.9%
48th	Philippines	54.7	-1.4%
49th	Lebanon	55.3	-2.0%
50th	Panama	57.4	-2.2%
51st	Korea	58.5	-4.9%
52nd	Viet Nam	60.4	0.5%
53rd	Guyana	60.9	-1.1%
54th	Paraguay	61.6	0.0%
55th	Seychelles	62.0	-3.3%
56th	Samoa	63.5	-3.5%
57th	Portugal	63.6	-4.2%
58th	Mauritius	65.2	7.6%
59th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	65.6	-4.5%
60th	Costa Rica	67.6	-1.7%
61st	St. Lucia	68.2	-5.5%
62nd	Marshall Islands	68.3	-3.9%
63rd	Zimbabwe	70.3	-2.1%
64th	Turks and Caicos Islands	75.6	-
65th	Kuwait	76.5	-6.9%
66th	Micronesia, Federated States of	77.2	-3.6%
67th	Palau	77.3	-3.3%
68th	Congo, Republic of	81.6	-2.4%
69th	Colombia	81.6	-2.5%
70th	Jordan	83.3	-4.3%
71st	Chile	86.5	-10.0%
72nd	Syrian Arab Republic	88.7	-3.0%
73rd	Sudan	89.9	-0.2%
74th	Mexico	90.2	-2.4%
75th	Solomon Islands	90.8	-4.7%
76th	Thailand	92.3	-3.5%
77th	Vanuatu	93.2	-3.3%
78th	Kenya	93.7	-2.0%
79th	Zambia	94.2	-0.3%
80th	Bahrain	95.9	-8.6%
81st	Dominican Republic	96.3	-1.6%
82nd	Gabon	99.2	-2.1%
83rd	Cabo Verde	99.4	-2.7%
84th	United Arab Emirates	101.7	-6.8%
85th	Iraq	101.7	-4.5%
86th	Botswana	103.9	-2.1%
87th	Tuvalu	106.1	-4.3%
88th	Ecuador	110.3	-2.1%
89th	Brazil	110.5	-2.0%
90th	Rwanda	113.2	-0.3%
91st	Uganda	113.4	-1.6%
92nd	Mauritania	114.5	-2.5%
93rd	Burundi	115.3	1.1%
94th	El Salvador	115.3	-1.5%
95th	Ghana	117.5	-0.3%
96th	Tanzania	118.8	-0.7%
97th	Honduras	119.5	-2.8%
98th	Kiribati	120.6	-3.6%
99th	Papua New Guinea	121.1	-3.2%
100th	Senegal	123.1	-0.2%
101st	Indonesia	124.1	-12.1%
102nd	Eswatini	125.7	-1.5%
103rd	Peru	126.4	-3.4%
104th	Togo	127.2	-1.2%
105th	Nicaragua	130.2	-0.8%
106th	Libya	131.0	-6.7%
107th	Tunisia	134.4	-4.3%
108th	Guatemala	136.0	-2.4%
109th	Morocco	136.1	-1.8%
110th	Chad	139.4	-0.4%
111th	India	141.3	-0.9%
112th	Central African Republic	142.9	-1.9%
113th	Pakistan	143.1	-1.9%
114th	Lesotho	144.0	0.6%
115th	Mozambique	145.5	0.8%
116th	Benin	147.0	-1.7%
117th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	149.2	-1.3%
118th	Cameroon	149.6	-3.0%
119th	Gambia, The	149.8	-0.8%
120th	Bangladesh	153.1	-1.8%
121st	Türkiye	153.9	-2.4%
122nd	Sierra Leone	157.8	-0.9%
123rd	Algeria	163.2	0.2%
124th	Burkina Faso	164.4	-0.6%
125th	Malawi	165.1	0.3%
126th	Nigeria	165.3	-2.5%
127th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	169.6	-1.8%
128th	Haiti	178.4	-1.5%
129th	Côte d'Ivoire	178.9	-2.6%
130th	South Sudan	183.0	-1.3%
131st	Guinea	185.3	-0.6%
132nd	Oman	194.5	-3.5%
133rd	Nepal	196.4	-2.1%
134th	Liberia	198.4	-0.7%
135th	Mali	202.1	-
136th	Maldives	219.7	-2.3%
137th	Afghanistan	234.2	-1.1%
138th	Yemen, Republic of	251.4	-2.0%

FAQ

What was New Zealand's infant mortality rate in 1966?▾

New Zealand's infant mortality rate in 1966 was 18.3. This ranked 10th globally.

How did New Zealand's infant mortality rate change in 1966?▾

New Zealand's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.7% in 1966 compared to 1965.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1966?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest infant mortality rate in 1966 at 251.4.

What is the infant mortality rate of New Zealand in 1966?▾

The infant mortality rate of New Zealand in 1966 was 18.3. This ranked 10th globally.

How does 1966 compare to 1965 for New Zealand's infant mortality rate?▾

New Zealand's infant mortality rate went from 18.8 in 1965 to 18.3 in 1966, a 2.7% decrease.

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