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New Zealand - Infant Mortality Rate 1971

Name: New Zealand Infant Mortality Rate 1971
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

16.6 −0.3 from 1970 Global rank: 10th

New Zealand's infant mortality rate was 16.6 in 1971, decreased +0.3 from 16.9 in 1970. This was the 10th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1971▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1971
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	10.9	-3.5%
2nd	Netherlands	12.1	-4.0%
3rd	Iceland	12.5	-3.8%
4th	Finland	12.6	-4.5%
5th	Japan	12.6	-6.0%
6th	Norway	12.6	-3.8%
7th	Denmark	13.2	-5.0%
8th	Switzerland	14.3	-4.7%
9th	France	14.3	-5.3%
10th	New Zealand	16.6	-1.8%
11th	Lithuania	16.7	-7.7%
12th	Australia	17.5	-2.2%
13th	Canada	17.6	-4.9%
14th	United Kingdom	17.7	-2.2%
15th	Luxembourg	18.0	-5.3%
16th	Belarus	18.3	-2.7%
17th	Ireland	18.6	-2.6%
18th	United States	19.1	-4.0%
19th	Belgium	19.6	-4.4%
20th	Singapore	20.6	-5.5%
21st	Czechia	20.8	-1.4%
22nd	Germany	21.4	-3.2%
23rd	Russian Federation	22.5	-1.3%
24th	Antigua and Barbuda	23.5	-7.8%
25th	Malta	23.7	-4.8%
26th	Israel	24.7	-2.8%
27th	Austria	24.8	-1.2%
28th	Slovak Republic	25.1	-0.8%
29th	Spain	25.6	-7.6%
30th	Greece	26.1	-5.1%
31st	Bahamas, The	26.3	1.2%
32nd	Bulgaria	26.5	-4.0%
33rd	Italy	28.2	-4.7%
34th	Ukraine	28.8	-
35th	Cuba	30.3	-4.4%
36th	Poland	30.3	-4.7%
37th	Brunei Darussalam	32.5	-5.0%
38th	Grenada	33.7	-2.0%
39th	Dominica	34.3	-7.3%
40th	Hungary	34.7	-1.4%
41st	Cyprus	35.4	-
42nd	British Virgin Islands	36.6	-4.9%
43rd	Tonga	37.0	-5.9%
44th	Barbados	39.1	-4.6%
45th	Malaysia	39.7	-4.1%
46th	Romania	42.4	-11.5%
47th	Korea	42.9	-5.9%
48th	Fiji	43.6	-0.7%
49th	Jamaica	45.0	-3.6%
50th	Trinidad and Tobago	46.3	-2.1%
51st	Seychelles	47.9	-6.1%
52nd	Sri Lanka	48.1	-0.6%
53rd	Uruguay	48.1	-1.2%
54th	St. Lucia	48.4	-7.3%
55th	Panama	48.4	-4.5%
56th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	49.5	7.6%
57th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	49.8	-5.3%
58th	Qatar	50.1	-6.5%
59th	São Tomé and Principe	50.2	0.0%
60th	Moldova	51.2	-
61st	Samoa	51.2	-4.7%
62nd	Portugal	51.4	-7.1%
63rd	Philippines	52.3	-0.4%
64th	Lebanon	52.5	-0.6%
65th	Turks and Caicos Islands	53.1	-6.8%
66th	Kuwait	55.2	-6.1%
67th	Costa Rica	56.4	-5.4%
68th	Marshall Islands	56.6	-3.6%
69th	Argentina	58.8	-0.8%
70th	Mauritius	59.6	-1.7%
71st	Bahrain	59.9	-9.2%
72nd	Guyana	59.9	0.2%
73rd	Namibia	60.0	1.2%
74th	Paraguay	60.8	-0.5%
75th	Viet Nam	62.8	-1.4%
76th	Palau	63.8	-4.6%
77th	Micronesia, Federated States of	64.1	-3.5%
78th	United Arab Emirates	65.9	-9.0%
79th	Chile	66.9	-1.6%
80th	Zimbabwe	67.2	0.1%
81st	Solomon Islands	67.3	-6.4%
82nd	Jordan	67.6	-4.1%
83rd	Belize	70.5	-3.8%
84th	Colombia	70.5	-3.2%
85th	Syrian Arab Republic	72.9	-4.2%
86th	Congo, Republic of	73.3	-1.9%
87th	Thailand	75.0	-4.5%
88th	Kazakhstan	75.5	-
89th	Vanuatu	77.1	-3.9%
90th	Mexico	79.1	-2.8%
91st	China	80.3	-4.7%
92nd	Cabo Verde	81.9	-4.7%
93rd	Iraq	81.9	-4.1%
94th	Tuvalu	83.6	-5.0%
95th	Kenya	86.0	-1.7%
96th	Dominican Republic	87.5	-2.2%
97th	Gabon	89.0	-2.3%
98th	Zambia	89.0	-2.3%
99th	Sudan	90.1	0.1%
100th	Botswana	91.7	-3.1%
101st	Libya	91.7	-6.9%
102nd	Brazil	99.8	-2.2%
103rd	Ecuador	100.3	-2.2%
104th	Honduras	101.3	-3.4%
105th	Kiribati	101.3	-3.1%
106th	Papua New Guinea	102.7	-3.3%
107th	Mauritania	105.1	-0.1%
108th	Tunisia	105.2	-5.0%
109th	El Salvador	106.8	-1.7%
110th	Indonesia	108.0	-2.7%
111th	Uganda	108.3	0.0%
112th	Peru	109.6	-12.3%
113th	Ghana	112.9	-1.5%
114th	Tanzania	113.8	-1.0%
115th	Eswatini	114.1	-2.3%
116th	Rwanda	117.5	1.1%
117th	Togo	118.5	-1.6%
118th	Guatemala	119.0	-2.9%
119th	Burundi	120.3	0.5%
120th	Senegal	120.6	-0.8%
121st	Nicaragua	121.2	-2.0%
122nd	Myanmar	121.4	-1.3%
123rd	Cameroon	122.9	-3.6%
124th	Morocco	125.5	-1.3%
125th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	126.2	-1.0%
126th	Central African Republic	129.5	-1.8%
127th	India	134.0	-1.3%
128th	Pakistan	134.7	-1.0%
129th	Benin	136.2	-1.4%
130th	Chad	136.5	-0.5%
131st	Lesotho	137.7	-1.6%
132nd	Türkiye	137.8	-2.2%
133rd	Gambia, The	142.9	-1.2%
134th	Nigeria	143.7	-3.2%
135th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	145.1	-
136th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	147.3	0.0%
137th	Mozambique	149.2	0.2%
138th	Sierra Leone	150.9	-0.9%
139th	Niger	151.9	0.8%
140th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	152.0	-2.4%
141st	Côte d'Ivoire	155.8	-3.0%
142nd	Algeria	156.7	-1.8%
143rd	Oman	156.7	-4.7%
144th	Burkina Faso	159.7	-0.7%
145th	Haiti	163.1	-2.0%
146th	Malawi	163.5	-0.8%
147th	South Sudan	172.5	-1.1%
148th	Nepal	176.4	-1.9%
149th	Guinea	179.0	-0.7%
150th	Bhutan	179.8	-2.1%
151st	Liberia	183.5	-1.8%
152nd	Mali	188.6	-1.4%
153rd	Maldives	189.4	-3.5%
154th	Bangladesh	205.7	24.4%
155th	Yemen, Republic of	216.4	-3.2%
156th	Afghanistan	220.2	-1.3%

FAQ

What was New Zealand's infant mortality rate in 1971?▾

New Zealand's infant mortality rate in 1971 was 16.6. This ranked 10th globally.

How did New Zealand's infant mortality rate change in 1971?▾

New Zealand's infant mortality rate decreased by 1.8% in 1971 compared to 1970.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1971?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1971 at 220.2.

What is the infant mortality rate of New Zealand in 1971?▾

The infant mortality rate of New Zealand in 1971 was 16.6. This ranked 10th globally.

How does 1971 compare to 1970 for New Zealand's infant mortality rate?▾

New Zealand's infant mortality rate went from 16.9 in 1970 to 16.6 in 1971, a 1.8% decrease.

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