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Sri Lanka - Infant Mortality Rate 1968

Name: Sri Lanka Infant Mortality Rate 1968
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

49.6 −1.1 from 1967 Global rank: 46th

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate was 49.6 in 1968, decreased +1.1 from 50.7 in 1967. This was the 46th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1968▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1968
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	12.1	-4.0%
2nd	Netherlands	13.4	-2.9%
3rd	Iceland	14.0	-3.4%
4th	Norway	14.2	-3.4%
5th	Finland	14.4	-4.6%
6th	Japan	15.1	-6.8%
7th	Denmark	15.3	-5.0%
8th	Switzerland	16.3	-3.6%
9th	France	16.5	-3.5%
10th	New Zealand	17.6	-1.7%
11th	Australia	18.2	-0.5%
12th	United Kingdom	18.8	-1.6%
13th	Belarus	20.0	-4.3%
14th	Canada	20.3	-4.2%
15th	Ireland	20.7	-5.9%
16th	Lithuania	20.9	0.0%
17th	Luxembourg	21.1	-5.4%
18th	Czechia	21.4	0.0%
19th	United States	21.4	-3.2%
20th	Belgium	21.9	-3.1%
21st	Germany	23.5	-
22nd	Russian Federation	23.9	-3.2%
23rd	Singapore	24.0	-4.4%
24th	Bahamas, The	25.3	-
25th	Slovak Republic	25.5	-0.8%
26th	Austria	25.9	-2.3%
27th	Israel	27.2	-3.5%
28th	Malta	27.3	-4.2%
29th	Bulgaria	30.0	-2.6%
30th	Antigua and Barbuda	30.7	-9.4%
31st	Greece	31.0	-4.6%
32nd	Spain	31.8	-5.6%
33rd	Italy	32.0	-3.3%
34th	Cuba	34.1	-2.8%
35th	Poland	34.6	-4.2%
36th	Grenada	36.7	-4.4%
37th	Hungary	36.8	-2.6%
38th	Brunei Darussalam	37.4	-4.3%
39th	British Virgin Islands	43.0	-5.9%
40th	Dominica	43.3	-7.5%
41st	Malaysia	44.5	-3.7%
42nd	Barbados	44.9	-4.3%
43rd	Tonga	44.9	-6.5%
44th	Fiji	45.1	-2.2%
45th	Trinidad and Tobago	49.5	-2.4%
46th	Sri Lanka	49.6	-2.2%
47th	Jamaica	49.7	-2.9%
48th	Uruguay	50.8	-1.0%
49th	São Tomé and Principe	51.3	-2.3%
50th	Korea	52.0	-6.0%
51st	Philippines	53.3	-1.3%
52nd	Lebanon	53.7	-1.3%
53rd	Romania	54.5	2.4%
54th	Panama	54.6	-2.7%
55th	Seychelles	57.0	-4.5%
56th	Namibia	58.0	1.0%
57th	Samoa	58.7	-3.9%
58th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	58.9	-5.5%
59th	Guyana	60.0	-0.5%
60th	St. Lucia	60.1	-6.2%
61st	Portugal	60.1	-2.4%
62nd	Paraguay	61.5	-0.2%
63rd	Marshall Islands	63.2	-3.8%
64th	Costa Rica	64.0	-2.9%
65th	Turks and Caicos Islands	65.6	-6.8%
66th	Mauritius	66.2	-2.5%
67th	Kuwait	66.8	-6.6%
68th	Viet Nam	67.0	10.2%
69th	Zimbabwe	68.1	-1.3%
70th	Micronesia, Federated States of	71.6	-3.6%
71st	Palau	72.3	-3.3%
72nd	Chile	73.2	-6.9%
73rd	Jordan	76.5	-4.1%
74th	Colombia	77.4	-2.5%
75th	Congo, Republic of	78.0	-2.1%
76th	Belize	79.3	-3.8%
77th	Bahrain	79.8	-8.8%
78th	Solomon Islands	81.4	-5.6%
79th	Syrian Arab Republic	82.7	-3.6%
80th	Thailand	85.5	-3.9%
81st	Mexico	85.8	-2.6%
82nd	United Arab Emirates	86.6	-8.0%
83rd	Vanuatu	86.7	-3.6%
84th	Sudan	89.8	0.0%
85th	Kenya	90.7	-1.6%
86th	Dominican Republic	93.0	-1.7%
87th	Iraq	93.1	-4.3%
88th	Cabo Verde	93.3	-3.4%
89th	Zambia	93.4	-0.5%
90th	Gabon	95.0	-2.2%
91st	Tuvalu	96.9	-4.5%
92nd	Botswana	99.5	-2.2%
93rd	Brazil	106.4	-1.8%
94th	Ecuador	106.4	-1.8%
95th	Mauritania	108.5	-2.7%
96th	Uganda	110.1	-1.4%
97th	Kiribati	112.0	-3.5%
98th	El Salvador	112.0	-1.5%
99th	Honduras	112.2	-3.0%
100th	Papua New Guinea	113.4	-3.2%
101st	Libya	113.7	-6.9%
102nd	Rwanda	114.4	0.6%
103rd	Ghana	116.6	-0.4%
104th	Tanzania	117.0	-0.8%
105th	Indonesia	117.4	-2.8%
106th	Burundi	117.9	1.0%
107th	Peru	118.7	-3.0%
108th	Eswatini	121.4	-1.8%
109th	Tunisia	122.3	-4.7%
110th	Senegal	122.4	-0.3%
111th	Togo	124.1	-1.3%
112th	Myanmar	126.4	-
113th	Nicaragua	127.4	-1.2%
114th	Guatemala	129.3	-2.6%
115th	Morocco	131.1	-1.8%
116th	Central African Republic	137.2	-2.0%
117th	Chad	138.3	-0.4%
118th	Cameroon	138.6	-4.0%
119th	India	138.8	-0.9%
120th	Pakistan	139.0	-1.3%
121st	Benin	142.4	-1.5%
122nd	Lesotho	143.2	-0.6%
123rd	Türkiye	147.1	-2.2%
124th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	147.2	-0.4%
125th	Gambia, The	147.4	-0.9%
126th	Mozambique	147.5	0.6%
127th	Bangladesh	149.7	-0.9%
128th	Sierra Leone	154.9	-0.9%
129th	Nigeria	157.2	-2.5%
130th	Algeria	162.7	-0.3%
131st	Burkina Faso	162.8	-0.4%
132nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	163.0	-2.0%
133rd	Malawi	165.8	0.2%
134th	Côte d'Ivoire	169.7	-2.6%
135th	Haiti	172.8	-1.6%
136th	South Sudan	178.7	-1.2%
137th	Oman	179.6	-3.9%
138th	Guinea	182.9	-0.7%
139th	Nepal	188.0	-2.1%
140th	Bhutan	190.9	-
141st	Liberia	193.4	-1.4%
142nd	Mali	196.6	-1.3%
143rd	Maldives	208.3	-2.7%
144th	Afghanistan	228.6	-1.2%
145th	Yemen, Republic of	238.1	-2.8%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate in 1968?▾

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate in 1968 was 49.6. This ranked 46th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate change in 1968?▾

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.2% in 1968 compared to 1967.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1968?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest infant mortality rate in 1968 at 238.1.

What is the infant mortality rate of Sri Lanka in 1968?▾

The infant mortality rate of Sri Lanka in 1968 was 49.6. This ranked 46th globally.

How does 1968 compare to 1967 for Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate?▾

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate went from 50.7 in 1967 to 49.6 in 1968, a 2.2% decrease.

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