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Sri Lanka - Infant Mortality Rate 2002

Name: Sri Lanka Infant Mortality Rate 2002
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

12.4 −0.3 from 2001 Global rank: 59th

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate was 12.4 in 2002, decreased +0.3 from 12.7 in 2001. This was the 59th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2002▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2002
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Singapore	2.7	-3.6%
2nd	Iceland	2.8	-6.7%
3rd	Japan	3.0	-3.2%
4th	Finland	3.3	-2.9%
5th	Sweden	3.3	0.0%
6th	Luxembourg	3.5	-5.4%
7th	Norway	3.7	-2.6%
8th	France	3.8	-2.6%
9th	Monaco	4.0	-2.4%
10th	Czechia	4.1	-2.4%
11th	Spain	4.1	-2.4%
12th	Slovenia	4.1	-4.7%
13th	Germany	4.2	-2.3%
14th	Italy	4.3	-4.4%
15th	San Marino	4.3	-6.5%
16th	Austria	4.4	-2.2%
17th	Belgium	4.5	-4.3%
18th	Switzerland	4.5	-2.2%
19th	Denmark	4.5	-2.2%
20th	Portugal	4.7	-7.8%
21st	Greece	4.8	-5.9%
22nd	Australia	4.9	-2.0%
23rd	Netherlands	4.9	-2.0%
24th	Cyprus	5.0	-7.4%
25th	Israel	5.1	-5.6%
26th	Canada	5.3	0.0%
27th	Korea	5.3	-3.6%
28th	United Kingdom	5.4	-1.8%
29th	European Union	5.4	-3.5%
30th	Ireland	5.5	-5.2%
31st	New Zealand	5.8	-1.7%
32nd	Andorra	6.1	-3.2%
33rd	Cuba	6.3	-3.1%
34th	Malta	6.3	-3.1%
35th	Croatia	6.6	-4.3%
36th	Malaysia	6.9	-4.2%
37th	United States	7.0	0.0%
38th	Turks and Caicos Islands	7.2	-4.0%
39th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.3	-6.4%
40th	Poland	7.3	-3.9%
41st	Estonia	7.4	-8.6%
42nd	Slovak Republic	7.5	-3.8%
43rd	Hungary	7.6	-6.2%
44th	Lithuania	7.9	-3.7%
45th	Brunei Darussalam	8.0	-1.2%
46th	United Arab Emirates	8.2	-1.2%
47th	Chile	8.2	-5.7%
48th	Belarus	8.5	-7.6%
49th	Qatar	9.6	-4.0%
50th	Bahrain	9.7	-4.0%
51st	Serbia	9.9	-4.8%
52nd	Kuwait	10.3	-1.9%
53rd	Latvia	10.3	-4.6%
54th	Costa Rica	10.4	-3.7%
55th	Montenegro	11.5	-5.7%
56th	Antigua and Barbuda	11.6	-2.5%
57th	Oman	11.8	-5.6%
58th	Seychelles	11.9	0.8%
59th	Sri Lanka	12.4	-2.4%
60th	North Macedonia	12.7	-3.8%
61st	Grenada	13.0	-0.8%
62nd	Tonga	13.1	-2.2%
63rd	Bulgaria	13.2	-4.3%
64th	Barbados	13.3	1.5%
65th	Russian Federation	13.8	-6.8%
66th	Uruguay	14.0	-2.1%
67th	Bahamas, The	14.1	1.4%
68th	British Virgin Islands	14.2	-1.4%
69th	Mauritius	14.6	-5.2%
70th	Samoa	15.5	-2.5%
71st	Lebanon	15.7	-5.4%
72nd	Argentina	15.8	-2.5%
73rd	St. Lucia	15.9	0.0%
74th	Ukraine	16.0	-4.8%
75th	Albania	16.1	-5.3%
76th	Fiji	16.7	0.6%
77th	Thailand	16.9	-4.5%
78th	Romania	17.0	-2.3%
79th	Dominica	17.5	2.9%
80th	Saudi Arabia	17.6	-5.9%
81st	Jamaica	18.2	-1.6%
82nd	Belize	18.4	-3.2%
83rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	18.6	-4.1%
84th	Panama	19.0	-3.6%
85th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.5	-3.0%
86th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.7	0.5%
87th	Viet Nam	19.9	-3.9%
88th	Libya	20.3	-2.9%
89th	Colombia	20.4	-2.9%
90th	Palau	20.8	-3.3%
91st	Vanuatu	20.8	-1.4%
92nd	Tunisia	21.5	-5.3%
93rd	Jordan	21.6	-2.7%
94th	Mexico	21.7	-4.4%
95th	Ecuador	21.9	-4.8%
96th	Solomon Islands	22.8	-0.9%
97th	Moldova	23.0	-9.4%
98th	El Salvador	23.7	-5.2%
99th	West Bank and Gaza	24.8	-2.7%
100th	Armenia	25.0	-5.3%
101st	Cabo Verde	25.3	-6.3%
102nd	Georgia	25.4	-7.3%
103rd	Trinidad and Tobago	25.4	-1.6%
104th	Brazil	25.5	-6.6%
105th	China	25.6	-7.9%
106th	Suriname	25.7	-3.0%
107th	Peru	25.8	-6.9%
108th	Philippines	26.4	-1.5%
109th	Maldives	26.5	-11.1%
110th	Türkiye	26.5	-7.3%
111th	Honduras	27.3	-3.9%
112th	Nicaragua	27.6	-5.5%
113th	Paraguay	27.6	-1.8%
114th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	28.1	-5.7%
115th	Kazakhstan	31.7	-5.9%
116th	Dominican Republic	32.3	-1.8%
117th	Algeria	32.4	-3.6%
118th	Marshall Islands	33.8	0.0%
119th	Micronesia, Federated States of	33.9	3.7%
120th	Tuvalu	34.3	-2.0%
121st	Nauru	34.7	-3.9%
122nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	35.7	-4.8%
123rd	Kosovo	36.3	-8.6%
124th	Iraq	37.0	-1.9%
125th	Indonesia	37.7	-4.6%
126th	Guatemala	37.9	-3.6%
127th	Guyana	39.5	-2.2%
128th	Kyrgyz Republic	39.5	-5.3%
129th	Mongolia	40.6	-7.7%
130th	Morocco	41.9	-3.7%
131st	Botswana	42.4	0.2%
132nd	Namibia	43.5	-2.2%
133rd	São Tomé and Principe	44.2	-6.9%
134th	Kiribati	46.5	-2.5%
135th	Eritrea	47.5	-3.1%
136th	South Africa	48.0	0.8%
137th	Gabon	48.3	-2.4%
138th	Uzbekistan	50.3	-4.9%
139th	Azerbaijan	51.7	-7.2%
140th	Turkmenistan	51.7	-6.0%
141st	Tajikistan	53.0	-7.8%
142nd	Bhutan	53.5	-5.6%
143rd	Bangladesh	53.6	-5.3%
144th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	53.7	-5.1%
145th	Papua New Guinea	54.3	-1.6%
146th	Nepal	55.9	-4.9%
147th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	57.7	-1.5%
148th	Ghana	58.0	-3.0%
149th	Kenya	58.3	-4.7%
150th	Zimbabwe	58.3	-4.6%
151st	Comoros	60.5	-3.5%
152nd	Madagascar	60.6	-3.8%
153rd	Mauritania	61.8	-4.8%
154th	India	62.4	-3.0%
155th	Senegal	66.2	-6.0%
156th	Haiti	66.5	-2.9%
157th	Togo	66.7	-2.9%
158th	Sudan	66.9	-2.9%
159th	Gambia, The	68.4	-3.4%
160th	Congo, Republic of	68.6	-4.1%
161st	Yemen, Republic of	68.6	-5.1%
162nd	Myanmar	70.5	-2.5%
163rd	Cambodia	71.8	-9.6%
164th	Eswatini	75.2	1.2%
165th	Tanzania	75.4	-6.2%
166th	Benin	76.0	-2.3%
167th	Timor-Leste	76.0	-4.9%
168th	Djibouti	78.0	-1.9%
169th	Lesotho	78.5	0.3%
170th	Cameroon	78.8	-2.6%
171st	Zambia	78.8	-6.9%
172nd	Lao PDR	81.3	-3.3%
173rd	Uganda	81.4	-5.2%
174th	Burundi	83.3	-3.3%
175th	Pakistan	85.0	-2.3%
176th	Malawi	85.1	-8.6%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	86.5	-2.8%
178th	Côte d'Ivoire	87.3	-2.3%
179th	Burkina Faso	88.3	-2.4%
180th	Rwanda	88.3	-9.9%
181st	Guinea	89.7	-3.8%
182nd	Nigeria	91.9	-2.9%
183rd	Guinea-Bissau	94.5	-3.1%
184th	Mozambique	94.5	-5.6%
185th	Central African Republic	96.5	-1.8%
186th	Mali	96.5	-3.2%
187th	Chad	98.5	-1.8%
188th	Niger	99.0	-4.4%
189th	Equatorial Guinea	100.4	-2.9%
190th	Afghanistan	103.8	-3.0%
191st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	104.3	0.0%
192nd	Angola	108.1	-3.4%
193rd	Liberia	108.2	-6.7%
194th	South Sudan	109.6	-3.9%
195th	Sierra Leone	118.2	-2.2%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate in 2002?▾

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate in 2002 was 12.4. This ranked 59th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate change in 2002?▾

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.4% in 2002 compared to 2001.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2002?▾

Sierra Leone had the highest infant mortality rate in 2002 at 118.2.

What is the infant mortality rate of Sri Lanka in 2002?▾

The infant mortality rate of Sri Lanka in 2002 was 12.4. This ranked 59th globally.

How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate?▾

Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate went from 12.7 in 2001 to 12.4 in 2002, a 2.4% decrease.

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