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United Kingdom - Infant Mortality Rate 1961

Name: United Kingdom Infant Mortality Rate 1961
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

22.6 −0.3 from 1960 Global rank: 12th

United Kingdom's infant mortality rate was 22.6 in 1961, decreased +0.3 from 22.9 in 1960. This was the 12th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1961▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1961
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Netherlands	16.0	-2.4%
2nd	Sweden	16.0	-1.8%
3rd	Iceland	17.0	-1.7%
4th	Norway	18.0	-2.2%
5th	Australia	20.0	-2.0%
6th	Finland	20.6	-5.9%
7th	Czechia	20.9	-1.4%
8th	Denmark	20.9	-1.9%
9th	Switzerland	21.3	-1.8%
10th	New Zealand	21.8	-3.5%
11th	France	22.4	-5.5%
12th	United Kingdom	22.6	-1.3%
13th	United States	25.5	-1.5%
14th	Canada	26.9	-3.2%
15th	Japan	27.9	-8.2%
16th	Belgium	28.3	-4.4%
17th	Slovak Republic	29.0	-5.2%
18th	Ireland	29.2	-3.9%
19th	Luxembourg	30.2	-4.7%
20th	Singapore	32.9	-7.1%
21st	Belarus	33.3	-9.8%
22nd	Russian Federation	33.9	-6.6%
23rd	Malta	34.5	-3.6%
24th	Austria	35.0	-5.9%
25th	Israel	36.7	-4.4%
26th	Cuba	36.8	0.8%
27th	Greece	38.0	-1.6%
28th	Bulgaria	40.5	-10.0%
29th	Italy	42.6	-3.6%
30th	Spain	44.9	-4.1%
31st	Hungary	45.9	-4.4%
32nd	Poland	53.7	-7.4%
33rd	Brunei Darussalam	55.2	-7.1%
34th	Sri Lanka	55.3	-3.3%
35th	Uruguay	55.6	-1.8%
36th	Grenada	57.2	-6.1%
37th	Fiji	58.2	-4.6%
38th	Antigua and Barbuda	58.5	-5.6%
39th	Philippines	59.4	-2.5%
40th	Trinidad and Tobago	60.1	-3.2%
41st	Jamaica	61.1	-4.1%
42nd	Paraguay	62.1	-0.5%
43rd	Lebanon	62.9	-3.2%
44th	Malaysia	63.9	-6.4%
45th	Panama	64.2	-2.3%
46th	Barbados	65.4	-7.0%
47th	Mauritius	66.1	-2.5%
48th	British Virgin Islands	66.4	-5.9%
49th	Romania	67.7	-9.2%
50th	Guyana	68.1	-3.4%
51st	Costa Rica	69.3	-2.3%
52nd	Seychelles	70.4	-1.8%
53rd	Korea	71.1	-3.3%
54th	Samoa	75.5	-3.7%
55th	Dominica	75.6	-7.7%
56th	Zimbabwe	78.0	-1.8%
57th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	79.3	-3.1%
58th	Portugal	82.1	-2.5%
59th	Marshall Islands	84.7	-4.5%
60th	St. Lucia	86.4	-3.0%
61st	Sudan	91.3	-0.3%
62nd	Congo, Republic of	92.7	-2.6%
63rd	Colombia	92.8	-2.7%
64th	Micronesia, Federated States of	92.8	-3.8%
65th	Zambia	97.9	-1.2%
66th	Syrian Arab Republic	101.9	-3.1%
67th	Mexico	102.4	-2.8%
68th	Dominican Republic	102.5	-0.4%
69th	Jordan	104.6	-4.6%
70th	Kenya	108.1	-4.1%
71st	Vanuatu	108.7	-2.4%
72nd	Thailand	109.2	-3.2%
73rd	Kuwait	109.3	-6.7%
74th	Gabon	109.5	-1.9%
75th	Cabo Verde	110.6	-1.5%
76th	Solomon Islands	112.8	-3.8%
77th	Botswana	115.1	-2.1%
78th	Ghana	120.7	-0.9%
79th	Rwanda	120.7	-3.0%
80th	Chile	121.0	-2.4%
81st	Tanzania	121.3	-0.2%
82nd	Uganda	122.6	-1.8%
83rd	Brazil	123.3	-2.5%
84th	El Salvador	123.6	-1.5%
85th	Senegal	125.0	-0.9%
86th	Ecuador	125.2	-2.8%
87th	Mauritania	127.6	-1.9%
88th	Iraq	130.4	-5.3%
89th	Tuvalu	130.4	-3.6%
90th	Togo	133.1	-0.6%
91st	Nicaragua	133.6	-0.3%
92nd	Eswatini	134.0	-1.0%
93rd	Honduras	137.4	-2.7%
94th	Lesotho	138.1	0.3%
95th	United Arab Emirates	138.5	-4.7%
96th	Indonesia	141.2	-2.6%
97th	Kiribati	141.4	-2.2%
98th	Papua New Guinea	141.4	-2.9%
99th	Chad	141.7	-0.2%
100th	Morocco	147.3	-1.3%
101st	Bahrain	147.7	-7.7%
102nd	Peru	148.2	-2.5%
103rd	India	148.8	-1.2%
104th	Guatemala	152.1	-2.2%
105th	Gambia, The	155.3	-0.7%
106th	Central African Republic	155.9	-1.5%
107th	Benin	159.4	-1.2%
108th	Algeria	161.4	-0.2%
109th	Pakistan	162.0	-3.0%
110th	Malawi	162.7	-
111th	Sierra Leone	164.2	-0.7%
112th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	164.8	-2.3%
113th	Burkina Faso	170.0	-0.8%
114th	Cameroon	170.7	-2.9%
115th	Bangladesh	173.3	-3.0%
116th	Türkiye	174.9	-2.3%
117th	Libya	182.2	-6.0%
118th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	184.5	-1.5%
119th	Guinea	190.5	-0.4%
120th	Haiti	190.8	-1.2%
121st	South Sudan	194.8	-1.0%
122nd	Liberia	201.3	0.3%
123rd	Côte d'Ivoire	203.2	-2.4%
124th	Nepal	214.9	-1.1%
125th	Oman	231.4	-3.6%
126th	Afghanistan	248.4	-1.1%
127th	Yemen, Republic of	270.4	-0.9%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's infant mortality rate in 1961?▾

United Kingdom's infant mortality rate in 1961 was 22.6. This ranked 12th globally.

How did United Kingdom's infant mortality rate change in 1961?▾

United Kingdom's infant mortality rate decreased by 1.3% in 1961 compared to 1960.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1961?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest infant mortality rate in 1961 at 270.4.

What is the infant mortality rate of United Kingdom in 1961?▾

The infant mortality rate of United Kingdom in 1961 was 22.6. This ranked 12th globally.

How does 1961 compare to 1960 for United Kingdom's infant mortality rate?▾

United Kingdom's infant mortality rate went from 22.9 in 1960 to 22.6 in 1961, a 1.3% decrease.

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