United Kingdom - Infant Mortality Rate 1981
11.4
−0.7 from 1980
United Kingdom's infant mortality rate was 11.4 in 1981, decreased +0.7 from 12.1 in 1980. This was the 14th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1981▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Finland | 6.8 | -5.6% |
| 2nd | Sweden | 6.9 | -4.2% |
| 3rd | Japan | 7.0 | -5.4% |
| 4th | Iceland | 7.5 | -5.1% |
| 5th | Switzerland | 8.0 | -4.8% |
| 6th | Denmark | 8.0 | -2.4% |
| 7th | Norway | 8.0 | -1.2% |
| 8th | Netherlands | 8.5 | -3.4% |
| 9th | Canada | 9.7 | -5.8% |
| 10th | France | 9.8 | -3.0% |
| 11th | Australia | 10.4 | -3.7% |
| 12th | Luxembourg | 10.9 | -3.5% |
| 13th | Ireland | 11.0 | -7.6% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | 11.4 | -5.8% |
| 15th | Singapore | 11.4 | -4.2% |
| 16th | Spain | 11.5 | -7.3% |
| 17th | Belgium | 11.6 | -4.9% |
| 18th | Germany | 11.8 | -6.3% |
| 19th | United States | 12.1 | -4.0% |
| 20th | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.2 | -6.2% |
| 21st | New Zealand | 12.5 | -2.3% |
| 22nd | Austria | 13.2 | -5.0% |
| 23rd | Italy | 13.4 | -5.6% |
| 24th | Czechia | 13.8 | -5.5% |
| 25th | Malta | 14.4 | -4.0% |
| 26th | Israel | 14.7 | -5.2% |
| 27th | Latvia | 15.2 | -0.7% |
| 28th | Slovenia | 15.3 | - |
| 29th | Brunei Darussalam | 15.4 | -7.8% |
| 30th | Lithuania | 15.4 | -3.8% |
| 31st | Belarus | 16.2 | -3.0% |
| 32nd | Greece | 16.3 | -6.3% |
| 33rd | Estonia | 17.0 | -3.4% |
| 34th | Cuba | 17.3 | -4.9% |
| 35th | Cyprus | 17.9 | -9.1% |
| 36th | Dominica | 18.4 | -4.2% |
| 37th | Bulgaria | 18.8 | -4.1% |
| 38th | Slovak Republic | 18.9 | -4.1% |
| 39th | Croatia | 19.2 | - |
| 40th | Costa Rica | 19.6 | -4.4% |
| 41st | Seychelles | 20.3 | -8.1% |
| 42nd | Hungary | 20.4 | -4.7% |
| 43rd | Poland | 20.5 | -2.8% |
| 44th | Portugal | 21.2 | -6.6% |
| 45th | Russian Federation | 21.4 | -0.9% |
| 46th | Malaysia | 21.5 | -6.5% |
| 47th | Barbados | 22.5 | -5.1% |
| 48th | Tonga | 23.2 | -3.7% |
| 49th | United Arab Emirates | 23.6 | -9.9% |
| 50th | Ukraine | 23.7 | -2.5% |
| 51st | St. Lucia | 23.8 | -5.6% |
| 52nd | Bahamas, The | 24.6 | -1.2% |
| 53rd | Chile | 25.3 | -9.6% |
| 54th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 26.4 | -6.7% |
| 55th | Korea | 26.5 | -6.0% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 26.9 | -6.3% |
| 57th | Grenada | 27.0 | -3.6% |
| 58th | Romania | 27.3 | -4.2% |
| 59th | British Virgin Islands | 27.3 | -2.5% |
| 60th | Kuwait | 27.9 | -8.2% |
| 61st | Qatar | 28.6 | -4.7% |
| 62nd | Mauritius | 30.5 | -5.3% |
| 63rd | Sri Lanka | 30.8 | -7.2% |
| 64th | Jamaica | 31.7 | -3.1% |
| 65th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 31.8 | -3.6% |
| 66th | Samoa | 31.8 | -4.2% |
| 67th | Fiji | 32.1 | -5.0% |
| 68th | Uruguay | 32.1 | -9.6% |
| 69th | Panama | 32.6 | -3.0% |
| 70th | Argentina | 33.5 | -8.0% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | 35.8 | -2.7% |
| 72nd | Palau | 37.4 | -4.1% |
| 73rd | Solomon Islands | 37.7 | -4.3% |
| 74th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 38.0 | -9.3% |
| 75th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 39.6 | -5.0% |
| 76th | Moldova | 40.2 | -2.7% |
| 77th | Colombia | 43.6 | -5.2% |
| 78th | Jordan | 44.4 | -4.1% |
| 79th | Georgia | 45.8 | -3.6% |
| 80th | China | 46.8 | -4.1% |
| 81st | Viet Nam | 47.0 | -1.9% |
| 82nd | Thailand | 47.6 | -4.0% |
| 83rd | Marshall Islands | 48.2 | -1.6% |
| 84th | Syrian Arab Republic | 48.4 | 0.2% |
| 85th | Belize | 48.6 | -3.6% |
| 86th | Vanuatu | 48.6 | -5.8% |
| 87th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 49.8 | -1.2% |
| 88th | Libya | 50.4 | -4.9% |
| 89th | Tuvalu | 51.1 | -3.2% |
| 90th | Paraguay | 51.2 | -2.8% |
| 91st | Philippines | 51.5 | -1.0% |
| 92nd | Albania | 51.6 | -8.0% |
| 93rd | Lebanon | 52.1 | -3.3% |
| 94th | North Macedonia | 52.9 | - |
| 95th | São Tomé and Principe | 54.4 | 1.5% |
| 96th | Cabo Verde | 54.7 | -0.9% |
| 97th | Iraq | 55.4 | -3.3% |
| 98th | Mexico | 55.8 | -4.1% |
| 99th | Botswana | 57.1 | -5.3% |
| 100th | Tunisia | 57.1 | -5.8% |
| 101st | Guyana | 58.7 | -0.5% |
| 102nd | Kazakhstan | 59.6 | -3.2% |
| 103rd | Congo, Republic of | 62.1 | -1.9% |
| 104th | Dominican Republic | 64.2 | -3.0% |
| 105th | West Bank and Gaza | 65.0 | -5.9% |
| 106th | Armenia | 66.0 | -4.1% |
| 107th | Kenya | 66.8 | -2.5% |
| 108th | Ecuador | 66.9 | -4.6% |
| 109th | Honduras | 67.5 | -4.4% |
| 110th | Gabon | 70.1 | -2.5% |
| 111th | Namibia | 70.5 | 0.0% |
| 112th | Zimbabwe | 72.2 | -1.9% |
| 113th | Brazil | 73.3 | -4.2% |
| 114th | El Salvador | 76.6 | -13.3% |
| 115th | Papua New Guinea | 77.1 | -2.3% |
| 116th | Oman | 78.0 | -8.9% |
| 117th | Nicaragua | 78.3 | -5.4% |
| 118th | Saudi Arabia | 79.6 | -6.8% |
| 119th | Eswatini | 80.9 | -4.0% |
| 120th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 81.8 | -7.0% |
| 121st | South Africa | 82.9 | -5.7% |
| 122nd | Zambia | 83.3 | 1.1% |
| 123rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 83.5 | -3.6% |
| 124th | Indonesia | 84.4 | -2.4% |
| 125th | Guatemala | 86.1 | -3.5% |
| 126th | Peru | 87.1 | -1.9% |
| 127th | Kiribati | 88.3 | -1.2% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 88.3 | -6.2% |
| 129th | Ghana | 89.0 | -0.7% |
| 130th | Sudan | 89.0 | -0.2% |
| 131st | Eritrea | 91.7 | -0.7% |
| 132nd | Mongolia | 93.8 | -1.7% |
| 133rd | Senegal | 94.7 | -2.1% |
| 134th | Morocco | 94.8 | -4.1% |
| 135th | Mauritania | 95.2 | -2.4% |
| 136th | Tajikistan | 95.2 | -0.4% |
| 137th | Madagascar | 97.1 | 2.0% |
| 138th | Togo | 97.7 | -2.0% |
| 139th | Türkiye | 98.0 | -4.4% |
| 140th | Algeria | 98.1 | -8.9% |
| 141st | Lesotho | 98.6 | -4.5% |
| 142nd | Turkmenistan | 102.0 | -4.0% |
| 143rd | Myanmar | 102.5 | -1.6% |
| 144th | Djibouti | 102.8 | -1.7% |
| 145th | Cameroon | 104.0 | -2.9% |
| 146th | Tanzania | 104.5 | 0.6% |
| 147th | Nigeria | 104.8 | -1.9% |
| 148th | India | 105.3 | -2.9% |
| 149th | Rwanda | 107.9 | -6.9% |
| 150th | Burundi | 108.5 | -3.8% |
| 151st | Cambodia | 108.6 | -11.1% |
| 152nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 108.7 | -2.6% |
| 153rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 112.2 | -1.3% |
| 154th | Central African Republic | 112.5 | -0.9% |
| 155th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 113.2 | -4.4% |
| 156th | Benin | 113.3 | -1.6% |
| 157th | Maldives | 114.6 | -5.1% |
| 158th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 116.2 | -2.4% |
| 159th | Burkina Faso | 121.0 | -2.3% |
| 160th | Gambia, The | 122.9 | -1.8% |
| 161st | Comoros | 123.3 | -2.7% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | 126.2 | -0.7% |
| 163rd | Angola | 126.4 | -0.9% |
| 164th | Haiti | 126.6 | -2.7% |
| 165th | Uganda | 126.6 | -0.2% |
| 166th | Malawi | 128.9 | -2.1% |
| 167th | Chad | 129.1 | -0.8% |
| 168th | Bangladesh | 129.4 | -2.5% |
| 169th | Lao PDR | 131.5 | -1.3% |
| 170th | Bhutan | 136.3 | -3.5% |
| 171st | Nepal | 140.0 | -2.8% |
| 172nd | Niger | 140.1 | -0.3% |
| 173rd | Sierra Leone | 140.2 | -0.7% |
| 174th | Yemen, Republic of | 142.7 | -5.4% |
| 175th | Mozambique | 151.5 | 0.5% |
| 176th | Mali | 151.9 | -2.4% |
| 177th | Liberia | 155.4 | -1.3% |
| 178th | South Sudan | 155.6 | -1.0% |
| 179th | Guinea | 157.5 | -1.7% |
| 180th | Afghanistan | 184.6 | -2.2% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's infant mortality rate in 1981?▾
United Kingdom's infant mortality rate in 1981 was 11.4. This ranked 14th globally.
How did United Kingdom's infant mortality rate change in 1981?▾
United Kingdom's infant mortality rate decreased by 5.8% in 1981 compared to 1980.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1981?▾
Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1981 at 184.6.
What is the infant mortality rate of United Kingdom in 1981?▾
The infant mortality rate of United Kingdom in 1981 was 11.4. This ranked 14th globally.
How does 1981 compare to 1980 for United Kingdom's infant mortality rate?▾
United Kingdom's infant mortality rate went from 12.1 in 1980 to 11.4 in 1981, a 5.8% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
United Kingdom matched the Stagflation Risk pattern in 1981. Historically: 307 occurrences, 117 successful (38%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.6%. View full analysis →
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