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United States - Infant Mortality Rate 1962

Name: United States Infant Mortality Rate 1962
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

25.0 −0.5 from 1961 Global rank: 13th

United States's infant mortality rate was 25.0 in 1962, decreased +0.5 from 25.5 in 1961. This was the 13th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1962▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1962
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Netherlands	15.6	-2.5%
2nd	Sweden	15.6	-2.5%
3rd	Iceland	16.7	-1.8%
4th	Norway	17.5	-2.8%
5th	Australia	19.5	-2.5%
6th	Finland	19.5	-5.3%
7th	Denmark	20.3	-2.9%
8th	Switzerland	20.7	-2.8%
9th	Czechia	20.8	-0.5%
10th	New Zealand	20.9	-4.1%
11th	France	21.3	-4.9%
12th	United Kingdom	22.1	-2.2%
13th	United States	25.0	-2.0%
14th	Japan	25.4	-9.0%
15th	Canada	26.0	-3.3%
16th	Belgium	27.1	-4.2%
17th	Slovak Republic	27.8	-4.1%
18th	Ireland	28.1	-3.8%
19th	Luxembourg	28.7	-5.0%
20th	Belarus	30.2	-9.3%
21st	Singapore	30.8	-6.4%
22nd	Russian Federation	31.8	-6.2%
23rd	Austria	32.9	-6.0%
24th	Malta	33.4	-3.2%
25th	Israel	35.1	-4.4%
26th	Bulgaria	36.8	-9.1%
27th	Cuba	36.9	0.3%
28th	Greece	37.3	-1.8%
29th	Italy	40.9	-4.0%
30th	Spain	42.8	-4.7%
31st	Hungary	44.0	-4.1%
32nd	Poland	49.9	-7.1%
33rd	Brunei Darussalam	51.5	-6.7%
34th	Grenada	53.3	-6.8%
35th	Sri Lanka	54.3	-1.8%
36th	Uruguay	54.4	-2.2%
37th	Antigua and Barbuda	54.6	-6.7%
38th	Fiji	55.7	-4.3%
39th	Philippines	58.2	-2.0%
40th	Trinidad and Tobago	58.2	-3.2%
41st	Jamaica	58.9	-3.6%
42nd	Romania	59.3	-12.4%
43rd	Malaysia	59.9	-6.3%
44th	Lebanon	61.0	-3.0%
45th	Barbados	61.1	-6.6%
46th	Paraguay	61.8	-0.5%
47th	British Virgin Islands	62.5	-5.9%
48th	Panama	62.8	-2.2%
49th	Mauritius	63.4	-4.1%
50th	Guyana	65.9	-3.2%
51st	Korea	68.9	-3.1%
52nd	Seychelles	69.0	-2.0%
53rd	Costa Rica	69.1	-0.3%
54th	Dominica	69.7	-7.8%
55th	Samoa	72.8	-3.6%
56th	Zimbabwe	76.5	-1.9%
57th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	76.9	-3.0%
58th	Portugal	78.8	-4.0%
59th	Marshall Islands	80.9	-4.5%
60th	St. Lucia	83.3	-3.6%
61st	Micronesia, Federated States of	89.5	-3.6%
62nd	Congo, Republic of	90.3	-2.6%
63rd	Colombia	90.3	-2.7%
64th	Sudan	90.9	-0.4%
65th	Zambia	96.8	-1.1%
66th	Syrian Arab Republic	99.0	-2.8%
67th	Mexico	99.7	-2.6%
68th	Jordan	99.8	-4.6%
69th	Dominican Republic	101.8	-0.7%
70th	Kuwait	101.9	-6.8%
71st	Kenya	104.1	-3.7%
72nd	Thailand	105.7	-3.2%
73rd	Vanuatu	105.8	-2.7%
74th	Gabon	107.6	-1.7%
75th	Solomon Islands	108.5	-3.8%
76th	Cabo Verde	108.7	-1.7%
77th	Botswana	112.8	-2.0%
78th	Chile	117.0	-3.3%
79th	Rwanda	117.9	-2.3%
80th	Ghana	119.8	-0.7%
81st	Brazil	120.4	-2.4%
82nd	Uganda	120.6	-1.6%
83rd	Tanzania	121.0	-0.2%
84th	Ecuador	121.6	-2.9%
85th	El Salvador	121.9	-1.4%
86th	Iraq	123.8	-5.1%
87th	Senegal	124.3	-0.6%
88th	Mauritania	125.1	-2.0%
89th	Tuvalu	125.4	-3.8%
90th	United Arab Emirates	131.2	-5.3%
91st	Togo	132.2	-0.7%
92nd	Eswatini	132.6	-1.0%
93rd	Nicaragua	133.3	-0.2%
94th	Honduras	133.7	-2.7%
95th	Bahrain	135.8	-8.1%
96th	Papua New Guinea	137.3	-2.9%
97th	Indonesia	137.8	-2.4%
98th	Kiribati	137.8	-2.5%
99th	Lesotho	139.1	0.7%
100th	Chad	141.4	-0.2%
101st	Peru	144.3	-2.6%
102nd	Morocco	145.4	-1.3%
103rd	India	147.0	-1.2%
104th	Guatemala	148.9	-2.1%
105th	Central African Republic	153.5	-1.5%
106th	Gambia, The	154.1	-0.8%
107th	Benin	157.1	-1.4%
108th	Pakistan	157.4	-2.8%
109th	Tunisia	159.2	-
110th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	161.0	-2.3%
111th	Algeria	161.6	0.1%
112th	Sierra Leone	163.0	-0.7%
113th	Malawi	163.3	0.4%
114th	Cameroon	166.3	-2.6%
115th	Bangladesh	168.4	-2.8%
116th	Burkina Faso	168.6	-0.8%
117th	Türkiye	170.6	-2.5%
118th	Libya	171.1	-6.1%
119th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	181.5	-1.6%
120th	Haiti	188.5	-1.2%
121st	Guinea	189.5	-0.5%
122nd	South Sudan	192.3	-1.3%
123rd	Côte d'Ivoire	198.1	-2.5%
124th	Liberia	201.6	0.1%
125th	Nepal	211.9	-1.4%
126th	Oman	223.7	-3.3%
127th	Maldives	239.5	-
128th	Afghanistan	245.4	-1.2%
129th	Yemen, Republic of	267.9	-0.9%

FAQ

What was United States's infant mortality rate in 1962?▾

United States's infant mortality rate in 1962 was 25.0. This ranked 13th globally.

How did United States's infant mortality rate change in 1962?▾

United States's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.0% in 1962 compared to 1961.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1962?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest infant mortality rate in 1962 at 267.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of United States in 1962?▾

The infant mortality rate of United States in 1962 was 25.0. This ranked 13th globally.

How does 1962 compare to 1961 for United States's infant mortality rate?▾

United States's infant mortality rate went from 25.5 in 1961 to 25.0 in 1962, a 2.0% decrease.

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