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West Bank and Gaza - Infant Mortality Rate 1979

Name: West Bank and Gaza Infant Mortality Rate 1979
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

73.4 −4.7 from 1978 Global rank: 105th

West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate was 73.4 in 1979, decreased +4.7 from 78.1 in 1978. This was the 105th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1979▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1979
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	7.4	-3.9%
2nd	Finland	7.6	-7.3%
3rd	Japan	7.8	-6.0%
4th	Iceland	8.4	-5.6%
5th	Norway	8.4	-4.5%
6th	Denmark	8.5	-3.4%
7th	Switzerland	8.7	-5.4%
8th	Netherlands	9.0	-3.2%
9th	France	10.5	-4.5%
10th	Canada	11.0	-6.0%
11th	Australia	11.3	-5.0%
12th	Luxembourg	11.7	-4.1%
13th	Singapore	12.1	-1.6%
14th	Belgium	12.7	-5.2%
15th	United Kingdom	12.7	-5.2%
16th	Ireland	13.0	-8.5%
17th	United States	13.1	-5.1%
18th	New Zealand	13.2	-2.9%
19th	Germany	13.5	-6.3%
20th	Spain	13.5	-7.5%
21st	Antigua and Barbuda	13.9	-6.1%
22nd	Austria	14.6	-5.8%
23rd	Italy	15.1	-6.2%
24th	Latvia	15.2	-
25th	Czechia	15.5	-5.5%
26th	Malta	15.6	-4.3%
27th	Israel	16.4	-5.7%
28th	Lithuania	16.6	-2.9%
29th	Belarus	17.1	-1.7%
30th	Brunei Darussalam	18.1	-7.7%
31st	Greece	18.6	-6.5%
32nd	Cuba	19.2	-5.9%
33rd	Dominica	20.2	-5.2%
34th	Slovak Republic	20.5	-3.8%
35th	Bulgaria	20.6	-5.1%
36th	Poland	21.7	-3.1%
37th	Russian Federation	21.8	-0.5%
38th	Cyprus	21.9	-9.9%
39th	Costa Rica	22.1	-10.2%
40th	Hungary	22.8	-6.9%
41st	Seychelles	24.2	-9.0%
42nd	Malaysia	24.6	-6.1%
43rd	Portugal	24.6	-8.2%
44th	Ukraine	24.8	-1.6%
45th	Barbados	25.0	-6.0%
46th	Tonga	25.0	-3.8%
47th	Bahamas, The	25.3	-1.6%
48th	St. Lucia	26.8	-6.3%
49th	British Virgin Islands	28.7	-2.0%
50th	Grenada	28.9	-2.7%
51st	United Arab Emirates	29.1	-10.2%
52nd	Romania	29.5	-2.6%
53rd	Korea	29.8	-4.8%
54th	Turks and Caicos Islands	30.3	-6.8%
55th	Bahrain	30.7	-7.0%
56th	Chile	31.5	-12.3%
57th	Qatar	31.5	-4.8%
58th	Kuwait	33.0	-7.0%
59th	Jamaica	33.7	-3.2%
60th	Mauritius	33.9	-6.4%
61st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	34.3	-3.9%
62nd	Panama	34.5	-2.8%
63rd	Samoa	34.7	-4.7%
64th	Fiji	35.6	-4.6%
65th	Sri Lanka	35.7	-7.0%
66th	Trinidad and Tobago	37.8	-2.6%
67th	Uruguay	39.5	-8.8%
68th	Argentina	39.7	-8.3%
69th	Palau	40.7	-4.7%
70th	Solomon Islands	41.3	-5.1%
71st	Moldova	42.4	-2.1%
72nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	43.6	-3.3%
73rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	46.0	-8.4%
74th	Jordan	48.3	-4.2%
75th	Colombia	48.7	-5.3%
76th	Viet Nam	48.7	-1.8%
77th	Georgia	49.3	-3.7%
78th	Marshall Islands	49.7	-1.2%
79th	Syrian Arab Republic	50.8	-5.0%
80th	China	51.2	-5.2%
81st	Micronesia, Federated States of	51.3	-1.9%
82nd	Thailand	51.9	-4.2%
83rd	Belize	52.3	-3.5%
84th	Philippines	52.4	-0.6%
85th	São Tomé and Principe	53.1	0.8%
86th	Paraguay	54.1	-2.2%
87th	Vanuatu	54.6	-4.9%
88th	Tuvalu	54.9	-4.2%
89th	Lebanon	55.5	-0.9%
90th	Libya	55.7	-5.1%
91st	Cabo Verde	56.2	-2.8%
92nd	Guyana	59.3	-0.5%
93rd	Iraq	59.3	-3.7%
94th	Mexico	60.6	-3.8%
95th	Albania	61.3	-8.4%
96th	Kazakhstan	63.4	-2.2%
97th	Botswana	63.5	-5.4%
98th	Congo, Republic of	64.3	-1.7%
99th	Tunisia	64.5	-6.4%
100th	Dominican Republic	68.3	-3.3%
101st	Namibia	69.9	1.7%
102nd	Kenya	70.3	-2.8%
103rd	Armenia	71.7	-4.0%
104th	Ecuador	73.3	-4.2%
105th	West Bank and Gaza	73.4	-6.0%
106th	Gabon	73.7	-2.4%
107th	Honduras	73.8	-4.2%
108th	Zimbabwe	73.9	0.5%
109th	Brazil	79.8	-3.6%
110th	Papua New Guinea	81.0	-2.6%
111th	Zambia	81.4	0.9%
112th	El Salvador	84.2	-4.1%
113th	Nicaragua	87.6	-5.4%
114th	Eswatini	87.6	-3.7%
115th	Indonesia	88.5	-2.2%
116th	Sudan	89.4	-0.2%
117th	Kyrgyz Republic	89.6	-3.1%
118th	Peru	90.2	-1.7%
119th	Kiribati	90.3	-1.0%
120th	Ghana	90.7	-1.8%
121st	Saudi Arabia	91.5	-6.5%
122nd	Guatemala	92.3	-3.4%
123rd	Eritrea	92.9	-0.7%
124th	South Africa	93.1	-5.7%
125th	Madagascar	93.5	1.6%
126th	Oman	93.5	-7.9%
127th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	94.6	-6.7%
128th	Tajikistan	96.1	-0.9%
129th	Senegal	99.2	-3.0%
130th	Mauritania	99.8	-2.3%
131st	Uzbekistan	100.0	-
132nd	Togo	101.7	-2.0%
133rd	Morocco	103.1	-3.8%
134th	Tanzania	103.8	-0.7%
135th	Myanmar	105.9	-1.7%
136th	Djibouti	106.2	-1.8%
137th	Türkiye	106.9	-3.9%
138th	Lesotho	107.8	-4.2%
139th	Nigeria	109.3	-2.8%
140th	Cameroon	109.5	-1.7%
141st	Turkmenistan	110.7	-4.0%
142nd	India	111.7	-3.0%
143rd	Central African Republic	114.7	-1.3%
144th	Côte d'Ivoire	114.8	-3.2%
145th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	115.2	-1.3%
146th	Algeria	115.8	-5.5%
147th	Burundi	116.5	-2.4%
148th	Benin	117.2	-1.8%
149th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	122.0	-2.6%
150th	Rwanda	123.2	-4.1%
151st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	123.4	-3.7%
152nd	Uganda	125.1	1.5%
153rd	Burkina Faso	127.2	-3.0%
154th	Gambia, The	127.4	-1.6%
155th	Maldives	127.5	-5.1%
156th	Pakistan	127.9	-0.5%
157th	Comoros	130.1	-2.4%
158th	Chad	131.1	-0.6%
159th	Haiti	133.7	-2.6%
160th	Lao PDR	135.1	-1.3%
161st	Malawi	135.4	-3.1%
162nd	Bangladesh	135.8	-2.3%
163rd	Cambodia	137.5	-36.4%
164th	Sierra Leone	142.0	-0.7%
165th	Niger	142.2	-1.7%
166th	Bhutan	146.0	-2.9%
167th	Nepal	148.0	-2.5%
168th	Mozambique	150.2	0.3%
169th	South Sudan	158.3	-0.9%
170th	Yemen, Republic of	159.0	-4.9%
171st	Mali	159.4	-2.4%
172nd	Liberia	159.8	-1.5%
173rd	Guinea	163.0	-1.6%
174th	Afghanistan	192.9	-1.9%

FAQ

What was West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate in 1979?▾

West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate in 1979 was 73.4. This ranked 105th globally.

How did West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate change in 1979?▾

West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate decreased by 6.0% in 1979 compared to 1978.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1979?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1979 at 192.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of West Bank and Gaza in 1979?▾

The infant mortality rate of West Bank and Gaza in 1979 was 73.4. This ranked 105th globally.

How does 1979 compare to 1978 for West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate?▾

West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate went from 78.1 in 1978 to 73.4 in 1979, a 6.0% decrease.

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