West Bank and Gaza - Infant Mortality Rate 2009
19.7
−0.7 from 2008
West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate was 19.7 in 2009, decreased +0.7 from 20.4 in 2008. This was the 106th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Iceland | 2.1 | -4.5% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 2.2 | -4.3% |
| 3rd | Japan | 2.4 | -4.0% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 2.4 | -4.0% |
| 5th | Finland | 2.6 | -3.7% |
| 6th | Sweden | 2.6 | 0.0% |
| 7th | San Marino | 2.7 | -3.6% |
| 8th | Czechia | 2.8 | -6.7% |
| 9th | Norway | 2.8 | -3.4% |
| 10th | Slovenia | 2.8 | -3.4% |
| 11th | Cyprus | 2.9 | -6.5% |
| 12th | France | 3.1 | -3.1% |
| 13th | Portugal | 3.1 | -3.1% |
| 14th | Spain | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 15th | Greece | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 16th | Monaco | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 17th | Italy | 3.4 | -2.9% |
| 18th | Korea | 3.4 | -5.6% |
| 19th | Germany | 3.5 | -2.8% |
| 20th | Denmark | 3.6 | -2.7% |
| 21st | Austria | 3.7 | -2.6% |
| 22nd | Ireland | 3.7 | -2.6% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 3.8 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Israel | 3.8 | -2.6% |
| 25th | Estonia | 3.9 | -9.3% |
| 26th | Netherlands | 3.9 | -2.5% |
| 27th | Switzerland | 4.0 | 0.0% |
| 28th | European Union | 4.1 | -3.6% |
| 29th | Australia | 4.2 | -4.5% |
| 30th | Andorra | 4.4 | -6.4% |
| 31st | Belarus | 4.6 | -9.8% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | 4.6 | -4.2% |
| 33rd | Croatia | 4.8 | -4.0% |
| 34th | Canada | 5.0 | -2.0% |
| 35th | Cuba | 5.0 | -2.0% |
| 36th | New Zealand | 5.2 | -1.9% |
| 37th | Hungary | 5.3 | -3.6% |
| 38th | Lithuania | 5.4 | -10.0% |
| 39th | Poland | 5.4 | -5.3% |
| 40th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.6 | -1.8% |
| 41st | Slovak Republic | 5.9 | -3.3% |
| 42nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.0 | -1.6% |
| 43rd | Malta | 6.0 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Montenegro | 6.3 | -10.0% |
| 45th | United States | 6.4 | -1.5% |
| 46th | Malaysia | 6.5 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Serbia | 6.7 | -2.9% |
| 48th | Latvia | 6.9 | -5.5% |
| 49th | United Arab Emirates | 7.2 | -1.4% |
| 50th | Bahrain | 7.4 | -5.1% |
| 51st | Chile | 7.6 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Qatar | 7.7 | -2.5% |
| 53rd | Brunei Darussalam | 8.0 | 0.0% |
| 54th | Russian Federation | 8.6 | -4.4% |
| 55th | Bulgaria | 9.3 | -3.1% |
| 56th | Costa Rica | 9.3 | -1.1% |
| 57th | Kuwait | 9.3 | -2.1% |
| 58th | Oman | 9.6 | -2.0% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.7 | -3.0% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 9.7 | -5.8% |
| 61st | Uruguay | 9.7 | -4.9% |
| 62nd | Albania | 10.4 | -6.3% |
| 63rd | Tonga | 10.8 | -2.7% |
| 64th | Romania | 11.1 | -6.7% |
| 65th | Saudi Arabia | 11.2 | -6.7% |
| 66th | Lebanon | 11.4 | -2.6% |
| 67th | Ukraine | 11.9 | -4.8% |
| 68th | Seychelles | 12.5 | 0.8% |
| 69th | Thailand | 12.6 | -3.8% |
| 70th | Argentina | 12.8 | -3.0% |
| 71st | Georgia | 12.8 | -9.2% |
| 72nd | Maldives | 12.8 | -7.9% |
| 73rd | Barbados | 12.9 | -1.5% |
| 74th | Sri Lanka | 13.0 | 34.0% |
| 75th | Mauritius | 13.0 | -1.5% |
| 76th | China | 13.6 | -8.1% |
| 77th | Grenada | 13.6 | 2.3% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 13.7 | -2.1% |
| 79th | Libya | 13.8 | -6.1% |
| 80th | British Virgin Islands | 13.9 | 0.0% |
| 81st | Panama | 15.1 | -3.2% |
| 82nd | Moldova | 15.6 | -2.5% |
| 83rd | Türkiye | 15.7 | -7.1% |
| 84th | Belize | 15.9 | -1.9% |
| 85th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 16.1 | 0.0% |
| 86th | St. Lucia | 16.1 | 0.0% |
| 87th | El Salvador | 16.4 | -4.7% |
| 88th | Brazil | 16.7 | -5.1% |
| 89th | Ecuador | 16.7 | -4.0% |
| 90th | Colombia | 16.8 | -2.9% |
| 91st | Mexico | 16.8 | -2.9% |
| 92nd | Palau | 16.8 | -1.8% |
| 93rd | Viet Nam | 16.8 | -1.2% |
| 94th | Tunisia | 16.9 | -1.7% |
| 95th | Fiji | 17.1 | -1.7% |
| 96th | Armenia | 17.2 | -5.0% |
| 97th | Samoa | 17.4 | 14.5% |
| 98th | Jordan | 17.5 | -2.8% |
| 99th | Peru | 17.5 | -4.4% |
| 100th | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.6 | 0.0% |
| 101st | Jamaica | 17.9 | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Vanuatu | 17.9 | -3.2% |
| 103rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 18.1 | -5.7% |
| 104th | Kazakhstan | 18.5 | -9.3% |
| 105th | Nicaragua | 19.4 | -4.9% |
| 106th | West Bank and Gaza | 19.7 | -3.4% |
| 107th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.7 | -1.5% |
| 108th | Kosovo | 19.8 | -7.9% |
| 109th | Honduras | 20.9 | -3.2% |
| 110th | Solomon Islands | 21.4 | -1.4% |
| 111th | Suriname | 21.6 | -2.3% |
| 112th | Dominica | 21.7 | 3.3% |
| 113th | Mongolia | 22.5 | -7.8% |
| 114th | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.6 | -1.7% |
| 115th | Paraguay | 23.3 | -2.5% |
| 116th | Philippines | 23.4 | -1.7% |
| 117th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 23.9 | -3.2% |
| 118th | Cabo Verde | 24.3 | -0.4% |
| 119th | Algeria | 25.1 | -3.1% |
| 120th | São Tomé and Principe | 25.2 | -7.7% |
| 121st | Nauru | 26.0 | -5.5% |
| 122nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 26.7 | -3.6% |
| 123rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 27.4 | -6.5% |
| 124th | Tuvalu | 27.8 | -4.1% |
| 125th | Indonesia | 28.2 | -3.8% |
| 126th | Guatemala | 29.3 | -3.6% |
| 127th | Morocco | 29.7 | -5.4% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 30.4 | -7.9% |
| 129th | Dominican Republic | 30.7 | -0.3% |
| 130th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 30.8 | -1.3% |
| 131st | Tajikistan | 31.5 | -5.7% |
| 132nd | Azerbaijan | 31.6 | -6.2% |
| 133rd | Iraq | 31.8 | -2.8% |
| 134th | Marshall Islands | 32.2 | -0.9% |
| 135th | Bhutan | 33.6 | -6.4% |
| 136th | Guyana | 34.6 | -1.7% |
| 137th | Turkmenistan | 35.9 | -3.5% |
| 138th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 36.8 | -5.2% |
| 139th | South Africa | 37.7 | -7.1% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | 38.4 | -4.2% |
| 141st | Eritrea | 38.6 | -3.0% |
| 142nd | Gabon | 40.0 | -1.7% |
| 143rd | Cambodia | 40.6 | -7.3% |
| 144th | Nepal | 41.8 | -3.7% |
| 145th | Kenya | 41.9 | -1.2% |
| 146th | Kiribati | 42.5 | -1.2% |
| 147th | Congo, Republic of | 42.9 | -5.3% |
| 148th | Senegal | 43.0 | -4.2% |
| 149th | Namibia | 43.1 | 5.9% |
| 150th | Mauritania | 43.4 | -3.1% |
| 151st | Rwanda | 45.4 | -7.0% |
| 152nd | Papua New Guinea | 47.1 | -2.3% |
| 153rd | Madagascar | 47.4 | -2.9% |
| 154th | Ghana | 47.5 | -3.5% |
| 155th | Comoros | 48.3 | -2.8% |
| 156th | Yemen, Republic of | 48.5 | -4.2% |
| 157th | India | 48.7 | -4.1% |
| 158th | Botswana | 49.3 | 0.6% |
| 159th | Tanzania | 50.5 | -5.1% |
| 160th | Zambia | 50.7 | -4.2% |
| 161st | Uganda | 52.4 | -4.9% |
| 162nd | Gambia, The | 53.5 | -3.4% |
| 163rd | Timor-Leste | 54.3 | -4.2% |
| 164th | Togo | 54.6 | -2.7% |
| 165th | Malawi | 55.5 | -3.1% |
| 166th | Sudan | 55.7 | -2.3% |
| 167th | Myanmar | 56.4 | -20.3% |
| 168th | Haiti | 56.8 | -1.9% |
| 169th | Burundi | 58.3 | -5.7% |
| 170th | Lao PDR | 61.3 | -4.4% |
| 171st | Mozambique | 63.7 | -4.9% |
| 172nd | Benin | 65.1 | -2.0% |
| 173rd | Eswatini | 65.5 | -4.4% |
| 174th | Cameroon | 66.3 | -2.4% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 66.6 | -2.2% |
| 176th | Burkina Faso | 68.2 | -3.9% |
| 177th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 68.3 | -3.4% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 70.7 | -1.4% |
| 179th | Côte d'Ivoire | 70.9 | -2.9% |
| 180th | Guinea-Bissau | 71.1 | -4.6% |
| 181st | Niger | 72.3 | -3.0% |
| 182nd | Liberia | 72.9 | -3.4% |
| 183rd | Angola | 73.7 | -6.4% |
| 184th | Pakistan | 74.8 | -2.0% |
| 185th | Guinea | 75.3 | -1.4% |
| 186th | Nigeria | 75.4 | -2.2% |
| 187th | Equatorial Guinea | 77.9 | -3.6% |
| 188th | Lesotho | 78.3 | -5.8% |
| 189th | Mali | 79.1 | -2.5% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | 80.0 | -4.0% |
| 191st | South Sudan | 82.1 | -4.0% |
| 192nd | Chad | 84.9 | -2.4% |
| 193rd | Sierra Leone | 94.7 | -3.9% |
| 194th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 98.9 | -2.1% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | 234.9 | 181.0% |
FAQ
What was West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate in 2009?▾
West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate in 2009 was 19.7. This ranked 106th globally.
How did West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate change in 2009?▾
West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate decreased by 3.4% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2009?▾
Central African Republic had the highest infant mortality rate in 2009 at 234.9.
What is the infant mortality rate of West Bank and Gaza in 2009?▾
The infant mortality rate of West Bank and Gaza in 2009 was 19.7. This ranked 106th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate?▾
West Bank and Gaza's infant mortality rate went from 20.4 in 2008 to 19.7 in 2009, a 3.4% decrease.
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