Albania — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Albania, 1978–2024.
Infant mortality for Albania was 8.3 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 47 years, from 1978 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 68.2 in 1978. The lowest was 7.6 in 2015 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.48% per year.
Albania ranks 123 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 63%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.4, so Albania sits above it. It peaked in 1978 and has fallen 88% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 6%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 8 of 52 economies; Turkiye (8.0) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 9% in 1979. That is 4% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 77th of 176 in 1978 → 86th of 179 in 1980 → 118th of 196 in 1990 → 120th of 196 in 2000 → 135th of 196 in 2010 → 132nd of 196 in 2020 → 123rd of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1978 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.3 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8.3 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8.3 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8.3 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 8.1 | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 8 | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 7.8 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 7.7 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 7.6 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7.6 | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 7.8 | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 8 | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 8.5 | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 9 | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 9.6 | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 10.3 | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 11.1 | -6.7% |
| 2007 | 11.9 | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 12.7 | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 13.5 | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 14.4 | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 15.2 | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 16.1 | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 17 | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 17.8 | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 18.7 | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 19.5 | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 20.4 | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 21.3 | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 22.2 | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 23 | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 23.9 | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 24.9 | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 26 | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 27.3 | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 28.7 | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 30.5 | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 32.5 | -6.6% |
| 1986 | 34.8 | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 37.4 | -7.7% |
| 1984 | 40.5 | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 43.9 | -8.4% |
| 1982 | 47.9 | -8.4% |
| 1981 | 52.3 | -8.4% |
| 1980 | 57.1 | -8.5% |
| 1979 | 62.4 | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 68.2 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Albania’s Infant mortality in 1979?
62.4 (1979). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Albania’s Infant mortality figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — per 1,000 live births — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Albania’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1978 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -87.8% in total — about 4.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2024: 8.3; 2023: 8.3; 2022: 8.3; 2021: 8.3; 2020: 8.1. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.