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Argentina — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Argentina, 1969–2024.
Latest value · 2024
8.0
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -86.6% since 1969
Infant mortality for Argentina was 8.0 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 56 years, from 1969 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 59.8 in 1969. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.59% per year.
Argentina ranks 126 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 64%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 12.0, so Argentina sits below it. It peaked in 1969 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
8.0
First (1969)
59.8
Change
-86.6%
Highest
59.8
in 1969
Lowest
8.0
in 2024
Average
24.5
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.59%
Years of data
56
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2023 | 8.2 |
| 2022 | 8.4 |
| 2021 | 8.5 |
| 2020 | 8.7 |
| 2019 | 8.9 |
| 2018 | 9.1 |
| 2017 | 9.4 |
| 2016 | 9.7 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2014 | 10.4 |
| 2013 | 10.9 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
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.