Azerbaijan — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Azerbaijan, 1982–2024.
Infant mortality for Azerbaijan was 12.5 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 43 years, from 1982 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 82.5 in 1982. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.39% per year.
Azerbaijan ranks 98 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.4, so Azerbaijan sits above it. It peaked in 1982 and has fallen 85% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 45%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 6 of 52 economies; Armenia (8.5) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 7% in 2002. That is 26% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 61st of 184 in 1982 → 50th of 196 in 1990 → 51st of 196 in 2000 → 68th of 196 in 2010 → 88th of 196 in 2020 → 98th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1982 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.5 | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 13.2 | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 13.9 | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 14.7 | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 15.6 | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 16.5 | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 17.5 | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 18.6 | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 19.8 | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 21.1 | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 22.6 | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 24.2 | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 25.9 | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 27.7 | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 29.7 | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 31.8 | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 34.1 | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 36.6 | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 39.2 | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 42.2 | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 45.4 | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 48.9 | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 52.7 | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 56.8 | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 61.1 | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 65.3 | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 69.1 | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 72.4 | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 75 | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 76.6 | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 77.3 | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 77.2 | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 76.5 | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 75.8 | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 75.1 | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 74.8 | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 75.1 | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 75.8 | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 76.7 | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 78 | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 79.4 | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 80.9 | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 82.5 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Azerbaijan’s Infant mortality in 1983?
80.9 (1983). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Azerbaijan’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 Azerbaijan’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1982 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -84.8% in total — about 4.4% 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: 12.5; 2023: 13.2; 2022: 13.9; 2021: 14.7; 2020: 15.6. 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.