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Botswana — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Botswana, 1960–2024.
Latest value · 2024
32.1
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -72.8% since 1960
Infant mortality for Botswana was 32.1 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 118.0 in 1960. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.01% per year.
Botswana ranks 43 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 22%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Botswana sits below it. It peaked in 1960 and has fallen 73% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 31%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
32.1
First (1960)
118.0
Change
-72.8%
Highest
118.0
in 1960
Lowest
32.1
in 2024
Average
59.2
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.01%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 32.1 |
| 2023 | 33.3 |
| 2022 | 34.3 |
| 2021 | 35.4 |
| 2020 | 36.5 |
| 2019 | 37.4 |
| 2018 | 38.7 |
| 2017 | 40 |
| 2016 | 42.8 |
| 2015 | 44.2 |
| 2014 | 46.2 |
| 2013 | 47 |
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.