Cambodia — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Cambodia, 1976–2024.
Infant mortality for Cambodia was 16.4 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 49 years, from 1976 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 253.1 in 1976. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -5.54% per year.
Cambodia ranks 77 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 39%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 14.4, so Cambodia sits above it. It peaked in 1976 and has fallen 94% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 41%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 12 of 30 economies; Solomon Islands (16.4) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 39% in 1979. That is 22% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 1st of 171 in 1976 → 24th of 179 in 1980 → 40th of 196 in 1990 → 26th of 196 in 2000 → 56th of 196 in 2010 → 74th of 196 in 2020 → 77th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1976 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.4 | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 17 | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 17.7 | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 18.4 | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 19.2 | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 20.1 | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 21.2 | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 22.5 | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 24.1 | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 25.8 | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 27.8 | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 29.8 | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 32.1 | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 34.5 | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 37.2 | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 40 | -7.2% |
| 2008 | 43.1 | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 46.3 | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 49.8 | -7.4% |
| 2005 | 53.8 | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 58.6 | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 64.2 | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 71 | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 78.6 | -8.4% |
| 2000 | 85.8 | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 90.9 | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 94 | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 95.3 | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 95.2 | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 94.2 | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 92.8 | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 91.4 | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 90.2 | +0.8% |
| 1991 | 89.5 | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 88.8 | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 88 | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 87.3 | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 86.9 | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 87.1 | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 87.8 | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 89.5 | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 93 | -6.7% |
| 1982 | 99.7 | -9.7% |
| 1981 | 110.4 | -11.1% |
| 1980 | 124.2 | -11.2% |
| 1979 | 139.9 | -38.9% |
| 1978 | 229 | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 244.1 | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 253.1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Cambodia’s Infant mortality in 1977?
244.1 (1977). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Cambodia’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 Cambodia’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1976 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -93.5% in total — about 5.5% 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: 16.4; 2023: 17; 2022: 17.7; 2021: 18.4; 2020: 19.2. 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.