Comoros — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Comoros, 1973–2024.
Infant mortality for Comoros was 35.0 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 52 years, from 1973 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 148.9 in 1973. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.80% per year.
Comoros ranks 32 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 16%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Comoros sits below it. It peaked in 1973 and has fallen 76% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 20%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 27 of 48 economies; Togo (34.8) is just below it. That is 11% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 16th of 165 in 1973 → 21st of 179 in 1980 → 34th of 196 in 1990 → 46th of 196 in 2000 → 40th of 196 in 2010 → 32nd of 196 in 2020 → 32nd of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1973 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35 | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 36 | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 37 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 38 | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 38.9 | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 39.8 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 40.6 | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 41.3 | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 42 | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 42.8 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 43.6 | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 44.4 | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 45.4 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 46.4 | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 47.6 | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 48.9 | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 50.2 | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 51.7 | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 53.3 | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 55.1 | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 56.9 | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 58.9 | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 60.9 | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 63 | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 65.2 | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 67.5 | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 69.9 | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 72.4 | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 75 | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 77.8 | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 80.8 | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 83.8 | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 87.1 | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 90.2 | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 93.5 | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 96.7 | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 99.8 | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 103 | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 106.2 | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 109.5 | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 112.9 | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 116.3 | -2.9% |
| 1982 | 119.8 | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 123.3 | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 126.7 | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 130 | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 133.4 | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 136.7 | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 139.8 | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 142.8 | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 145.8 | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 148.9 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Comoros’s Infant mortality in 1974?
145.8 (1974). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Comoros’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 Comoros’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1973 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -76.5% in total — about 2.8% 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: 35; 2023: 36; 2022: 37; 2021: 38; 2020: 38.9. 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.