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Iran, Islamic Rep. — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Iran, Islamic Rep., 1971–2024.
Latest value · 2024
10.3
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -92.9% since 1971
Infant mortality for Iran, Islamic Rep. was 10.3 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 54 years, from 1971 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 144.4 in 1971. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.86% per year.
Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks 113 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 58%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 12.0, so Iran, Islamic Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 1971 and has fallen 93% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
10.3
First (1971)
144.4
Change
-92.9%
Highest
144.4
in 1971
Lowest
10.3
in 2024
Average
48.4
Annual growth (CAGR)
-4.86%
Years of data
54
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.3 |
| 2023 | 10.6 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2021 | 11.4 |
| 2020 | 11.8 |
| 2019 | 12.1 |
| 2018 | 12.6 |
| 2017 | 13 |
| 2016 | 13.5 |
| 2015 | 14 |
| 2014 | 14.5 |
| 2013 | 15.1 |
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.