Kiribati — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Kiribati, 1960–2024.
Infant mortality for Kiribati was 38.8 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 145.1 in 1960. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.04% per year.
Kiribati ranks 28 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 14%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 14.4, so Kiribati sits above it. It peaked in 1960 and has fallen 73% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 8%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 1 of 30 economies; Timor-Leste (34.6) is just below it. That is 7% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Climbed: 31st of 130 in 1960 → 53rd of 155 in 1970 → 56th of 179 in 1980 → 56th of 196 in 1990 → 63rd of 196 in 2000 → 49th of 196 in 2010 → 27th of 196 in 2020 → 28th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38.8 | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 39.8 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 40.7 | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 41.6 | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 42.3 | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 42.9 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 43.2 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 43.2 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 42.9 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 42.6 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 42.2 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 42 | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 41.9 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 42 | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 42.3 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 42.7 | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 43.2 | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 43.6 | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 44.1 | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 44.5 | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 45 | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 45.6 | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 46.6 | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 47.8 | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 49.2 | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 50.8 | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 52.5 | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 54.1 | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 55.8 | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 57.5 | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 59.4 | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 61.5 | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 63.8 | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 66.4 | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 69.2 | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 72.1 | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 75 | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 77.7 | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 80.2 | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 82.3 | -2.3% |
| 1984 | 84.2 | -1.9% |
| 1983 | 85.8 | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 87.4 | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 88.7 | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 89.8 | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 90.8 | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 91.6 | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 92.3 | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 93 | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 93.8 | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 95.1 | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 96.6 | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 98.8 | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 101.6 | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 104.9 | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 108.4 | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 112.3 | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 116.6 | -3.6% |
| 1966 | 121 | -3.5% |
| 1965 | 125.4 | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 129.9 | -3.2% |
| 1963 | 134.2 | -3.0% |
| 1962 | 138.3 | -2.6% |
| 1961 | 142 | -2.1% |
| 1960 | 145.1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Kiribati’s Infant mortality in 1961?
142 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Kiribati’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 Kiribati’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -73.3% in total — about 2.0% 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: 38.8; 2023: 39.8; 2022: 40.7; 2021: 41.6; 2020: 42.3. 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.