Kosovo — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Kosovo, 1985–2024.
Infant mortality for Kosovo was 8.0 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 40 years, from 1985 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 127.8 in 1985. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -6.86% per year.
Kosovo ranks 127 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 65%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.4, so Kosovo sits above it. It peaked in 1985 and has fallen 94% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 42%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 10 of 52 economies; Ukraine (7.6) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 9% in 2003. That is 24% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 14th of 196 in 1985 → 36th of 196 in 1990 → 69th of 196 in 2000 → 92nd of 196 in 2010 → 122nd of 196 in 2020 → 127th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1985 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 8.3 | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 8.7 | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 9.1 | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 9.6 | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 10.2 | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 10.8 | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 11.5 | -6.5% |
| 2016 | 12.3 | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 13.1 | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 13.9 | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 14.8 | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 15.9 | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 17 | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 18.3 | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 19.8 | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 21.5 | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 23.4 | -7.9% |
| 2006 | 25.4 | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 27.8 | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 30.3 | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 33.2 | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 36.4 | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 39.8 | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 43.6 | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 47.5 | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 51.6 | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 56 | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 60.5 | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 65.2 | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 70.1 | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 75.1 | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 80.4 | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 85.8 | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 91.5 | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 97.8 | -6.5% |
| 1988 | 104.6 | -6.4% |
| 1987 | 111.7 | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 119.4 | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 127.8 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Kosovo’s Infant mortality in 1986?
119.4 (1986). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Kosovo’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 Kosovo’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1985 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -93.7% in total — about 6.9% 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: 8; 2023: 8.3; 2022: 8.7; 2021: 9.1; 2020: 9.6. 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.