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Moldova — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Moldova, 1971–2024.
Latest value · 2024
15.1
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -70.5% since 1971
Infant mortality for Moldova was 15.1 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 54 years, from 1971 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 51.2 in 1971. The lowest was 14.0 in 2017 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.28% per year.
Moldova ranks 84 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 43%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.4, so Moldova sits above it. It peaked in 1971 and has fallen 71% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
15.1
First (1971)
51.2
Change
-70.5%
Highest
51.2
in 1971
Lowest
14.0
in 2017
Average
27.9
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.28%
Years of data
54
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15.1 |
| 2023 | 14.9 |
| 2022 | 14.7 |
| 2021 | 14.5 |
| 2020 | 14.3 |
| 2019 | 14.1 |
| 2018 | 14.1 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2016 | 14.1 |
| 2015 | 14.2 |
| 2014 | 14.3 |
| 2013 | 14.5 |
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.