Mozambique — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Mozambique, 1963–2024.
Infant mortality for Mozambique was 43.7 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 62 years, from 1963 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 182.2 in 1981. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.94% per year.
Mozambique ranks 19 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 10%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Mozambique sits above it. It peaked in 1981 and has fallen 76% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 21%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 17 of 48 economies; Burkina Faso (43.6) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 18% in 1981. That is 11% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Climbed: 29th of 135 in 1963 → 20th of 155 in 1970 → 6th of 179 in 1980 → 4th of 196 in 1990 → 8th of 196 in 2000 → 23rd of 196 in 2010 → 21st of 196 in 2020 → 19th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1963 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43.7 | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 44.9 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 45.9 | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 47.1 | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 48.6 | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 49.2 | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 50.3 | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 51.4 | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 52.8 | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 53.8 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 55.1 | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 56.1 | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 57.1 | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 59.8 | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 63.6 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 63.9 | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 67.4 | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 70.1 | -7.8% |
| 2006 | 76 | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 80.5 | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 85.1 | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 90 | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 95.2 | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 100.8 | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 106.9 | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 113.3 | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 119.7 | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 126 | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 131.5 | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 136.3 | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 140 | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 143.1 | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 145.3 | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 146.9 | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 148 | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 149 | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 149.8 | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 150.8 | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 151.7 | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 152.8 | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 153.8 | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 154.7 | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 155 | -14.9% |
| 1981 | 182.2 | +18.0% |
| 1980 | 154.4 | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 153.8 | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 153.3 | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 152.9 | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 152.7 | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 152.4 | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 152.5 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 152.5 | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 152.3 | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 152.2 | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 151.8 | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 151.1 | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 150.5 | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 149.7 | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 148.4 | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 147 | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 145.6 | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 144.1 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Mozambique’s Infant mortality in 1964?
145.6 (1964). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Mozambique’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 Mozambique’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1963 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -69.7% in total — about 1.9% 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: 43.7; 2023: 44.9; 2022: 45.9; 2021: 47.1; 2020: 48.6. 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.