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Mozambique — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Mozambique, 1963–2024.
Latest value · 2024
43.7
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -69.7% since 1963
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%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
43.7
First (1963)
144.1
Change
-69.7%
Highest
182.2
in 1981
Lowest
43.7
in 2024
Average
114.2
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.94%
Years of data
62
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 43.7 |
| 2023 | 44.9 |
| 2022 | 45.9 |
| 2021 | 47.1 |
| 2020 | 48.6 |
| 2019 | 49.2 |
| 2018 | 50.3 |
| 2017 | 51.4 |
| 2016 | 52.8 |
| 2015 | 53.8 |
| 2014 | 55.1 |
| 2013 | 56.1 |
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.