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Namibia — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Namibia, 1967–2024.
Latest value · 2024
36.4
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -38.9% since 1967
Infant mortality for Namibia was 36.4 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 58 years, from 1967 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 72.1 in 1980. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.86% per year.
Namibia ranks 30 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 15%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Namibia sits below it. It peaked in 1980 and has fallen 50% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 19%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
36.4
First (1967)
59.6
Change
-38.9%
Highest
72.1
in 1980
Lowest
36.4
in 2024
Average
53.6
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.86%
Years of data
58
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.4 |
| 2023 | 38.3 |
| 2022 | 38.8 |
| 2021 | 40.4 |
| 2020 | 41.6 |
| 2019 | 42.8 |
| 2018 | 43.8 |
| 2017 | 44.3 |
| 2016 | 45.3 |
| 2015 | 45.3 |
| 2014 | 44.9 |
| 2013 | 45.8 |
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.