Namibia — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Namibia, 1967–2024.
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%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 25 of 48 economies; Uganda (35.9) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 6% in 2005. That is 13% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Climbed: 89th of 145 in 1967 → 83rd of 155 in 1970 → 72nd of 179 in 1980 → 73rd of 196 in 1990 → 64th of 196 in 2000 → 46th of 196 in 2010 → 29th of 196 in 2020 → 30th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1967 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.4 | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 38.3 | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 38.8 | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 40.4 | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 41.6 | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 42.8 | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 43.8 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 44.3 | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 45.3 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 45.3 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 44.9 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 45.8 | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 46.9 | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 44.2 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 43.7 | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 44.8 | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 43.2 | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 41.4 | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 40.1 | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 41.3 | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 44.1 | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 45.2 | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 46 | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 46.9 | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 48 | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 49.3 | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 50.3 | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 50.9 | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 51.1 | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 51.6 | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 52.1 | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 52.8 | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 53.7 | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 54.8 | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 56.2 | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 57.5 | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 59.1 | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 60.9 | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 62.9 | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 65.1 | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 67.4 | -2.7% |
| 1983 | 69.3 | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 70.8 | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 71.7 | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 72.1 | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 71.7 | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 70.8 | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 69.6 | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 68.2 | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 66.7 | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 65.4 | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 64.4 | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 63.4 | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 62.5 | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 61.7 | +1.3% |
| 1969 | 60.9 | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 60.3 | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 59.6 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Namibia’s Infant mortality in 1968?
60.3 (1968). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Namibia’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 Namibia’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1967 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -38.9% in total — about 0.9% 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: 36.4; 2023: 38.3; 2022: 38.8; 2021: 40.4; 2020: 41.6. 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.