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North Macedonia — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for North Macedonia, 1981–2024.
Latest value · 2024
2.5
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -95.2% since 1981
Infant mortality for North Macedonia was 2.5 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 44 years, from 1981 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 51.9 in 1981. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -6.81% per year.
North Macedonia ranks 178 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 91%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.4, so North Macedonia sits below it. It peaked in 1981 and has fallen 95% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 74%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
2.5
First (1981)
51.9
Change
-95.2%
Highest
51.9
in 1981
Lowest
2.5
in 2024
Average
19.8
Annual growth (CAGR)
-6.81%
Years of data
44
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.5 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 4.4 |
| 2020 | 5.3 |
| 2019 | 6.3 |
| 2018 | 7.4 |
| 2017 | 8.5 |
| 2016 | 9.4 |
| 2015 | 9.8 |
| 2014 | 9.8 |
| 2013 | 9.5 |
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.