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Palau — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Palau, 1965–2024.
Latest value · 2024
18.6
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -77.0% since 1965
Infant mortality for Palau was 18.6 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 60 years, from 1965 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 80.9 in 1965. The lowest was 16.6 in 2010 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.46% per year.
Palau ranks 71 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 36%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 14.4, so Palau sits above it. It peaked in 1965 and has fallen 77% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
18.6
First (1965)
80.9
Change
-77.0%
Highest
80.9
in 1965
Lowest
16.6
in 2010
Average
33.1
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.46%
Years of data
60
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.6 |
| 2023 | 19 |
| 2022 | 19.4 |
| 2021 | 19.6 |
| 2020 | 19.8 |
| 2019 | 19.8 |
| 2018 | 19.7 |
| 2017 | 19.4 |
| 2016 | 18.8 |
| 2015 | 18.2 |
| 2014 | 17.7 |
| 2013 | 17.2 |
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.