Palau — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Palau, 1965–2024.
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%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 10 of 30 economies; Tuvalu (16.5) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 6% in 1975. That is 3% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Climbed: 72nd of 140 in 1965 → 79th of 155 in 1970 → 109th of 179 in 1980 → 111th of 196 in 1990 → 106th of 196 in 2000 → 104th of 196 in 2010 → 72nd of 196 in 2020 → 71st of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1965 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.6 | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 19 | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 19.4 | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 19.6 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 19.8 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 19.8 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 19.7 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 19.4 | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 18.8 | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 18.2 | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 17.7 | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 17.2 | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 16.8 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 16.6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 16.6 | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 16.8 | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 17.1 | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 17.6 | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 18.1 | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 18.8 | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 19.4 | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 20.1 | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 20.9 | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 21.7 | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 22.5 | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 23.3 | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 24.1 | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 25 | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 25.8 | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 26.7 | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 27.4 | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 28.2 | -2.4% |
| 1992 | 28.9 | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 29.5 | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 30 | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 30.5 | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 30.9 | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 31.5 | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 32.1 | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 32.8 | -2.7% |
| 1984 | 33.7 | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 34.8 | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 36 | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 37.3 | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 38.9 | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 40.7 | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 42.8 | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 45.2 | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 47.9 | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 50.9 | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 54.1 | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 57.5 | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 60.8 | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 64.2 | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 67.3 | -4.1% |
| 1969 | 70.2 | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 72.9 | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 75.5 | -3.6% |
| 1966 | 78.3 | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 80.9 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Palau’s Infant mortality in 1966?
78.3 (1966). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Palau’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 Palau’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1965 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -77.0% in total — about 2.5% 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: 18.6; 2023: 19; 2022: 19.4; 2021: 19.6; 2020: 19.8. 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.