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Saudi Arabia — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Saudi Arabia, 1972–2024.
Latest value · 2024
4.7
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -96.8% since 1972
Infant mortality for Saudi Arabia was 4.7 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 53 years, from 1972 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 148.7 in 1972. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -6.43% per year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 149 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 76%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 12.0, so Saudi Arabia sits below it. It peaked in 1972 and has fallen 97% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 40%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
4.7
First (1972)
148.7
Change
-96.8%
Highest
148.7
in 1972
Lowest
4.7
in 2024
Average
40.2
Annual growth (CAGR)
-6.43%
Years of data
53
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 4.8 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5.2 |
| 2020 | 5.4 |
| 2019 | 5.7 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6.4 |
| 2016 | 6.8 |
| 2015 | 7.3 |
| 2014 | 7.8 |
| 2013 | 8.4 |
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.