Serbia — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Serbia, 1984–2024.
Infant mortality for Serbia was 4.6 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 41 years, from 1984 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 34.7 in 1984. The lowest was 4.5 in 2023 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.93% per year.
Serbia ranks 153 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 78%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.4, so Serbia sits above it. It peaked in 1984 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 18%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 18 of 52 economies; Russian Federation (4.1) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 11% in 1997. That is 6% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 111th of 189 in 1984 → 124th of 196 in 1990 → 146th of 196 in 2000 → 150th of 196 in 2010 → 154th of 196 in 2020 → 153rd of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1984 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6 | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 4.5 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 4.6 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 4.6 | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 4.7 | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 4.8 | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 4.9 | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 5.1 | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 5.2 | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 5.4 | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 5.6 | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 5.9 | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 6.1 | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 6.4 | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 6.6 | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 6.7 | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 6.9 | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 7.1 | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 7.3 | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 7.8 | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 8.4 | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 9.2 | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 9.9 | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 10.5 | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 11 | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 11.5 | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 12.2 | -9.0% |
| 1997 | 13.4 | -11.3% |
| 1996 | 15.1 | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 16.9 | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 18.6 | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 20.1 | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 21.3 | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 22.4 | -7.4% |
| 1990 | 24.2 | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 26.6 | -9.2% |
| 1988 | 29.3 | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 31.2 | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 32.3 | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 33.4 | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 34.7 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Serbia’s Infant mortality in 1985?
33.4 (1985). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Serbia’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 Serbia’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1984 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -86.7% in total — about 4.9% 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: 4.6; 2023: 4.5; 2022: 4.6; 2021: 4.6; 2020: 4.7. 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.