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Suriname — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Suriname, 1983–2024.
Latest value · 2024
14.8
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -66.4% since 1983
Infant mortality for Suriname was 14.8 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 42 years, from 1983 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 44.1 in 1983. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.63% per year.
Suriname ranks 86 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 44%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 12.0, so Suriname sits above it. It peaked in 1983 and has fallen 66% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 24%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
14.8
First (1983)
44.1
Change
-66.4%
Highest
44.1
in 1983
Lowest
14.8
in 2024
Average
26.9
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.63%
Years of data
42
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.8 |
| 2023 | 15.2 |
| 2022 | 15.6 |
| 2021 | 16.2 |
| 2020 | 16.6 |
| 2019 | 17.1 |
| 2018 | 17.6 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2016 | 18.6 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2014 | 19.5 |
| 2013 | 19.9 |
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.