Turkmenistan — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Turkmenistan, 1977–2024.
Infant mortality for Turkmenistan was 30.4 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 48 years, from 1977 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 118.9 in 1977. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.86% per year.
Turkmenistan ranks 46 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.4, so Turkmenistan sits above it. It peaked in 1977 and has fallen 74% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 10%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 1 of 52 economies; Tajikistan (23.5) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 6% in 2002. That is 8% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 32nd of 172 in 1977 → 40th of 179 in 1980 → 57th of 196 in 1990 → 56th of 196 in 2000 → 59th of 196 in 2010 → 47th of 196 in 2020 → 46th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1977 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30.4 | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 31.3 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 32 | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 32.7 | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 33.4 | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 33.9 | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 34.1 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 34.2 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 34.1 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 33.9 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 33.9 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 33.9 | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 34.2 | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 34.7 | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 35.3 | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 36.3 | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 37.5 | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 39 | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 40.9 | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 43 | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 45.6 | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 48.4 | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 51.3 | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 54.5 | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 57.5 | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 60.4 | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 62.9 | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 64.9 | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 66.2 | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 66.8 | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 67 | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 66.9 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 66.9 | -0.4% |
| 1991 | 67.2 | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 68.1 | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 70 | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 72.5 | -4.2% |
| 1987 | 75.7 | -4.5% |
| 1986 | 79.3 | -4.8% |
| 1985 | 83.3 | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 87.6 | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 92 | -4.8% |
| 1982 | 96.6 | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 101.2 | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 105.5 | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 110 | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 114.4 | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 118.9 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Turkmenistan’s Infant mortality in 1978?
114.4 (1978). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Turkmenistan’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 Turkmenistan’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1977 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -74.4% in total — about 2.9% 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: 30.4; 2023: 31.3; 2022: 32; 2021: 32.7; 2020: 33.4. 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.