Turks and Caicos Islands — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Turks and Caicos Islands, 1966–2024.
Infant mortality for Turks and Caicos Islands was 3.0 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 59 years, from 1966 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 75.0 in 1966. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -5.40% per year.
Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 172 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 88%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 12.0, so Turks and Caicos Islands sits below it. It peaked in 1966 and has fallen 96% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 29%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 35 of 35 economies; Chile (5.8) is just above it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 7% in 1996. That is 16% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 76th of 143 in 1966 → 91st of 155 in 1970 → 124th of 179 in 1980 → 144th of 196 in 1990 → 158th of 196 in 2000 → 164th of 196 in 2010 → 166th of 196 in 2020 → 172nd of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1966 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 3.1 | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 3.2 | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 3.4 | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 3.6 | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 3.7 | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 3.8 | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 3.9 | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 4.1 | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 4.2 | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 4.3 | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 4.5 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 4.6 | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 4.8 | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 5 | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 5.2 | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 5.5 | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 5.8 | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 6 | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 6.4 | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 6.8 | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 7.2 | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 7.7 | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 8.2 | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 8.7 | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 9.3 | -6.1% |
| 1997 | 9.9 | -5.7% |
| 1996 | 10.5 | -7.1% |
| 1995 | 11.3 | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 12 | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 12.8 | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 13.6 | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 14.5 | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 15.4 | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 16.4 | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 17.4 | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 18.5 | -6.1% |
| 1986 | 19.7 | -6.2% |
| 1985 | 21 | -6.2% |
| 1984 | 22.4 | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 23.8 | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 25.3 | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 26.9 | -6.6% |
| 1980 | 28.8 | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 30.7 | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 32.7 | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 35 | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 37.4 | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 39.9 | -6.6% |
| 1974 | 42.7 | -6.8% |
| 1973 | 45.8 | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 49 | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 52.6 | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 56.4 | -6.8% |
| 1969 | 60.5 | -6.8% |
| 1968 | 64.9 | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 69.7 | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 75 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Turks and Caicos Islands’s Infant mortality in 1967?
69.7 (1967). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Turks and Caicos Islands’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 Turks and Caicos Islands’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1966 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -96.0% in total — about 5.4% 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: 3; 2023: 3.1; 2022: 3.2; 2021: 3.3; 2020: 3.4. 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.