Vanuatu — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Vanuatu, 1960–2024.
Infant mortality for Vanuatu was 14.4 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 112.9 in 1960. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.17% per year.
Vanuatu ranks 89 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 45%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 14.4, so Vanuatu sits level with it. It peaked in 1960 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 7%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 15 of 30 economies; Korea, Dem. People's Rep. (13.3) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 7% in 1984. That is 5% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 54th of 130 in 1960 → 68th of 155 in 1970 → 92nd of 179 in 1980 → 117th of 196 in 1990 → 110th of 196 in 2000 → 95th of 196 in 2010 → 90th of 196 in 2020 → 89th of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.4 | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 14.7 | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 14.9 | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 15.1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 15.1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15.1 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 15.2 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 15.2 | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 15.3 | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 15.4 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 15.5 | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 15.8 | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 16.2 | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 16.7 | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 17.3 | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 17.9 | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 18.5 | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 19.1 | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 19.5 | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 19.9 | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 20.2 | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 20.4 | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 20.7 | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 21 | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 21.3 | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 21.7 | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 22 | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 22.4 | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 22.8 | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 23.3 | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 23.9 | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 24.6 | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 25.5 | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 26.5 | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 27.6 | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 29 | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 30.6 | -5.6% |
| 1987 | 32.4 | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 34.6 | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 37 | -7.0% |
| 1984 | 39.8 | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 42.9 | -6.9% |
| 1982 | 46.1 | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 49.4 | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 52.7 | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 55.9 | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 59 | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 61.9 | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 64.7 | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 67.4 | -3.9% |
| 1974 | 70.1 | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 72.8 | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 75.7 | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 78.8 | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 81.9 | -3.9% |
| 1969 | 85.2 | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 88.5 | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 92 | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 95.2 | -3.4% |
| 1965 | 98.6 | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 101.8 | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 104.8 | -2.7% |
| 1962 | 107.7 | -2.4% |
| 1961 | 110.4 | -2.2% |
| 1960 | 112.9 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Vanuatu’s Infant mortality in 1961?
110.4 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Vanuatu’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 Vanuatu’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -87.2% in total — about 3.2% 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: 14.4; 2023: 14.7; 2022: 14.9; 2021: 15.1; 2020: 15.1. 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.