Viet Nam — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Viet Nam, 1964–2024.
Infant mortality for Viet Nam was 12.0 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 61 years, from 1964 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 70.6 in 1972. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.67% per year.
Viet Nam ranks 102 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 52%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 14.4, so Viet Nam sits below it. It peaked in 1972 and has fallen 83% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 24%. Within East Asia & Pacific it ranks 18 of 30 economies; Mongolia (11.2) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 19% in 1975. That is 14% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 83rd of 137 in 1964 → 82nd of 155 in 1970 → 100th of 179 in 1980 → 100th of 196 in 1990 → 107th of 196 in 2000 → 100th of 196 in 2010 → 96th of 196 in 2020 → 102nd of 196 in 2024.
Key figures
Full history — 1964 to 2024
| Year | per 1,000 live births | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 12.4 | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 12.9 | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 13.3 | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 13.7 | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 14.1 | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 14.5 | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 14.9 | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 15.2 | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 15.5 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 15.7 | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 16 | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 16.2 | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 16.4 | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 16.7 | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 17 | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 17.3 | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 17.6 | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 18 | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 18.5 | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 19 | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 19.6 | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 20.3 | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 21.2 | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 22.1 | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 23.2 | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 24.4 | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 25.7 | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 27.2 | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 28.8 | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 30.4 | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 32.1 | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 33.9 | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 35.7 | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 37.4 | -4.1% |
| 1989 | 39 | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 40.6 | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 42 | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 43.1 | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 44.2 | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 45.1 | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 45.9 | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 46.7 | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 47.5 | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 48.4 | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 49.3 | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 50.3 | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 51.2 | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 52.1 | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 52.9 | -19.2% |
| 1974 | 65.5 | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 64.2 | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 70.6 | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 64.7 | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 65.7 | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 66 | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 69.5 | +10.5% |
| 1967 | 62.9 | +0.6% |
| 1966 | 62.5 | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 62.3 | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 60.8 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Viet Nam’s Infant mortality in 1965?
62.3 (1965). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Viet Nam’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 Viet Nam’s Infant mortality growing or shrinking?
Between 1964 and 2024 the series was shrinking overall: -80.3% in total — about 2.7% 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: 12; 2023: 12.4; 2022: 12.9; 2021: 13.3; 2020: 13.7. 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.