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West Bank and Gaza — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for West Bank and Gaza, 1975–2024.
Latest value · 2024
17.0
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -82.0% since 1975
Infant mortality for West Bank and Gaza was 17.0 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 50 years, from 1975 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 94.5 in 1975. The lowest was 12.3 in 2022 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.44% per year.
West Bank and Gaza ranks 74 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 38%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 12.0, so West Bank and Gaza sits above it. It peaked in 1975 and has fallen 82% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
17.0
First (1975)
94.5
Change
-82.0%
Highest
94.5
in 1975
Lowest
12.3
in 2022
Average
35.0
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.44%
Years of data
50
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2023 | 16.8 |
| 2022 | 12.3 |
| 2021 | 12.8 |
| 2020 | 13.2 |
| 2019 | 13.6 |
| 2018 | 14.1 |
| 2017 | 14.6 |
| 2016 | 15.2 |
| 2015 | 15.8 |
| 2014 | 17.6 |
| 2013 | 17 |
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.