Infant mortality rate in Liberia

The infant mortality rate in Liberia was 63.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Infant mortality rate (UN estimates) Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Liberia, 2024 63.2 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.4per 1,000 live births 2023: 63.6 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 27.7 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 5th of 196 See the full ranking

Infant mortality rate in Liberia over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Infant mortality rate (UN estimates) (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period LiberiaWorld
2024 63.2 per 1,000 live births 27.7 per 1,000 live births
2023 63.6 per 1,000 live births 28.4 per 1,000 live births
2022 63.6 per 1,000 live births 29.3 per 1,000 live births
2021 63.5 per 1,000 live births 29.3 per 1,000 live births
2020 63.4 per 1,000 live births 29.1 per 1,000 live births
2019 63.3 per 1,000 live births 29.2 per 1,000 live births
2018 63.4 per 1,000 live births 29.6 per 1,000 live births
2017 63.7 per 1,000 live births 30.0 per 1,000 live births
2016 64.2 per 1,000 live births 30.6 per 1,000 live births
2015 65.1 per 1,000 live births 31.5 per 1,000 live births
2014 68.0 per 1,000 live births 32.1 per 1,000 live births
2013 67.0 per 1,000 live births 33.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 68.3 per 1,000 live births 34.0 per 1,000 live births
2011 69.9 per 1,000 live births 35.9 per 1,000 live births
2010 71.7 per 1,000 live births 36.7 per 1,000 live births
2009 73.8 per 1,000 live births 38.0 per 1,000 live births
2008 76.5 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2007 79.8 per 1,000 live births 40.7 per 1,000 live births
2006 83.8 per 1,000 live births 42.3 per 1,000 live births
2005 89.0 per 1,000 live births 44.1 per 1,000 live births
2004 95.0 per 1,000 live births 46.3 per 1,000 live births
2003 102.0 per 1,000 live births 48.0 per 1,000 live births
2002 109.5 per 1,000 live births 49.9 per 1,000 live births
2001 117.5 per 1,000 live births 51.9 per 1,000 live births
2000 125.5 per 1,000 live births 53.3 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 from 63.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 68.0 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −4.8.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Liberia has the 5th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 27.7 per 1,000 live births.

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Liberia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)