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Infant mortality rate in Moldova

The infant mortality rate in Moldova was 15.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2010.

Measure: Infant mortality rate (UN estimates) Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1971 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Moldova, 2024 15.1 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 +0.2per 1,000 live births 2023: 14.9 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 27.7 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 84th of 196 See the full ranking

Infant mortality rate in Moldova 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 MoldovaWorld
2024 15.1 per 1,000 live births 27.7 per 1,000 live births
2023 14.9 per 1,000 live births 28.4 per 1,000 live births
2022 14.7 per 1,000 live births 29.3 per 1,000 live births
2021 14.5 per 1,000 live births 29.3 per 1,000 live births
2020 14.3 per 1,000 live births 29.1 per 1,000 live births
2019 14.1 per 1,000 live births 29.2 per 1,000 live births
2018 14.1 per 1,000 live births 29.6 per 1,000 live births
2017 14.0 per 1,000 live births 30.0 per 1,000 live births
2016 14.1 per 1,000 live births 30.6 per 1,000 live births
2015 14.2 per 1,000 live births 31.5 per 1,000 live births
2014 14.3 per 1,000 live births 32.1 per 1,000 live births
2013 14.5 per 1,000 live births 33.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 14.7 per 1,000 live births 34.0 per 1,000 live births
2011 14.9 per 1,000 live births 35.9 per 1,000 live births
2010 15.2 per 1,000 live births 36.7 per 1,000 live births
2009 15.5 per 1,000 live births 38.0 per 1,000 live births
2008 15.9 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2007 16.4 per 1,000 live births 40.7 per 1,000 live births
2006 17.0 per 1,000 live births 42.3 per 1,000 live births
2005 18.0 per 1,000 live births 44.1 per 1,000 live births
2004 19.3 per 1,000 live births 46.3 per 1,000 live births
2003 20.9 per 1,000 live births 48.0 per 1,000 live births
2002 23.0 per 1,000 live births 49.9 per 1,000 live births
2001 25.4 per 1,000 live births 51.9 per 1,000 live births
2000 27.9 per 1,000 live births 53.3 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 from 14.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 14.3 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by +0.8.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Moldova has the 84th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 27.7 per 1,000 live births.

More for Moldova

All statistics for Moldova
Infant mortality rate 10.0 per 1,000 live births 2023 · Eurostat Under-five mortality rate 16.5 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 72.0e (Estimated) years 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 709 per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Health spending share of GDP 7.3% 2024 · Eurostat Life expectancy at age 65 15.0e (Estimated) years 2024 · Eurostat

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
1971 to 2024 for Moldova
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)