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Infant mortality rate in South Asia

The infant mortality rate in South Asia was 23.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Infant mortality rate (UN estimates) Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024 23.2 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −1.0per 1,000 live births 2023: 24.2 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 27.7 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate

Infant mortality rate in South Asia 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 South AsiaWorld
2024 23.2 per 1,000 live births 27.7 per 1,000 live births
2023 24.2 per 1,000 live births 28.4 per 1,000 live births
2022 25.2 per 1,000 live births 29.3 per 1,000 live births
2021 26.3 per 1,000 live births 29.3 per 1,000 live births
2020 27.6 per 1,000 live births 29.1 per 1,000 live births
2019 28.9 per 1,000 live births 29.2 per 1,000 live births
2018 30.3 per 1,000 live births 29.6 per 1,000 live births
2017 31.9 per 1,000 live births 30.0 per 1,000 live births
2016 33.5 per 1,000 live births 30.6 per 1,000 live births
2015 35.2 per 1,000 live births 31.5 per 1,000 live births
2014 37.0 per 1,000 live births 32.1 per 1,000 live births
2013 38.8 per 1,000 live births 33.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 40.8 per 1,000 live births 34.0 per 1,000 live births
2011 42.7 per 1,000 live births 35.9 per 1,000 live births
2010 44.7 per 1,000 live births 36.7 per 1,000 live births
2009 46.7 per 1,000 live births 38.0 per 1,000 live births
2008 48.7 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2007 50.6 per 1,000 live births 40.7 per 1,000 live births
2006 52.6 per 1,000 live births 42.3 per 1,000 live births
2005 54.6 per 1,000 live births 44.1 per 1,000 live births
2004 56.6 per 1,000 live births 46.3 per 1,000 live births
2003 58.6 per 1,000 live births 48.0 per 1,000 live births
2002 60.6 per 1,000 live births 49.9 per 1,000 live births
2001 62.7 per 1,000 live births 51.9 per 1,000 live births
2000 64.9 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 −1.0 from 24.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 37.0 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −13.8.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 27.7 per 1,000 live births.

More for South Asia

All statistics for South Asia
Under-five mortality rate 26.8 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 72.6 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, women 74.2 years 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth, men 71.0 years 2024 · World Bank Health spending share of GDP 3.3% 2023 · World Bank Maternal mortality ratio 120 per 100,000 live births 2023 · World Bank

Source and dates

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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
1990 to 2024 for South Asia
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)