Infant mortality rate in Sri Lanka
The infant mortality rate in Sri Lanka was 5.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Sri Lanka, 2024
5.2
Change from 2023
−0.1per 1,000 live births
World, 2024
27.7 per 1,000 live births
Position in 2024
146th of 196
Infant mortality rate in Sri Lanka 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.
| Period | Sri Lanka | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.2 per 1,000 live births | 27.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 5.3 per 1,000 live births | 28.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 5.5 per 1,000 live births | 29.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 5.8 per 1,000 live births | 29.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 6.0 per 1,000 live births | 29.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 6.2 per 1,000 live births | 29.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 6.5 per 1,000 live births | 29.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 6.7 per 1,000 live births | 30.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 7.0 per 1,000 live births | 30.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 7.4 per 1,000 live births | 31.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 7.7 per 1,000 live births | 32.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 8.1 per 1,000 live births | 33.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 8.5 per 1,000 live births | 34.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 8.9 per 1,000 live births | 35.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 9.1 per 1,000 live births | 36.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 13.3 per 1,000 live births | 38.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 9.7 per 1,000 live births | 39.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 10.1 per 1,000 live births | 40.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 10.7 per 1,000 live births | 42.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 11.2 per 1,000 live births | 44.1 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 16.8 per 1,000 live births | 46.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 12.1 per 1,000 live births | 48.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 12.4 per 1,000 live births | 49.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 12.7 per 1,000 live births | 51.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 13.0 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 −0.1 from 5.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 7.7 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −2.5.
- Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Sri Lanka has the 146th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 27.7 per 1,000 live births.
More for Sri Lanka
All statistics for Sri Lanka
Under-five mortality rate
5.9 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
77.5 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
17.0 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
66.6 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
72
2023 · WHO
Alcohol consumption
2.19 litres
2024 · WHO