# Infant mortality rate in World

Infant mortality rate in World was 27.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `infant_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `world`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/infant-mortality-rate/world
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=infant_mortality_rate&place=world

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 27.7 |
| 2023 | 28.4 |
| 2022 | 29.3 |
| 2021 | 29.3 |
| 2020 | 29.1 |
| 2019 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 29.6 |
| 2017 | 30 |
| 2016 | 30.6 |
| 2015 | 31.5 |
| 2014 | 32.1 |
| 2013 | 33.1 |
| 2012 | 34 |
| 2011 | 35.9 |
| 2010 | 36.7 |
| 2009 | 38 |
| 2008 | 39.2 |
| 2007 | 40.7 |
| 2006 | 42.3 |
| 2005 | 44.1 |
| 2004 | 46.3 |
| 2003 | 48 |
| 2002 | 49.9 |
| 2001 | 51.9 |
| 2000 | 53.3 |
| 1999 | 55.1 |
| 1998 | 57 |
| 1997 | 58.1 |
| 1996 | 59.5 |
| 1995 | 60.2 |
| 1994 | 61.4 |
| 1993 | 62.5 |
| 1992 | 63.3 |
| 1991 | 64 |
| 1990 | 64 |