# Under-five mortality rate in Iran

Under-five mortality rate in Iran was 11.3 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `ir`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- 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, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/iran
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=ir

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 11.3 |
| 2023 | 11.7 |
| 2022 | 12.1 |
| 2021 | 12.6 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2019 | 13.4 |
| 2018 | 13.9 |
| 2017 | 14.4 |
| 2016 | 14.9 |
| 2015 | 15.5 |
| 2014 | 16.1 |
| 2013 | 16.8 |
| 2012 | 17.5 |
| 2011 | 18.3 |
| 2010 | 19.3 |
| 2009 | 20.4 |
| 2008 | 21.7 |
| 2007 | 23.1 |
| 2006 | 24.7 |
| 2005 | 26.5 |
| 2004 | 28.3 |
| 2003 | 30.3 |
| 2002 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 34.3 |
| 2000 | 36.4 |
| 1999 | 38.4 |
| 1998 | 40.4 |
| 1997 | 42.4 |
| 1996 | 44.3 |
| 1995 | 46.2 |
| 1994 | 48.2 |
| 1993 | 50.3 |
| 1992 | 52.5 |
| 1991 | 55.1 |
| 1990 | 58 |
| 1989 | 61.1 |
| 1988 | 64.6 |
| 1987 | 68.4 |
| 1986 | 72.5 |
| 1985 | 76.9 |
| 1984 | 81.8 |
| 1983 | 87.3 |
| 1982 | 93.8 |
| 1981 | 101 |
| 1980 | 109.2 |
| 1979 | 117.9 |
| 1978 | 127 |
| 1977 | 136.3 |
| 1976 | 145.4 |
| 1975 | 154.3 |
| 1974 | 163 |
| 1973 | 171.7 |
| 1972 | 180.2 |
| 1971 | 189.2 |