# Under-five mortality rate in Iraq

Under-five mortality rate in Iraq was 21.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `iq`
- 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/iraq
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=iq

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 21.8 |
| 2023 | 22.5 |
| 2022 | 23.3 |
| 2021 | 24 |
| 2020 | 24.9 |
| 2019 | 25.7 |
| 2018 | 26.5 |
| 2017 | 27.5 |
| 2016 | 28.4 |
| 2015 | 29.3 |
| 2014 | 30.3 |
| 2013 | 31.3 |
| 2012 | 32.4 |
| 2011 | 33.4 |
| 2010 | 34.5 |
| 2009 | 35.6 |
| 2008 | 36.7 |
| 2007 | 37.7 |
| 2006 | 38.8 |
| 2005 | 39.7 |
| 2004 | 40.7 |
| 2003 | 41.6 |
| 2002 | 42.5 |
| 2001 | 43.4 |
| 2000 | 44.3 |
| 1999 | 45.3 |
| 1998 | 46.3 |
| 1997 | 47.2 |
| 1996 | 48.2 |
| 1995 | 49.1 |
| 1994 | 50 |
| 1993 | 50.9 |
| 1992 | 51.9 |
| 1991 | 65.7 |
| 1990 | 81.4 |
| 1989 | 82.9 |
| 1988 | 70.2 |
| 1987 | 57.8 |
| 1986 | 59.4 |
| 1985 | 61.1 |
| 1984 | 63 |
| 1983 | 65.1 |
| 1982 | 67.3 |
| 1981 | 69.8 |
| 1980 | 72.4 |
| 1979 | 75.3 |
| 1978 | 78.4 |
| 1977 | 81.7 |
| 1976 | 85.3 |
| 1975 | 89.2 |
| 1974 | 93.3 |
| 1973 | 97.7 |
| 1972 | 102.3 |
| 1971 | 107.1 |
| 1970 | 112.2 |
| 1969 | 117.6 |
| 1968 | 123.3 |
| 1967 | 129.5 |
| 1966 | 136.2 |
| 1965 | 143.4 |
| 1964 | 151.2 |
| 1963 | 159.8 |
| 1962 | 169 |
| 1961 | 179 |
| 1960 | 189.9 |