Infant Mortality (QoG)
Infant Mortality. Quality of Government Institute (University of Gothenburg), 2016–2023.
Source: Quality of Government Institute (University of Gothenburg) Licence: Open — academic use Unit: per 1k births Parsed: 2026-06-28 Open source ↗
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Avg (2023)
18.8
-6.0% vs 2022
Improving
15
of 191 tracked
Declining
149
period over period
Stable
27
±0.5% band
Infant Mortality
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2016–2023.
South AsiaEurope & Central AsiaMiddle East & North AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaAmericasEast Asia & Pacific
Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇱🇾 Libya | 15.9 | +89.3% |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | 9.1 | +13.7% |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 16 | +6.0% |
| 🇨🇱 Chile | 6.2 | +5.1% |
| 🇨🇺 Cuba | 6.6 | +4.8% |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇫 Central African Republic (the) | 60.4 | -68.1% |
| 🇸🇴 Somalia | 67.8 | -24.6% |
| 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 2.8 | -22.2% |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 10.6 | -7.8% |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia | 2.5 | -7.4% |
By group
Change by group, latest period.
Middle East & North Africa +0.50%
Europe & Central Asia -1.7%
Americas -1.8%
East Asia & Pacific -2.4%
South Asia -3.1%
Sub-Saharan Africa -9.6%
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 47 | 39.8 | -9.6% |
| South Asia | 8 | 25.2 | -3.1% |
| East Asia & Pacific | 30 | 16 | -2.4% |
| Middle East & North Africa | 19 | 14.5 | +0.50% |
| Americas | 35 | 14.1 | -1.8% |
| Europe & Central Asia | 52 | 5.4 | -1.7% |