Data for 1962

Infant Mortality Rate, 1962

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1962
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1962, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The infant mortality rate is how many children out of every thousand born alive die before their first birthday. Most child deaths happen in the first year, and many in the first month, so it is the part of child mortality most tied to care around birth — clean delivery, newborn care and vaccination.

Infant Mortality Rate, 1962 covers 136 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 270.613; Sweden is lowest, at 15.582. The middle country reads 90.340. Against 1961, 134 values changed (4 up, 130 down), 2 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1962

HighestYemen

270.613

LowestSweden

15.582

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

136countries
3measures per country
1962the year it describes
136distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Infant Mortality Rate, 1962, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Infant Mortality Rate, 1962: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	270.613	236.17	309.66
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	246.426	213.80	284.56
3	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	239.953	183.04	316.04
4	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	223.270	181.12	275.05
5	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	214.305	190.07	242.09
6	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	199.227	174.17	227.14
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	198.910	178.12	223.58
8	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	191.430	139.53	268.87
9	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	190.185	168.06	215.98
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	189.337	162.63	221.19
11	Bolivia`BOL`South America	181.182	159.55	205.38
12	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	171.410	147.78	198.48
13	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	169.956	156.13	185.72
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	168.768	146.10	193.23
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	167.582	154.38	182.09
16	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	167.568	146.96	190.82
17	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	164.728	150.34	180.40
18	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	164.141	131.58	205.07
19	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	163.610	148.67	180.57
20	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	162.529	135.99	195.02
21	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	161.338	141.90	185.37
22	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	158.269	143.52	173.49
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	155.301	141.62	171.97
24	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	154.943	135.88	176.36
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	154.007	123.92	194.13
26	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	149.348	134.14	166.17
27	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	147.016	133.35	162.52
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	146.623	134.95	158.66
29	Peru`PER`South America	146.569	135.17	158.52
30	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	141.663	124.34	161.29
31	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	140.130	128.64	152.11
32	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	139.339	129.22	150.40
33	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	138.297	125.11	152.31
34	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	138.189	125.34	154.21
35	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	135.743	119.07	154.44
36	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	134.687	116.45	156.34
37	Honduras`HND`Central America	134.388	122.30	147.61
38	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	132.584	121.22	146.20
39	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	132.518	116.40	151.11
40	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	132.296	115.63	152.24
41	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	132.203	106.85	164.62
42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	128.466	112.95	146.25
43	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	126.009	113.10	140.13
44	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	125.515	115.26	136.80
45	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	123.960	109.29	140.24
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	122.159	107.40	138.96
47	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	121.441	107.78	137.08
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	120.842	112.86	129.78
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	120.683	105.71	138.69
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	120.027	108.63	132.71
51	Chile`CHL`South America	117.376	114.74	120.12
52	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	116.973	104.26	132.21
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	113.148	96.15	133.24
54	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	109.106	96.85	123.05
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	108.631	89.84	138.18
56	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	108.577	78.63	144.65
57	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	107.678	89.43	128.88
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	106.129	97.77	115.40
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	104.135	95.93	113.11
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	102.649	95.19	110.72
61	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	101.891	83.27	123.46
62	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	100.709	93.27	108.84
63	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	100.533	91.18	110.31
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	100.157	89.82	111.44
65	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	96.944	86.99	108.03
66	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	92.262	84.53	100.37
67	Colombia`COL`South America	91.323	83.72	99.72
68	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	90.464	77.39	105.44
69	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	90.215	76.90	105.96
70	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	83.231	78.98	87.78
71	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	81.129	68.88	93.63
72	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	78.549	76.96	80.31
73	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	78.291	71.54	85.96
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	76.892	63.54	93.60
75	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	76.860	60.19	98.41
76	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	73.644	61.85	87.81
77	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	73.442	55.96	95.85
78	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	72.997	63.22	83.83
79	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69.723	65.90	73.66
80	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	69.398	62.91	76.63
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	69.161	67.86	70.47
82	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	68.771	60.91	78.07
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	66.796	56.14	79.56
84	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	63.060	61.54	64.66
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.683	56.22	69.36
86	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	62.472	53.15	73.10
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.466	55.60	69.42
88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	61.386	52.40	72.22
89	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	61.112	59.33	62.91
90	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	60.001	52.45	69.92
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.839	54.56	65.58
92	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	59.508	58.02	60.98
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.417	52.29	67.58
94	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	58.979	50.50	68.76
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.193	50.41	62.68
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	55.893	49.72	62.80
97	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	54.664	51.61	57.80
98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	54.295	53.29	55.31
99	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.294	52.98	55.69
100	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	53.275	50.34	56.41
101	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	51.431	45.95	57.69
102	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	49.958	48.93	51.00
103	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	44.020	42.99	45.06
104	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	42.848	42.03	43.68
105	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	40.904	40.11	41.74
106	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.271	36.52	38.04
107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	36.923	34.34	39.82
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	36.801	35.01	38.67
109	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	35.087	33.14	37.03
110	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	33.382	32.13	34.70
111	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	32.965	32.31	33.65
112	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	32.765	30.10	35.59
113	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	31.760	29.88	33.77
114	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	30.792	30.06	31.51
115	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	30.196	28.28	32.18
116	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	28.682	26.77	30.70
117	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	28.147	27.57	28.72
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	28.112	26.48	29.81
119	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	27.090	26.60	27.58
120	Canada`CAN`Northern America	26.039	25.58	26.51
121	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	25.578	24.04	27.23
122	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	25.425	24.95	25.90
123	United States`USA`Northern America	24.961	24.54	25.37
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	23.602	21.94	25.40
125	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	22.081	21.66	22.54
126	France`FRA`Western Europe	21.331	20.93	21.75
127	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.914	20.54	21.30
128	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	20.768	19.46	22.18
129	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	20.739	20.33	21.19
130	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	20.288	19.89	20.71
131	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.539	19.18	19.93
132	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19.479	19.11	19.86
133	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	17.533	17.15	17.93
134	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.690	15.77	17.69
135	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.586	15.33	15.85
136	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	15.582	15.27	15.92

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Yemen270.613
2Afghanistan246.426
3Maldives239.953
4Oman223.270
5Nepal214.305

Lowest

136Sweden15.582
135Netherlands15.586
134Iceland16.690
133Norway17.533
132Finland19.479

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 90.340. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestYemen236.17
LowestSweden15.27
Middle country: 78.01
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestMaldives316.04
LowestNetherlands15.85
Middle country: 100.04

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
134values changed, of 134 in both
4 · 130rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho138.890 → 140.130+1.240
Malawi163.823 → 164.141+0.318
Cuba36.778 → 36.923+0.145
Liberia198.858 → 198.910+0.052

Fell most

Bahrain147.283 → 135.743−11.540
Libya182.346 → 171.410−10.936
Romania67.513 → 59.508−8.006
Oman230.903 → 223.270−7.634
Kuwait109.134 → 101.891−7.243

+ Maldives

+ Tunisia

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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Nothing missing
Every one of the 136 countries has every column.

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1962). Infant Mortality Rate, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1962

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