Data for 1963

Infant Mortality Rate, 1963

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1963
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1963, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1963 covers 138 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 267.46; Sweden is lowest, at 15.04. The middle country reads 87.45. Against 1962, 136 values changed (6 up, 130 down), 2 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1963

HighestYemen

267.46

LowestSweden

15.04

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

138countries
3measures per country
1963the year it describes
138distinct 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, 1963, 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, 1963: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	267.46	235.43	303.14
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	243.59	212.76	278.97
3	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	235.23	183.32	303.05
4	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	215.77	177.76	261.95
5	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	210.95	187.68	237.36
6	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	206.98	148.73	293.62
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	198.52	177.93	223.60
8	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	194.25	170.93	220.49
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	188.49	161.92	220.12
10	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	187.92	166.72	212.29
11	Bolivia`BOL`South America	178.37	158.74	200.05
12	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	167.48	145.17	191.41
13	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	165.49	152.56	180.10
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	164.54	134.83	200.62
15	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	163.73	144.42	185.35
16	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	162.78	150.46	176.12
17	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	162.44	148.43	177.85
18	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	161.53	142.26	185.44
19	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	160.82	147.49	175.13
20	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	160.64	139.22	184.69
21	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	156.01	133.31	182.70
22	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	153.81	135.71	174.30
23	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	153.67	139.92	168.05
24	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	153.06	139.76	169.26
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	151.57	123.46	188.12
26	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	146.13	132.62	161.10
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	144.97	134.01	156.20
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	144.85	131.87	159.34
29	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	144.10	102.27	201.28
30	Peru`PER`South America	142.04	131.51	153.07
31	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	141.88	130.63	153.86
32	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	141.32	123.86	160.77
33	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	135.74	126.25	146.11
34	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	134.19	121.14	148.08
35	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	134.06	121.49	150.17
36	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	133.34	115.07	155.38
37	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	131.50	120.12	145.18
38	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	131.38	114.53	151.52
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	130.81	119.95	142.78
40	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	130.41	114.85	148.46
41	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	125.75	111.00	142.74
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	124.98	115.14	135.67
43	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	124.97	102.34	153.56
44	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	124.86	109.67	141.74
45	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	121.12	108.45	134.80
46	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	121.04	107.54	136.58
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	119.29	108.70	130.98
48	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	119.05	104.01	136.77
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	118.93	105.74	133.68
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	118.00	110.07	126.42
51	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	117.77	104.13	132.80
52	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	114.98	102.94	129.24
53	Chile`CHL`South America	111.86	109.22	114.61
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	110.94	95.25	129.02
55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	106.78	76.17	141.72
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	106.57	87.79	136.21
57	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	104.82	86.26	126.87
58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	104.81	92.76	118.74
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	102.62	94.84	111.39
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	101.62	94.39	109.41
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	100.74	93.18	109.23
62	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	97.63	88.75	106.98
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	97.54	87.91	108.11
64	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	96.14	89.15	103.70
65	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	96.01	86.35	106.43
66	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	94.97	78.84	113.39
67	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	91.90	84.50	99.94
68	Colombia`COL`South America	88.84	81.77	96.53
69	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	88.17	75.50	102.75
70	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	86.74	74.63	100.92
71	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	79.83	75.63	84.24
72	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	77.62	66.81	88.86
73	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	75.49	62.65	91.32
74	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	74.50	72.94	76.11
75	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	74.36	58.23	95.21
76	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	72.54	66.36	79.48
77	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	70.47	60.80	81.34
78	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	70.24	53.40	92.13
79	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	69.33	68.01	70.69
80	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	68.32	57.09	81.90
81	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	67.34	59.87	75.98
82	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.02	60.89	73.82
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	65.02	54.60	77.31
84	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	64.34	61.19	67.65
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.44	56.33	68.76
86	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	62.19	46.71	83.59
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.14	54.47	67.90
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.84	58.27	61.49
89	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	59.62	50.98	70.19
90	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	58.69	49.50	69.12
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	58.33	51.59	66.07
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	57.87	50.57	67.30
93	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	57.42	55.68	59.19
94	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	57.10	49.09	66.39
95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	56.19	51.33	61.52
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	54.83	48.82	61.56
97	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	53.96	52.98	54.95
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	53.77	48.17	60.04
99	Uruguay`URY`South America	53.21	52.04	54.41
100	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.12	50.74	53.49
101	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	50.44	47.53	53.53
102	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	49.50	46.78	52.43
103	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	48.16	43.65	53.28
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	46.66	45.68	47.70
105	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	42.46	41.56	43.38
106	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	40.88	40.11	41.64
107	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	39.12	38.38	39.88
108	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	36.90	34.07	40.26
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	36.30	35.61	37.02
110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	34.16	32.76	35.57
111	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	33.53	31.63	35.35
112	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	32.48	31.22	33.78
113	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	31.17	30.54	31.84
114	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29.86	28.17	31.69
115	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	29.77	27.47	32.24
116	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	29.31	28.66	29.96
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	27.55	25.84	29.37
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	27.27	25.68	28.89
119	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	27.24	25.41	29.14
120	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	27.12	26.53	27.72
121	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	26.03	25.55	26.51
122	Canada`CAN`Northern America	25.06	24.63	25.50
123	United States`USA`Northern America	24.45	24.05	24.85
124	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	24.05	22.68	25.55
125	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	23.08	22.65	23.52
126	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	22.22	20.70	23.85
127	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	21.49	21.09	21.92
128	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	20.85	19.50	22.27
129	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.34	19.96	20.73
130	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	20.11	19.72	20.49
131	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	20.09	19.69	20.53
132	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	19.60	19.21	20.02
133	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.14	18.79	19.51
134	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.43	18.07	18.80
135	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	17.08	16.70	17.47
136	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	16.34	15.44	17.35
137	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	15.21	14.95	15.47
138	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	15.04	14.74	15.36

02In 1963

At either end

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

Highest

1Yemen267.46
2Afghanistan243.59
3Maldives235.23
4Oman215.77
5Nepal210.95

Lowest

138Sweden15.04
137Netherlands15.21
136Iceland16.34
135Norway17.08
134Finland18.43

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 87.45. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestYemen235.43
LowestSweden14.74
Middle country: 75.57
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestYemen303.14
LowestSweden15.36
Middle country: 98.23

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 136 in both
6 · 130rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan191.43 → 206.98+15.55
Lesotho140.13 → 141.88+1.75
Malawi164.14 → 164.54+0.40
Algeria161.34 → 161.53+0.19
Costa Rica69.16 → 69.33+0.17

Fell most

Bahrain135.74 → 124.86−10.88
Libya171.41 → 160.64−10.78
Oman223.27 → 215.77−7.50
Romania59.51 → 52.12−7.39
United Arab Emirates132.20 → 124.97−7.23

+ Mozambique

+ Tonga

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UN IGME’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1963.
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UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 138 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1963). Infant Mortality Rate, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1963

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