Data for 1965

Infant Mortality Rate, 1965

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1965
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1965, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1965 covers 143 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 259.27; Sweden is lowest, at 13.71. The middle country reads 80.87. Against 1964, 140 values changed (8 up, 132 down), 3 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1965

HighestYemen

259.27

LowestSweden

13.71

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

143countries
3measures per country
1965the year it describes
143distinct 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, 1965, 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, 1965: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	259.27	231.26	289.84
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	237.66	209.11	270.62
3	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	225.30	181.82	279.43
4	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	202.78	181.64	226.65
5	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	201.21	168.97	239.50
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	196.66	175.90	221.68
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	186.72	161.24	217.20
8	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	185.38	130.79	265.27
9	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	184.90	164.18	207.98
10	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	182.81	163.81	204.25
11	Bolivia`BOL`South America	172.38	156.13	190.06
12	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	167.55	145.06	195.28
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	165.23	144.44	187.61
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	165.21	140.64	193.98
15	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	162.10	142.97	185.58
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	159.76	146.32	174.42
17	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	157.01	145.39	170.05
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	155.32	138.30	174.53
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	154.93	144.09	166.39
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	154.55	142.79	166.71
21	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	151.77	134.56	170.78
22	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	148.44	135.74	163.29
23	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	146.97	109.55	195.68
24	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	146.19	133.73	159.22
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	146.16	121.73	176.99
26	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	145.07	133.71	157.53
27	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	143.18	126.12	162.22
28	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	142.72	133.39	152.82
29	India`IND`Southern Asia	141.96	132.43	151.56
30	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	141.09	122.01	162.15
31	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	140.50	123.04	159.91
32	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	140.05	128.51	152.87
33	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	139.63	128.26	152.00
34	Peru`PER`South America	133.00	123.98	142.61
35	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	130.42	112.06	152.97
36	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	129.46	112.08	149.36
37	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	129.05	117.69	142.91
38	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	126.46	111.66	144.25
39	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	126.01	113.60	141.63
40	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	125.38	112.85	138.85
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	124.21	115.31	133.90
42	Honduras`HND`Central America	123.54	114.08	134.02
43	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	120.35	106.97	135.28
44	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	119.87	107.21	134.11
45	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	118.18	109.84	127.27
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	115.89	101.44	132.11
47	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	114.18	95.85	135.63
48	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	113.25	102.50	125.32
49	Ecuador`ECU`South America	113.24	102.05	125.55
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	113.02	105.39	121.04
51	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	111.30	98.82	124.76
52	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	109.89	91.87	131.93
53	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	106.64	95.02	119.52
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	106.51	91.98	123.64
55	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	105.20	92.12	119.63
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	102.27	83.64	132.39
57	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	102.07	72.77	135.60
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	98.89	92.07	106.04
59	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	98.64	79.65	121.97
60	Chile`CHL`South America	96.48	94.20	98.88
61	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	96.04	84.24	109.61
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	95.86	88.75	103.86
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	95.74	88.84	103.34
64	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	94.84	85.56	104.95
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	92.88	84.38	102.23
66	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	92.11	83.97	100.71
67	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	91.31	84.20	99.08
68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	87.84	81.59	94.63
69	Colombia`COL`South America	84.39	78.11	90.92
70	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	83.91	71.79	98.03
71	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	82.25	70.28	95.56
72	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	80.87	44.73	128.33
73	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	80.51	68.81	93.85
74	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	72.36	61.56	85.28
75	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	72.23	68.48	76.24
76	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	71.28	62.22	81.37
77	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.81	67.53	70.17
78	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	68.73	53.82	88.00
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	66.50	65.01	68.00
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	65.92	56.31	76.93
81	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	63.92	57.89	70.80
82	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	63.84	48.33	83.82
83	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	62.94	57.16	69.41
84	Guyana`GUY`South America	62.45	52.59	73.86
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	62.32	49.24	77.78
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.14	56.59	68.08
87	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.52	56.28	67.50
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.66	58.06	61.30
89	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.61	52.36	64.92
90	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	58.51	48.45	70.72
91	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	56.80	48.18	67.61
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	56.55	50.41	63.36
93	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	56.12	40.67	77.23
94	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	54.84	52.52	57.23
95	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	54.65	42.60	71.01
96	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	54.42	47.27	63.08
97	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	53.83	46.52	62.15
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.24	47.19	59.66
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	52.85	51.92	53.84
100	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.98	51.03	52.98
101	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	51.75	43.22	61.80
102	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	51.37	49.75	53.02
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50.23	46.14	54.73
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49.44	44.20	55.35
105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	45.02	43.81	46.24
106	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	42.99	40.54	45.63
107	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	42.94	39.80	46.42
108	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	41.80	39.08	44.69
109	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	40.60	39.77	41.47
110	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	39.94	39.07	40.82
111	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	37.20	36.50	37.89
112	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	36.29	32.84	40.65
113	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	35.78	35.07	36.49
114	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	34.44	33.75	35.12
115	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	31.44	30.67	32.23
116	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	30.67	29.38	32.02
117	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	30.65	28.82	32.37
118	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	28.40	27.81	29.00
119	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	27.27	26.66	27.92
120	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	26.85	25.32	28.44
121	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	26.30	24.77	27.90
122	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	25.25	23.37	27.20
123	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	24.81	24.27	25.37
124	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	24.59	23.08	26.22
125	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	24.14	23.69	24.58
126	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	23.56	22.06	25.11
127	United States`USA`Northern America	23.35	22.97	23.74
128	Canada`CAN`Northern America	23.08	22.69	23.49
129	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	21.47	20.27	22.75
130	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	21.20	19.84	22.70
131	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20.20	19.83	20.59
132	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	19.83	18.49	21.28
133	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19.11	18.74	19.47
134	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	18.80	18.38	19.18
135	France`FRA`Western Europe	18.59	18.24	18.95
136	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.52	18.16	18.89
137	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	18.45	18.08	18.80
138	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17.93	17.56	18.31
139	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.58	16.26	16.91
140	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	16.00	15.65	16.38
141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	15.46	14.57	16.43
142	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.49	14.25	14.74
143	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	13.71	13.43	13.99

02In 1965

At either end

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

Highest

1Yemen259.27
2Afghanistan237.66
3Maldives225.30
4Nepal202.78
5Oman201.21

Lowest

143Sweden13.71
142Netherlands14.49
141Iceland15.46
140Norway16.00
139Finland16.58

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 80.87. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestYemen231.26
LowestSweden13.43
Middle country: 68.81
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestYemen289.84
LowestSweden13.99
Middle country: 93.85

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
140values changed, of 140 in both
8 · 132rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia132.29 → 142.72+10.43
Vietnam60.83 → 62.32+1.49
Lesotho143.68 → 145.07+1.39
Mozambique145.63 → 146.97+1.34
Mauritius58.44 → 59.66+1.23

Fell most

Libya150.62 → 141.09−9.53
Bahrain114.70 → 105.20−9.50
Samoa75.36 → 65.92−9.45
Chile104.85 → 96.48−8.37
United Arab Emirates117.52 → 109.89−7.63

+ Burundi

+ Palau

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

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 1965.
The position is ours
UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 143 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1965). Infant Mortality Rate, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1965

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