Data for 1966

Infant Mortality Rate, 1966

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1966
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1966, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1966 covers 146 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 253.87; Sweden is lowest, at 13.11. The middle country reads 77.95. Against 1965, 143 values changed (10 up, 133 down), 3 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1966

HighestYemen

253.87

LowestSweden

13.11

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

146countries
3measures per country
1966the year it describes
146distinct 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, 1966, 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, 1966: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	253.87	227.839	282.37
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	234.97	207.291	267.05
3	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	220.10	179.444	268.67
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	213.53	150.531	307.32
5	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	205.04	180.200	232.61
6	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	198.43	178.440	220.96
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	195.20	174.391	220.04
8	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	194.03	163.699	229.05
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	185.54	160.812	214.95
10	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	180.36	160.764	201.93
11	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	180.06	162.079	200.23
12	Bolivia`BOL`South America	169.15	154.241	185.40
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	165.39	143.470	190.70
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	164.18	144.429	185.68
15	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	163.48	143.692	187.05
16	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	162.44	143.406	185.45
17	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	158.29	144.723	172.95
18	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	153.31	142.293	165.45
19	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	152.43	141.351	163.84
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	152.12	141.727	163.04
21	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	150.55	133.579	169.33
22	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	150.43	134.559	168.42
23	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	148.44	112.719	193.95
24	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	146.20	133.885	160.34
25	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	145.90	134.135	158.90
26	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	143.17	131.266	155.73
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	143.13	120.623	171.59
28	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	142.86	111.655	179.87
29	India`IND`Southern Asia	140.53	131.859	149.47
30	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	140.06	122.664	159.25
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	137.44	126.651	149.54
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	136.89	121.586	153.41
33	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	136.38	125.822	147.77
34	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	131.68	113.603	152.13
35	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	128.79	110.309	151.19
36	Peru`PER`South America	128.70	120.109	137.74
37	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	128.45	110.661	148.47
38	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	127.59	116.275	141.44
39	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	125.40	117.445	134.10
40	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	124.41	109.663	142.29
41	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	123.78	115.164	133.14
42	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	122.09	109.572	137.26
43	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	120.96	108.679	134.13
44	Honduras`HND`Central America	119.83	110.858	130.05
45	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	119.13	106.922	132.85
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	117.80	110.751	125.50
47	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	117.35	104.842	131.43
48	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	115.57	99.167	134.44
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	114.27	100.107	129.71
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	113.15	102.814	124.72
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	110.85	100.181	122.45
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	110.69	103.088	118.54
53	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	106.48	94.087	119.67
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	104.64	90.623	120.86
55	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	102.23	86.153	121.47
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	101.68	90.863	113.57
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	100.23	81.813	129.96
58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	99.39	70.784	130.92
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	97.28	90.816	104.27
60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	96.28	84.191	109.65
61	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	95.23	76.376	118.98
62	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	94.60	85.292	104.71
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	93.96	87.316	101.12
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	92.56	85.637	100.27
65	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	91.50	80.010	104.76
66	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	91.13	84.068	98.80
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	90.63	82.616	99.53
68	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	89.30	81.381	97.50
69	Chile`CHL`South America	87.03	85.105	89.04
70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	84.10	78.199	90.51
71	Colombia`COL`South America	82.21	76.353	88.45
72	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	81.93	69.908	96.57
73	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	78.29	46.125	118.53
74	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	77.61	65.714	90.93
75	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	76.60	66.183	87.83
76	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	75.01	61.323	91.98
77	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.89	61.373	81.86
78	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	68.50	59.862	78.17
79	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	68.22	64.667	71.94
80	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.60	66.355	68.88
81	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	65.57	51.350	83.95
82	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	64.17	62.632	65.74
83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.70	62.332	65.13
84	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	63.64	54.102	74.68
85	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	62.55	50.562	76.35
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.08	56.715	67.85
87	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	61.89	56.557	67.72
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	61.61	52.014	72.63
89	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	60.58	45.974	79.26
90	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	59.05	53.356	65.26
91	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	58.43	53.568	63.91
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.36	51.293	63.57
93	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	55.74	46.848	66.66
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	55.69	49.760	62.13
95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	54.35	40.373	73.11
96	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	53.97	44.584	65.69
97	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	52.88	45.870	61.35
98	Venezuela`VEN`South America	52.57	46.558	58.86
99	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	52.43	45.399	60.31
100	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	51.82	50.850	52.82
101	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.72	50.784	52.70
102	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	51.29	40.336	65.54
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	50.63	48.566	52.76
104	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	48.96	47.350	50.58
105	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	48.59	40.396	58.35
106	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	48.23	47.078	49.45
107	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	47.89	44.118	52.05
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	47.71	42.637	53.48
109	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	40.89	38.110	43.87
110	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	40.44	38.014	43.05
111	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	38.85	38.007	39.72
112	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	38.10	37.306	38.89
113	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	37.71	35.089	40.51
114	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	35.74	32.029	40.39
115	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	35.46	34.827	36.13
116	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	34.36	33.668	35.07
117	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	33.53	32.863	34.22
118	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	31.07	30.402	31.74
119	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	29.64	28.379	31.01
120	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	29.35	27.527	31.02
121	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	27.31	26.767	27.87
122	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	26.24	25.686	26.83
123	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	26.02	24.554	27.60
124	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25.68	24.215	27.21
125	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	23.75	22.319	25.23
126	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	23.46	22.935	23.98
127	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	23.40	22.032	24.86
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23.33	22.897	23.75
129	United States`USA`Northern America	22.74	22.376	23.12
130	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22.11	21.741	22.51
131	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	22.10	20.721	23.52
132	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	21.34	19.994	22.83
133	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	20.41	19.281	21.63
134	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	19.62	19.244	20.00
135	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	18.87	17.611	20.20
136	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.35	17.989	18.71
137	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	18.32	17.949	18.69
138	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.83	17.499	18.17
139	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	17.66	17.302	18.00
140	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17.55	17.209	17.88
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	16.98	16.627	17.33
142	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	15.80	15.489	16.11
143	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	15.39	15.042	15.74
144	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	14.95	14.062	15.90
145	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	14.14	13.906	14.39
146	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	13.11	12.843	13.38

02In 1966

At either end

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

Highest

1Yemen253.87
2Afghanistan234.97
3Maldives220.10
4South Sudan213.53
5Mali205.04

Lowest

146Sweden13.11
145Netherlands14.14
144Iceland14.95
143Norway15.39
142Finland15.80

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 77.95. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestYemen227.839
LowestSweden12.843
Middle country: 66.269
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan307.32
LowestSweden13.38
Middle country: 89.77

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
143values changed, of 143 in both
10 · 133rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan185.38 → 213.53+28.15
Mauritius59.66 → 64.17+4.51
Romania45.02 → 48.23+3.21
Mozambique146.97 → 148.44+1.47
Burundi114.18 → 115.57+1.39

Fell most

Indonesia142.72 → 125.40−17.32
Chile96.48 → 87.03−9.45
Libya141.09 → 131.68−9.41
Bahrain105.20 → 96.28−8.91
United Arab Emirates109.89 → 102.23−7.66

+ Ethiopia

+ Mali

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

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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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1966). Infant Mortality Rate, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1966

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