Data for 1967

Infant Mortality Rate, 1967

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1967
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1967, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1967 covers 148 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 247.483; Sweden is lowest, at 12.600. The middle country reads 75.099. Against 1966, 146 values changed (10 up, 136 down), 2 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1967

HighestYemen

247.483

LowestSweden

12.600

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

148countries
3measures per country
1967the year it describes
148distinct 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, 1967, 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, 1967: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	247.483	222.96	273.98
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	232.389	205.00	263.77
3	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	214.569	177.41	259.12
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	211.202	147.89	304.75
5	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	201.987	179.00	227.12
6	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	194.003	174.69	215.45
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	193.068	172.55	216.81
8	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	186.665	157.98	219.10
9	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	184.366	160.50	212.35
10	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	177.187	160.14	196.39
11	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	175.859	157.40	196.12
12	Bolivia`BOL`South America	165.894	152.08	180.78
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	165.680	146.16	188.51
14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	163.277	144.33	183.61
15	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	162.407	143.47	184.83
16	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	159.518	141.50	180.60
17	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	156.768	143.13	171.73
18	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	151.043	140.50	161.90
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	150.002	139.90	160.53
20	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	149.980	139.53	161.15
21	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	149.713	115.64	192.73
22	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	149.340	132.36	168.20
23	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	145.949	133.88	159.38
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	145.084	130.07	161.77
25	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	144.025	132.08	157.56
26	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	143.203	114.62	176.28
27	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	140.810	129.48	152.79
28	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	140.227	119.16	166.51
29	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	139.536	122.33	158.43
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	139.209	131.16	147.54
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	134.886	124.63	146.50
32	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	133.072	123.07	143.90
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	130.478	116.99	145.19
34	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	127.434	109.85	147.17
35	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	127.099	108.52	149.81
36	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	126.062	114.76	139.77
37	Peru`PER`South America	124.670	116.57	133.30
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	123.516	115.04	132.48
39	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	122.778	105.65	142.64
40	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	122.133	107.69	139.74
41	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	122.029	114.51	130.19
42	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	118.300	106.63	131.31
43	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	118.213	105.61	132.83
44	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	117.424	111.60	123.59
45	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	116.936	101.27	134.21
46	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	116.595	104.61	129.53
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	116.109	107.50	126.19
48	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	114.357	102.52	127.57
49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	113.516	103.48	124.67
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	112.653	98.84	127.86
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	108.731	98.25	120.01
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	108.501	101.21	116.16
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	102.567	89.00	117.94
54	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	101.798	89.65	115.10
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	98.137	79.95	127.12
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	97.127	87.02	108.37
57	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	96.418	69.13	125.90
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	95.639	89.32	102.47
59	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	94.672	80.43	111.58
60	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	94.591	85.53	104.59
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	92.360	85.90	99.28
62	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	91.993	73.28	115.62
63	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	90.988	83.93	98.54
64	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	89.142	82.59	96.59
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	88.500	80.82	96.89
66	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	87.851	76.66	100.05
67	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	86.831	75.74	99.72
68	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	86.155	78.56	94.07
69	Belize`BLZ`Central America	84.130	57.87	121.89
70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	80.518	74.98	86.56
71	Colombia`COL`South America	80.022	74.48	86.07
72	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	80.018	67.83	95.10
73	Chile`CHL`South America	78.409	76.58	80.24
74	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	75.528	47.28	110.10
75	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	74.670	62.53	88.36
76	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	71.465	62.46	80.98
77	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	69.703	56.90	85.55
78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	69.528	60.89	79.48
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	69.198	67.45	71.01
80	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	65.933	57.82	75.19
81	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	65.850	64.64	67.09
82	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	64.147	60.90	67.55
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	62.875	51.93	75.47
84	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.266	48.76	79.72
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.035	56.75	67.70
86	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.688	60.40	62.97
87	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	61.279	51.92	72.28
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	61.028	51.70	71.69
89	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	59.591	44.25	80.30
90	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	59.564	55.04	64.48
91	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	57.305	43.88	75.06
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.085	50.24	62.00
93	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	55.551	49.94	61.61
94	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	55.077	50.70	60.12
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	54.925	49.20	61.03
96	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	54.880	45.89	65.91
97	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	54.078	52.73	55.46
98	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	52.853	40.13	69.76
99	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51.933	45.95	57.95
100	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	51.399	44.49	59.51
101	Uruguay`URY`South America	51.343	50.39	52.35
102	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	51.119	44.39	58.65
103	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	50.681	49.63	51.75
104	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	49.745	41.05	60.82
105	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	47.954	38.11	60.52
106	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	46.863	45.28	48.47
107	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	46.796	44.93	48.70
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.334	41.42	52.04
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.863	42.36	49.66
110	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	45.647	37.77	55.05
111	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	39.075	36.59	41.77
112	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	38.367	35.91	41.01
113	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	37.815	36.96	38.71
114	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	36.051	35.26	36.80
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	34.984	31.16	39.80
116	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	33.981	31.44	36.64
117	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	33.687	33.07	34.34
118	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	33.130	32.47	33.80
119	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	32.385	31.71	33.10
120	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.864	30.14	31.60
121	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	28.550	27.27	29.91
122	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	28.170	26.32	29.77
123	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	26.438	25.90	26.98
124	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	25.813	24.38	27.38
125	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	25.139	24.56	25.74
126	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	24.733	23.32	26.18
127	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.598	22.18	23.00
128	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	22.421	21.39	23.50
129	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	22.257	21.01	23.58
130	United States`USA`Northern America	22.096	21.75	22.47
131	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22.028	21.57	22.49
132	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	21.407	20.07	22.90
133	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.187	20.83	21.57
134	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	20.933	19.64	22.31
135	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	19.526	18.42	20.68
136	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	19.143	18.77	19.53
137	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.257	17.89	18.61
138	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	18.070	16.85	19.38
139	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	17.939	17.59	18.28
140	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.128	16.81	17.46
141	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.948	16.61	17.26
142	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.239	15.93	16.54
143	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	16.048	15.69	16.40
144	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	15.090	14.79	15.39
145	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.763	14.43	15.11
146	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	14.423	13.54	15.37
147	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.779	13.55	14.02
148	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	12.600	12.34	12.85

02In 1967

At either end

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

Highest

1Yemen247.483
2Afghanistan232.389
3Maldives214.569
4South Sudan211.202
5Mali201.987

Lowest

148Sweden12.600
147Netherlands13.779
146Iceland14.423
145Norway14.763
144Finland15.090

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 75.099. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestYemen222.96
LowestSweden12.34
Middle country: 63.58
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan304.75
LowestSweden12.85
Middle country: 85.81

031966 → 1967

Since 1966

What changed between 1966 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
146values changed, of 146 in both
10 · 136rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Romania48.230 → 54.078+5.848
Mauritius64.170 → 69.198+5.028
Burundi115.566 → 116.936+1.370
Mozambique148.439 → 149.713+1.274
Rwanda113.150 → 113.516+0.366

Fell most

Libya131.679 → 122.778−8.901
Chile87.033 → 78.409−8.624
Bahrain96.283 → 87.851−8.432
United Arab Emirates102.229 → 94.672−7.557
Oman194.033 → 186.665−7.368

+ Belize

+ Namibia

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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Every one of the 148 countries has every column.

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1967). Infant Mortality Rate, 1967 [data set], describing 1967. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1967

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