Data for 1968

Infant Mortality Rate, 1968

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1968
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1968, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1968 covers 152 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 240.48; Sweden is lowest, at 12.16. The middle country reads 72.21. Against 1967, 148 values changed (11 up, 137 down), 4 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1968

HighestYemen

240.48

LowestSweden

12.16

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

152countries
3measures per country
1968the year it describes
152distinct 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, 1968, 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, 1968: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	240.48	217.31	265.3767
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	229.57	202.40	260.6159
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	217.93	194.24	245.6930
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	209.05	146.44	302.1526
5	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	208.72	174.42	249.6356
6	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	199.25	177.89	222.4620
7	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	192.57	143.31	257.9753
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	190.47	170.50	213.1195
9	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	189.68	171.09	210.3959
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	183.24	160.23	210.3184
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	179.39	152.26	209.6628
12	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	174.30	158.02	192.3836
13	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	171.42	153.91	190.4896
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	165.73	148.71	186.0208
15	Bolivia`BOL`South America	162.58	149.54	176.4952
16	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	162.38	144.53	181.7265
17	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	162.01	143.34	183.8165
18	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	155.28	141.37	170.3601
19	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	150.53	118.52	191.2174
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	150.30	140.13	160.7130
21	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	148.60	138.84	158.8490
22	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	148.20	131.19	167.1040
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	146.97	136.92	157.6900
24	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	145.20	132.75	159.0728
25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	143.75	117.50	174.1246
26	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	141.93	130.44	155.0449
27	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	139.34	125.24	154.9483
28	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	139.02	122.11	157.5301
29	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	138.81	127.91	150.2136
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	137.91	130.41	145.6815
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	137.36	117.71	161.9338
32	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	134.05	120.50	149.0373
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	132.42	122.50	143.3830
34	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	129.73	120.19	139.9285
35	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	127.46	98.49	166.9839
36	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	126.05	108.95	145.3683
37	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	125.38	106.60	148.4914
38	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	124.44	113.08	137.8966
39	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	124.37	112.14	137.7913
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	123.19	114.99	131.7909
41	Peru`PER`South America	121.02	113.10	129.2422
42	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	119.99	105.73	137.6510
43	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	118.63	111.51	126.4096
44	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	118.20	103.36	134.4839
45	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	117.34	106.15	129.7961
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	116.92	112.23	121.7980
47	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	114.53	101.83	128.6050
48	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	114.42	97.91	133.7163
49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	114.15	104.35	125.0111
50	Honduras`HND`Central America	112.46	104.08	122.6311
51	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	112.33	100.62	125.2825
52	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	111.28	97.68	125.8563
53	Ecuador`ECU`South America	106.85	96.58	117.7677
54	Brazil`BRA`South America	106.37	99.45	113.8979
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	100.21	87.65	114.4175
56	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	97.27	85.27	110.4859
57	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	96.07	78.32	124.0542
58	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	94.25	85.44	103.9129
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	93.95	87.82	100.5699
60	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	93.12	67.23	120.3229
61	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	92.90	83.32	103.4513
62	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	90.93	83.91	98.3061
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	90.79	84.61	97.5164
64	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	88.55	70.16	111.7888
65	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	87.18	74.54	102.1711
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	86.37	78.98	94.2943
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	85.71	79.57	92.7164
68	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	82.86	75.59	90.4626
69	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	81.99	71.29	94.5398
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	80.77	57.44	112.9871
71	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	80.07	69.81	91.2736
72	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	78.18	65.29	94.3057
73	Colombia`COL`South America	77.86	72.56	83.6346
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	77.20	71.92	82.9539
75	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	72.88	47.95	102.7517
76	Chile`CHL`South America	72.50	70.65	74.3200
77	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	71.92	59.43	85.9274
78	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	69.47	58.43	81.9765
79	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	69.21	67.32	71.1778
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.58	60.46	78.1836
81	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	66.87	59.15	74.8406
82	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	64.92	53.03	79.4350
83	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	63.96	62.75	65.1586
84	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	63.51	55.76	72.3185
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.86	56.66	67.5748
86	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.61	51.45	71.1431
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.27	46.80	77.8151
88	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	60.09	57.15	63.1555
89	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	59.95	58.72	61.2269
90	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	58.93	46.15	75.4535
91	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.91	49.66	69.6578
92	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	56.94	53.13	61.0838
93	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	56.68	55.11	58.2778
94	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.68	49.11	60.3183
95	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	54.22	45.20	65.1766
96	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	54.17	41.72	70.7902
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	54.16	48.70	60.1596
98	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	52.44	46.93	58.4110
99	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	51.71	47.74	56.2828
100	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	51.64	40.15	67.1219
101	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51.22	45.42	56.9614
102	Uruguay`URY`South America	50.68	49.78	51.6360
103	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	49.93	43.44	57.1905
104	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	49.89	43.20	57.6594
105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	49.60	48.37	50.9111
106	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	45.93	37.73	56.2735
107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	45.31	40.42	50.9109
108	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	44.93	43.31	46.5628
109	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.82	35.95	56.0744
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.10	40.87	47.5486
111	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	43.26	41.55	45.0025
112	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	42.96	35.51	51.8721
113	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	37.44	35.14	39.8718
114	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	36.81	36.02	37.6145
115	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	36.74	34.16	39.5226
116	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	34.46	33.72	35.1897
117	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	34.06	30.16	38.8869
118	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	32.03	31.43	32.6438
119	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	31.81	31.24	32.4295
120	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	30.92	30.30	31.5966
121	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	30.68	28.29	33.2448
122	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	30.21	29.47	30.9821
123	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	27.37	26.13	28.6904
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	27.13	25.29	28.6375
125	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	25.83	25.26	26.3696
126	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	25.66	24.22	27.1984
127	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	25.23	22.02	28.9713
128	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	24.00	23.44	24.5599
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	23.94	22.59	25.3549
130	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	23.43	22.26	24.5532
131	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.91	21.51	22.3155
132	United States`USA`Northern America	21.41	21.07	21.7582
133	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	21.37	20.07	22.8504
134	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	21.15	19.98	22.3985
135	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	21.04	20.33	21.7682
136	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.74	20.27	21.2099
137	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20.29	19.95	20.6424
138	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	20.02	18.80	21.3239
139	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.80	17.74	19.9035
140	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18.77	18.42	19.1267
141	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.20	17.86	18.5507
142	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	17.59	17.26	17.9250
143	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	17.43	16.28	18.6928
144	France`FRA`Western Europe	16.47	16.17	16.7885
145	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	16.28	15.97	16.5843
146	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	15.25	14.90	15.5949
147	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	15.14	14.85	15.4232
148	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.44	14.14	14.7523
149	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.17	13.83	14.5159
150	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	13.90	13.04	14.8371
151	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.39	13.17	13.6284
152	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	12.16	11.91	12.4080

02In 1968

At either end

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

Highest

1Yemen240.48
2Afghanistan229.57
3Nigeria217.93
4South Sudan209.05
5Maldives208.72

Lowest

152Sweden12.16
151Netherlands13.39
150Iceland13.90
149Norway14.17
148Finland14.44

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 72.21. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestYemen217.31
LowestSweden11.91
Middle country: 61.60
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan302.1526
LowestSweden12.4080
Middle country: 82.4652

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+4 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 148 in both
11 · 137rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Nigeria159.52 → 217.93+58.41
Mauritania114.36 → 134.05+19.69
Vietnam62.88 → 69.47+6.60
Romania54.08 → 56.68+2.61
Burundi116.94 → 118.20+1.27

Fell most

Libya122.78 → 114.42−8.36
Bahrain87.85 → 80.07−7.78
United Arab Emirates94.67 → 87.18−7.49
Oman186.66 → 179.39−7.28
Yemen247.48 → 240.48−7.01

+ Bahamas

+ Bhutan

+ Germany

+ Myanmar

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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05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1968). Infant Mortality Rate, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1968

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