Data for 1969

Infant Mortality Rate, 1969

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1969
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1969, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1969 covers 158 countries on 3 measures. Yemen is highest, at 233.24; Sweden is lowest, at 11.75. The middle country reads 69.46. Against 1968, 152 values changed (9 up, 143 down), 6 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1969

HighestYemen

233.24

LowestSweden

11.75

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

158countries
3measures per country
1969the year it describes
158distinct 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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	233.24	211.60	256.55
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	226.61	199.73	257.75
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	212.34	189.33	239.27
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	210.62	147.93	301.86
5	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	202.75	170.81	240.66
6	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	196.60	176.48	218.41
7	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	188.54	143.51	247.61
8	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	187.62	167.92	209.35
9	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	185.67	167.81	205.44
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	182.04	159.99	207.87
11	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	172.08	146.78	199.97
12	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	171.15	155.51	188.46
13	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	166.95	150.52	185.02
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	165.86	150.29	183.86
15	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	161.24	144.63	179.73
16	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	160.93	142.85	181.72
17	Bolivia`BOL`South America	158.97	146.97	172.10
18	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	153.86	139.78	169.14
19	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	151.10	121.06	189.90
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	150.05	140.33	160.28
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa	148.91	129.85	171.14
22	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	147.97	138.41	157.94
23	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	147.08	129.95	165.98
24	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	144.32	120.04	171.84
25	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	144.02	134.43	154.25
26	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	143.86	131.00	158.15
27	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	140.07	128.82	152.69
28	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	138.48	121.92	156.64
29	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	137.17	126.65	148.11
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	136.39	129.48	143.82
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	134.62	115.90	157.29
32	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	133.58	120.08	148.33
33	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	131.05	118.14	145.47
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	130.14	120.62	140.57
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	128.34	95.17	171.33
36	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	126.33	117.25	136.09
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	125.55	98.64	161.58
38	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	124.65	108.04	143.49
39	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	123.39	104.57	146.80
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	122.74	114.79	131.08
41	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	122.71	111.48	135.82
42	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	119.12	104.62	134.91
43	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	118.39	107.05	130.77
44	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	117.71	103.70	135.25
45	Peru`PER`South America	117.61	109.97	125.46
46	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	116.41	105.73	128.37
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	116.12	111.89	120.34
48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	115.36	108.48	122.69
49	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	115.19	105.65	125.93
50	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	110.80	98.43	124.43
51	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	110.07	97.05	124.22
52	Honduras`HND`Central America	108.84	100.49	118.98
53	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	108.38	96.80	121.25
54	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	106.62	90.94	125.28
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	104.97	95.05	115.68
56	Brazil`BRA`South America	104.34	97.64	111.58
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	97.79	85.85	111.04
58	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	93.95	76.57	120.87
59	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	93.48	84.96	102.65
60	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	92.79	80.89	106.03
61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	92.26	86.28	98.76
62	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	90.93	83.94	98.23
63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	89.49	65.69	114.04
64	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	89.21	83.14	95.83
65	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	88.98	80.00	98.99
66	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	88.83	74.97	103.59
67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	85.17	67.29	108.06
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	84.22	77.10	91.84
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	82.22	76.48	88.78
70	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	79.90	68.63	93.06
71	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	79.52	72.55	86.73
72	Belize`BLZ`Central America	77.64	56.87	105.43
73	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	77.14	66.93	89.29
74	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.54	62.85	93.97
75	Colombia`COL`South America	75.62	70.49	81.31
76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	74.07	69.06	79.47
77	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	72.89	63.68	82.99
78	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	70.15	48.28	96.49
79	Chile`CHL`South America	69.67	68.13	71.26
80	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	69.24	56.59	83.70
81	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.11	60.31	77.28
82	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	66.02	56.46	76.84
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	62.98	61.49	64.46
84	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62.69	56.21	69.48
85	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	62.02	60.89	63.17
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.63	56.47	67.39
87	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	61.21	53.69	69.65
88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.91	48.73	76.50
89	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	60.48	49.63	73.43
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.38	51.35	70.72
91	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.80	56.42	63.24
92	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	58.03	56.85	59.27
93	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	56.68	42.56	74.52
94	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.37	47.35	66.94
95	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	56.08	53.47	58.84
96	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.69	43.61	71.30
97	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	54.04	50.78	57.56
98	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	53.69	44.68	64.75
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	53.60	48.29	59.37
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	52.97	47.67	58.37
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.74	51.52	53.95
102	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	51.03	39.49	66.45
103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	50.89	40.02	65.26
104	Venezuela`VEN`South America	50.36	44.81	55.78
105	Uruguay`URY`South America	49.80	48.90	50.74
106	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	49.65	44.16	55.64
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	48.80	47.23	50.42
108	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	48.79	42.59	55.87
109	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	48.39	44.88	52.52
110	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	48.28	41.83	55.74
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	44.57	39.65	50.13
112	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	43.01	41.40	44.65
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	42.78	38.60	47.28
114	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	42.50	39.55	45.59
115	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	42.46	34.78	52.06
116	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	41.86	33.89	52.09
117	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	40.48	33.52	49.12
118	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	40.00	38.42	41.61
119	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	35.90	35.08	36.73
120	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	35.85	33.75	38.14
121	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	35.45	32.67	38.47
122	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	33.22	32.55	33.91
123	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	32.94	29.12	37.66
124	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	30.92	30.33	31.52
125	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	29.82	29.27	30.42
126	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	29.27	28.70	29.91
127	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	28.92	28.31	29.55
128	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	27.84	25.65	30.27
129	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26.21	24.46	27.61
130	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	26.16	24.93	27.45
131	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	25.58	22.95	28.51
132	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	25.52	24.09	27.06
133	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	25.46	24.92	25.97
134	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	23.34	21.99	24.69
135	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	22.84	22.28	23.40
136	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	22.74	22.02	23.47
137	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	21.26	19.96	22.68
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.22	20.84	21.62
139	United States`USA`Northern America	20.69	20.35	21.03
140	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	20.07	18.94	21.26
141	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	19.76	19.31	20.20
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19.63	19.11	20.15
143	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.41	19.09	19.75
144	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	19.31	18.14	20.53
145	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18.44	18.09	18.80
146	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.24	17.21	19.30
147	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.10	17.76	18.46
148	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	17.26	16.94	17.59
149	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	16.95	15.80	18.16
150	France`FRA`Western Europe	15.79	15.49	16.11
151	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	15.63	15.35	15.92
152	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.60	14.29	14.92
153	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14.20	13.94	14.46
154	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.84	13.54	14.14
155	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	13.62	13.32	13.95
156	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	13.39	12.55	14.31
157	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.98	12.76	13.21
158	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	11.75	11.52	11.99

02In 1969

At either end

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

Highest

1Yemen233.24
2Afghanistan226.61
3Nigeria212.34
4South Sudan210.62
5Maldives202.75

Lowest

158Sweden11.75
157Netherlands12.98
156Iceland13.39
155Norway13.62
154Finland13.84

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 69.46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestYemen211.60
LowestSweden11.52
Middle country: 60.60
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan301.86
LowestSweden11.99
Middle country: 78.38

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
152values changed, of 152 in both
9 · 143rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan209.05 → 210.62+1.57
Rwanda114.15 → 115.19+1.04
Burundi118.20 → 119.12+0.91
Namibia60.27 → 60.91+0.64
Mozambique150.53 → 151.10+0.58

Fell most

Libya114.42 → 106.62−7.80
Oman179.39 → 172.08−7.31
United Arab Emirates87.18 → 79.90−7.28
Yemen240.48 → 233.24−7.24
Bahrain80.07 → 72.89−7.19

+ Argentina

+ China

+ DR Congo

+ Niger

+ Qatar

+ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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 158 countries has every column.

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Cite this edition

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1969). Infant Mortality Rate, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1969

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