Data for 1971

Infant Mortality Rate, 1971

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1971
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1971, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1971 covers 163 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 248.96; Sweden is lowest, at 10.88. The middle country reads 64.42. Against 1970, 158 values changed (13 up, 145 down), 5 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1971

HighestAfghanistan

248.96

LowestSweden

10.88

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

163countries
3measures per country
1971the year it describes
163distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Infant Mortality Rate, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	248.96	219.051	283.44
2	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	218.76	199.637	239.48
3	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	204.92	192.731	217.91
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	190.66	172.915	209.90
5	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	189.93	161.989	222.26
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	181.56	162.808	202.38
7	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	180.88	141.879	230.97
8	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	179.17	159.162	202.43
9	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	177.96	161.674	195.81
10	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	172.29	122.567	243.44
11	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	164.75	150.730	180.23
12	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	163.64	149.849	179.27
13	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	158.52	143.324	175.52
14	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	157.46	142.613	173.86
15	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	156.92	134.834	181.52
16	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	156.05	139.900	174.37
17	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	152.22	124.600	186.32
18	Bolivia`BOL`South America	151.73	140.916	163.75
19	Niger`NER`Western Africa	151.55	134.539	170.84
20	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	151.05	136.973	166.45
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	150.03	140.864	159.83
22	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	145.28	124.301	168.41
23	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	144.38	119.826	174.23
24	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	144.07	127.123	163.53
25	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	142.45	126.906	160.15
26	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	139.54	126.547	154.25
27	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	138.07	129.179	147.75
28	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	137.26	121.420	154.53
29	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	136.08	125.436	148.15
30	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	134.41	124.620	144.67
31	India`IND`Southern Asia	133.15	126.893	139.92
32	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	129.61	112.779	149.73
33	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	128.03	115.689	141.47
34	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	126.50	117.629	136.23
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	125.89	96.958	161.30
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	123.65	111.063	137.18
37	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	121.98	98.440	151.78
38	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	121.78	106.962	138.51
39	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	121.13	113.572	128.89
40	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	120.42	106.416	135.84
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	119.47	111.032	128.41
42	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	118.87	108.112	131.29
43	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	118.70	100.489	142.09
44	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	117.78	108.434	128.36
45	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	114.35	104.273	125.65
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	113.11	108.582	117.49
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	112.84	99.357	129.83
48	Peru`PER`South America	111.23	104.346	118.44
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	109.38	97.290	122.73
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	109.09	102.789	115.71
51	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	107.07	96.922	118.19
52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	103.77	91.919	116.11
53	Honduras`HND`Central America	101.63	93.570	111.65
54	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	101.60	89.916	114.71
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	100.50	91.437	110.75
56	Brazil`BRA`South America	100.11	93.693	107.05
57	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	92.43	77.985	109.43
58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	92.34	81.150	104.43
59	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	91.10	84.163	98.32
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	90.02	73.525	114.37
61	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	90.00	82.133	98.36
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	88.33	82.671	94.40
63	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	86.00	80.140	92.31
64	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	83.85	72.288	97.04
65	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	81.76	73.725	90.88
66	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	81.71	62.151	101.19
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	80.50	70.263	90.85
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	79.77	73.132	86.78
69	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	78.78	62.301	99.88
70	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	76.27	61.737	94.20
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	75.16	70.184	80.82
72	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	73.66	58.462	94.16
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	72.88	66.579	79.67
74	Belize`BLZ`Central America	71.49	54.789	93.30
75	Colombia`COL`South America	71.00	66.198	76.25
76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	68.25	63.651	73.21
77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	67.83	58.374	78.71
78	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.77	60.929	75.46
79	Chile`CHL`South America	67.44	65.918	69.01
80	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	66.21	57.391	76.54
81	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	64.66	56.822	73.70
82	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	64.42	51.649	79.34
83	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	64.15	46.811	85.58
84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	62.54	51.609	75.81
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.05	55.877	66.78
86	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.35	51.598	70.42
87	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	60.13	52.913	68.44
88	Argentina`ARG`South America	58.75	56.384	61.25
89	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	57.04	55.610	58.54
90	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	56.98	49.850	64.89
91	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	56.32	55.298	57.37
92	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	55.32	50.980	59.84
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	52.94	48.014	58.33
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	52.76	44.058	63.64
95	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	52.59	43.889	62.63
96	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	51.69	50.662	52.82
97	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	51.54	42.986	61.38
98	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	51.16	35.779	73.39
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	50.61	40.714	63.37
100	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	49.77	38.975	63.72
101	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	49.72	39.099	62.75
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	49.57	46.889	52.42
103	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.57	43.787	53.69
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	48.46	46.450	50.54
105	Venezuela`VEN`South America	48.17	43.108	53.09
106	Uruguay`URY`South America	48.08	47.215	48.98
107	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	48.01	45.863	50.26
108	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	47.84	45.249	50.61
109	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	46.66	40.855	53.37
110	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	44.90	35.085	57.87
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	44.84	38.670	51.66
112	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	44.72	39.291	50.79
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	43.77	38.737	49.45
114	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	42.51	39.852	45.63
115	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	42.00	40.973	43.04
116	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	39.17	36.811	41.62
117	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	39.12	37.538	40.74
118	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	36.83	30.107	45.30
119	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	36.53	30.058	44.66
120	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	36.37	30.111	44.00
121	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	34.70	33.853	35.49
122	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	34.30	32.893	35.72
123	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	34.29	27.777	41.24
124	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	33.71	30.356	37.29
125	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	32.53	30.683	34.52
126	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.37	29.721	31.06
127	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	30.32	26.796	34.39
128	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	29.37	20.412	42.65
129	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	28.18	27.623	28.78
130	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	26.44	25.831	27.03
131	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	26.26	24.408	28.23
132	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	26.16	25.562	26.73
133	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	25.64	25.159	26.13
134	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	25.16	23.725	26.71
135	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	24.79	24.280	25.32
136	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	24.65	23.374	25.81
137	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	23.71	22.571	24.93
138	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	23.46	21.532	25.62
139	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	22.49	21.224	23.75
140	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	21.36	20.978	21.77
141	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	20.74	19.437	22.13
142	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	20.67	20.166	21.21
143	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	19.58	19.224	19.98
144	United States`USA`Northern America	19.14	18.831	19.45
145	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.61	18.190	19.04
146	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	18.35	17.233	19.52
147	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	17.95	16.888	19.07
148	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	17.69	17.356	18.03
149	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17.64	17.347	17.96
150	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17.52	16.545	18.54
151	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.47	17.143	17.82
152	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	17.23	16.771	17.68
153	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16.57	16.252	16.89
154	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	16.32	15.213	17.48
155	France`FRA`Western Europe	14.33	14.055	14.60
156	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	14.29	14.015	14.57
157	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	13.22	12.914	13.54
158	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	12.65	12.347	12.95
159	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	12.62	12.394	12.86
160	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	12.59	12.283	12.90
161	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	12.41	11.598	13.28
162	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.12	11.918	12.34
163	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.88	10.663	11.12

02In 1971

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan248.96
2Yemen218.76
3Bangladesh204.92
4Mali190.66
5Maldives189.93

Lowest

163Sweden10.88
162Netherlands12.12
161Iceland12.41
160Norway12.59
159Japan12.62

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 64.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan219.051
LowestSweden10.663
Middle country: 55.877
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan283.44
LowestSweden11.12
Middle country: 73.70

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 158 in both
13 · 145rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh164.42 → 204.92+40.51
Afghanistan223.83 → 248.96+25.13
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines46.11 → 49.57+3.46
Rwanda116.40 → 117.78+1.39
Niger150.30 → 151.55+1.25

Fell most

Nigeria206.58 → 142.45−64.13
South Sudan208.37 → 172.29−36.08
Peru127.34 → 111.23−16.11
Oman164.55 → 156.92−7.63
Yemen225.85 → 218.76−7.09

+ Cyprus

+ Iran

+ Kazakhstan

+ Moldova

+ Ukraine

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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Nothing missing
Every one of the 163 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1971). Infant Mortality Rate, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1971

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