Data for 1972

Infant Mortality Rate, 1972

1972, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1972 covers 166 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 245.1752; Sweden is lowest, at 10.3803. The middle country reads 63.4706. Against 1971, 163 values changed (16 up, 147 down), 3 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1972

HighestAfghanistan

245.1752

LowestSweden

10.3803

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

166countries
3measures per country
1972the year it describes
166distinct values13 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Infant Mortality Rate, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	245.1752	215.72	279.41
2	YemenYEMWestern Asia	211.9852	193.69	231.57
3	MaliMLIWestern Africa	187.6285	170.93	205.82
4	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	182.4452	156.31	212.17
5	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	178.5971	160.46	198.87
6	GuineaGINWestern Africa	177.6884	158.58	199.35
7	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	176.7952	140.20	223.85
8	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	174.3383	158.97	191.28
9	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	170.3193	122.13	238.58
10	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	168.5754	146.32	193.28
11	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	161.4485	147.95	176.68
12	HaitiHTICaribbean	161.2149	147.71	176.03
13	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	156.3285	141.78	172.94
14	NigerNERWestern Africa	152.6480	136.39	170.86
15	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	152.4890	137.27	169.36
16	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	152.3268	125.86	184.88
17	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	152.3267	138.27	168.00
18	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	149.7341	135.70	164.91
19	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	149.5712	140.73	159.08
20	OmanOMNWestern Asia	149.5591	128.84	172.43
21	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	148.6811	111.55	199.77
22	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	148.1594	139.60	157.42
23	BoliviaBOLSouth America	147.8569	137.62	159.27
24	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	142.4160	125.55	161.79
25	IranIRNSouthern Asia	138.4913	117.26	163.72
26	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	137.6845	122.69	154.60
27	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	137.2377	124.28	151.75
28	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	136.6664	121.19	153.45
29	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	136.5548	120.72	153.70
30	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	134.9207	126.18	144.25
31	BeninBENWestern Africa	134.0260	123.61	145.89
32	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	133.2133	123.77	143.05
33	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	131.2433	125.21	137.79
34	NicaraguaNICCentral America	130.3874	115.52	147.52
35	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	127.8014	115.99	140.78
36	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	127.4838	111.27	146.51
37	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	124.8649	116.22	134.33
38	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	124.3553	97.45	156.62
39	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	120.1433	108.13	133.12
40	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	119.9965	98.40	147.42
41	SenegalSENWestern Africa	119.7399	112.36	127.43
42	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	119.3291	110.03	129.78
43	TogoTGOWestern Africa	116.9217	106.40	129.27
44	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	115.9212	107.86	124.71
45	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	115.8806	98.08	138.59
46	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	113.9386	85.60	151.03
47	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	113.1800	103.48	124.14
48	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	110.7576	106.32	115.19
49	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	110.1404	97.18	126.58
50	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	109.9777	98.35	122.80
51	PeruPERSouth America	108.1796	101.59	115.12
52	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	106.1404	100.09	112.49
53	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	101.6487	92.03	112.21
54	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	100.5430	88.82	112.19
55	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	98.8299	87.06	112.05
56	HondurasHNDCentral America	98.0408	90.14	107.95
57	BrazilBRASouth America	97.8702	91.67	104.56
58	EcuadorECUSouth America	97.8268	88.96	107.66
59	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	91.1570	84.28	98.29
60	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	89.4077	78.54	101.25
61	GabonGABMiddle Africa	88.0192	72.19	110.97
62	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	87.6140	80.01	95.78
63	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	86.0567	72.27	102.50
64	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	86.0020	80.56	91.98
65	KenyaKENEastern Africa	84.3412	78.56	90.48
66	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	82.1644	72.59	92.93
67	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	79.4779	68.12	92.47
68	IraqIRQWestern Asia	78.4336	70.77	87.17
69	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	77.6779	60.33	94.69
70	MexicoMEXCentral America	77.4341	71.03	84.24
71	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	76.5974	67.39	85.87
72	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	75.7097	59.99	96.12
73	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	74.2813	61.66	89.32
74	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	72.4227	56.53	94.61
75	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	71.7185	67.01	76.95
76	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	70.5649	62.48	79.75
77	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	69.7681	63.74	76.26
78	BelizeBLZCentral America	68.8068	53.46	88.53
79	ColombiaCOLSouth America	68.5310	63.93	73.65
80	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	68.0732	61.50	75.30
81	ChileCHLSouth America	66.0298	64.51	67.55
82	JordanJORWestern Asia	65.4695	61.13	70.29
83	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	63.5370	54.30	73.95
84	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	63.4042	52.68	76.20
85	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	62.1685	49.55	77.29
86	PalauPLWMicronesia	60.8487	45.18	80.46
87	ParaguayPRYSouth America	60.5597	55.34	66.38
88	GuyanaGUYSouth America	60.3920	51.92	70.41
89	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	60.0868	52.14	69.24
90	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	60.0861	58.59	61.55
91	ArgentinaARGSouth America	57.9624	55.28	60.84
92	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	55.3249	48.17	63.09
93	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	54.7125	48.41	62.07
94	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	52.9332	48.20	58.08
95	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	52.9318	50.62	55.42
96	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	52.3852	43.80	62.92
97	Costa RicaCRICentral America	52.2014	51.26	53.20
98	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	52.0372	48.67	55.59
99	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	50.8782	41.30	63.07
100	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	49.8899	35.94	69.47
101	SamoaWSMPolynesia	49.1691	40.81	58.72
102	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	49.0396	41.26	57.94
103	UruguayURYSouth America	47.9740	47.12	48.89
104	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	47.7321	45.40	50.16
105	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	47.4064	46.47	48.38
106	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	47.1688	36.94	60.39
107	VenezuelaVENSouth America	46.9043	42.01	51.72
108	QatarQATWestern Asia	46.5766	37.10	58.11
109	PanamaPANCentral America	46.1124	41.59	51.04
110	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	45.5839	39.92	52.12
111	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	44.9209	43.15	46.72
112	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	44.7522	42.28	47.30
113	FijiFJIMelanesia	43.4896	38.45	49.18
114	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	43.0073	37.09	49.79
115	MontserratMSRCaribbean	42.6120	37.14	48.82
116	NiueNIUPolynesia	42.0334	32.93	53.81
117	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	40.1151	37.78	42.85
118	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	39.2822	38.36	40.25
119	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	37.3314	35.19	39.52
120	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	37.1878	35.65	38.77
121	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	34.6982	28.81	41.81
122	TongaTONPolynesia	34.6914	28.41	42.55
123	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	34.6421	33.81	35.46
124	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	34.1420	28.15	41.69
125	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	33.8926	29.66	38.31
126	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	33.1102	29.56	36.98
127	DominicaDMACaribbean	31.8108	30.48	33.17
128	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	30.7389	29.01	32.59
129	CubaCUBCaribbean	28.8328	25.56	32.64
130	PolandPOLEastern Europe	28.6063	28.04	29.20
131	UkraineUKREastern Europe	28.5309	20.35	40.34
132	BahamasBHSCaribbean	26.5269	24.87	28.26
133	ItalyITASouthern Europe	26.4299	25.90	27.00
134	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	25.7147	25.14	26.27
135	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	25.0994	24.50	25.67
136	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	24.8906	23.50	26.45
137	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	24.1480	23.64	24.71
138	IsraelISRWestern Asia	23.9075	22.91	24.99
139	SpainESPSouthern Europe	23.6464	23.18	24.11
140	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	22.5013	21.39	23.69
141	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	22.2317	20.97	23.47
142	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	21.8080	19.99	23.81
143	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	20.5986	20.22	20.99
144	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	20.3611	19.06	21.74
145	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	19.3394	18.78	19.95
146	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	18.6147	18.28	18.98
147	United StatesUSANorthern America	18.3359	18.03	18.65
148	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	18.2843	17.90	18.69
149	BelarusBLREastern Europe	18.0637	16.97	19.21
150	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	17.3363	16.38	18.36
151	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	17.2249	16.89	17.57
152	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	16.9106	15.88	17.98
153	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	16.8995	16.58	17.24
154	CanadaCANNorthern America	16.7498	16.47	17.05
155	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	16.6566	16.16	17.15
156	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	16.2772	15.14	17.45
157	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	16.1944	15.87	16.52
158	FranceFRAWestern Europe	13.6795	13.40	13.94
159	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	13.5574	13.29	13.85
160	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	12.4029	12.11	12.70
161	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	12.0658	11.76	12.37
162	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	12.0358	11.74	12.33
163	JapanJPNEastern Asia	11.9291	11.71	12.16
164	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	11.9248	11.14	12.75
165	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	11.6793	11.48	11.89
166	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	10.3803	10.16	10.61

02In 1972

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan245.1752
2Yemen211.9852
3Mali187.6285
4Maldives182.4452
5Liberia178.5971

Lowest

166Sweden10.3803
165Netherlands11.6793
164Iceland11.9248
163Japan11.9291
162Finland12.0358

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 63.4706. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan215.72
LowestSweden10.16
Middle country: 55.31
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan279.41
LowestSweden10.61
Middle country: 73.80

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
163values changed, of 163 in both
16 · 147rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ethiopia145.2843 → 168.5754+23.2911
Burundi120.4203 → 136.5548+16.1345
Nicaragua121.7841 → 130.3874+8.6033
Vietnam64.6647 → 70.5649+5.9003
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines49.5685 → 52.9318+3.3633

Fell most

Bangladesh204.9243 → 148.1594−56.7648
Maldives189.9342 → 182.4452−7.4890
Oman156.9160 → 149.5591−7.3569
Yemen218.7573 → 211.9852−6.7721
Libya92.4287 → 86.0567−6.3720

+ Madagascar

+ Saudi Arabia

+ Tajikistan

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 166 countries has every column.

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1972). Infant Mortality Rate, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1972

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