Data for 1980

Infant Mortality Rate, 1980

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1980
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1980, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1980 covers 182 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 189.61; Sweden is lowest, at 7.15. The middle country reads 52.88. Against 1979, 180 values changed (9 up, 171 down), 2 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1980

HighestAfghanistan

189.61

LowestSweden

7.15

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

182countries
3measures per country
1980the year it describes
182distinct values14 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, 1980, 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, 1980: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	189.61	169.367	214.720
2	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	160.66	146.986	175.110
3	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	157.49	141.715	174.798
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	156.78	145.438	169.024
5	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	156.61	123.178	198.737
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	154.37	136.748	174.275
7	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	151.61	140.453	163.894
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	147.32	134.533	161.481
9	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	145.10	134.531	156.515
10	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	141.54	117.239	170.009
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	141.32	129.578	153.756
12	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	140.91	127.363	155.713
13	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	138.11	126.752	150.421
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	133.15	127.361	139.051
15	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	132.52	123.280	142.724
16	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	131.53	114.912	150.124
17	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	130.84	118.776	144.828
18	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	130.83	120.990	142.005
19	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	127.71	117.659	138.969
20	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	127.42	120.630	134.858
21	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	126.72	111.706	144.824
22	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	126.18	111.289	144.981
23	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	124.71	93.601	165.471
24	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	124.20	110.635	139.561
25	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	123.33	114.242	133.765
26	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	121.64	108.615	135.973
27	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	119.99	113.667	126.459
28	Bolivia`BOL`South America	118.27	111.218	125.846
29	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	117.09	108.595	126.316
30	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	115.82	107.954	124.386
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	113.87	100.479	128.613
32	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	113.05	100.962	126.433
33	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	113.02	103.700	123.293
34	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	110.61	94.266	129.132
35	India`IND`Southern Asia	108.21	104.038	112.507
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	107.84	98.545	118.322
37	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	107.50	104.564	110.528
38	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	106.51	97.122	116.489
39	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	105.54	86.796	128.942
40	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	105.53	93.756	118.508
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	105.02	97.485	113.035
42	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	104.57	86.051	127.972
43	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	104.08	91.014	118.987
44	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	103.11	96.254	110.237
45	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	100.17	91.238	109.678
46	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	99.63	93.013	106.675
47	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	98.36	90.283	107.161
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	97.13	91.597	102.651
49	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	95.84	79.157	114.088
50	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	95.74	82.038	111.863
51	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	94.98	77.536	117.835
52	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	93.60	82.638	105.741
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	89.97	83.487	96.931
54	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	89.91	85.136	95.092
55	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	89.90	80.656	101.005
56	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	89.77	78.427	103.108
57	Peru`PER`South America	89.67	84.770	94.985
58	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	89.41	83.336	95.992
59	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	88.69	76.232	104.629
60	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	88.52	79.948	98.189
61	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	88.23	72.901	108.903
62	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	86.92	82.486	91.791
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	86.49	75.223	99.612
64	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	86.16	69.747	110.187
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	86.07	74.460	99.322
66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	83.45	75.842	91.826
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	83.17	76.854	89.858
68	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.96	70.561	89.190
69	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	76.83	69.984	84.468
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	76.75	71.247	82.535
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	72.38	61.301	85.590
72	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	72.07	63.404	81.827
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	70.94	65.129	77.768
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	70.32	63.749	77.543
75	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	69.49	61.805	78.185
76	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	69.38	60.044	79.816
77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	68.76	64.197	73.733
78	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	66.62	62.286	71.231
79	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	63.63	51.051	81.242
80	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	61.82	55.131	69.708
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	61.33	55.073	67.863
82	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.03	51.591	69.818
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.78	51.953	69.411
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.82	54.184	64.069
85	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	57.40	51.950	63.270
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	57.10	41.498	76.096
87	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	55.15	52.754	57.720
88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	54.61	47.884	62.399
89	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	54.09	45.761	63.760
90	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	53.34	44.503	64.000
91	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	53.07	43.721	64.331
92	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	52.68	42.834	65.062
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	52.65	47.833	58.183
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	52.55	48.383	56.912
95	Belize`BLZ`Central America	50.90	42.472	61.141
96	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	50.59	40.843	62.608
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.64	46.354	53.157
98	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	49.59	42.737	57.370
99	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	48.84	42.795	55.340
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	48.42	44.171	53.022
101	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	48.17	43.810	52.904
102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.15	38.430	60.105
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	46.61	43.471	50.091
104	Colombia`COL`South America	46.38	43.229	49.721
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	41.95	40.019	43.996
106	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	41.69	38.781	44.792
107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	41.41	33.863	50.427
108	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	39.57	32.765	47.149
109	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	38.87	30.344	49.773
110	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	36.74	31.907	41.955
111	Argentina`ARG`South America	36.34	35.664	37.041
112	Venezuela`VEN`South America	35.90	32.671	39.531
113	Uruguay`URY`South America	35.57	34.811	36.352
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	34.03	29.089	39.841
115	Panama`PAN`Central America	33.76	30.028	38.157
116	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	33.39	27.796	40.120
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	33.16	32.391	33.944
118	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	33.01	25.850	42.263
119	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	32.77	31.694	33.834
120	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	32.21	26.392	39.248
121	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	30.48	29.903	31.071
122	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	29.79	24.869	35.865
123	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	29.01	23.508	35.669
124	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	28.77	22.159	37.727
125	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	28.75	27.375	30.172
126	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	28.61	27.773	29.464
127	Chile`CHL`South America	28.26	27.595	28.959
128	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	28.04	24.645	31.684
129	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	27.92	23.700	32.784
130	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	27.79	26.230	29.318
131	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	26.25	22.934	30.127
132	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	25.19	24.216	26.241
133	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	24.93	23.664	26.270
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	24.29	20.205	29.911
135	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	24.07	19.851	28.987
136	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	23.97	20.182	28.582
137	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	23.89	19.804	29.032
138	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	23.65	22.411	24.985
139	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	22.79	22.327	23.276
140	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	22.54	21.080	24.001
141	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	22.08	20.500	23.800
142	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	21.64	21.128	22.180
143	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21.43	20.959	21.919
144	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	21.08	20.640	21.534
145	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	20.47	20.086	20.852
146	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19.72	18.638	20.853
147	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	19.69	18.885	20.538
148	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	19.63	19.183	20.073
149	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	19.23	18.230	20.282
150	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	18.22	16.142	20.474
151	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	17.40	17.059	17.760
152	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17.05	16.340	17.788
153	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.72	15.369	18.156
154	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	16.69	16.116	17.311
155	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	16.05	15.431	16.681
156	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15.93	15.454	16.423
157	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	15.49	15.150	15.816
158	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.94	14.116	15.845
159	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	14.67	13.976	15.440
160	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.22	13.947	14.489
161	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	13.88	13.583	14.189
162	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	12.96	11.543	14.592
163	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.80	12.477	13.110
164	United States`USA`Northern America	12.58	12.363	12.786
165	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	12.57	12.328	12.826
166	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.42	12.183	12.656
167	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.16	11.942	12.393
168	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	12.06	11.836	12.300
169	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.92	11.614	12.226
170	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	11.91	11.456	12.410
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	11.27	10.489	12.083
172	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10.80	10.595	11.007
173	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.33	10.150	10.510
174	France`FRA`Western Europe	10.11	9.926	10.310
175	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.75	8.591	8.907
176	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.36	8.143	8.580
177	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	8.19	7.938	8.450
178	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	8.13	7.844	8.406
179	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	7.84	7.239	8.517
180	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.38	7.240	7.522
181	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.16	6.935	7.380
182	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	7.15	6.962	7.351

02In 1980

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan189.61
2Guinea160.66
3Liberia157.49
4Mali156.78
5South Sudan156.61

Lowest

182Sweden7.15
181Finland7.16
180Japan7.38
179Iceland7.84
178Norway8.13

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 52.88. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan169.367
LowestFinland6.935
Middle country: 45.132
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan214.720
LowestSweden7.351
Middle country: 62.503

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 180 in both
9 · 171rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar94.14 → 138.11+43.98
El Salvador85.78 → 89.90+4.12
Uganda126.07 → 127.71+1.64
Zambia82.34 → 83.17+0.83
Mozambique153.79 → 154.37+0.58

Fell most

Cambodia139.89 → 124.20−15.69
Yemen159.89 → 151.61−8.28
Algeria115.51 → 107.50−8.01
Oman94.31 → 86.49−7.82
Rwanda124.40 → 117.09−7.31

+ Angola

+ Mongolia

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UN IGME’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1980.
The position is ours
UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1980). Infant Mortality Rate, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1980

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