Data for 1982

Infant Mortality Rate, 1982

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1982
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1982, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1982 covers 187 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 199.11; Finland is lowest, at 6.51. The middle country reads 49.73. Against 1981, 185 values changed (9 up, 176 down), 2 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1982

HighestAfghanistan

199.11

LowestFinland

6.51

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

187countries
3measures per country
1982the year it describes
187distinct 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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	199.11	178.246	225.800
2	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	173.98	160.420	189.154
3	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	155.48	142.690	168.896
4	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	155.01	138.754	173.382
5	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	154.23	139.163	170.589
6	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	153.96	122.839	192.270
7	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	148.99	138.656	160.149
8	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	144.87	132.894	158.120
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	141.78	130.732	153.825
10	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	139.33	126.074	153.460
11	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	136.95	127.373	147.437
12	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	135.53	125.736	146.058
13	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	131.48	110.736	156.529
14	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	128.93	120.183	138.639
15	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	128.70	103.343	153.518
16	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	128.57	117.142	141.794
17	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	128.06	113.556	143.862
18	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	126.25	121.321	131.316
19	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	125.79	116.350	136.060
20	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	125.69	119.597	132.279
21	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	123.75	114.490	134.116
22	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	121.66	97.863	150.244
23	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	121.34	107.662	138.917
24	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	119.75	105.868	136.684
25	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	117.95	109.349	127.390
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	112.79	106.310	119.823
27	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	112.20	104.802	120.313
28	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	111.96	98.979	126.173
29	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	109.94	98.650	122.202
30	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	108.83	103.144	114.854
31	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	107.70	98.985	117.432
32	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	107.46	92.872	123.865
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	106.47	99.088	114.095
34	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	104.18	92.983	116.717
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	103.49	94.991	112.538
36	India`IND`Southern Asia	102.41	98.564	106.319
37	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	101.66	94.329	109.577
38	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	101.22	92.938	110.598
39	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	101.12	84.411	121.046
40	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	100.83	89.022	114.169
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	99.75	90.215	110.521
42	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	96.70	85.473	109.357
43	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	96.57	80.671	117.400
44	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	96.33	87.891	105.284
45	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.34	81.163	110.269
46	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	93.94	87.563	100.463
47	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	93.45	85.552	102.074
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	93.37	88.203	98.675
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	92.53	86.329	99.204
50	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	92.33	82.212	103.719
51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	92.27	79.566	106.183
52	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	91.42	85.286	97.886
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	89.64	83.253	96.574
54	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	88.79	83.759	94.091
55	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	87.35	76.394	100.326
56	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	86.85	84.837	88.900
57	Peru`PER`South America	85.53	80.931	90.585
58	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	85.24	79.088	91.925
59	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	83.62	71.199	99.474
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	82.74	78.559	87.323
61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	82.50	69.429	99.127
62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	81.52	67.879	100.216
63	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	81.44	70.383	95.585
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.00	66.730	88.556
65	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	76.77	69.474	84.908
66	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	76.26	67.549	84.915
67	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	74.81	61.280	96.316
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	73.90	67.242	81.141
69	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	73.82	66.737	82.042
70	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	73.36	66.684	80.768
71	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	73.28	64.794	82.810
72	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	71.47	62.294	82.349
73	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	70.78	62.518	80.087
74	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.43	65.392	75.829
75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	68.73	58.449	80.557
76	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	65.66	61.156	70.571
77	Honduras`HND`Central America	64.75	59.550	70.663
78	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	63.81	56.089	72.259
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.80	57.659	70.333
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	62.49	58.418	66.875
81	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	61.49	55.492	68.207
82	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	61.47	50.740	75.152
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.13	51.720	68.237
84	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	57.82	51.501	65.175
85	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	55.96	47.822	65.106
86	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	54.58	52.940	56.287
87	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	54.33	48.680	60.524
88	Mexico`MEX`Central America	54.08	49.900	58.761
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	54.03	46.356	63.133
90	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	53.82	48.743	59.204
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	51.46	47.484	55.672
92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	50.54	45.760	55.647
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	50.31	48.471	52.182
94	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	49.73	40.673	60.842
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	49.68	45.152	54.846
96	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	49.33	40.426	60.361
97	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	48.30	40.327	57.730
98	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.88	37.852	59.770
99	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	47.87	41.048	55.822
100	Belize`BLZ`Central America	47.13	39.753	55.828
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	46.67	42.678	51.026
102	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	46.12	37.520	56.694
103	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	45.52	42.625	48.706
104	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.31	39.899	51.516
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	44.78	37.418	53.419
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.77	39.854	45.911
107	Colombia`COL`South America	41.52	38.669	44.573
108	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	39.07	32.271	47.297
109	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	37.37	34.686	40.313
110	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	36.42	30.164	43.374
111	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	35.95	28.503	45.509
112	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	34.79	29.925	39.768
113	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	34.40	32.720	36.209
114	Venezuela`VEN`South America	33.09	30.330	36.357
115	Panama`PAN`Central America	31.61	27.840	35.943
116	Argentina`ARG`South America	31.12	30.521	31.743
117	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	30.75	24.079	39.367
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	30.64	26.031	36.019
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	30.63	25.772	36.352
120	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	30.32	24.751	37.273
121	Uruguay`URY`South America	29.38	28.780	29.974
122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	28.68	28.129	29.244
123	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	27.63	26.658	28.619
124	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	27.17	22.961	32.124
125	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	26.47	22.365	31.198
126	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	26.36	20.907	33.002
127	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	26.00	22.979	29.236
128	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.73	25.131	26.379
129	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	25.43	24.495	26.396
130	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	25.37	24.887	25.863
131	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	25.28	18.620	34.865
132	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	24.27	22.884	25.659
133	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	24.25	23.057	25.506
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	22.97	19.560	27.808
135	Chile`CHL`South America	22.83	22.321	23.366
136	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	22.56	21.632	23.531
137	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	22.49	19.152	26.417
138	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	22.42	18.502	27.157
139	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	22.36	18.513	26.707
140	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	21.51	20.339	22.744
141	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	21.45	18.771	24.612
142	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	21.16	20.759	21.570
143	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	19.89	19.491	20.303
144	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.85	19.450	20.260
145	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	19.83	19.331	20.309
146	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	19.65	18.435	20.951
147	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	19.27	18.918	19.629
148	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	18.77	17.325	20.324
149	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	18.37	17.689	19.005
150	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.09	17.625	18.577
151	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	18.06	17.676	18.440
152	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	17.63	16.685	18.623
153	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	16.38	15.832	16.968
154	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	16.37	14.504	18.424
155	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.22	15.421	17.076
156	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	15.71	15.367	16.050
157	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.27	14.939	15.586
158	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	15.26	14.790	15.745
159	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15.02	14.557	15.475
160	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	14.50	13.665	15.307
161	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.33	13.183	15.555
162	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	14.07	13.798	14.331
163	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	13.85	13.034	14.695
164	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	13.16	12.790	13.558
165	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.65	12.403	12.909
166	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.53	12.260	12.805
167	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.18	11.876	12.465
168	United States`USA`Northern America	11.61	11.414	11.811
169	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	11.56	10.235	13.054
170	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	11.07	10.875	11.285
171	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	11.02	10.811	11.220
172	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.82	10.605	11.039
173	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.74	10.527	10.954
174	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.68	10.311	11.059
175	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.51	9.762	11.288
176	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.28	9.997	10.559
177	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	10.07	9.883	10.267
178	France`FRA`Western Europe	9.43	9.249	9.610
179	Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.17	8.999	9.335
180	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.36	8.210	8.504
181	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.98	7.709	8.259
182	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	7.88	7.625	8.141
183	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.78	7.577	7.982
184	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	7.04	6.474	7.679
185	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	6.77	6.591	6.961
186	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.55	6.429	6.676
187	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	6.51	6.302	6.723

02In 1982

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan199.11
2Madagascar173.98
3Guinea155.48
4Mozambique155.01
5Liberia154.23

Lowest

187Finland6.51
186Japan6.55
185Sweden6.77
184Iceland7.04
183Switzerland7.78

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 49.73. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan178.246
LowestFinland6.302
Middle country: 45.152
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestAfghanistan225.800
LowestJapan6.676
Middle country: 56.694

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 185 in both
9 · 176rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar138.96 → 173.98+35.02
Lebanon52.86 → 73.28+20.42
Afghanistan185.57 → 199.11+13.54
Guatemala86.32 → 92.53+6.21
Syria48.45 → 50.54+2.09

Fell most

Mozambique182.20 → 155.01−27.18
Algeria97.93 → 86.85−11.09
Cambodia110.43 → 99.75−10.68
Yemen143.36 → 135.53−7.83
Oman78.84 → 71.47−7.37

+ Azerbaijan

+ Equatorial Guinea

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 1982.
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UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1982). Infant Mortality Rate, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1982

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