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Stillbirth Rate

24 years, 2000–2023 · 200 countries · 3 measures

The stillbirth rate is how many babies are born with no sign of life, at 28 weeks of pregnancy or later, for every thousand births. These deaths are counted by neither infant nor under-five mortality, because they happen before a live birth, and most of them can be prevented with good care in pregnancy and at delivery.

This site holds every year from 2000 to 2023, read from UN IGME’s own data and stored exactly as published.

Stillbirth Rate · the file

Newest
Stillbirth Rate, 2023
Held
24 years · 4,800 rows
Licence
CC BY 3.0 IGO

0124 years

Every year

Every year comes from UN IGME’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. Each opens the full table for that year; each downloads as a CSV.

2000bar height: countries covered, up to 2002023
Every year of Stillbirth Rate held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Stillbirth Rate, 2023Newest200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2022200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2021200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2020200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2019200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2018200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2017200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2016200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2015200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2014200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2013200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2012200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Show all 24 years
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Stillbirth Rate, 2011200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2010200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2009200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2008200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2007200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2006200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2005200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2004200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2003200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2002200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2001200±0September 29, 2026CSV
Stillbirth Rate, 2000200—September 29, 2026CSV

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: stillbirth-rate-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

025 columns

What’s in the file

Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.

Every column in the newest file of Stillbirth Rate: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2023DistinctEmptySpread
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—2000
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—2000
Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births)stillbirth_rateHeadlineThe headline figure: Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births).Number · up to 14 decimals1.1799Monaco34.8992Somaliamiddle 8.16352000
Lower bound (90% uncertainty)lowerwhiskerMeasureLower end of the 90% uncertainty interval around the estimate, in stillbirths per 1,000 total births.Number · up to 15 decimals0.6602Monaco25.8553Djiboutimiddle 5.37972000
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)upperwhiskerMeasureUpper end of the 90% uncertainty interval around the estimate, in stillbirths per 1,000 total births.Number · up to 14 decimals1.750Japan61.882Somaliamiddle 12.0982000

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the worse result.

03200 countries across every year

Who is covered

How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.

All regions
Countries in each year of Stillbirth Rate, by continent.
201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Africa545454545454545454545454
Americas393939393939393939393939
Asia484848484848484848484848
Europe434343434343434343434343
Oceania161616161616161616161616
All200200200200200200200200200200200200

The newest 12 of 24 years.

The same 200 countries in every year.

Not in this dataset · 25 places this site covers

UN IGME gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method
  1. 1 · Publisher

    UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)

  2. 2 · Their file

    UN IGME 2025 — stillbirth rate, 2023

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    September 29, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.
  4. 4 · Stored as

    24 files, one per year

    Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as stillbirth-rate-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv
  5. 5 · Used on

    Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

Precision

The headline is stored to 14 decimals, as published.

Rounded by this site

Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.

Changed by this site

Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

From the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, read out of UNICEF’s own SDMX warehouse (CME_SBR), the same route as the child mortality rates beside it.

05Reuse

Licence and credit

What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.

Every publisher’s terms

Licence · checked September 29, 2026

CC BY 3.0 IGO

  • Share and redistribute it
  • Adapt it and build on it
  • Use it commercially
  • Credit the publisher
  • Say what you changed

The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

A credit line

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), Stillbirth Rate, via Nations Inquiry.

Cite this dataset

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). Stillbirth Rate, 2000–2023 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/stillbirth-rate

The publisher’s own citation: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation. Child mortality and stillbirth estimates. New York: UNICEF.

Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.

06Where it is used

Around the site

Where these numbers appear on this site, and the datasets nearest to it.

07Questions

Stillbirth Rate: questions and answers

What is the Stillbirth Rate?

The stillbirth rate is how many babies are born with no sign of life, at 28 weeks of pregnancy or later, for every thousand births. These deaths are counted by neither infant nor under-five mortality, because they happen before a live birth, and most of them can be prevented with good care in pregnancy and at delivery.

Which years of the Stillbirth Rate can I download?

All 24, from 2000 to 2023, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.

Does UN IGME rank countries on it?

No. UN IGME publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, under CC BY 3.0 IGO, with credit to UN IGME. The licence text is linked on this page.

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