Infant mortality in Oceania

14 countries in Oceania, 2024. Unit: per 1,000 live births. World ranking →

First in the ranking
3.1 ‰
Australia
Median country
16.5 ‰
half above, half below
World
27.7 ‰
World Bank aggregate
Range
3.1 to 38.8
Australia - Kiribati

How to read it

Across 14 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Kiribati (38.8 ‰) and the lowest in Australia (3.1 ‰).

The median country is at 16.5 ‰: half are above, half below.

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

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Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: www.childmortality.org; World Health Organization (WHO), uri… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) · licence

Infant mortality over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Australia3.1
2New Zealand4.0
3Nauru7.7
4Tonga7.8
5Samoa12.3
6Vanuatu14.4
7Solomon Islands16.4
8Tuvalu16.5
9Palau18.6
10Federated States of Micronesia20.3
11Marshall Islands22.7
12Fiji23.5
13Papua New Guinea31.3
14Kiribati38.8
World Bank, WDI · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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