Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births

UNICEF Data and Analytics provides a global dataset on infant mortality, defined as the probability of dying between birth and exactly one year of age. The indicator is expressed as deaths per 1,000 live births. This data is available in CSV and XML formats under an open license.

Use Cases

• Tracking progress on Sustainable Development Goal targets related to child mortality based on the infant mortality rate indicator.
• Comparing infant mortality rates across different countries and regions using standardized per-1,000-births metrics.
• Modeling the impact of public health interventions on early childhood survival based on mortality probability data.

Strengths

• Data is provided by UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ), an authoritative source for global child health statistics.
• Available under the CC-BY-3.0-IGO license, facilitating open use and redistribution.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, column names, and geographic scope are not provided in the available descriptions.
• The last update date is listed as 2026-05-31, which is a future date, indicating a potential metadata error or placeholder value.

Provenance

Source

UNICEF Data and Analytics (HQ)

Freshness

2026-05-31

Geography

Global