Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.50% to 13.8 in Iran in 2015, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Iran reached an all time high of 192 in 1967 and an all time low of 13.8 in 2015. When compared to Iran's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Iraq amounted to 26.7, 64.6 in Pakistan and 43.0 in Turkmenistan in 2015.
Iran has been ranked 90th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Afghanistan | 55.2 | 53.2 | 51.3 | 49.5 | 47.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 9.00 | 8.30 | 7.60 | 7.00 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| India | 36.9 | 34.9 | 33.1 | 31.4 | 29.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | 25.5 | 24.8 | 24.1 | 23.4 | 22.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 11.6 | 10.6 | 9.80 | 9.40 | 9.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | 7.70 | 7.50 | 7.40 | 7.40 | 7.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 63.8 | 62.1 | 60.5 | 58.9 | 57.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 8.30 | 7.80 | 7.30 | 6.90 | 6.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syria | 27.7 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 18.8 | 18.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | 36.3 | 36.4 | 36.7 | 37.0 | 37.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 18.6 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 14.1 |
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