Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.85% to 7.50 in Kuwait in 2015, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Kuwait reached an all time high of 97.3 in 1960 and an all time low of 7.50 in 2015. When compared to Kuwait's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Bahrain amounted to 6.50, 26.7 in Iraq, 13.8 in Iran and 7.20 in Saudi Arabia in 2015.
Kuwait has been ranked 118th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 4 places above 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 |
| Bahrain | 6.60 | 6.50 | 6.40 | 6.30 | 6.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 13.8 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.4 | 11.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | 25.5 | 24.8 | 24.1 | 23.4 | 22.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | 15.4 | 15.0 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | 7.70 | 7.50 | 7.40 | 7.40 | 7.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 63.8 | 62.1 | 60.5 | 58.9 | 57.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | 7.00 | 6.70 | 6.30 | 6.00 | 5.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 6.70 | 6.50 | 6.30 | 6.20 | 6.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 45.4 | 46.1 | 46.0 | 45.9 | 46.5 |
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