Infant mortality per 1,000 live births rose 13.6% to 19.2 in Venezuela in 2015, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Venezuela reached an all time high of 58.9 in 1960 and an all time low of 14.3 in 2010. When compared to Venezuela's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Brazil amounted to 14.0, 13.5 in Colombia, 27.5 in Guyana and 24.5 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2015.
Venezuela has been ranked 76th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 29 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 |
| Bolivia | 26.6 | 25.4 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 22.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | 14.6 | 14.2 | 15.0 | 13.8 | 13.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | 13.8 | 13.4 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 12.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | 28.1 | 27.4 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 25.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Peru | 12.7 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.7 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Suriname | 18.6 | 18.2 | 17.7 | 17.2 | 16.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 17.8 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 15.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | 15.4 | 16.4 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 21.1 |
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