The infant mortality rate in China decreased by 0.4 deaths per 1,000 live births (-6.78 percent) since the previous year. As a result, the infant mortality rate in China saw its lowest number in 2020 with 5.5 deaths per 1,000 live births.
The infant mortality rate refers to the number of newborns not expected to survive past the first year of life. This is generally expressed as a value per 1,000 live births, and infant mortality also includes neonatal mortality (deaths within the first 28 days of life). Find more statistics on other topics about China with key insights such as death rate, crude birth rate, and total fertility rate.
Infant mortality rate in China from 1970 to 2020
(in deaths per 1,000 live births)
Characteristic
Deaths per thousand live births
2020
5.5
2019
5.9
2018
6.4
2017
7
2016
7.6
2015
8.3
2014
9
2013
9.8
2012
10.6
2011
11.5
2010
12.5
2009
13.6
2008
14.8
2007
16.2
2006
17.7
2005
19.4
2004
21.4
2003
23.4
2002
25.6
2001
27.8
2000
29.9
1999
31.9
1998
33.7
1997
35.4
1996
36.9
1995
38.4
1994
39.7
1993
40.9
1992
41.8
1991
42.4
1990
42.7
1989
42.7
1988
42.4
1987
42.1
1986
41.9
1985
41.8
1984
42.1
1983
42.6
1982
43.6
1981
45.1
1980
46.9
1979
49.1
1978
51.7
1977
54.8
1976
58.1
1975
61.6
1974
65.3
1973
68.9
1972
72.5
1971
76
1970
79.7
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World Bank. (December 21, 2022). Infant mortality rate in China from 1970 to 2020 (in deaths per 1,000 live births) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263739/infant-mortality-in-china/
World Bank. "Infant mortality rate in China from 1970 to 2020 (in deaths per 1,000 live births)." Chart. December 21, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263739/infant-mortality-in-china/
World Bank. (2022). Infant mortality rate in China from 1970 to 2020 (in deaths per 1,000 live births). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263739/infant-mortality-in-china/
World Bank. "Infant Mortality Rate in China from 1970 to 2020 (in Deaths per 1,000 Live Births)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263739/infant-mortality-in-china/
World Bank, Infant mortality rate in China from 1970 to 2020 (in deaths per 1,000 live births) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263739/infant-mortality-in-china/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Infant mortality rate in China from 1970 to 2020 (in deaths per 1,000 live births) [Graph], World Bank, December 21, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263739/infant-mortality-in-china/
