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Sri Lanka: Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

5.20per 1,000 live births · 2024-32.5% since 2014

Probability of dying between birth and age 1 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1951 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
20245.2
20235.3
20225.5
20215.8
20206
20196.2
20186.5
20176.7
20167
20157.4
20147.7
20138.1
20128.5
20118.9
20109.1
200913.3
20089.7
200710.1
200610.7
200511.2
200416.8
200312.1
200212.4
200112.7
200013
199913.5
199814.1
199714.9
199615.6
199516.3
199417
199317.5
199217.9
199118
199017.9
198919.5
198818.1
198718.8
198620.2
198522.1
198424.3
198326.6
198228.7
198130.8
198033.2
197935.7
197838.3
197741
197643.4
197545.2
197446.5
197347.3
197247.7
197148
197048.3
196948.8
196849.6
196750.7
196651.8
196552.9
196453.6
196354
196254.3
196155.2
196057.1
195959.7
195862.6
195765.4
195667.7
195569.1
195469.9
195370.2
195270.2
195170

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-infant-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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