Chart and table of the India infant mortality rate from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

In 2022, the infant mortality rate in India was at about 25.5 deaths per 1,000 live births, a significant decrease from previous years. Infant mortality as an indicatorThe infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 live births. This rate is an important key indicator for a country’s health and standard of living; a low infant mortality rate indicates a high standard of healthcare. Causes of infant mortality include premature birth, sepsis or meningitis, sudden infant death syndrome, and pneumonia. Globally, the infant mortality rate has shrunk from 63 infant deaths per 1,000 live births to 27 since 1990 and is forecast to drop to 8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births by the year 2100. India’s rural problemWith 32 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, India is neither among the countries with the highest nor among those with the lowest infant mortality rate. Its decrease indicates an increase in medical care and hygiene, as well as a decrease in female infanticide. Increasing life expectancy at birth is another indicator that shows that the living conditions of the Indian population are improving. Still, India’s inhabitants predominantly live in rural areas, where standards of living as well as access to medical care and hygiene are traditionally lower and more complicated than in cities. Public health programs are thus put in place by the government to ensure further improvement.

The infant mortality rate in India, for children under the age of one year old, was over 204 deaths per thousand births in 1915. This means that for all babies born in 1915,more than one fifth did not survive past their first birthday. This rate fluctuated over the next four decades, but since the mid-1900s, India's infant mortality rate has fallen from 181 to 32 deaths per thousand births in 2020, meaning that over three percent of all babies born today do not make it to their first birthday.

This dataset contains the infant mortality rate in India

In 2020, the state of Madhya Pradesh, with 47 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, recorded the highest rural infant mortality rate in India. Other regions with high mortality rates included Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh. On the contrary, Delhi recorded the lowest figures for the category during the same period.

Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Maharashtra data was reported at 16.000 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 17.000 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Maharashtra data is updated yearly, averaging 31.000 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.000 NA in 1998 and a record low of 16.000 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Maharashtra data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH005: Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: by States.

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Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Tripura data was reported at 18.000 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.000 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Tripura data is updated yearly, averaging 30.000 NA from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2020, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 49.000 NA in 1998 and a record low of 18.000 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Tripura data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH005: Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: by States.

Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Puducherry data was reported at 6.000 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 9.000 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Puducherry data is updated yearly, averaging 21.500 NA from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2020, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28.000 NA in 2006 and a record low of 6.000 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Puducherry data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH005: Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: by States.

Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Mizoram: Rural data was reported at 3.000 NA in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 3.000 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Mizoram: Rural data is updated yearly, averaging 26.500 NA from Dec 1998 (Median) to 2020, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.000 NA in 2010 and a record low of 3.000 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Mizoram: Rural data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH005: Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: by States.

In 2020, the state of Chhattisgarh, with 31 infant deaths per 1,000 live births, recorded the highest urban infant mortality rate in India. Other regions with high mortality rates included Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. On the contrary, Kerala recorded the lowest figures for the category during the same period.

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In 2020, the infant mortality rate in the state of West Bengal in India was 19 deaths per 1,000 live births. Infant mortality is measured by the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 live births.

Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Kerala data was reported at 6.000 NA in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 6.000 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Kerala data is updated yearly, averaging 12.000 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 16.000 NA in 1998 and a record low of 6.000 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Kerala data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH005: Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: by States.

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The data shows the year-wise estimated birth rates, death rates, infant mortality rates by residence by rural, urban and total for the states and union territories of India over the time period of seven years from 2009 to 2015.

Note: Infant Mortality Rate for smaller States & Union Territories are based on three-years period 2013-15.

Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Maharashtra: Urban data was reported at 11.000 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 12.000 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Maharashtra: Urban data is updated yearly, averaging 22.000 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.000 NA in 2000 and a record low of 11.000 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Maharashtra: Urban data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH005: Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: by States.

Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Odisha data was reported at 36.000 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 38.000 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Odisha data is updated yearly, averaging 65.000 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 98.000 NA in 1998 and a record low of 36.000 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Odisha data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH005: Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: by States.

Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Gujarat: Urban data was reported at 17.000 NA in 2020. This records a decrease from the previous number of 18.000 NA for 2019. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Gujarat: Urban data is updated yearly, averaging 33.000 NA from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2020, with 23 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 46.000 NA in 1998 and a record low of 17.000 NA in 2020. Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: per 1000 Live Births: Gujarat: Urban data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. The data is categorized under India Premium Database’s Demographic – Table IN.GAH005: Vital Statistics: Infant Mortality Rate: by States.