Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Singapore was reported at 1.6 % in 2022, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Singapore - Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on March of 2025.

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/02/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data prior to 1980 pertain to total population. Data from 1980 onwards pertain to resident population (i.e. Singapore citizens and permanent residents). Figures for 2024 are preliminary. For more information, please refer to the 'Population Trends' publication (www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/population/population-trends). For more information on Infant Mortality Rate and and Related Indicators, please refer to the Statistics Singapore Newsletter on 'Trends in Infant Mortality Rate and and Related Indicators' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/death-and-life-expectancy/publications-and-methodology). For more information on Age-Standardised Death Rate, please refer to the Statistics Singapore Newsletter on 'Age-Standardsed Death Rate for Singapore' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find data/search-by-theme/population/death-and-life-expectancy/publications-and-methodology)

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810141

This scatter chart displays suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) against female population (people) and is filtered where the country is Singapore. The data is about countries per year.

Singapore: Deaths of children under five years of age per 1000 live births: The latest value from 2022 is 2 deaths per 1000 births, unchanged from 2 deaths per 1000 births in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 25 deaths per 1000 births, based on data from 187 countries. Historically, the average for Singapore from 1960 to 2022 is 13 deaths per 1000 births. The minimum value, 2 deaths per 1000 births, was reached in 2019 while the maximum of 48 deaths per 1000 births was recorded in 1960.

This scatter chart displays agricultural land (km²) against suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) and is filtered where the country is Singapore. The data is from the countries entity.

This scatter chart displays suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) against access to electricity (% of population) and is filtered where the country is Singapore. The data is about countries per year.

This statistic shows the 20 countries * with the lowest infant mortality rate in 2024. An estimated 1.5 out of 1,000 live births died in the first year of life in Slovenia in 2024. Infant mortality Infant mortality rates are often used as an indicator of the health and well-being of a nation. Monaco, Iceland, and Japan are among the top three countries with the lowest infant mortality rates with around 2 infant deaths per 1,000 infants within their first year of life. Generally, the countries with the lowest infant mortality also have some of the highest average life expectancy figures. Additionally, the countries with the highest density of physicians and doctors also generally report low infant mortality. Yet, many different factors contribute to differing rates, including the overall income of a country, health spending per capita, a mother’s level of education, environmental conditions, and medical infrastructure, to name a few. This creates a lot of variation concerning the level of childbirth and infant care around the world. The countries with the highest rates of infant mortality include Afghanistan, Mali, and Somalia. These countries experience around 100 infant deaths per 1,000 infants in their first year of life. While the reasons for high rates of infant mortality are numerous, the leading causes of death for children under the year five around the world are Pneumonia, Diarrhea, and Prematurity.

This scatter chart displays suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) against central government debt (% of GDP) and is filtered where the country is Singapore. The data is about countries per year.

The average for 2020 based on 11 countries was 93 deaths per 100,000 births. The highest value was in Cambodia: 218 deaths per 100,000 births and the lowest value was in Singapore: 7 deaths per 100,000 births. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years) in Singapore was reported at 10.24 years in 2018, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Singapore - School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes (years) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on February of 2025.

Based on a comparison of coronavirus deaths in 210 countries relative to their population, Peru had the most losses to COVID-19 up until July 13, 2022. As of the same date, the virus had infected over 557.8 million people worldwide, and the number of deaths had totaled more than 6.3 million. Note, however, that COVID-19 test rates can vary per country. Additionally, big differences show up between countries when combining the number of deaths against confirmed COVID-19 cases. The source seemingly does not differentiate between "the Wuhan strain" (2019-nCOV) of COVID-19, "the Kent mutation" (B.1.1.7) that appeared in the UK in late 2020, the 2021 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) from India or the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) from South Africa.

The difficulties of death figures

This table aims to provide a complete picture on the topic, but it very much relies on data that has become more difficult to compare. As the coronavirus pandemic developed across the world, countries already used different methods to count fatalities, and they sometimes changed them during the course of the pandemic. On April 16, for example, the Chinese city of Wuhan added a 50 percent increase in their death figures to account for community deaths. These deaths occurred outside of hospitals and went unaccounted for so far. The state of New York did something similar two days before, revising their figures with 3,700 new deaths as they started to include “assumed” coronavirus victims. The United Kingdom started counting deaths in care homes and private households on April 29, adjusting their number with about 5,000 new deaths (which were corrected lowered again by the same amount on August 18). This makes an already difficult comparison even more difficult. Belgium, for example, counts suspected coronavirus deaths in their figures, whereas other countries have not done that (yet). This means two things. First, it could have a big impact on both current as well as future figures. On April 16 already, UK health experts stated that if their numbers were corrected for community deaths like in Wuhan, the UK number would change from 205 to “above 300”. This is exactly what happened two weeks later. Second, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly which countries already have “revised” numbers (like Belgium, Wuhan or New York) and which ones do not. One work-around could be to look at (freely accessible) timelines that track the reported daily increase of deaths in certain countries. Several of these are available on our platform, such as for Belgium, Italy and Sweden. A sudden large increase might be an indicator that the domestic sources changed their methodology.

Where are these numbers coming from?

The numbers shown here were collected by Johns Hopkins University, a source that manually checks the data with domestic health authorities. For the majority of countries, this is from national authorities. In some cases, like China, the United States, Canada or Australia, city reports or other various state authorities were consulted. In this statistic, these separately reported numbers were put together. For more information or other freely accessible content, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Dataset from Ministry of Health. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_abeeab6fb3b739d7b234e7452bafd07c/view

School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) in Singapore was reported at 8.0189 years in 2018, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Singapore - School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, female (years) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on January of 2025.

This scatter chart displays death rate (per 1,000 people) against vulnerable employment (% of total employment) and is filtered where the country is Singapore. The data is about countries per year.

School Life Expectancy is the number of years of education that a 6 year old child can expect to enrol in over his/her lifetime, given the current enrolment rates. It is calculated by taking the sum of enrolment rates across each single year of age starting at age six. Notes: 1) Figures refer to resident population, i.e. Singapore citizens and permanent residents and exclude enrolment in pre-school. 2) Figures from 2005 include private educational institutions.

Chart and table of Singapore life expectancy from 1950 to 2025. United Nations projections are also included through the year 2100.

This scatter chart displays urban land area (km²) against death rate (per 1,000 people) and is filtered where the country is Singapore. The data is about countries per year.

A global phenomenon, known as the demographic transition, has seen life expectancy from birth increase rapidly over the past two centuries. In pre-industrial societies, the average life expectancy was around 24 years, and it is believed that this was the case throughout most of history, and in all regions. The demographic transition then began in the industrial societies of Europe, North America, and the West Pacific around the turn of the 19th century, and life expectancy rose accordingly. Latin America was the next region to follow, before Africa and most Asian populations saw their life expectancy rise throughout the 20th century.

This scatter chart displays methane emissions (Mt of CO2 equivalent) against death rate (per 1,000 people) and is filtered where the country is Singapore. The data is about countries per year.

This scatter chart displays electricity production from coal sources (% of total) against death rate (per 1,000 people) and is filtered where the country is Singapore. The data is about countries per year.