Sub-Saharan Africa Infant Mortality Rate 1950-2025

Sub-Saharan Africa infant mortality rate for 2025 is 42.69, a 2.39% decline from 2024.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa infant mortality rate for 2024 was 43.74, a 2.34% decline from 2023.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa infant mortality rate for 2023 was 44.78, a 2.9% decline from 2022.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa infant mortality rate for 2022 was 46.12, a 2.82% decline from 2021.
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.