Infant mortality per 1,000 live births rose 13.8% to 9.10 in Turkey in 2023, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Turkey reached an all time high of 179 in 1960 and an all time low of 8.00 in 2022. When compared to Turkey's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Bulgaria amounted to 5.00, 3.20 in Greece, 20.8 in Iraq and 10.7 in Iran in 2023.
Turkey has been ranked 105th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Albania | 7.70 | 7.80 | 8.00 | 8.10 | 8.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 6.10 | 5.80 | 5.50 | 5.40 | 5.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Greece | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.50 | 3.40 | 3.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iran | 13.0 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 11.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | 25.1 | 24.4 | 23.6 | 22.9 | 22.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | 7.60 | 7.60 | 7.60 | 7.70 | 7.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | 8.50 | 7.20 | 6.10 | 5.20 | 4.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 60.3 | 58.5 | 56.8 | 55.1 | 53.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 6.50 | 6.00 | 5.60 | 5.40 | 5.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 6.50 | 6.10 | 5.80 | 5.50 | 5.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | 5.10 | 5.00 | 4.80 | 4.70 | 4.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Syria | 24.5 | 24.5 | 21.5 | 20.4 | 19.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 9.90 | 9.50 | 9.10 | 8.70 | 8.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | 34.2 | 34.1 | 33.8 | 33.2 | 32.6 |
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