Mauritius
Infant mortality in Mauritius
Infant mortality in Mauritius: 88.7 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 12.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 12.9 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −75.8 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 101 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 2.5 per 1,000 live births
- UN projection (medium variant)
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 2.5 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 0.8 per 1,000 live births and 8.4 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 89.2 per 1,000 live births in 1952, the lowest 12.1 per 1,000 live births in 2017.
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Mauritius | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12.9 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 12.9 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 13.3 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 14.9 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 14 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 13.3 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 12.1 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 12.1 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 12.8 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 12.7 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 12.9 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 12.3 | 35 |
| 2011 | 12.5 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 12.3 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 12.8 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 13.7 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 13.9 | 42 |
| 2006 | 13.6 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 13 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 12.7 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 13.4 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 13.7 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 14.8 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 16.4 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 18 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 19.2 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 19.8 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 19.8 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 19.1 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 18.3 | 62 |
| 1993 | 18.3 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 18.6 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 19.2 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 19.9 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 20.7 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 21 | 68 |
| 1987 | 21.5 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 21.3 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 20.9 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 21.3 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 23.6 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 27.9 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 31.4 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 33.8 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 34.5 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 38.2 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 40 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 43.9 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 44.7 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 49.5 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 53.7 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 54.2 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 53.8 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 55.1 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 61.4 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 65.1 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 65.6 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 64 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 61.7 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 60 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 58.3 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 58.9 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 60.6 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 60.9 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 63 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 66.9 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 70.9 | 120 |
| 1956 | 71.3 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 71.8 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 80.8 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 87 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 89.2 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 86 | 136 |
| 1950 | 88.7 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Mauritius | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.79.6–14.6 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 11.48.6–15.8 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 117.8–16 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 10.77.1–16.6 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 10.46.6–16.8 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 10.16.2–17.2 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 9.85.9–17.8 | 24 |
| 2031 | 9.55.5–18.4 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 9.25.3–18.3 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 8.95–17.9 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 8.64.6–17.8 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 8.44.5–17.3 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 8.14.3–18.1 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 7.94.1–18.1 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 7.73.9–17.8 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 7.53.8–17.9 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 7.33.6–17.7 | 20 |
| 2041 | 7.23.5–17.2 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 73.4–17.5 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 6.93.3–16.9 | 19 |
| 2044 | 6.73.2–18.1 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 6.63–17.5 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 6.42.9–17.3 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 6.32.9–16.9 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 6.12.7–16.7 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 62.7–16.9 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 5.92.6–17.4 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 5.72.6–16.6 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 5.62.5–16.6 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 5.52.4–16.6 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 5.42.4–16.8 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 5.32.3–16.2 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 5.22.2–16.3 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 52.2–16.3 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 4.92.2–15.9 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 4.92.1–15.2 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 4.82.1–15.2 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 4.72.1–15.5 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 4.62–15.1 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 4.51.9–14.7 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 4.41.9–14.6 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 4.31.9–14.4 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 4.21.8–14.1 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 4.11.7–14.1 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 4.11.7–13.7 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 41.7–13.6 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 3.91.6–13.5 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 3.91.6–13.9 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 3.81.6–13.8 | 13 |
| 2073 | 3.71.5–13.7 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 3.71.5–12.8 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 3.61.5–12.9 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 3.61.4–13.3 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 3.51.4–12.6 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 3.51.4–12.6 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 3.41.4–12.5 | 12 |
| 2080 | 3.31.3–12.1 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 3.31.3–11.9 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 3.31.3–11.7 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 3.21.2–11.7 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 3.21.2–11.3 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 3.11.2–11.4 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 3.11.2–11.1 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 31.1–10.9 | 11 |
| 2088 | 31.1–10.8 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 2.91.1–10.6 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 2.91–10.2 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 2.91–9.7 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 2.81–10.4 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 2.80.9–10.1 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 2.70.9–9.7 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 2.70.9–9.1 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 2.70.8–8.9 | 10 |
| 2097 | 2.60.9–8.7 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 2.60.8–8.5 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 2.60.8–8.6 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 2.50.8–8.4 | 9.6 |
Good to know
- Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.15% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$22.6M in 2025
- Military spending per person$19 in 2025
- Military share of state spending0.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel3,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.51% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports4 million TIV in 2022