Solomon Islands
Infant mortality in Solomon Islands
Infant mortality in Solomon Islands: 144.1 per 1,000 live births in 1950 and 14.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 14.5 per 1,000 live births
- Since 1950
- −129.6 per 1,000 live births
- Rank, 2023
- 89 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 27.3 per 1,000 live births
- Projected, 2100
- 4.7 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 4.7 per 1,000 live births in 2100, between 1.5 per 1,000 live births and 24.9 per 1,000 live births (95% prediction interval).
Every year
deaths per 1,000 live births · UN
| Year | Solomon Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.5 | 27.3 |
| 2022 | 15 | 28.2 |
| 2021 | 15.4 | 28.4 |
| 2020 | 16.2 | 28.7 |
| 2019 | 16.4 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | 16.9 | 29.7 |
| 2017 | 17.4 | 30.3 |
| 2016 | 18 | 31.1 |
| 2015 | 18.6 | 32.1 |
| 2014 | 19.9 | 32.9 |
| 2013 | 19.7 | 33.9 |
| 2012 | 20.2 | 35 |
| 2011 | 20.8 | 36.8 |
| 2010 | 21.4 | 37.7 |
| 2009 | 22.3 | 39.1 |
| 2008 | 22.4 | 40.4 |
| 2007 | 23.1 | 42 |
| 2006 | 23.2 | 43.7 |
| 2005 | 23.5 | 45.4 |
| 2004 | 23.8 | 47.2 |
| 2003 | 24.1 | 48.8 |
| 2002 | 24.3 | 50.6 |
| 2001 | 24.6 | 52.2 |
| 2000 | 24.9 | 53.7 |
| 1999 | 25.2 | 55.5 |
| 1998 | 25.6 | 57.1 |
| 1997 | 26 | 58.3 |
| 1996 | 26.5 | 59.6 |
| 1995 | 27 | 60.8 |
| 1994 | 27.6 | 62 |
| 1993 | 28.3 | 62.9 |
| 1992 | 28.9 | 64.1 |
| 1991 | 29.6 | 64.9 |
| 1990 | 30.4 | 64.9 |
| 1989 | 31.2 | 66.2 |
| 1988 | 32 | 68 |
| 1987 | 32.8 | 68.6 |
| 1986 | 35 | 70.8 |
| 1985 | 34.7 | 72.9 |
| 1984 | 35.7 | 74.6 |
| 1983 | 36.9 | 76.1 |
| 1982 | 38.2 | 76.6 |
| 1981 | 39.7 | 78.7 |
| 1980 | 41.4 | 80.6 |
| 1979 | 43.4 | 82.5 |
| 1978 | 45.6 | 84.7 |
| 1977 | 48.5 | 86.4 |
| 1976 | 50.9 | 88.1 |
| 1975 | 56.5 | 89.6 |
| 1974 | 57.3 | 90.9 |
| 1973 | 61 | 92.1 |
| 1972 | 64.9 | 93.6 |
| 1971 | 69 | 96.1 |
| 1970 | 73.2 | 96.9 |
| 1969 | 77.5 | 98.3 |
| 1968 | 81.9 | 100.2 |
| 1967 | 86.4 | 103.1 |
| 1966 | 90.3 | 104.9 |
| 1965 | 94.3 | 106.4 |
| 1964 | 98.2 | 106.1 |
| 1963 | 102 | 107.7 |
| 1962 | 105.7 | 110.2 |
| 1961 | 109.2 | 121.5 |
| 1960 | 112.8 | 131.8 |
| 1959 | 116.2 | 125.7 |
| 1958 | 119.6 | 117.7 |
| 1957 | 122.9 | 120 |
| 1956 | 131.5 | 121.9 |
| 1955 | 129.2 | 124.8 |
| 1954 | 132.2 | 127.7 |
| 1953 | 135.2 | 130.1 |
| 1952 | 138.2 | 132.7 |
| 1951 | 141.1 | 136 |
| 1950 | 144.1 | 138.1 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Solomon Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1410.7–18.5 | 26.9 |
| 2025 | 13.69.2–20.2 | 26.4 |
| 2026 | 13.28.2–21.4 | 25.9 |
| 2027 | 12.97.5–22.1 | 25.4 |
| 2028 | 12.66.8–22.5 | 24.9 |
| 2029 | 12.26.4–23.6 | 24.5 |
| 2030 | 11.96–23.9 | 24 |
| 2031 | 11.75.4–24 | 23.6 |
| 2032 | 11.55.1–23.6 | 23.2 |
| 2033 | 11.34.8–24.2 | 22.8 |
| 2034 | 11.14.6–24.7 | 22.3 |
| 2035 | 10.94.4–25.1 | 21.9 |
| 2036 | 10.74.3–25.4 | 21.5 |
| 2037 | 10.54.2–25.7 | 21.1 |
| 2038 | 10.34.1–26 | 20.8 |
| 2039 | 10.24–25.9 | 20.4 |
| 2040 | 103.9–25.8 | 20 |
| 2041 | 9.83.8–25.6 | 19.7 |
| 2042 | 9.63.6–26 | 19.4 |
| 2043 | 9.53.6–26.7 | 19 |
| 2044 | 9.33.5–27 | 18.7 |
| 2045 | 9.23.4–27.1 | 18.4 |
| 2046 | 93.2–27.6 | 18.2 |
| 2047 | 8.93.2–26.2 | 17.9 |
| 2048 | 8.73.1–26.6 | 17.7 |
| 2049 | 8.63.1–26.3 | 17.5 |
| 2050 | 8.53–25.7 | 17.3 |
| 2051 | 8.32.9–25.9 | 17.1 |
| 2052 | 8.22.7–26.1 | 16.9 |
| 2053 | 82.7–25.2 | 16.7 |
| 2054 | 7.92.6–25.7 | 16.5 |
| 2055 | 7.82.6–26 | 16.3 |
| 2056 | 7.72.5–25.7 | 16.1 |
| 2057 | 7.62.5–26 | 15.9 |
| 2058 | 7.42.5–25.8 | 15.7 |
| 2059 | 7.32.4–26.3 | 15.5 |
| 2060 | 7.22.3–26.2 | 15.3 |
| 2061 | 7.12.4–26.7 | 15.1 |
| 2062 | 72.3–26.7 | 14.9 |
| 2063 | 6.92.2–26.1 | 14.7 |
| 2064 | 6.82.2–25.9 | 14.5 |
| 2065 | 6.72.2–26.2 | 14.3 |
| 2066 | 6.62.1–26.7 | 14.1 |
| 2067 | 6.52.1–26.3 | 13.9 |
| 2068 | 6.42–26.5 | 13.8 |
| 2069 | 6.32–25.8 | 13.6 |
| 2070 | 6.22–26.3 | 13.4 |
| 2071 | 6.11.9–26 | 13.2 |
| 2072 | 61.9–25.9 | 13 |
| 2073 | 61.8–26 | 12.9 |
| 2074 | 5.91.8–26.9 | 12.7 |
| 2075 | 5.81.8–26.5 | 12.6 |
| 2076 | 5.81.8–27.2 | 12.4 |
| 2077 | 5.71.7–26.5 | 12.3 |
| 2078 | 5.61.8–25.8 | 12.1 |
| 2079 | 5.61.7–26 | 12 |
| 2080 | 5.51.8–25.4 | 11.8 |
| 2081 | 5.51.7–25.1 | 11.7 |
| 2082 | 5.41.7–25.1 | 11.6 |
| 2083 | 5.41.7–25 | 11.5 |
| 2084 | 5.31.8–25.7 | 11.4 |
| 2085 | 5.31.7–24.9 | 11.3 |
| 2086 | 5.21.7–24.9 | 11.1 |
| 2087 | 5.21.7–25.3 | 11 |
| 2088 | 5.11.6–24.2 | 10.9 |
| 2089 | 5.11.6–24.8 | 10.8 |
| 2090 | 51.6–24.3 | 10.7 |
| 2091 | 51.7–24.9 | 10.6 |
| 2092 | 51.6–24.2 | 10.5 |
| 2093 | 4.91.6–24.7 | 10.4 |
| 2094 | 4.91.6–24.6 | 10.3 |
| 2095 | 4.91.6–24.2 | 10.1 |
| 2096 | 4.81.6–25.1 | 10 |
| 2097 | 4.81.5–24.6 | 9.9 |
| 2098 | 4.71.5–24.5 | 9.8 |
| 2099 | 4.71.5–24.8 | 9.7 |
| 2100 | 4.71.5–24.9 | 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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Solomon Islands in numbers
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