per 1,000 live births - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's infant mortality rate was 3.1 per 1,000 live births as of January 2025. The number of children who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 live births. Infant mortality is a foundational measure of healthcare quality and living standards. The national figure also masks a persistent gap for First Nations children. Data is sourced from World Bank (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) and updated annually.
The number of children who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 live births.
Infant mortality is a foundational measure of healthcare quality and living standards. The national figure also masks a persistent gap for First Nations children.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (World Bank (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)), updated annually. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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