Number of infant deaths, female in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Number of infant deaths, female was 58 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths, female in Vanuatu, 1960–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of infant deaths, female in Vanuatu is 58, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths, female in Vanuatu peaked at 144 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 57, in 1999.
That places Vanuatu 155th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Number of infant deaths, female in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 144 | — |
| 1961 | 144 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 144 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 143 | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 142 | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 141 | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 140 | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 139 | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 137 | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 135 | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 133 | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 131 | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 129 | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 127 | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 125 | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 123 | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 120 | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 118 | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 115 | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 112 | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 108 | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 105 | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 101 | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 97 | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 92 | -5.2% |
| 1985 | 87 | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 83 | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 79 | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 76 | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 73 | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 71 | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 69 | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 67 | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 65 | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 64 | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 62 | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 60 | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 59 | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 58 | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 57 | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 57 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 58 | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 58 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 58 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 58 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 59 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 59 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 60 | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 61 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 61 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 61 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 60 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 61 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 61 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 61 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 61 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 60 | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 59 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 58 | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 140.9 | 135 | 144 | 10 |
| 1970s | 123.3 | 112 | 133 | 10 |
| 1980s | 90.1 | 73 | 108 | 10 |
| 1990s | 63.2 | 57 | 71 | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.9 | 57 | 61 | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.4 | 60 | 61 | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.6 | 58 | 61 | 5 |
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More education data for Vanuatu
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1,892 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths, female in Vanuatu?
- Number of infant deaths, female in Vanuatu was 58 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of infant deaths, female recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 144 in 1960.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths, female recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 57 in 1999.
- How does Vanuatu rank for number of infant deaths, female?
- Vanuatu ranks 155th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths, female rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of infant deaths, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age.