Jordan - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Jordan was 2,763 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,392 in 1970 and a minimum value of 2,763 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

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.

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Year Value
1960 4,823
1961 4,910
1962 4,990
1963 5,061
1964 5,131
1965 5,192
1966 5,253
1967 5,307
1968 5,350
1969 5,381
1970 5,392
1971 5,366
1972 5,302
1973 5,203
1974 5,072
1975 4,922
1976 4,760
1977 4,601
1978 4,452
1979 4,323
1980 4,212
1981 4,118
1982 4,032
1983 3,949
1984 3,873
1985 3,803
1986 3,747
1987 3,710
1988 3,693
1989 3,697
1990 3,715
1991 3,741
1992 3,766
1993 3,787
1994 3,796
1995 3,795
1996 3,780
1997 3,750
1998 3,714
1999 3,672
2000 3,630
2001 3,591
2002 3,556
2003 3,531
2004 3,513
2005 3,508
2006 3,512
2007 3,523
2008 3,536
2009 3,545
2010 3,548
2011 3,537
2012 3,505
2013 3,454
2014 3,382
2015 3,295
2016 3,191
2017 3,076
2018 2,969
2019 2,861
2020 2,763

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Jordan was 3,217 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,176 in 1969 and a minimum value of 3,217 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

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.

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Year Value
1960 6,660
1961 6,748
1962 6,831
1963 6,901
1964 6,970
1965 7,028
1966 7,084
1967 7,129
1968 7,161
1969 7,176
1970 7,164
1971 7,111
1972 7,011
1973 6,865
1974 6,674
1975 6,453
1976 6,217
1977 5,978
1978 5,751
1979 5,546
1980 5,366
1981 5,209
1982 5,065
1983 4,931
1984 4,809
1985 4,697
1986 4,603
1987 4,531
1988 4,486
1989 4,466
1990 4,466
1991 4,478
1992 4,495
1993 4,511
1994 4,516
1995 4,509
1996 4,487
1997 4,450
1998 4,404
1999 4,349
2000 4,292
2001 4,237
2002 4,187
2003 4,148
2004 4,115
2005 4,098
2006 4,091
2007 4,094
2008 4,103
2009 4,109
2010 4,109
2011 4,096
2012 4,061
2013 4,005
2014 3,927
2015 3,829
2016 3,712
2017 3,583
2018 3,460
2019 3,333
2020 3,217

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Jordan was 1,884 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,663 in 1972 and a minimum value of 1,884 in 2020.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

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.

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Year Value
1960 1,903
1961 1,996
1962 2,086
1963 2,174
1964 2,255
1965 2,334
1966 2,410
1967 2,479
1968 2,546
1969 2,600
1970 2,640
1971 2,661
1972 2,663
1973 2,645
1974 2,616
1975 2,581
1976 2,541
1977 2,513
1978 2,502
1979 2,509
1980 2,530
1981 2,557
1982 2,580
1983 2,591
1984 2,586
1985 2,571
1986 2,553
1987 2,538
1988 2,537
1989 2,550
1990 2,566
1991 2,577
1992 2,593
1993 2,611
1994 2,622
1995 2,630
1996 2,631
1997 2,628
1998 2,624
1999 2,615
2000 2,600
2001 2,579
2002 2,553
2003 2,529
2004 2,506
2005 2,489
2006 2,481
2007 2,480
2008 2,483
2009 2,485
2010 2,482
2011 2,465
2012 2,434
2013 2,387
2014 2,327
2015 2,254
2016 2,178
2017 2,101
2018 2,022
2019 1,950
2020 1,884

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality