Turkmenistan - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in Turkmenistan was 4,869 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,647 in 1978 and a minimum value of 4,562 in 2008.

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
1978 9,647
1979 9,543
1980 9,419
1981 9,283
1982 9,155
1983 9,036
1984 8,934
1985 8,828
1986 8,717
1987 8,619
1988 8,523
1989 8,439
1990 8,367
1991 8,314
1992 8,255
1993 8,161
1994 8,002
1995 7,783
1996 7,501
1997 7,165
1998 6,806
1999 6,440
2000 6,097
2001 5,777
2002 5,486
2003 5,223
2004 4,987
2005 4,796
2006 4,648
2007 4,572
2008 4,562
2009 4,614
2010 4,714
2011 4,842
2012 4,970
2013 5,090
2014 5,173
2015 5,227
2016 5,247
2017 5,226
2018 5,148
2019 5,022
2020 4,869

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in Turkmenistan was 5,666 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,573 in 1982 and a minimum value of 5,265 in 2008.

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
1982 11,573
1983 11,350
1984 11,148
1985 10,947
1986 10,748
1987 10,579
1988 10,427
1989 10,307
1990 10,219
1991 10,177
1992 10,145
1993 10,080
1994 9,930
1995 9,698
1996 9,366
1997 8,943
1998 8,465
1999 7,959
2000 7,470
2001 7,007
2002 6,590
2003 6,217
2004 5,893
2005 5,631
2006 5,425
2007 5,306
2008 5,265
2009 5,301
2010 5,399
2011 5,537
2012 5,683
2013 5,830
2014 5,940
2015 6,024
2016 6,071
2017 6,067
2018 5,990
2019 5,847
2020 5,666

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in Turkmenistan was 3,168 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,658 in 1993 and a minimum value of 2,787 in 2006.

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
1989 3,417
1990 3,507
1991 3,584
1992 3,642
1993 3,658
1994 3,639
1995 3,583
1996 3,502
1997 3,413
1998 3,316
1999 3,231
2000 3,158
2001 3,090
2002 3,022
2003 2,951
2004 2,880
2005 2,819
2006 2,787
2007 2,788
2008 2,827
2009 2,904
2010 2,993
2011 3,092
2012 3,182
2013 3,258
2014 3,320
2015 3,368
2016 3,371
2017 3,362
2018 3,321
2019 3,253
2020 3,168

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality