This is a list of Indian states and union territories by infant mortality rates in 2024. The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. The data is taken from the Sample Registration System, a large-scale demographic survey published by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. This rate is often used as an indicator of population health. According to this national data India's infant mortality rate stood at 24 per 1,000 live births in 2024, while according to the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation it stood at 23 per 1,000 live births.
List Rank StateInfant mortality per 1000 births2024 2019 2015 0 India2426 37 1 Manipur 2 10 9 2 Lakshadweep 3 8 20 3 Chandigarh 6 13 21 4 Sikkim 7 5 18 4 Goa 7 8 9 4 Puducherry 7 9 11 7 Kerala 8 6 12 8 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 9 7 20 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 9 11 21 8 Daman and Diu 9 17 18 11 Tamil Nadu 11 8 19 11 Delhi 11 11 18 11 Himachal Pradesh 11 19 28 14 Nagaland 12 3 12 14 Mizoram 12 3 32 14 Tripura 12 21 20 17 Maharashtra 13 17 21 18 Jammu and Kashmir 14 20 26 19 Karnataka 15 21 28 20 Punjab 16 19 23 20 West Bengal 16 20 26 22 Telangana 17 23 34 22 Arunachal Pradesh 17 29 30 24 Andhra Pradesh 18 25 37 25 Gujarat 19 25 33 25 Uttarakhand 19 27 34 27 Bihar 23 29 42 28 Haryana 24 27 36 29 Jharkhand 27 27 32 30 Rajasthan 28 35 43 30 Odisha 28 38 46 32 Assam 29 40 47 33 Meghalaya 31 33 42 34 Uttar Pradesh 35 41 46 34 Madhya Pradesh 35 46 50 36 Chhattisgarh 36 40 41
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