List of Indian states by infant mortality rate

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.^[1][2] 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.^[3]