Infant Mortality Rate: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Analysis# Bosnia and Herzegovina Infant Mortality Rate Bosnia and Herzegovina recorded an infant mortality rate of 5.5 per 1,000 births in 2024, reflecting decades of dramatic progress in child health. The rate has plummeted 79.1% since 1984, when it stood far higher. The country's peak of 32.4 deaths per 1,000 births in 1992—coinciding with the Bosnian War—starkly illustrates how conflict disrupted healthcare systems. Recovery has been steady and substantial, with the rate now approaching its all-time low of 5.3 recorded in 2023. Recent years show stabilization around 5.5–5.8 per 1,000 births, suggesting the country has consolidated major gains in maternal and infant healthcare. The 2022–2023 dip to 5.3 represented the lowest point in the 40-year dataset, though a slight uptick to 5.5 in 2024 warrants monitoring. Bosnia and Herzegovina's trajectory from war-era mortality rates to performance levels comparable to developed nations underscores sustained investment in pediatric care and public health infrastructure since the late 1990s.