Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) - Country Ranking
Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.
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.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 87.90 | 2015 |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 84.00 | 2015 |
| 3 | Sierra Leone | 80.50 | 2015 |
| 4 | Somalia | 78.60 | 2015 |
| 5 | Chad | 78.00 | 2015 |
| 6 | Mali | 68.20 | 2015 |
| 7 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 68.00 | 2015 |
| 8 | Nigeria | 62.90 | 2015 |
| 9 | Lesotho | 62.60 | 2015 |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 62.10 | 2015 |
| 11 | Equatorial Guinea | 61.90 | 2015 |
| 12 | Pakistan | 61.00 | 2015 |
| 13 | Benin | 59.20 | 2015 |
| 14 | Côte d'Ivoire | 58.90 | 2015 |
| 15 | Mauritania | 58.70 | 2015 |
| 16 | Burkina Faso | 55.60 | 2015 |
| 17 | Guinea | 55.30 | 2015 |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 53.70 | 2015 |
| 19 | Mozambique | 52.70 | 2015 |
| 20 | Niger | 52.10 | 2015 |
| 21 | Cameroon | 51.40 | 2015 |
| 22 | Comoros | 50.10 | 2015 |
| 23 | Djibouti | 49.10 | 2015 |
| 24 | Liberia | 48.20 | 2015 |
| 25 | Burundi | 48.00 | 2015 |
| 26 | Haiti | 47.00 | 2015 |
| 27 | Togo | 46.70 | 2015 |
| 28 | Lao PDR | 45.10 | 2015 |
| 29 | The Gambia | 43.30 | 2015 |
| 30 | Sudan | 42.80 | 2015 |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 41.20 | 2015 |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 40.80 | 2015 |
| 33 | Papua New Guinea | 40.30 | 2015 |
| 34 | Swaziland | 39.80 | 2015 |
| 35 | Malawi | 39.60 | 2015 |
| 36 | Zambia | 39.20 | 2015 |
| 37 | Kiribati | 39.00 | 2015 |
| 38 | Ghana | 38.20 | 2015 |
| 39 | India | 38.00 | 2015 |
| 40 | Senegal | 37.80 | 2015 |
| 41 | Turkmenistan | 36.80 | 2015 |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 36.30 | 2015 |
| 43 | Myanmar | 34.90 | 2015 |
| 44 | Tajikistan | 33.90 | 2015 |
| 45 | Uganda | 33.70 | 2015 |
| 46 | Tanzania | 32.30 | 2015 |
| 46 | Madagascar | 32.30 | 2015 |
| 48 | Kenya | 32.00 | 2015 |
| 49 | Gabon | 31.60 | 2015 |
| 50 | Botswana | 31.50 | 2015 |
| 51 | São Tomé and Principe | 30.80 | 2015 |
| 52 | Yemen | 30.40 | 2015 |
| 53 | Eritrea | 29.80 | 2015 |
| 54 | Congo | 29.60 | 2015 |
| 55 | Namibia | 29.40 | 2015 |
| 56 | Uzbekistan | 29.20 | 2015 |
| 57 | South Africa | 28.80 | 2015 |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 28.00 | 2015 |
| 59 | Guyana | 27.80 | 2015 |
| 59 | Rwanda | 27.80 | 2015 |
| 61 | Bolivia | 27.30 | 2015 |
| 62 | Nepal | 27.00 | 2015 |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 25.80 | 2015 |
| 64 | Bhutan | 24.30 | 2015 |
| 65 | Iraq | 23.80 | 2015 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 23.10 | 2015 |
| 67 | Guatemala | 21.50 | 2015 |
| 67 | Cambodia | 21.50 | 2015 |
| 69 | Solomon Islands | 21.40 | 2015 |
| 70 | Vanuatu | 21.10 | 2015 |
| 71 | Morocco | 21.00 | 2015 |
| 72 | Algeria | 20.50 | 2015 |
| 73 | Tuvalu | 20.10 | 2015 |
| 74 | Indonesia | 19.90 | 2015 |
| 75 | Philippines | 19.40 | 2015 |
| 76 | Egypt | 18.90 | 2015 |
| 77 | Cabo Verde | 18.50 | 2015 |
| 78 | Dominica | 18.10 | 2015 |
| 79 | Dem. People's Rep. Korea | 17.50 | 2015 |
| 80 | Fiji | 17.30 | 2015 |
| 81 | Kyrgyz Republic | 16.80 | 2015 |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 16.60 | 2015 |
| 82 | Suriname | 16.60 | 2015 |
| 84 | Tonga | 16.30 | 2015 |
| 85 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.20 | 2015 |
| 86 | Ecuador | 16.00 | 2015 |
| 87 | Paraguay | 15.60 | 2015 |
| 88 | Honduras | 15.40 | 2015 |
| 89 | Mongolia | 15.10 | 2015 |
| 90 | Vietnam | 15.00 | 2015 |
| 90 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 15.00 | 2015 |
| 92 | Jordan | 14.40 | 2015 |
| 93 | Samoa | 13.60 | 2015 |
| 94 | Brazil | 13.30 | 2015 |
| 95 | Panama | 12.90 | 2015 |
| 96 | El Salvador | 12.80 | 2015 |
| 97 | Belize | 12.70 | 2015 |
| 98 | Iran | 12.60 | 2015 |
| 99 | Palau | 12.50 | 2015 |
| 100 | Moldova | 12.00 | 2015 |
| 100 | Colombia | 12.00 | 2015 |
| 102 | Peru | 11.80 | 2015 |
| 102 | Jamaica | 11.80 | 2015 |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | 11.60 | 2015 |
| 105 | St. Lucia | 11.40 | 2015 |
| 106 | Venezuela | 11.20 | 2015 |
| 106 | Albania | 11.20 | 2015 |
| 108 | Armenia | 11.10 | 2015 |
| 109 | Barbados | 11.00 | 2015 |
| 110 | Tunisia | 10.90 | 2015 |
| 111 | Seychelles | 10.70 | 2015 |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 10.70 | 2015 |
| 113 | Turkey | 10.60 | 2015 |
| 114 | Mauritius | 10.40 | 2015 |
| 115 | Libya | 10.20 | 2015 |
| 115 | Mexico | 10.20 | 2015 |
| 117 | Argentina | 10.00 | 2015 |
| 117 | Grenada | 10.00 | 2015 |
| 119 | Syrian Arab Republic | 9.90 | 2015 |
| 120 | Georgia | 9.30 | 2015 |
| 121 | The Bahamas | 9.20 | 2015 |
| 122 | Thailand | 9.10 | 2015 |
| 123 | Oman | 8.90 | 2015 |
| 124 | Romania | 8.70 | 2015 |
| 125 | China | 8.60 | 2015 |
| 126 | Bulgaria | 8.30 | 2015 |
| 127 | Uruguay | 7.80 | 2015 |
| 127 | Brunei | 7.80 | 2015 |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 7.60 | 2015 |
| 129 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 7.60 | 2015 |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 7.50 | 2015 |
| 132 | Russia | 7.20 | 2015 |
| 133 | Ukraine | 6.90 | 2015 |
| 134 | Lebanon | 6.80 | 2015 |
| 134 | Kuwait | 6.80 | 2015 |
| 136 | Latvia | 6.40 | 2015 |
| 136 | Chile | 6.40 | 2015 |
| 138 | Qatar | 6.20 | 2015 |
| 139 | Malaysia | 5.30 | 2015 |
| 140 | Serbia | 5.20 | 2015 |
| 140 | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.20 | 2015 |
| 140 | Slovak Republic | 5.20 | 2015 |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 5.20 | 2015 |
| 144 | Bahrain | 5.10 | 2015 |
| 145 | United States | 5.00 | 2015 |
| 146 | Hungary | 4.90 | 2015 |
| 147 | Malta | 4.70 | 2015 |
| 148 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.60 | 2015 |
| 149 | Macedonia | 4.50 | 2015 |
| 150 | New Zealand | 4.20 | 2015 |
| 151 | Poland | 4.10 | 2015 |
| 151 | Montenegro | 4.10 | 2015 |
| 153 | Canada | 4.00 | 2015 |
| 154 | Cuba | 3.50 | 2015 |
| 155 | Greece | 3.30 | 2015 |
| 155 | Croatia | 3.30 | 2015 |
| 157 | Spain | 3.20 | 2015 |
| 157 | France | 3.20 | 2015 |
| 157 | United Kingdom | 3.20 | 2015 |
| 160 | Switzerland | 3.10 | 2015 |
| 161 | Lithuania | 3.00 | 2015 |
| 161 | Israel | 3.00 | 2015 |
| 163 | Belarus | 2.90 | 2015 |
| 163 | Belgium | 2.90 | 2015 |
| 163 | Netherlands | 2.90 | 2015 |
| 166 | Germany | 2.80 | 2015 |
| 167 | Ireland | 2.70 | 2015 |
| 167 | Italy | 2.70 | 2015 |
| 167 | Australia | 2.70 | 2015 |
| 167 | Portugal | 2.70 | 2015 |
| 167 | Korea | 2.70 | 2015 |
| 172 | Austria | 2.60 | 2015 |
| 172 | Denmark | 2.60 | 2015 |
| 174 | Monaco | 2.50 | 2015 |
| 174 | Czech Republic | 2.50 | 2015 |
| 176 | San Marino | 2.30 | 2015 |
| 176 | Cyprus | 2.30 | 2015 |
| 178 | Sweden | 2.20 | 2015 |
| 179 | Estonia | 2.10 | 2015 |
| 180 | Slovenia | 2.00 | 2015 |
| 181 | Singapore | 1.90 | 2015 |
| 181 | Andorra | 1.90 | 2015 |
| 181 | Japan | 1.90 | 2015 |
| 184 | Norway | 1.80 | 2015 |
| 185 | Finland | 1.70 | 2015 |
| 186 | Iceland | 1.40 | 2015 |
| 187 | Luxembourg | 1.30 | 2015 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: Infant mortality rates are higher for boys than for girls in countries in which parental gender preferences are insignificant.