Country Comparison > Infant mortality rate

Rank	Country	Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)
1	Afghanistan	104.25
2	Somalia	89.52
3	Central African Republic	80.55
4	South Sudan	69.93
5	Chad	68.59
6	Niger	67.72
7	Mozambique	64.72
8	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	64.46
9	Mali	64.02
10	Sierra Leone	63.61
11	Angola	62.34
12	Nigeria	59.82
13	Equatorial Guinea	59.68
14	Cote d'Ivoire	59.09
15	Benin	58.73
16	Zambia	55.97
17	Comoros	55.04
18	Gambia, The	54.9
19	Guinea	52.37
20	Pakistan	52.3
21	Burkina Faso	52.03
22	Guinea-Bissau	51.87
23	Cameroon	51.49
24	Congo, Republic of the	50.67
25	Western Sahara	47.93
26	Mauritania	47.91
27	Liberia	47.44
28	Senegal	45.74
29	Laos	45.58
30	Cambodia	43.67
31	Eritrea	43.3
32	Swaziland	42.83
33	Haiti	42.61
34	Yemen	41.92
35	Sudan	41.75
36	Sao Tome and Principe	41.71
37	Djibouti	41.64
38	Lesotho	41.5
39	Burundi	40.11
40	Malawi	39.5
41	Togo	38.46
42	Madagascar	37.83
43	Tanzania	36.43
44	Ethiopia	35.76
45	India	35.39
46	Papua New Guinea	33.21
47	Uganda	32.56
48	Bolivia	32.23
49	Ghana	32.11
50	East Timor	31.67
51	Burma	31.66
52	Namibia	31.38
53	Turkmenistan	30.84
54	Gabon	30.37
55	Zimbabwe	30.32
56	Kosovo	30.19
57	Kenya	29.79
58	Kiribati	29.16
59	Tajikistan	28.82
60	Bangladesh	28.33
61	Rwanda	27.96
62	Venezuela	27.88
63	South Africa	27.81
64	Guyana	27.62
65	Bhutan	27.01
66	Botswana	26.78
67	Tuvalu	26.56
68	Nepal	25.1
69	Kyrgyzstan	23.34
70	Suriname	22.12
71	Guatemala	21.84
72	Azerbaijan	21.32
73	Dominican Republic	20.92
74	Indonesia	20.42
75	Trinidad and Tobago	20.07
76	Philippines	20.02
77	Korea, North	20
78	Maldives	19.77
79	Cape Verde	19.73
80	Iraq	19.54
81	Mongolia	19.24
82	Morocco	18.22
83	Kazakhstan	17.87
84	Micronesia, Federated States of	17.84
85	Algeria	17.57
86	Marshall Islands	17.42
87	Egypt	17.05
88	Samoa	17.02
89	Paraguay	16.91
90	Peru	16.69
91	Nicaragua	16.54
92	Syria	16.45
93	Uzbekistan	16.33
94	Brazil	15.88
95	Turkey	15.77
96	Vietnam	15.66
97	Ecuador	14.95
98	Gaza Strip	14.94
99	Iran	14.85
100	Honduras	14.57
101	Georgia	13.79
102	Solomon Islands	13.4
103	Jordan	12.81
104	West Bank	12.78
105	Vanuatu	12.73
106	Colombia	12.29
107	Saint Helena	11.97
108	Cook Islands	11.87
109	El Salvador	11.83
110	Oman	11.74
111	Jamaica	11.61
112	Armenia	11.5
113	Northern Mariana Islands	11.49
114	Libya	11.49
115	Malaysia	11.44
116	China	11.41
117	Saudi Arabia	11.32
118	Belize	11.23
119	Montserrat	11.1
120	Moldova	11.06
121	Antigua and Barbuda	11.05
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.02
123	British Virgin Islands	10.98
124	Tunisia	10.95
125	Albania	10.83
126	Guam	10.77
127	Mexico	10.65
128	Bahamas, The	10.59
129	Tonga	10.25
130	Saint Lucia	10.08
131	American Samoa	9.9
132	Aruba	9.8
133	Palau	9.78
134	Dominica	9.69
135	Barbados	9.57
136	Turks and Caicos Islands	9.27
137	Seychelles	9.25
138	Panama	9.12
139	Mauritius	9.04
140	Argentina	9
141	Grenada	8.93
142	Fiji	8.81
143	Brunei	8.8
144	Romania	8.7
145	Croatia	8.62
146	Thailand	8.58
147	Greenland	8.33
148	Bahrain	8.33
149	Bulgaria	8.07
150	Sri Lanka	7.84
151	Saint Kitts and Nevis	7.82
152	Uruguay	7.75
153	Costa Rica	7.45
154	Nauru	7.4
155	Ukraine	7.38
156	Virgin Islands	7.38
157	Macedonia	7.37
158	Cyprus	7.36
159	Lebanon	6.82
160	Kuwait	6.52
161	Russia	6.46
162	Chile	6.17
163	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6.1
164	Puerto Rico	6.01
165	Qatar	5.68
166	Saint Martin	5.63
167	Saint Barthelemy	5.63
168	Gibraltar	5.61
169	Serbia	5.55
170	Cayman Islands	5.52
171	United Arab Emirates	5.3
172	United States	5.28
173	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.2
174	Faroe Islands	5.12
175	Latvia	5
176	New Caledonia	5
177	Slovakia	4.89
178	Hungary	4.71
179	Malta	4.56
180	French Polynesia	4.49
181	Cuba	4.3
182	Canada	4.29
183	Poland	4.26
184	Taiwan	4.18
185	San Marino	4.17
186	Wallis and Futuna	4.16
187	Liechtenstein	4.15
188	United Kingdom	4.13
189	Isle of Man	3.89
190	Lithuania	3.76
191	Estonia	3.69
192	Greece	3.67
193	Jersey	3.64
194	Ireland	3.55
195	New Zealand	3.53
196	Belarus	3.52
197	Switzerland	3.51
198	Andorra	3.5
199	Netherlands	3.48
200	Montenegro	3.39
201	Luxembourg	3.34
202	Austria	3.34
203	Germany	3.32
204	Guernsey	3.32
205	Belgium	3.3
206	Israel	3.29
207	Anguilla	3.27
208	Spain	3.21
209	Italy	3.19
210	France	3.18
211	Denmark	3.16
212	Australia	3.12
213	Macau	3.05
214	Korea, South	2.97
215	Hong Kong	2.7
216	Czech Republic	2.63
217	Portugal	2.61
218	Sweden	2.6
219	Finland	2.53
220	Norway	2.5
221	Bermuda	2.49
222	Singapore	2.25
223	Iceland	2.12
224	Japan	1.89
225	Monaco	1.86
226	Slovenia	1.68

Definition: This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2020

See also: Infant mortality rate map

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