Country Comparison > Infant mortality rate > TOP 50

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

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