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
See also: Infant mortality rate map