Infant mortality rate

Infant mortality rate compares 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.

Rank	Country	deaths/1,000 live births
1	Afghanistan	106.75
2	Somalia	88.03
3	Central African Republic	84.22
4	Niger	68.12
5	Chad	67.02
6	Sierra Leone	65.34
7	Gambia, The	65.04
8	South Sudan	64.77
9	Equatorial Guinea	63.25
10	Mozambique	63.03
11	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	62.63
12	Mali	62.31
13	Angola	60.58
14	Nigeria	58.23
15	Comoros	58.21
16	Cote d'Ivoire	57.36
17	Benin	57.23
18	Pakistan	55.26
19	Mauritania	52.05
20	Guinea	50.99
21	Burkina Faso	50.71
22	Guinea-Bissau	50.44
23	Lesotho	50.23
24	Cameroon	50.09
25	Laos	49.48
26	Congo, Republic of the	49.28
27	Djibouti	47.78
28	Senegal	47.72
29	Yemen	47.56
30	Liberia	45.98
31	Cambodia	45.62
32	Sao Tome and Principe	45.30
33	Sudan	43.15
34	Togo	42.64
35	Eritrea	42.39
36	Haiti	41.29
37	Eswatini	41.20
38	Papua New Guinea	40.33
39	Madagascar	39.82
40	India	39.55
41	Bolivia	39.27
42	Burundi	38.96
43	Turkmenistan	38.54
44	Zambia	37.91
45	Bhutan	35.99
46	Kosovo	35.93
47	Ethiopia	34.62
48	Timor-Leste	34.47
49	Malawi	34.19
50	Burma	33.71
51	Kiribati	33.66
52	Ghana	33.33
53	Tajikistan	33.05
54	Tanzania	31.51
55	Uganda	31.49
56	Bangladesh	31.13
57	Namibia	30.38
58	Tuvalu	29.52
59	Gabon	29.45
60	Zimbabwe	29.41
61	Kenya	28.81
62	Rwanda	27.16
63	South Africa	26.82
64	Guatemala	26.81
65	Suriname	26.60
66	Maldives	26.40
67	Kyrgyzstan	26.26
68	Botswana	25.97
69	Nepal	25.73
70	Trinidad and Tobago	24.55
71	Azerbaijan	24.10
72	Cabo Verde	24.10
73	Paraguay	23.83
74	Guyana	22.68
75	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.45
76	Korea, North	22.42
77	Venezuela	22.23
78	Marshall Islands	22.20
79	Dominican Republic	21.68
80	Mongolia	20.60
81	Philippines	20.55
82	Solomon Islands	20.52
83	Algeria	20.23
84	Indonesia	20.16
85	Iraq	20.08
86	Turkey	19.87
87	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	19.77
88	Kazakhstan	19.59
89	Nicaragua	19.57
90	Uzbekistan	19.42
91	Peru	19.37
92	Morocco	19.00
93	Samoa	18.75
94	Ecuador	18.55
95	Brazil	18.37
96	Egypt	18.25
97	Cook Islands	16.33
98	Syria	16.27
99	West Bank	15.68
100	Gaza Strip	15.60
101	Honduras	15.39
102	Georgia	15.10
103	Iran	15.10
104	Vietnam	15.09
105	Oman	14.76
106	Vanuatu	14.69
107	Antigua and Barbuda	14.65
108	British Virgin Islands	14.56
109	Jordan	14.25
110	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13.16
111	Bahamas, The	13.05
112	Colombia	12.88
113	Northern Mariana Islands	12.79
114	Tonga	12.73
115	Saudi Arabia	12.58
116	Armenia	12.47
117	Aruba	12.39
118	El Salvador	12.38
119	Saint Lucia	12.23
120	Tunisia	12.16
121	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.87
122	Moldova	11.83
123	Guam	11.73
124	Mexico	11.64
125	Dominica	11.56
126	Palau	11.52
127	Libya	11.48
128	Jamaica	11.42
129	Belize	11.40
130	Panama	11.25
131	China	11.15
132	Albania	11.10
133	Seychelles	10.83
134	Mauritius	10.82
135	Brunei	10.79
136	Montserrat	10.70
137	Bahrain	10.54
138	Fiji	10.27
139	American Samoa	10.25
140	Barbados	10.23
141	Grenada	9.60
142	Argentina	9.55
143	Romania	9.41
144	Croatia	8.91
145	Greenland	8.90
146	Cyprus	8.61
147	Costa Rica	8.59
148	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.50
149	Uruguay	8.48
150	Sri Lanka	8.36
151	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.35
152	Sint Maarten	8.16
153	Bulgaria	8.14
154	Curacao	8.05
155	Nauru	7.96
156	Cayman Islands	7.84
157	Virgin Islands	7.81
158	Kuwait	7.60
160	Ukraine	7.44
161	Lebanon	7.20
162	Saint Barthelemy	6.85
163	Saint Martin	6.85
164	Malaysia	6.70
165	Qatar	6.70
166	Chile	6.68
167	San Marino	6.67
168	Thailand	6.58
169	Russia	6.51
170	Gibraltar	6.38
171	Puerto Rico	6.16
172	Faroe Islands	6.11
173	Serbia	5.67
174	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.32
175	United Arab Emirates	5.25
176	United States	5.22
177	New Caledonia	5.08
178	Latvia	4.93
179	Slovakia	4.90
180	Hungary	4.69
181	Macau	4.69
182	Malta	4.62
183	French Polynesia	4.46
184	Canada	4.44
185	Isle of Man	4.31
186	United Kingdom	4.27
187	Poland	4.22
188	Cuba	4.19
189	Liechtenstein	4.12
190	Wallis and Futuna	4.06
191	Taiwan	4.03
192	Jersey	3.94
193	Lithuania	3.66
194	Switzerland	3.64
195	Israel	3.62
196	Greece	3.61
197	Ireland	3.52
198	Andorra	3.50
199	New Zealand	3.50
200	Estonia	3.47
201	Netherlands	3.45
202	Guernsey	3.41
203	Belarus	3.31
204	Luxembourg	3.30
205	Austria	3.29
206	Montenegro	3.29
207	Belgium	3.24
208	Germany	3.24
209	France	3.19
210	Italy	3.14
211	Spain	3.14
212	Anguilla	3.11
213	Denmark	3.09
214	Australia	3.05
215	Korea, South	2.91
216	Hong Kong	2.59
217	Portugal	2.53
218	Sweden	2.45
219	Czechia	2.42
220	Norway	2.34
221	Bermuda	2.21
222	Finland	2.15
223	Japan	1.92
224	Monaco	1.78
225	Iceland	1.66
226	Singapore	1.56
227	Slovenia	1.53