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	104.89
2	Somalia	86.53
3	Central African Republic	82.97
4	Equatorial Guinea	78.33
5	Sierra Leone	73.42
6	Niger	66.81
7	Chad	65.48
8	South Sudan	63.18
9	Mozambique	61.38
10	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	60.85
11	Mali	60.64
12	Angola	58.86
13	Comoros	57.10
14	Nigeria	56.68
15	Benin	55.76
16	Cote d'Ivoire	55.67
17	Pakistan	53.98
18	Mauritania	50.99
19	Guinea	49.63
20	Burkina Faso	49.42
21	Guinea-Bissau	49.05
22	Cameroon	48.73
23	Lesotho	48.44
24	Congo, Republic of the	47.93
25	Djibouti	46.89
26	Yemen	46.54
27	Liberia	44.57
28	Sao Tome and Principe	44.38
29	Sudan	42.27
30	Eritrea	41.50
31	Togo	41.19
32	Haiti	40.02
33	Eswatini	39.63
34	Madagascar	39.04
35	Burundi	37.84
36	Laos	37.78
37	Turkmenistan	37.62
38	Gambia, The	37.19
39	Zambia	37.11
40	Timor-Leste	33.69
41	Papua New Guinea	33.59
42	Ethiopia	33.51
43	Malawi	33.43
44	Burma	32.94
45	Kiribati	32.93
46	Ghana	32.59
47	Senegal	32.44
48	Tajikistan	32.33
49	Tanzania	30.87
50	Uganda	30.45
51	Bangladesh	30.35
52	India	30.31
53	Suriname	30.25
54	Cambodia	29.58
55	Namibia	29.42
56	Tuvalu	28.92
57	Gabon	28.56
58	Zimbabwe	28.53
59	Kenya	27.86
60	Kosovo	27.12
61	Bhutan	27.04
62	Rwanda	26.39
63	Guatemala	26.18
64	South Africa	25.87
65	Maldives	25.70
66	Kyrgyzstan	25.66
67	Botswana	25.18
68	Nepal	25.13
69	Cabo Verde	23.53
70	Azerbaijan	23.51
71	Paraguay	23.21
72	Bolivia	22.28
73	Philippines	22.23
74	Korea, North	22.21
75	Guyana	22.15
76	Micronesia, Federated States of	21.90
77	Marshall Islands	21.66
78	Dominican Republic	21.18
79	Mongolia	20.18
80	Solomon Islands	20.02
81	Indonesia	19.73
82	Algeria	19.72
83	Iraq	19.62
84	Turkey (Turkiye)	19.35
85	Morocco	19.20
86	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	19.19
87	Kazakhstan	19.18
88	Nicaragua	19.09
89	Uzbekistan	18.98
90	Ecuador	18.13
91	Samoa	18.00
92	Venezuela	17.72
93	Egypt	17.70
94	Panama	16.44
95	Cook Islands	15.93
96	Syria	15.87
97	Trinidad and Tobago	15.83
98	West Bank	15.29
99	Gaza Strip	15.23
100	Honduras	15.08
101	Iran	14.84
102	Georgia	14.77
103	Vietnam	14.75
104	Oman	14.45
105	Vanuatu	14.34
106	Antigua and Barbuda	14.30
107	British Virgin Islands	14.16
108	Jordan	13.90
109	Brazil	13.31
110	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.87
111	Bahamas, The	12.78
112	Northern Mariana Islands	12.48
113	Tonga	12.41
114	Saudi Arabia	12.27
115	Armenia	12.18
116	El Salvador	12.14
117	Aruba	12.09
118	Mauritius	12.08
119	Saint Lucia	11.99
120	Tunisia	11.87
121	Mexico	11.86
122	Colombia	11.65
123	Moldova	11.60
124	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.59
125	Guam	11.46
126	Palau	11.28
127	Dominica	11.27
128	Libya	11.22
129	Jamaica	11.17
130	Belize	11.15
131	Albania	10.82
132	Peru	10.80
133	Seychelles	10.60
134	Brunei	10.52
135	Montserrat	10.36
136	Bahrain	10.19
137	American Samoa	10.06
138	Fiji	10.06
139	Barbados	10.00
140	Grenada	9.40
141	Argentina	9.35
142	Greenland	8.75
143	Croatia	8.74
144	Costa Rica	8.39
145	Cyprus	8.36
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.35
147	Uruguay	8.31
148	Sri Lanka	8.20
149	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.16
150	Bulgaria	7.98
151	Sint Maarten	7.98
152	Curacao	7.88
153	Nauru	7.84
154	Cayman Islands	7.65
155	Virgin Islands	7.65
156	Kuwait	7.43
157	Ukraine	7.33
158	North Macedonia	7.32
159	Lebanon	7.04
160	China	6.76
161	Saint Barthelemy	6.71
162	Saint Martin	6.71
163	Qatar	6.62
164	Malaysia	6.59
165	Chile	6.55
166	San Marino	6.51
167	Thailand	6.47
168	Russia	6.42
169	Gibraltar	6.25
170	Puerto Rico	6.04
171	Faroe Islands	5.99
172	Romania	5.84
173	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.21
174	United States	5.17
175	United Arab Emirates	5.14
176	New Caledonia	5.00
177	Latvia	4.85
178	Slovakia	4.82
179	Serbia	4.81
180	Hungary	4.62
181	Macau	4.59
182	Malta	4.53
183	French Polynesia	4.40
184	Canada	4.38
185	Isle of Man	4.24
186	Poland	4.16
187	Cuba	4.13
188	Liechtenstein	4.05
189	Wallis and Futuna	4.00
190	Taiwan	3.97
191	Jersey	3.87
192	United Kingdom	3.82
193	Lithuania	3.63
194	Switzerland	3.58
195	Israel	3.56
196	Greece	3.55
197	Ireland	3.47
198	Andorra	3.44
199	New Zealand	3.44
200	Estonia	3.42
201	Netherlands	3.40
202	Guernsey	3.36
203	Belarus	3.27
204	Luxembourg	3.25
205	Austria	3.24
206	Montenegro	3.24
207	Belgium	3.19
208	Germany	3.19
209	Italy	3.16
210	France	3.15
211	Anguilla	3.07
212	Denmark	3.04
213	Australia	3.01
214	Korea, South	2.87
215	Hong Kong	2.55
216	Portugal	2.50
217	Spain	2.47
218	Czechia	2.40
219	Norway	2.31
220	Sweden	2.30
221	Bermuda	2.19
222	Finland	2.13
223	Japan	1.90
224	Monaco	1.76
225	Iceland	1.65
226	Singapore	1.55
227	Slovenia	1.52