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Infant mortality by Country

Name: Infant Mortality Rate by country
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births) for 196 countries, with the latest available year and the earliest year on record.

What this is. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Ranking — latest available year

Countries are sorted by their most recent reported value. The first-year column shows the earliest year for which the World Bank publishes a figure for that country, which is not the same year for every country.

#	Country	per 1,000 live births	First year	Change
1	South Sudan	71.9	195.9	-63.3%
2	Nigeria	69.8	171.7	-59.3%
3	Niger	65.6	148.9	-55.9%
4	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	65.4	107.2	-39.0%
5	Liberia	63.2	198.3	-68.1%
6	Zimbabwe	62.4	79.3	-21.3%
7	Guinea	59.8	190.7	-68.6%
8	Central African Republic	58.8	158.8	-63.0%
9	Congo, Dem. Rep.	56.4	128.3	-56.0%
10	Chad	56.3	142.4	-60.5%
11	Lesotho	56.3	138.4	-59.3%
12	Sierra Leone	54.6	165.7	-67.0%
13	Afghanistan	48.3	252.4	-80.9%
14	Pakistan	48.2	168.3	-71.4%
15	Equatorial Guinea	47.6	128.7	-63.0%
16	Mali	47.5	205	-76.8%
17	Benin	45.2	159.3	-71.6%
18	Cote d'Ivoire	44.8	209.5	-78.6%
19	Mozambique	43.7	144.1	-69.7%
20	Burkina Faso	43.6	171.5	-74.6%
21	Madagascar	43	82.2	-47.7%
22	Djibouti	43	108.2	-60.3%
23	Sudan	42.9	92.9	-53.8%
24	Eswatini	42.2	136.8	-69.2%
25	Guinea-Bissau	42.1	132.6	-68.3%
26	Cameroon	40.2	177.3	-77.3%
27	Haiti	39	195.4	-80.0%
28	Kiribati	38.8	145.1	-73.3%
29	Malawi	38	163.8	-76.8%
30	Namibia	36.4	59.6	-38.9%
31	Uganda	35.9	124.6	-71.2%
32	Comoros	35	148.9	-76.5%
33	Togo	34.8	134.4	-74.1%
34	Zambia	34.6	99.4	-65.2%
35	Timor-Leste	34.6	200.5	-82.7%
36	Ethiopia	34.5	142.9	-75.9%
37	Kenya	34.2	112.7	-69.7%
38	Yemen, Rep.	33.8	275.9	-87.7%
39	Dominica	33.3	81.8	-59.3%
40	Myanmar	32.8	127.5	-74.3%
41	Gambia, The	32.7	157.2	-79.2%
42	Angola	32.1	124.7	-74.3%
43	Botswana	32.1	118	-72.8%
44	Papua New Guinea	31.3	146.5	-78.6%
45	Burundi	30.5	114.2	-73.3%
46	Turkmenistan	30.4	118.9	-74.4%
47	Mauritania	30.2	133.5	-77.4%
48	Rwanda	29.4	123.2	-76.1%
49	Senegal	28.9	127.5	-77.3%
50	Tanzania	28.7	121.9	-76.5%
51	Dominican Republic	27.7	103.8	-73.3%
52	Ghana	27.5	122	-77.5%
53	Lao PDR	27.2	135.1	-79.9%
54	Congo, Rep.	27	95.5	-71.7%
55	Gabon	25.9	112.8	-77.0%
56	Eritrea	24.7	121.3	-79.6%
57	Bangladesh	24.4	177.9	-86.3%
58	South Africa	24.2	108.9	-77.8%
59	Tajikistan	23.5	113.9	-79.4%
60	Fiji	23.5	61.6	-61.9%
61	India	23.3	150.4	-84.5%
62	Guyana	23.2	71.7	-67.6%
63	Marshall Islands	22.7	88.7	-74.4%
64	Nepal	22.2	219.4	-89.9%
65	Philippines	21.7	62.3	-65.2%
66	Venezuela, RB	21.2	58.6	-63.8%
67	Egypt, Arab Rep.	20.8	172.7	-88.0%
68	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	20.3	97.3	-79.1%
69	Iraq	20.1	138.1	-85.4%
70	Algeria	19.5	162	-88.0%
71	Palau	18.6	80.9	-77.0%
72	Syrian Arab Republic	17.7	107.3	-83.5%
73	Guatemala	17.2	155.7	-89.0%
74	West Bank and Gaza	17	94.5	-82.0%
75	Trinidad and Tobago	17	63	-73.0%
76	Tuvalu	16.5	136.1	-87.9%
77	Cambodia	16.4	253.1	-93.5%
78	Jamaica	16.4	65.3	-74.9%
79	Solomon Islands	16.4	117.6	-86.1%
80	Grenada	16.4	60.9	-73.1%
81	St. Lucia	15.8	89.2	-82.3%
82	Lebanon	15.3	65.5	-76.6%
83	Indonesia	15.2	146.7	-89.6%
84	Moldova	15.1	51.2	-70.5%
85	Kyrgyz Republic	14.8	93.3	-84.1%
86	Suriname	14.8	44.1	-66.4%
87	Morocco	14.7	151.1	-90.3%
88	Paraguay	14.5	63.4	-77.1%
89	Vanuatu	14.4	112.9	-87.2%
90	Bolivia	14.2	186.4	-92.4%
91	St. Kitts and Nevis	13.9	50.4	-72.4%
92	Mauritius	13.8	68.9	-80.0%
93	Bhutan	13.7	192.6	-92.9%
94	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	13.3	81.8	-83.7%
95	Seychelles	12.9	71.7	-82.0%
96	Uzbekistan	12.8	101.3	-87.4%
97	Honduras	12.8	141.8	-91.0%
98	Azerbaijan	12.5	82.5	-84.8%
99	Brazil	12.3	127.2	-90.3%
100	Samoa	12.3	78.6	-84.4%
101	Mexico	12.1	106	-88.6%
102	Viet Nam	12	60.8	-80.3%
103	Panama	12	65.1	-81.6%
104	Jordan	12	110.6	-89.2%
105	British Virgin Islands	11.4	70.6	-83.9%
106	Mongolia	11.2	95.8	-88.3%
107	Bahamas, The	11.1	25.2	-56.0%
108	Peru	11	154.9	-92.9%
109	Ecuador	10.9	129.5	-91.6%
110	Belize	10.8	84.1	-87.2%
111	Cabo Verde	10.6	112.3	-90.6%
112	Colombia	10.5	96.6	-89.1%
113	Iran, Islamic Rep.	10.3	144.4	-92.9%
114	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10.2	42.8	-76.2%
115	Tunisia	9.7	162.5	-94.0%
116	Nicaragua	9.4	134.1	-93.0%
117	Sao Tome and Principe	9.2	56.1	-83.6%
118	Costa Rica	9.1	70.8	-87.1%
119	Barbados	9.1	70.3	-87.1%
120	El Salvador	8.8	136.3	-93.5%
121	Brunei Darussalam	8.6	59.4	-85.5%
122	Armenia	8.5	82.2	-89.7%
123	Albania	8.3	68.2	-87.8%
124	Oman	8.3	238.9	-96.5%
125	Turkiye	8	178.3	-95.5%
126	Argentina	8	59.8	-86.6%
127	Kosovo	8	127.8	-93.7%
128	Libya	7.9	194	-95.9%
129	Tonga	7.8	62.2	-87.5%
130	Thailand	7.7	113.3	-93.2%
131	Naoero	7.7	73.4	-89.5%
132	Ukraine	7.6	29.4	-74.1%
133	Georgia	7.5	57.9	-87.0%
134	Kazakhstan	7.4	76.3	-90.3%
135	Bahrain	7.3	159.7	-95.4%
136	Malaysia	7	68.3	-89.8%
137	Kuwait	7	117	-94.0%
138	Antigua and Barbuda	7	62.2	-88.7%
139	Cuba	6.8	36.6	-81.4%
140	Uruguay	6.2	56.7	-89.1%
141	Romania	6	74.4	-91.9%
142	Chile	5.8	123.7	-95.3%
143	United States	5.5	25.9	-78.8%
144	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.5	26.3	-79.1%
145	Slovak Republic	5.3	31	-82.9%
146	Sri Lanka	5.2	57.1	-90.9%
147	Qatar	4.8	56.7	-91.5%
148	Canada	4.7	27.8	-83.1%
149	Saudi Arabia	4.7	148.7	-96.8%
150	Malta	4.7	35.8	-86.9%
151	Maldives	4.7	240	-98.0%
152	Bulgaria	4.6	44.9	-89.8%
153	Serbia	4.6	34.7	-86.7%
154	China	4.1	88.8	-95.4%
155	Russian Federation	4.1	36.3	-88.7%
156	United Kingdom	4.1	22.9	-82.1%
157	Croatia	4.1	19.2	-78.6%
158	Cyprus	4.1	34.3	-88.0%
159	New Zealand	4	22.5	-82.2%
160	United Arab Emirates	3.8	146.3	-97.4%
161	Poland	3.6	57.8	-93.8%
162	Denmark	3.5	21.4	-83.6%
163	France	3.4	23.7	-85.7%
164	Netherlands	3.4	16.4	-79.3%
165	Switzerland	3.4	21.7	-84.3%
166	Ireland	3.4	30.4	-88.8%
167	Greece	3.2	38.7	-91.7%
168	Germany	3.1	23.4	-86.8%
169	Australia	3.1	20.4	-84.8%
170	Hungary	3.1	48	-93.5%
171	Belgium	3.1	29.6	-89.5%
172	Turks and Caicos Islands	3	75	-96.0%
173	Austria	2.8	37.2	-92.5%
174	Lithuania	2.8	40.5	-93.1%
175	Portugal	2.7	84.4	-96.8%
176	Israel	2.7	38.4	-93.0%
177	Spain	2.6	46.8	-94.4%
178	North Macedonia	2.5	51.9	-95.2%
179	Andorra	2.4	10.2	-76.5%
180	Italy	2.3	44.2	-94.8%
181	Korea, Rep.	2.3	74.4	-96.9%
182	Latvia	2.2	26.7	-91.8%
183	Singapore	2.2	35.5	-93.8%
184	Monaco	2.2	7.9	-72.2%
185	Czechia	2.1	21.2	-90.1%
186	Iceland	2.1	17.3	-87.9%
187	Sweden	2	16.3	-87.7%
188	Norway	2	18.4	-89.1%
189	Finland	1.9	21.9	-91.3%
190	Montenegro	1.9	24.6	-92.3%
191	Luxembourg	1.9	31.7	-94.0%
192	Japan	1.8	30.4	-94.1%
193	Belarus	1.8	37	-95.1%
194	Slovenia	1.8	15.3	-88.2%
195	Estonia	1.5	29	-94.8%
196	San Marino	1.2	16.8	-92.9%

Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Latest data revision: 2026-09-13. Original dataset.