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Infant deaths

per 1,000 live births · showing the worst first

196 of 216 countries report a figure for infant deaths

World average: 18.5 /1,000

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RankCountryValueYear
#196South Sudan71.9 /1,0002024
#195Nigeria69.8 /1,0002024
#194Niger65.6 /1,0002024
#193Somalia65.4 /1,0002024
#192Liberia63.2 /1,0002024
#191Zimbabwe62.4 /1,0002024
#190Guinea59.8 /1,0002024
#189Central African Republic58.8 /1,0002024
#188Democratic Republic of the Congo56.4 /1,0002024
#187Lesotho56.3 /1,0002024
#186Chad56.3 /1,0002024
#185Sierra Leone54.6 /1,0002024
#184Afghanistan48.3 /1,0002024
#183Pakistan48.2 /1,0002024
#182Equatorial Guinea47.6 /1,0002024
#181Mali47.5 /1,0002024
#180Benin45.2 /1,0002024
#179Ivory Coast44.8 /1,0002024
#178Mozambique43.7 /1,0002024
#177Burkina Faso43.6 /1,0002024
#176Madagascar43.0 /1,0002024
#175Djibouti43.0 /1,0002024
#174Sudan42.9 /1,0002024
#173Eswatini42.2 /1,0002024
#172Guinea-Bissau42.1 /1,0002024
#171Cameroon40.2 /1,0002024
#170Haiti39.0 /1,0002024
#169Kiribati38.8 /1,0002024
#168Malawi38.0 /1,0002024
#167Namibia36.4 /1,0002024
#166Uganda35.9 /1,0002024
#165Comoros35.0 /1,0002024
#164Togo34.8 /1,0002024
#163Zambia34.6 /1,0002024
#162Timor-Leste34.6 /1,0002024
#161Ethiopia34.5 /1,0002024
#160Kenya34.2 /1,0002024
#159Yemen33.8 /1,0002024
#158Dominica33.3 /1,0002024
#157Myanmar32.8 /1,0002024
#156The Gambia32.7 /1,0002024
#155Botswana32.1 /1,0002024
#154Angola32.1 /1,0002024
#153Papua New Guinea31.3 /1,0002024
#152Burundi30.5 /1,0002024
#151Turkmenistan30.4 /1,0002024
#150Mauritania30.2 /1,0002024
#149Rwanda29.4 /1,0002024
#148Senegal28.9 /1,0002024
#147Tanzania28.7 /1,0002024
#146Dominican Republic27.7 /1,0002024
#145Ghana27.5 /1,0002024
#144Laos27.2 /1,0002024
#143Republic of the Congo27.0 /1,0002024
#142Gabon25.9 /1,0002024
#141Eritrea24.7 /1,0002024
#140Bangladesh24.4 /1,0002024
#139South Africa24.2 /1,0002024
#138Tajikistan23.5 /1,0002024
#137Fiji23.5 /1,0002024
#136India23.3 /1,0002024
#135Guyana23.2 /1,0002024
#134Marshall Islands22.7 /1,0002024
#133Nepal22.2 /1,0002024
#132Philippines21.7 /1,0002024
#131Venezuela21.2 /1,0002024
#130Egypt20.8 /1,0002024
#129Federated States of Micronesia20.3 /1,0002024
#128Iraq20.1 /1,0002024
#127Algeria19.5 /1,0002024
#126Palau18.6 /1,0002024
#125Syria17.7 /1,0002024
#124Guatemala17.2 /1,0002024
#123Palestine17.0 /1,0002024
#122Trinidad and Tobago17.0 /1,0002024
#121Tuvalu16.5 /1,0002024
#120Solomon Islands16.4 /1,0002024
#119Jamaica16.4 /1,0002024
#118Grenada16.4 /1,0002024
#117Cambodia16.4 /1,0002024
#116Saint Lucia15.8 /1,0002024
#115Lebanon15.3 /1,0002024
#114Indonesia15.2 /1,0002024
#113Moldova15.1 /1,0002024
#112Suriname14.8 /1,0002024
#111Kyrgyzstan14.8 /1,0002024
#110Morocco14.7 /1,0002024
#109Paraguay14.5 /1,0002024
#108Vanuatu14.4 /1,0002024
#107Bolivia14.2 /1,0002024
#106Saint Kitts and Nevis13.9 /1,0002024
#105Mauritius13.8 /1,0002024
#104Bhutan13.7 /1,0002024
#103North Korea13.3 /1,0002024
#102Seychelles12.9 /1,0002024
#101Uzbekistan12.8 /1,0002024
#100Honduras12.8 /1,0002024
#99Azerbaijan12.5 /1,0002024
#98Samoa12.3 /1,0002024
#97Brazil12.3 /1,0002024
#96Mexico12.1 /1,0002024
#95Vietnam12.0 /1,0002024
#94Panama12.0 /1,0002024
#93Jordan12.0 /1,0002024
#92British Virgin Islands11.4 /1,0002024
#91Mongolia11.2 /1,0002024
#90The Bahamas11.1 /1,0002024
#89Peru11.0 /1,0002024
#88Ecuador10.9 /1,0002024
#87Belize10.8 /1,0002024
#86Cape Verde10.6 /1,0002024
#85Colombia10.5 /1,0002024
#84Iran10.3 /1,0002024
#83Saint Vincent and the Grenadines10.2 /1,0002024
#82Tunisia9.7 /1,0002024
#81Nicaragua9.4 /1,0002024
#80São Tomé and Príncipe9.2 /1,0002024
#79Costa Rica9.1 /1,0002024
#78Barbados9.1 /1,0002024
#77El Salvador8.8 /1,0002024
#76Brunei8.6 /1,0002024
#75Armenia8.5 /1,0002024
#74Oman8.3 /1,0002024
#73Albania8.3 /1,0002024
#72Turkey8.0 /1,0002024
#71Kosovo8.0 /1,0002024
#70Argentina8.0 /1,0002024
#69Libya7.9 /1,0002024
#68Tonga7.8 /1,0002024
#67Thailand7.7 /1,0002024
#66Nauru7.7 /1,0002024
#65Ukraine7.6 /1,0002024
#64Georgia7.5 /1,0002024
#63Kazakhstan7.4 /1,0002024
#62Bahrain7.3 /1,0002024
#61Malaysia7.0 /1,0002024
#60Kuwait7.0 /1,0002024
#59Antigua and Barbuda7.0 /1,0002024
#58Cuba6.8 /1,0002024
#57Uruguay6.2 /1,0002024
#56Romania6.0 /1,0002024
#55Chile5.8 /1,0002024
#54United States5.5 /1,0002024
#53Bosnia and Herzegovina5.5 /1,0002024
#52Slovakia5.3 /1,0002024
#51Sri Lanka5.2 /1,0002024
#50Qatar4.8 /1,0002024
#49Saudi Arabia4.7 /1,0002024
#48Malta4.7 /1,0002024
#47Maldives4.7 /1,0002024
#46Canada4.7 /1,0002024
#45Serbia4.6 /1,0002024
#44Bulgaria4.6 /1,0002024
#43United Kingdom4.1 /1,0002024
#42Russia4.1 /1,0002024
#41Cyprus4.1 /1,0002024
#40Croatia4.1 /1,0002024
#39People's Republic of China4.1 /1,0002024
#38New Zealand4.0 /1,0002024
#37United Arab Emirates3.8 /1,0002024
#36Poland3.6 /1,0002024
#35Denmark3.5 /1,0002024
#34Switzerland3.4 /1,0002024
#33Kingdom of the Netherlands3.4 /1,0002024
#32Ireland3.4 /1,0002024
#31France3.4 /1,0002024
#30Greece3.2 /1,0002024
#29Hungary3.1 /1,0002024
#28Germany3.1 /1,0002024
#27Belgium3.1 /1,0002024
#26Australia3.1 /1,0002024
#25Turks and Caicos Islands3.0 /1,0002024
#24Lithuania2.8 /1,0002024
#23Austria2.8 /1,0002024
#22Portugal2.7 /1,0002024
#21Israel2.7 /1,0002024
#20Spain2.6 /1,0002024
#19North Macedonia2.5 /1,0002024
#18Andorra2.4 /1,0002024
#17South Korea2.3 /1,0002024
#16Italy2.3 /1,0002024
#15Singapore2.2 /1,0002024
#14Monaco2.2 /1,0002024
#13Latvia2.2 /1,0002024
#12Iceland2.1 /1,0002024
#11Czech Republic2.1 /1,0002024
#10Sweden2.0 /1,0002024
#9Norway2.0 /1,0002024
#8Montenegro1.9 /1,0002024
#7Luxembourg1.9 /1,0002024
#6Finland1.9 /1,0002024
#5Slovenia1.8 /1,0002024
#4Japan1.8 /1,0002024
#3Belarus1.8 /1,0002024
#2Estonia1.5 /1,0002024
#1San Marino1.2 /1,0002024
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)