Infant Mortality Rate by Country
Afghanistan has the highest infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) in the world at 104.9 deaths.
Note: This list uses the latest available data from sources such as The World Factbook. The data is updated regularly.
| 1 |
Afghanistan
| 104.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 2 |
Somalia
| 86.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 3 |
Central African Republic
| 83.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 4 |
Equatorial Guinea
| 78.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 5 |
Sierra Leone
| 73.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 6 |
Niger
| 66.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 7 |
Chad
| 65.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 8 |
Mozambique
| 61.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 9 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
| 60.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 10 |
Mali
| 60.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 11 |
Angola
| 58.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 12 |
Comoros
| 57.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 13 |
Nigeria
| 56.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 14 |
Benin
| 55.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 15 |
Cote d'Ivoire
| 55.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 16 |
Pakistan
| 54.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 17 |
Mauritania
| 51.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 18 |
Guinea
| 49.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 19 |
Burkina Faso
| 49.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 20 |
Guinea-Bissau
| 49.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 21 |
Cameroon
| 48.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 22 |
Lesotho
| 48.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 23 |
Republic of the Congo
| 47.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 24 |
Western Sahara
| 47.9 deaths | 2020 |
| 25 |
Djibouti
| 46.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 26 |
Yemen
| 46.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 27 |
Liberia
| 44.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 28 |
Sao Tome and Principe
| 44.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 29 |
Sudan
| 42.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 30 |
Eritrea
| 41.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 31 |
Togo
| 41.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 32 |
Haiti
| 40.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 33 |
Swaziland
| 39.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 34 |
Madagascar
| 39.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 35 |
Burundi
| 37.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 36 |
Laos
| 37.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 37 |
Turkmenistan
| 37.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 38 |
Gambia
| 37.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 39 |
Zambia
| 37.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 40 |
Tanzania
| 36.4 deaths | 2020 |
| 41 |
Timor-Leste
| 33.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 42 |
Papua New Guinea
| 33.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 43 |
Ethiopia
| 33.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 44 |
Malawi
| 33.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 45 |
Burma
| 32.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 46 |
Kiribati
| 32.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 47 |
Ghana
| 32.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 48 |
Senegal
| 32.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 49 |
Tajikistan
| 32.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 50 |
Uganda
| 30.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 51 |
Bangladesh
| 30.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 52 |
India
| 30.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 53 |
Suriname
| 30.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 54 |
Cambodia
| 29.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 55 |
Namibia
| 29.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 56 |
Tuvalu
| 28.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 57 |
Gabon
| 28.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 58 |
Zimbabwe
| 28.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 59 |
Kenya
| 27.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 60 |
Bhutan
| 27.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 61 |
Rwanda
| 26.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 62 |
Guatemala
| 26.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 63 |
South Africa
| 25.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 64 |
Maldives
| 25.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 65 |
Kyrgyzstan
| 25.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 66 |
Botswana
| 25.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 67 |
Nepal
| 25.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 68 |
Cabo Verde
| 23.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 69 |
Azerbaijan
| 23.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 70 |
Paraguay
| 23.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 71 |
Bolivia
| 22.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 72 |
Philippines
| 22.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 73 |
North Korea
| 22.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 74 |
Guyana
| 22.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 75 |
Micronesia, Federated States of
| 21.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 76 |
Marshall Islands
| 21.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 77 |
Dominican Republic
| 21.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 78 |
Mongolia
| 20.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 79 |
Solomon Islands
| 20.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 80 |
Indonesia
| 19.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 81 |
Algeria
| 19.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 82 |
Iraq
| 19.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 83 |
Turkey
| 19.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 84 |
Morocco
| 19.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 85 |
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
| 19.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 86 |
Kazakhstan
| 19.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 87 |
Nicaragua
| 19.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 88 |
Uzbekistan
| 19.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 89 |
Ecuador
| 18.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 90 |
Venezuela
| 17.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 91 |
Egypt
| 17.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 92 |
Samoa
| 17.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 93 |
Panama
| 16.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 94 |
Cook Islands
| 15.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 95 |
Syria
| 15.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 96 |
Trinidad and Tobago
| 15.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 97 |
Honduras
| 15.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 98 |
Iran
| 14.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 99 |
Georgia
| 14.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 100 |
Vietnam
| 14.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 101 |
Oman
| 14.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 102 |
Vanuatu
| 14.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 103 |
Antigua and Barbuda
| 14.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 104 |
British Virgin Islands
| 14.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 105 |
Jordan
| 13.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 106 |
Brazil
| 13.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 107 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
| 12.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 108 |
Bahamas
| 12.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 109 |
Northern Mariana Islands
| 12.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 110 |
Tonga
| 12.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 111 |
Saudi Arabia
| 12.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 112 |
Armenia
| 12.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 113 |
El Salvador
| 12.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 114 |
Aruba
| 12.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 115 |
Mauritius
| 12.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 116 |
Saint Lucia
| 12.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 117 |
Tunisia
| 11.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 118 |
Mexico
| 11.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 119 |
Colombia
| 11.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 120 |
Moldova
| 11.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 121 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
| 11.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 122 |
Guam
| 11.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 123 |
Palau
| 11.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 124 |
Dominica
| 11.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 125 |
Libya
| 11.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 126 |
Jamaica
| 11.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 127 |
Belize
| 11.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 128 |
Albania
| 10.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 129 |
Peru
| 10.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 130 |
Seychelles
| 10.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 131 |
Brunei
| 10.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 132 |
Montserrat
| 10.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 133 |
Bahrain
| 10.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 134 |
American Samoa
| 10.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 135 |
Fiji
| 10.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 136 |
Barbados
| 9.6 deaths | 2020 |
| 137 |
Grenada
| 9.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 138 |
Argentina
| 9.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 139 |
Greenland
| 8.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 140 |
Croatia
| 8.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 141 |
Costa Rica
| 8.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 142 |
Cyprus
| 8.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 143 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
| 8.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 144 |
Uruguay
| 8.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 145 |
Sri Lanka
| 8.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 146 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
| 8.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 147 |
Bulgaria
| 8.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 148 |
Nauru
| 7.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 149 |
Cayman Islands
| 7.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 150 |
Virgin Islands
| 7.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 151 |
Kuwait
| 7.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 152 |
Ukraine
| 7.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 153 |
Macedonia
| 7.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 154 |
Lebanon
| 7.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 155 |
China
| 6.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 156 |
Saint Barthelemy
| 6.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 157 |
Saint Martin
| 6.7 deaths | 2022 |
| 158 |
Qatar
| 6.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 159 |
Malaysia
| 6.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 160 |
Chile
| 6.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 161 |
San Marino
| 6.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 162 |
Thailand
| 6.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 163 |
Russia
| 6.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 164 |
Gibraltar
| 6.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 165 |
Puerto Rico
| 6.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 166 |
Faroe Islands
| 6.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 167 |
Romania
| 5.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 168 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
| 5.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 169 |
United States
| 5.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 170 |
United Arab Emirates
| 5.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 171 |
New Caledonia
| 5.0 deaths | 2020 |
| 172 |
Latvia
| 4.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 173 |
Slovakia
| 4.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 174 |
Serbia
| 4.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 175 |
Hungary
| 4.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 176 |
Macau
| 4.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 177 |
Malta
| 4.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 178 |
French Polynesia
| 4.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 179 |
Canada
| 4.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 180 |
Isle of Man
| 4.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 181 |
Wallis and Futuna
| 4.2 deaths | 2020 |
| 182 |
Poland
| 4.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 183 |
Cuba
| 4.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 184 |
Liechtenstein
| 4.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 185 |
Taiwan
| 4.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 186 |
Jersey
| 3.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 187 |
United Kingdom
| 3.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 188 |
Lithuania
| 3.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 189 |
Switzerland
| 3.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 190 |
Israel
| 3.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 191 |
Greece
| 3.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 192 |
Ireland
| 3.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 193 |
New Zealand
| 3.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 194 |
Andorra
| 3.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 195 |
Estonia
| 3.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 196 |
Netherlands
| 3.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 197 |
Guernsey
| 3.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 198 |
Belarus
| 3.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 199 |
Luxembourg
| 3.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 200 |
Austria
| 3.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 201 |
Montenegro
| 3.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 202 |
Belgium
| 3.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 203 |
Germany
| 3.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 204 |
Italy
| 3.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 205 |
France
| 3.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 206 |
Anguilla
| 3.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 207 |
Denmark
| 3.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 208 |
Australia
| 3.0 deaths | 2022 |
| 209 |
South Korea
| 2.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 210 |
Hong Kong
| 2.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 211 |
Portugal
| 2.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 212 |
Spain
| 2.5 deaths | 2022 |
| 213 |
Czech Republic
| 2.4 deaths | 2022 |
| 214 |
Norway
| 2.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 215 |
Sweden
| 2.3 deaths | 2022 |
| 216 |
Bermuda
| 2.2 deaths | 2022 |
| 217 |
Finland
| 2.1 deaths | 2022 |
| 218 |
Japan
| 1.9 deaths | 2022 |
| 219 |
Monaco
| 1.8 deaths | 2022 |
| 220 |
Iceland
| 1.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 221 |
Singapore
| 1.6 deaths | 2022 |
| 222 |
Slovenia
| 1.5 deaths | 2022 |
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