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.
| Rank | Country | Infant Mortality Rate (deaths) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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