Infant Mortality Rate by Country

Ranking of 197 countries by Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births)

Rank Country Continent Infant Mortality Rate Year
1 San Marino flag San Marino Europe 1.4 2023
2 Estonia flag Estonia Europe 1.6 2023
3 Singapore flag Singapore Asia 1.7 2023
4 Finland flag Finland Europe 1.8 2023
5 Japan flag Japan Asia 1.8 2023
6 Slovenia flag Slovenia Europe 1.8 2023
7 Belarus flag Belarus Europe 1.9 2023
8 Iceland flag Iceland Europe 1.9 2023
9 Norway flag Norway Europe 1.9 2023
10 Luxembourg flag Luxembourg Europe 2.0 2023
11 Sweden flag Sweden Europe 2.0 2023
12 Czechia flag Czechia Europe 2.1 2023
13 Montenegro flag Montenegro Europe 2.1 2023
14 Italy flag Italy Europe 2.3 2023
15 Korea, Rep. flag Korea, Rep. Asia 2.3 2023
16 Monaco flag Monaco Europe 2.3 2023
17 Andorra flag Andorra Europe 2.5 2023
18 Latvia flag Latvia Europe 2.5 2023
19 Austria flag Austria Europe 2.6 2023
20 Portugal flag Portugal Europe 2.6 2023
21 Spain flag Spain Europe 2.6 2023
22 Israel flag Israel Asia 2.7 2023
23 Lithuania flag Lithuania Europe 2.8 2023
24 North Macedonia flag North Macedonia Europe 2.8 2023
25 Cyprus flag Cyprus Asia 2.9 2023
26 Belgium flag Belgium Europe 3.0 2023
27 Denmark flag Denmark Europe 3.0 2023
28 Australia flag Australia Oceania 3.1 2023
29 Germany flag Germany Europe 3.1 2023
30 Greece flag Greece Europe 3.2 2023
31 Hungary flag Hungary Europe 3.2 2023
32 France flag France Europe 3.4 2023
33 Ireland flag Ireland Europe 3.4 2023
34 Netherlands flag Netherlands Europe 3.5 2023
35 Switzerland flag Switzerland Europe 3.5 2023
36 Poland flag Poland Europe 3.7 2023
37 Russian Federation flag Russian Federation Europe 3.7 2023
38 Taiwan flag Taiwan Asia 3.8 2023
39 Croatia flag Croatia Europe 3.9 2023
40 New Zealand flag New Zealand Oceania 4.0 2023
41 Turks and Caicos Islands flag Turks and Caicos Islands North America 4.0 2023
42 United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates Asia 4.0 2023
43 United Kingdom flag United Kingdom Europe 4.0 2023
44 Canada flag Canada North America 4.4 2023
45 China flag China Asia 4.5 2023
46 Serbia flag Serbia Europe 4.5 2023
47 Malta flag Malta Europe 4.8 2023
48 Qatar flag Qatar Asia 4.9 2023
49 Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia Asia 4.9 2023
50 Bulgaria flag Bulgaria Europe 5.0 2023
51 Maldives flag Maldives Asia 5.0 2023
52 Slovak Republic flag Slovak Republic Europe 5.1 2023
53 Bosnia and Herzegovina flag Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 5.3 2023
54 Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka Asia 5.3 2023
55 Romania flag Romania Europe 5.4 2023
56 United States flag United States North America 5.5 2023
57 Uruguay flag Uruguay South America 5.5 2023
58 Chile flag Chile South America 6.2 2023
59 Cuba flag Cuba North America 6.6 2023
60 Malaysia flag Malaysia Asia 6.8 2023
61 Bahrain flag Bahrain Asia 7.2 2023
62 Antigua and Barbuda flag Antigua and Barbuda North America 7.3 2023
63 Kazakhstan flag Kazakhstan Asia 7.6 2023
64 Kuwait flag Kuwait Asia 7.6 2023
65 Ukraine flag Ukraine Europe 7.8 2023
66 Georgia flag Georgia Asia 8.0 2023
67 Thailand flag Thailand Asia 8.0 2023
68 Tonga flag Tonga Oceania 8.0 2023
69 Argentina flag Argentina South America 8.2 2023
70 Brunei Darussalam flag Brunei Darussalam Asia 8.2 2023
71 Albania flag Albania Europe 8.3 2023
72 Kosovo flag Kosovo Europe 8.3 2023
73 Nauru flag Nauru Oceania 8.3 2023
74 Oman flag Oman Asia 8.4 2023
75 Armenia flag Armenia Asia 8.9 2023
76 Turkiye flag Turkiye Asia 9.1 2023
77 Costa Rica flag Costa Rica North America 9.2 2023
78 El Salvador flag El Salvador North America 9.2 2023
79 Barbados flag Barbados North America 9.3 2023
80 Sao Tome and Principe flag Sao Tome and Principe Africa 9.4 2023
81 St. Vincent and the Grenadines flag St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America 9.9 2023
82 Nicaragua flag Nicaragua North America 10.3 2023
83 Panama flag Panama North America 10.6 2023
84 Tunisia flag Tunisia Africa 10.6 2023
85 Iran, Islamic Rep. flag Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia 10.7 2023
86 Belize flag Belize North America 10.8 2023
87 Mexico flag Mexico North America 10.8 2023
88 Colombia flag Colombia South America 10.9 2023
89 Cabo Verde flag Cabo Verde Africa 11.0 2023
90 Ecuador flag Ecuador South America 11.1 2023
91 Bahamas, The flag Bahamas, The North America 11.4 2023
92 Mongolia flag Mongolia Asia 11.4 2023
93 British Virgin Islands flag British Virgin Islands North America 11.6 2023
94 Jordan flag Jordan Asia 12.2 2023
95 Brazil flag Brazil South America 12.5 2023
96 Uzbekistan flag Uzbekistan Asia 12.7 2023
97 Samoa flag Samoa Oceania 12.8 2023
98 Seychelles flag Seychelles Africa 13.1 2023
99 Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan Asia 13.3 2023
100 Honduras flag Honduras North America 13.3 2023
101 Mauritius flag Mauritius Africa 13.5 2023
102 Moldova flag Moldova Europe 13.5 2023
103 Peru flag Peru South America 13.5 2023
104 Viet Nam flag Viet Nam Asia 14.0 2023
105 Vanuatu flag Vanuatu Oceania 14.2 2023
106 St. Kitts and Nevis flag St. Kitts and Nevis North America 14.3 2023
107 St. Lucia flag St. Lucia North America 14.3 2023
108 West Bank and Gaza flag West Bank and Gaza Asia 14.3 2023
109 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. flag Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Asia 14.5 2023
110 Kyrgyz Republic flag Kyrgyz Republic Asia 14.9 2023
111 Paraguay flag Paraguay South America 15.1 2023
112 Suriname flag Suriname South America 15.2 2023
113 Morocco flag Morocco Africa 15.5 2023
114 Libya flag Libya Africa 15.9 2023
115 Lebanon flag Lebanon Asia 16.0 2023
116 Egypt, Arab Rep. flag Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa 16.1 2023
117 Solomon Islands flag Solomon Islands Oceania 16.5 2023
118 Grenada flag Grenada North America 16.7 2023
119 Indonesia flag Indonesia Asia 17.0 2023
120 Tuvalu flag Tuvalu Oceania 17.1 2023
121 Trinidad and Tobago flag Trinidad and Tobago North America 17.2 2023
122 Guatemala flag Guatemala North America 17.9 2023
123 Jamaica flag Jamaica North America 18.3 2023
124 Bhutan flag Bhutan Asia 18.5 2023
125 Syrian Arab Republic flag Syrian Arab Republic Asia 19.0 2023
126 Palau flag Palau Oceania 19.1 2023
127 Algeria flag Algeria Africa 19.7 2023
128 Bolivia flag Bolivia South America 20.0 2023
129 Cambodia flag Cambodia Asia 20.3 2023
130 Iraq flag Iraq Asia 20.8 2023
131 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. flag Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Oceania 20.8 2023
132 Venezuela, RB flag Venezuela, RB South America 21.5 2023
133 Philippines flag Philippines Asia 22.1 2023
134 Tajikistan flag Tajikistan Asia 22.9 2023
135 Nepal flag Nepal Asia 23.3 2023
136 Marshall Islands flag Marshall Islands Oceania 23.5 2023
137 Fiji flag Fiji Oceania 23.8 2023
138 Guyana flag Guyana South America 23.8 2023
139 Bangladesh flag Bangladesh Asia 24.4 2023
140 South Africa flag South Africa Africa 24.4 2023
141 India flag India Asia 24.5 2023
142 Eritrea flag Eritrea Africa 25.5 2023
143 Gabon flag Gabon Africa 26.5 2023
144 Congo, Rep. flag Congo, Rep. Africa 27.6 2023
145 Uganda flag Uganda Africa 27.6 2023
146 Ghana flag Ghana Africa 28.2 2023
147 Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic North America 28.4 2023
148 Malawi flag Malawi Africa 29.4 2023
149 Tanzania flag Tanzania Africa 29.9 2023
150 Senegal flag Senegal Africa 30.2 2023
151 Rwanda flag Rwanda Africa 30.5 2023
152 Zambia flag Zambia Africa 30.9 2023
153 Mauritania flag Mauritania Africa 31.0 2023
154 Turkmenistan flag Turkmenistan Asia 31.2 2023
155 Burundi flag Burundi Africa 31.5 2023
156 Papua New Guinea flag Papua New Guinea Oceania 32.0 2023
157 Dominica flag Dominica North America 33.1 2023
158 Gambia, The flag Gambia, The Africa 33.8 2023
159 Myanmar flag Myanmar Asia 34.1 2023
160 Kenya flag Kenya Africa 34.7 2023
161 Yemen, Rep. flag Yemen, Rep. Asia 34.7 2023
162 Lao PDR flag Lao PDR Asia 35.2 2023
163 Comoros flag Comoros Africa 35.7 2023
164 Ethiopia flag Ethiopia Africa 35.7 2023
165 Timor-Leste flag Timor-Leste Asia 35.9 2023
166 Togo flag Togo Africa 35.9 2023
167 Botswana flag Botswana Africa 38.2 2023
168 Angola flag Angola Africa 38.3 2023
169 Namibia flag Namibia Africa 38.4 2023
170 Sudan flag Sudan Africa 39.2 2023
171 Kiribati flag Kiribati Oceania 39.7 2023
172 Haiti flag Haiti North America 40.3 2023
173 Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe Africa 40.6 2023
174 Cameroon flag Cameroon Africa 41.2 2023
175 Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau Africa 43.1 2023
176 Eswatini flag Eswatini Africa 43.5 2023
177 Madagascar flag Madagascar Africa 44.2 2023
178 Djibouti flag Djibouti Africa 44.4 2023
179 Congo, Dem. Rep. flag Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa 44.5 2023
180 Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso Africa 44.8 2023
181 Mozambique flag Mozambique Africa 45.4 2023
182 Benin flag Benin Africa 46.4 2023
183 Cote d'Ivoire flag Cote d'Ivoire Africa 46.6 2023
184 Equatorial Guinea flag Equatorial Guinea Africa 49.1 2023
185 Pakistan flag Pakistan Asia 50.1 2023
186 Afghanistan flag Afghanistan Asia 50.4 2023
187 Liberia flag Liberia Africa 52.6 2023
188 Lesotho flag Lesotho Africa 55.4 2023
189 Sierra Leone flag Sierra Leone Africa 56.2 2023
190 Mali flag Mali Africa 57.6 2023
191 Chad flag Chad Africa 58.7 2023
192 Nigeria flag Nigeria Africa 60.1 2023
193 Central African Republic flag Central African Republic Africa 60.4 2023
194 Guinea flag Guinea Africa 61.5 2023
195 Niger flag Niger Africa 67.4 2023
196 Somalia, Fed. Rep. flag Somalia, Fed. Rep. Africa 67.8 2023
197 South Sudan flag South Sudan Africa 72.6 2023
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