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Infant mortality rate
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Infant mortality rate compares the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
| Rank | Country | (deaths/1,000 live births) | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 104.30 | |
| 2 | Somalia | 89.50 | |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 80.60 | |
| 4 | South Sudan | 69.90 | |
| 5 | Chad | 68.60 | |
| 6 | Niger | 67.70 | |
| 7 | Mozambique | 64.70 | |
| 8 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 64.50 | |
| 9 | Mali | 64.00 | |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 63.60 | |
| 11 | Angola | 62.30 | |
| 12 | Nigeria | 59.80 | |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 59.70 | |
| 14 | Cote d'Ivoire | 59.10 | |
| 15 | Benin | 58.70 | |
| 16 | Zambia | 56.00 | |
| 17 | Comoros | 55.00 | |
| 18 | Gambia, The | 54.90 | |
| 19 | Guinea | 52.40 | |
| 20 | Pakistan | 52.30 | |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 52.00 | |
| 22 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.90 | |
| 23 | Cameroon | 51.50 | |
| 24 | Congo, Republic of the | 50.70 | |
| 25 | Mauritania | 47.90 | |
| 26 | Liberia | 47.40 | |
| 27 | Senegal | 45.70 | |
| 28 | Laos | 45.60 | |
| 29 | Cambodia | 43.70 | |
| 30 | Eritrea | 43.30 | |
| 31 | Eswatini | 42.80 | |
| 32 | Haiti | 42.60 | |
| 33 | Yemen | 41.90 | |
| 34 | Sudan | 41.80 | |
| 35 | Sao Tome and Principe | 41.70 | |
| 36 | Djibouti | 41.60 | |
| 37 | Lesotho | 41.50 | |
| 38 | Burundi | 40.10 | |
| 39 | Malawi | 39.50 | |
| 40 | Togo | 38.50 | |
| 41 | Madagascar | 37.80 | |
| 42 | Tanzania | 36.40 | |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 35.80 | |
| 44 | India | 35.40 | |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 33.20 | |
| 46 | Uganda | 32.60 | |
| 47 | Bolivia | 32.20 | |
| 48 | Ghana | 32.10 | |
| 49 | Burma | 31.70 | |
| 50 | Timor-Leste | 31.70 | |
| 51 | Namibia | 31.40 | |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 30.80 | |
| 53 | Gabon | 30.40 | |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 30.30 | |
| 55 | Kosovo | 30.20 | |
| 56 | Kenya | 29.80 | |
| 57 | Kiribati | 29.20 | |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 28.80 | |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 28.30 | |
| 60 | Rwanda | 28.00 | |
| 61 | Venezuela | 27.90 | |
| 62 | South Africa | 27.80 | |
| 63 | Guyana | 27.60 | |
| 64 | Bhutan | 27.00 | |
| 65 | Botswana | 26.80 | |
| 66 | Tuvalu | 26.60 | |
| 67 | Nepal | 25.10 | |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.30 | |
| 69 | Suriname | 22.10 | |
| 70 | Guatemala | 21.80 | |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 21.30 | |
| 72 | Dominican Republic | 20.90 | |
| 73 | Indonesia | 20.40 | |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20.10 | |
| 75 | Korea, North | 20.00 | |
| 76 | Philippines | 20.00 | |
| 77 | Maldives | 19.80 | |
| 78 | Cabo Verde | 19.70 | |
| 79 | Iraq | 19.50 | |
| 80 | Mongolia | 19.20 | |
| 81 | Morocco | 18.20 | |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 17.90 | |
| 83 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 17.80 | |
| 84 | Algeria | 17.60 | |
| 85 | Marshall Islands | 17.40 | |
| 86 | Egypt | 17.10 | |
| 87 | Samoa | 17.00 | |
| 88 | Paraguay | 16.90 | |
| 89 | Peru | 16.70 | |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 16.50 | |
| 91 | Syria | 16.50 | |
| 92 | Uzbekistan | 16.30 | |
| 93 | Brazil | 15.90 | |
| 94 | Turkey | 15.80 | |
| 95 | Vietnam | 15.70 | |
| 96 | Ecuador | 15.00 | |
| 97 | Gaza Strip | 14.90 | |
| 98 | Iran | 14.90 | |
| 99 | Honduras | 14.60 | |
| 100 | Georgia | 13.80 | |
| 101 | Solomon Islands | 13.40 | |
| 102 | Jordan | 12.80 | |
| 103 | West Bank | 12.80 | |
| 104 | Vanuatu | 12.70 | |
| 105 | Colombia | 12.30 | |
| 106 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 12.00 | |
| 107 | Cook Islands | 11.90 | |
| 108 | El Salvador | 11.80 | |
| 109 | Oman | 11.70 | |
| 110 | Jamaica | 11.60 | |
| 111 | Armenia | 11.50 | |
| 112 | Libya | 11.50 | |
| 113 | Northern Mariana Islands | 11.50 | |
| 114 | China | 11.40 | |
| 115 | Malaysia | 11.40 | |
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 11.30 | |
| 117 | Belize | 11.20 | |
| 118 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.10 | |
| 119 | Moldova | 11.10 | |
| 120 | Montserrat | 11.10 | |
| 121 | British Virgin Islands | 11.00 | |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.00 | |
| 123 | Tunisia | 11.00 | |
| 124 | Albania | 10.80 | |
| 125 | Guam | 10.80 | |
| 126 | Mexico | 10.70 | |
| 127 | Bahamas, The | 10.60 | |
| 128 | Tonga | 10.30 | |
| 129 | Saint Lucia | 10.10 | |
| 130 | American Samoa | 9.90 | |
| 131 | Aruba | 9.80 | |
| 132 | Palau | 9.80 | |
| 133 | Dominica | 9.70 | |
| 134 | Barbados | 9.60 | |
| 135 | Seychelles | 9.30 | |
| 136 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 9.30 | |
| 137 | Panama | 9.10 | |
| 138 | Argentina | 9.00 | |
| 139 | Mauritius | 9.00 | |
| 140 | Grenada | 8.90 | |
| 141 | Brunei | 8.80 | |
| 142 | Fiji | 8.80 | |
| 143 | Romania | 8.70 | |
| 144 | Croatia | 8.60 | |
| 145 | Thailand | 8.60 | |
| 146 | Bahrain | 8.30 | |
| 147 | Greenland | 8.30 | |
| 148 | Bulgaria | 8.10 | |
| 149 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.80 | |
| 150 | Sri Lanka | 7.80 | |
| 151 | Uruguay | 7.80 | |
| 152 | Costa Rica | 7.50 | |
| 153 | Sint Maarten | 7.50 | |
| 154 | Cyprus | 7.40 | |
| 155 | Macedonia | 7.40 | |
| 156 | Nauru | 7.40 | |
| 157 | Ukraine | 7.40 | |
| 158 | Virgin Islands | 7.40 | |
| 159 | Curacao | 7.00 | |
| 160 | Lebanon | 6.80 | |
| 161 | Kuwait | 6.50 | |
| 162 | Russia | 6.50 | |
| 163 | Chile | 6.20 | |
| 164 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6.10 | |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 6.00 | |
| 166 | Qatar | 5.70 | |
| 167 | Gibraltar | 5.60 | |
| 168 | Saint Barthelemy | 5.60 | |
| 169 | Saint Martin | 5.60 | |
| 170 | Serbia | 5.60 | |
| 171 | Cayman Islands | 5.50 | |
| 172 | United Arab Emirates | 5.30 | |
| 173 | United States | 5.30 | |
| 174 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.20 | |
| 175 | Faroe Islands | 5.10 | |
| 176 | Latvia | 5.00 | |
| 177 | New Caledonia | 5.00 | |
| 178 | Slovakia | 4.90 | |
| 179 | Hungary | 4.70 | |
| 180 | Malta | 4.60 | |
| 181 | French Polynesia | 4.50 | |
| 182 | Canada | 4.30 | |
| 183 | Cuba | 4.30 | |
| 184 | Poland | 4.30 | |
| 185 | Liechtenstein | 4.20 | |
| 186 | San Marino | 4.20 | |
| 187 | Taiwan | 4.20 | |
| 188 | Wallis and Futuna | 4.20 | |
| 189 | United Kingdom | 4.10 | |
| 190 | Isle of Man | 3.90 | |
| 191 | Lithuania | 3.80 | |
| 192 | Estonia | 3.70 | |
| 193 | Greece | 3.70 | |
| 194 | Ireland | 3.60 | |
| 195 | Jersey | 3.60 | |
| 196 | Andorra | 3.50 | |
| 197 | Belarus | 3.50 | |
| 198 | Netherlands | 3.50 | |
| 199 | New Zealand | 3.50 | |
| 200 | Switzerland | 3.50 | |
| 201 | Montenegro | 3.40 | |
| 202 | Anguilla | 3.30 | |
| 203 | Austria | 3.30 | |
| 204 | Belgium | 3.30 | |
| 205 | Germany | 3.30 | |
| 206 | Guernsey | 3.30 | |
| 207 | Israel | 3.30 | |
| 208 | Luxembourg | 3.30 | |
| 209 | Denmark | 3.20 | |
| 210 | France | 3.20 | |
| 211 | Italy | 3.20 | |
| 212 | Spain | 3.20 | |
| 213 | Australia | 3.10 | |
| 214 | Macau | 3.10 | |
| 215 | Korea, South | 3.00 | |
| 216 | Hong Kong | 2.70 | |
| 217 | Czechia | 2.60 | |
| 218 | Portugal | 2.60 | |
| 219 | Sweden | 2.60 | |
| 220 | Bermuda | 2.50 | |
| 221 | Finland | 2.50 | |
| 222 | Norway | 2.50 | |
| 223 | Singapore | 2.30 | |
| 224 | Iceland | 2.10 | |
| 225 | Japan | 1.90 | |
| 226 | Monaco | 1.90 | |
| 227 | Slovenia | 1.70 |