Infant Mortality Rate by Country

Analysis

Global Rankings

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

Why Infant Mortality Rates Matter

Infant mortality rates are a sensitive measure of a country's healthcare quality and social conditions. High rates often indicate poverty, malnutrition, and inadequate medical care. Reducing infant mortality improves population health and future economic prospects. This statistic helps identify vulnerable populations and guide public health interventions. Progress in lowering infant mortality is a sign of overall national development.

Sources

Rankings are based on the most recent data available and may vary over time as new data is released. This list uses the latest available data from The World Factbook.