Country Comparison :: Infant mortality rate

This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.

All data in the table below is based on 2010 estimates except for Haiti (2011 est.) and the World (2009 est.).

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Rank	Country	(deaths/1,000 live births)
1	Angola	178.13
2	Afghanistan	151.50
3	Niger	114.50
4	Mali	113.66
5	Somalia	107.42
6	Mozambique	103.82
7	Central African Republic	101.60
8	Guinea-Bissau	98.05
9	Chad	97.05
10	Nigeria	92.99
11	Malawi	83.50
12	Burkina Faso	82.98
13	Sierra Leone	80.16
14	Equatorial Guinea	79.47
15	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	79.36
16	Ethiopia	78.99
17	Congo, Republic of the	77.93
18	Liberia	76.43
19	Sudan	72.39
20	Zambia	68.40
21	Tanzania	68.13
22	Gambia, The	67.49
23	Swaziland	66.71
24	Cote d’Ivoire	66.43
25	Rwanda	65.57
26	Pakistan	65.32
27	Comoros	64.61
28	Uganda	63.70
29	Burundi	63.38
30	Benin	63.13
31	Guinea	63.09
32	Cameroon	62.15
33	Western Sahara	61.97
34	Mauritania	61.94
35	Laos	61.19
36	Senegal	57.70
37	Cambodia	56.94
38	Yemen	56.77
39	Djibouti	56.65
40	Lesotho	56.42
41	Mayotte	54.75
42	Sao Tome and Principe	54.64
43	Haiti	54.02
44	Kenya	53.49
45	Togo	53.23
46	Azerbaijan	52.84
47	Madagascar	52.84
48	Bangladesh	52.54
49	Gabon	50.88
50	Burma	50.76
51	Korea, North	50.15
52	Ghana	49.89
53	India	49.13
54	Vanuatu	48.17
55	Bhutan	46.92
56	Nepal	46.00
57	Namibia	45.52
58	Papua New Guinea	44.59
59	World	44.13
60	Turkmenistan	43.84
61	South Africa	43.78
62	Iran	43.45
63	Bolivia	43.41
64	Iraq	43.16
65	Eritrea	42.33
66	Kiribati	40.13
67	Tajikistan	39.78
68	Timor-Leste	39.32
69	Mongolia	38.56
70	Guyana	37.89
71	Tuvalu	35.52
72	Zimbabwe	30.90
73	Kyrgyzstan	30.25
74	Indonesia	28.94
75	Trinidad and Tobago	28.90
76	Morocco	28.61
77	Maldives	28.47
78	Cape Verde	27.89
79	Peru	27.74
80	Guatemala	26.91
81	Algeria	26.75
82	Egypt	26.20
83	Micronesia, Federated States of	25.20
84	Kazakhstan	24.93
85	Turkey	24.84
86	Marshall Islands	24.57
87	Nicaragua	24.16
88	Paraguay	23.83
89	Samoa	23.21
90	Dominican Republic	23.10
91	Uzbekistan	22.66
92	Belize	22.52
93	Brazil	21.86
94	Tunisia	21.75
95	Vietnam	21.57
96	Venezuela	21.07
97	Honduras	21.04
98	El Salvador	20.97
99	Libya	20.87
100	Ecuador	20.26
101	Philippines	19.94
102	Armenia	19.50
103	Solomon Islands	18.41
104	Suriname	18.19
105	Sri Lanka	18.14
106	Mexico	17.84
107	Gaza Strip	17.71
108	Bulgaria	17.26
109	Jordan	17.03
110	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	16.98
111	Colombia	16.87
112	Saudi Arabia	16.73
113	Thailand	16.71
114	China	16.51
115	Lebanon	16.40
116	Cook Islands	16.33
117	Syria	16.14
118	Oman	16.00
119	Montserrat	15.80
120	Georgia	15.67
121	Malaysia	15.50
122	West Bank	15.41
123	Albania	15.11
124	Antigua and Barbuda	15.10
125	Jamaica	14.91
126	Bahrain	14.76
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.70
128	British Virgin Islands	14.11
129	Bahamas, The	13.68
130	Turks and Caicos Islands	13.43
131	Aruba	13.34
132	Dominica	13.20
133	Saint Lucia	13.07
134	Palau	12.78
135	Moldova	12.77
136	United Arab Emirates	12.30
137	Qatar	12.24
138	Barbados	12.09
139	Panama	11.97
140	Seychelles	11.97
141	Brunei	11.87
142	Mauritius	11.85
143	Botswana	11.79
144	Grenada	11.76
145	Romania	11.32
146	Fiji	11.28
147	Tonga	11.28
148	Argentina	11.11
149	Uruguay	10.99
150	Russia	10.32
151	Greenland	10.26
152	American Samoa	9.91
153	Saint Kitts and Nevis	9.90
154	Costa Rica	9.72
155	Cyprus	9.57
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.88
157	Nauru	8.81
158	Macedonia	8.76
159	Kuwait	8.75
160	Ukraine	8.73
161	Latvia	8.59
162	Puerto Rico	8.23
163	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7.65
164	Chile	7.52
165	French Polynesia	7.41
166	Virgin Islands	7.40
167	Estonia	7.19
168	Gibraltar	6.82
169	Cayman Islands	6.78
170	Slovakia	6.71
171	Poland	6.66
172	Serbia	6.65
173	Lithuania	6.37
174	Belarus	6.34
175	Croatia	6.26
176	Faroe Islands	6.18
177	United States	6.14
178	Northern Mariana Islands	5.89
179	New Caledonia	5.80
180	Cuba	5.72
181	European Union	5.61
182	Italy	5.41
183	Hungary	5.38
184	Taiwan	5.26
185	Greece	5.08
186	Canada	4.99
187	New Zealand	4.85
188	San Marino	4.79
189	Wallis and Futuna	4.74
190	Portugal	4.72
191	United Kingdom	4.69
192	Australia	4.67
193	Netherlands	4.66
194	Luxembourg	4.49
195	Belgium	4.38
196	Isle of Man	4.38
197	Austria	4.37
198	Denmark	4.29
199	Korea, South	4.24
200	Slovenia	4.21
201	Liechtenstein	4.20
202	Israel	4.17
203	Switzerland	4.12
204	Jersey	4.02
205	Germany	3.95
206	Ireland	3.89
207	Andorra	3.84
208	Czech Republic	3.76
209	Malta	3.72
210	Guernsey	3.58
211	Norway	3.55
212	Anguilla	3.49
213	Finland	3.45
214	Spain	3.42
215	France	3.31
216	Iceland	3.21
217	Macau	3.20
218	Hong Kong	2.91
219	Japan	2.79
220	Sweden	2.74
221	Bermuda	2.46
222	Singapore	2.32
223	Monaco	1.78

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