Child mortality rate ihme by country
Countries reporting
204
Highest
12.35
Central African Republic
Lowest
0.18
Singapore
Median
1.44
Years covered
70
1950–2019
Data points
14,280
What the numbers show
Child mortality rate ihme is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 12.35 in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.18 in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.44, and the mean is 2.49.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 69.
Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 201 fell. The largest increase was in Dominica (up 18.2%), and the largest decrease in Iran (down 59.6%).
Child mortality rate ihme: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 12.35 | 2019 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 2 | Mali | 11.85 | 2019 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 3 | Chad | 11.29 | 2019 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 4 | Niger | 11.07 | 2019 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 10.88 | 2019 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 10.37 | 2019 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 7 | Sierra Leone | 10.21 | 2019 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 8 | Guinea | 9.71 | 2019 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 9 | Somalia | 9.54 | 2019 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 10 | South Sudan | 9.26 | 2019 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 11 | Benin | 8.5 | 2019 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 12 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.33 | 2019 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 7.17 | 2019 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.12 | 2019 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 15 | Mozambique | 6.94 | 2019 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 16 | Haiti | 6.83 | 2019 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 17 | Burundi | 6.54 | 2019 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 18 | Lesotho | 6.44 | 2019 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 19 | Pakistan | 6.33 | 2019 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 20 | Togo | 6.32 | 2019 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 21 | Liberia | 6.09 | 2019 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 22 | Malawi | 5.91 | 2019 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 23 | Uganda | 5.84 | 2019 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 24 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.79 | 2019 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 25 | Tanzania | 5.71 | 2019 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 26 | Madagascar | 5.66 | 2019 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 27 | Afghanistan | 5.53 | 2019 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 28 | Angola | 5.42 | 2019 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 29 | Papua New Guinea | 5.38 | 2019 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 5.25 | 2019 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 5.24 | 2019 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 32 | Ghana | 5.22 | 2019 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 33 | Zambia | 5.18 | 2019 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 34 | Comoros | 4.98 | 2019 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 35 | Senegal | 4.93 | 2019 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 36 | Eritrea | 4.75 | 2019 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 37 | Eswatini | 4.73 | 2019 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 38 | Djibouti | 4.7 | 2019 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 39 | Yemen | 4.67 | 2019 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Rwanda | 4.66 | 2019 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 41 | Mauritania | 4.28 | 2019 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 42 | Sudan | 4.19 | 2019 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 43 | Botswana | 4.13 | 2019 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 44 | Laos | 4.09 | 2019 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 45 | Kenya | 4.06 | 2019 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 46 | Myanmar | 4.03 | 2019 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Congo | 3.95 | 2019 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.81 | 2019 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 49 | Gambia | 3.78 | 2019 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 50 | South Africa | 3.69 | 2019 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 51 | India | 3.58 | 2019 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Namibia | 3.51 | 2019 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 53 | Kiribati | 3.35 | 2019 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 3.21 | 2019 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 54 | East Timor | 3.21 | 2019 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Bhutan | 3.15 | 2019 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Cambodia | 3.13 | 2019 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 58 | Gabon | 3.01 | 2019 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 59 | Bolivia | 2.95 | 2019 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Bangladesh | 2.92 | 2019 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Nepal | 2.91 | 2019 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Azerbaijan | 2.76 | 2019 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Dominica | 2.6 | 2019 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Suriname | 2.57 | 2019 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 65 | Indonesia | 2.55 | 2019 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.54 | 2019 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 2.52 | 2019 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 2.52 | 2019 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Solomon Islands | 2.46 | 2019 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Vanuatu | 2.44 | 2019 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Nauru | 2.32 | 2019 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 72 | Guyana | 2.31 | 2019 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Philippines | 2.26 | 2019 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Fiji | 2.17 | 2019 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 74 | Guatemala | 2.17 | 2019 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 2.12 | 2019 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Brazil | 2 | 2019 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Algeria | 1.95 | 2019 | down 32.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Marshall Islands | 1.93 | 2019 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Niue | 1.86 | 2019 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Morocco | 1.79 | 2019 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.74 | 2019 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 1.72 | 2019 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 1.71 | 2019 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Mongolia | 1.7 | 2019 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Maldives | 1.62 | 2019 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Iraq | 1.57 | 2019 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 1.57 | 2019 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Belize | 1.54 | 2019 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Turkey | 1.54 | 2019 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Egypt | 1.53 | 2019 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Jordan | 1.53 | 2019 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.53 | 2019 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.52 | 2019 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.52 | 2019 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Ecuador | 1.51 | 2019 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Peru | 1.51 | 2019 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Venezuela | 1.48 | 2019 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Saint Lucia | 1.46 | 2019 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Micronesia (country) | 1.45 | 2019 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Panama | 1.45 | 2019 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Mexico | 1.44 | 2019 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Nicaragua | 1.44 | 2019 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Palau | 1.4 | 2019 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Paraguay | 1.4 | 2019 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Grenada | 1.38 | 2019 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Tuvalu | 1.37 | 2019 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Syria | 1.36 | 2019 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Tonga | 1.36 | 2019 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 110 | Guam | 1.33 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 110 | Libya | 1.33 | 2019 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Samoa | 1.32 | 2019 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Colombia | 1.26 | 2019 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Mauritius | 1.26 | 2019 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 113 | North Korea | 1.26 | 2019 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Palestine | 1.24 | 2019 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Vietnam | 1.24 | 2019 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Moldova | 1.22 | 2019 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Barbados | 1.21 | 2019 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 1.21 | 2019 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Albania | 1.19 | 2019 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Bahamas | 1.17 | 2019 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Seychelles | 1.15 | 2019 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Armenia | 1.14 | 2019 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Tunisia | 1.13 | 2019 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Iran | 1.11 | 2019 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 127 | El Salvador | 1.09 | 2019 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 1.06 | 2019 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Oman | 1.04 | 2019 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.03 | 2019 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Georgia | 1.03 | 2019 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 132 | American Samoa | 1.02 | 2019 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Greenland | 0.95 | 2019 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Brunei | 0.92 | 2019 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Kuwait | 0.92 | 2019 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.91 | 2019 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Lebanon | 0.9 | 2019 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Ukraine | 0.88 | 2019 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 139 | China | 0.85 | 2019 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 139 | North Macedonia | 0.85 | 2019 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0.83 | 2019 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Qatar | 0.8 | 2019 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Romania | 0.8 | 2019 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Costa Rica | 0.79 | 2019 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Puerto Rico | 0.77 | 2019 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Tokelau | 0.77 | 2019 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 0.76 | 2019 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Thailand | 0.76 | 2019 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Bulgaria | 0.73 | 2019 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Chile | 0.68 | 2019 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 150 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.68 | 2019 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahrain | 0.65 | 2019 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Russia | 0.65 | 2019 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 152 | United States | 0.65 | 2019 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Malaysia | 0.64 | 2019 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Malta | 0.57 | 2019 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Saudi Arabia | 0.57 | 2019 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.54 | 2019 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Belarus | 0.53 | 2019 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Slovakia | 0.53 | 2019 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5 | 2019 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Canada | 0.49 | 2019 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Bermuda | 0.47 | 2019 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Cuba | 0.47 | 2019 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 165 | New Zealand | 0.45 | 2019 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Taiwan | 0.45 | 2019 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Latvia | 0.42 | 2019 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 168 | United Kingdom | 0.41 | 2019 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Serbia | 0.41 | 2019 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Croatia | 0.4 | 2019 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Hungary | 0.4 | 2019 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Lithuania | 0.4 | 2019 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Greece | 0.39 | 2019 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Poland | 0.38 | 2019 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Switzerland | 0.37 | 2019 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Montenegro | 0.37 | 2019 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Netherlands | 0.37 | 2019 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Australia | 0.36 | 2019 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 178 | France | 0.36 | 2019 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 178 | San Marino | 0.36 | 2019 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Belgium | 0.35 | 2019 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Denmark | 0.35 | 2019 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Germany | 0.33 | 2019 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Ireland | 0.33 | 2019 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Austria | 0.32 | 2019 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Cyprus | 0.32 | 2019 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Israel | 0.32 | 2019 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Spain | 0.3 | 2019 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Italy | 0.3 | 2019 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 188 | South Korea | 0.3 | 2019 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Portugal | 0.28 | 2019 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Czechia | 0.26 | 2019 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Estonia | 0.26 | 2019 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Monaco | 0.26 | 2019 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Sweden | 0.26 | 2019 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Norway | 0.25 | 2019 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Cook Islands | 0.25 | 2019 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Japan | 0.24 | 2019 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Luxembourg | 0.24 | 2019 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 200 | Iceland | 0.23 | 2019 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 201 | Finland | 0.22 | 2019 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Slovenia | 0.2 | 2019 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 203 | Andorra | 0.18 | 2019 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 203 | Singapore | 0.18 | 2019 | down 30.8% | volatile |