Infant mortality rates by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
7.16
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.0955
Iceland
Median
1.1
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Infant mortality rates is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 7.16 in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.0955 in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.1, and the mean is 1.69.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 75.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 219 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 44.9%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 56.7%).
Infant mortality rates (Our World): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 7.16 | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 6.95 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 6.85 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 4 | Somalia | 6.63 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea | 6.54 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 6.46 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 7 | Chad | 6.42 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 8 | South Sudan | 6.38 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 6.08 | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 10 | Lesotho | 5.65 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 11 | Liberia | 5.59 | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.29 | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 5.23 | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 5.23 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.17 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 16 | Mozambique | 4.97 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 17 | Pakistan | 4.94 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.93 | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.89 | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 4.86 | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 21 | Cameroon | 4.74 | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 22 | Madagascar | 4.5 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 4.4 | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 24 | Haiti | 4.34 | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 25 | Kiribati | 4.33 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 26 | Togo | 4.14 | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 3.82 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 28 | Eswatini | 3.76 | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 29 | East Timor | 3.76 | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Comoros | 3.72 | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 31 | Djibouti | 3.63 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 32 | Sudan | 3.62 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 33 | Burundi | 3.54 | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 3.32 | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 3.3 | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 36 | Yemen | 3.23 | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 3.21 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 38 | Bolivia | 3.18 | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 39 | Myanmar | 3.18 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 3.18 | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 41 | Laos | 3.17 | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritania | 3.08 | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 43 | Ghana | 3.07 | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 44 | Kenya | 2.97 | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 45 | Malawi | 2.95 | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 46 | Gambia | 2.95 | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 47 | Tanzania | 2.89 | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 48 | Congo | 2.88 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 49 | Uganda | 2.88 | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 50 | Botswana | 2.84 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 51 | South Africa | 2.78 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 52 | Dominica | 2.77 | 2023 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Rwanda | 2.75 | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 54 | Gabon | 2.75 | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 55 | Namibia | 2.72 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 56 | Eritrea | 2.71 | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 2.56 | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 2.45 | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 59 | Senegal | 2.41 | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 60 | Western Sahara | 2.38 | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Fiji | 2.29 | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 2.28 | 2023 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 63 | India | 2.26 | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 2.21 | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 65 | Nepal | 2.19 | 2023 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Guyana | 2.13 | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 67 | Philippines | 2.07 | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 68 | Nauru | 2.05 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 69 | Niue | 1.95 | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Bhutan | 1.93 | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Cambodia | 1.92 | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 72 | Iraq | 1.9 | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Micronesia (country) | 1.88 | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Palau | 1.81 | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Algeria | 1.78 | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Guatemala | 1.76 | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Indonesia | 1.71 | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Syria | 1.67 | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Tuvalu | 1.61 | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Libya | 1.6 | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Jamaica | 1.59 | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Lebanon | 1.57 | 2023 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Venezuela | 1.57 | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Vietnam | 1.51 | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 1.49 | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 1.48 | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Egypt | 1.46 | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 88 | North Korea | 1.45 | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Solomon Islands | 1.45 | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 1.44 | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Morocco | 1.43 | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.43 | 2023 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Palestine | 1.42 | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Suriname | 1.41 | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Paraguay | 1.4 | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.35 | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.32 | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Samoa | 1.31 | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Grenada | 1.31 | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Honduras | 1.3 | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Mauritius | 1.29 | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.28 | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.26 | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Panama | 1.26 | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 1.23 | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Saint Helena | 1.21 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 107 | Brazil | 1.21 | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Aruba | 1.2 | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Seychelles | 1.18 | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Jordan | 1.18 | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Peru | 1.17 | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Moldova | 1.17 | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.15 | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Guam | 1.14 | 2023 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 1.11 | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.11 | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 117 | British Virgin Islands | 1.1 | 2023 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.1 | 2023 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahamas | 1.09 | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Isle of Man | 1.07 | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 121 | Mongolia | 1.06 | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Mexico | 1.03 | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Greenland | 0.9894 | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Iran | 0.9868 | 2023 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Cape Verde | 0.9836 | 2023 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Colombia | 0.9835 | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Ecuador | 0.9649 | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 128 | El Salvador | 0.9509 | 2023 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Barbados | 0.9392 | 2023 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 130 | New Caledonia | 0.9378 | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Falkland Islands | 0.9169 | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Turkey | 0.9163 | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Argentina | 0.898 | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Tunisia | 0.8975 | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Tonga | 0.896 | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 136 | French Guiana | 0.8919 | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Mayotte | 0.8893 | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Belize | 0.8706 | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Armenia | 0.8664 | 2023 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Jersey | 0.8607 | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 141 | Curacao | 0.8605 | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Oman | 0.8557 | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 143 | American Samoa | 0.8434 | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 0.8347 | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Gibraltar | 0.8311 | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.8148 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 147 | Georgia | 0.8142 | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Albania | 0.8137 | 2023 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | 0.812 | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Brunei | 0.8101 | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Guadeloupe | 0.7557 | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7475 | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Martinique | 0.7323 | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Kuwait | 0.7246 | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Costa Rica | 0.6494 | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Malaysia | 0.639 | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Malta | 0.6233 | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Thailand | 0.6204 | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | 0.6109 | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Vatican | 0.6024 | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Ukraine | 0.5893 | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Guernsey | 0.5793 | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 163 | Liechtenstein | 0.5608 | 2023 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 164 | Uruguay | 0.5599 | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Cook Islands | 0.554 | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Montserrat | 0.5338 | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Bahrain | 0.5332 | 2023 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5326 | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 169 | United States | 0.5282 | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Andorra | 0.5276 | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.526 | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 0.5255 | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Puerto Rico | 0.5183 | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 174 | China | 0.5102 | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Sri Lanka | 0.5098 | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Reunion | 0.5096 | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5059 | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 178 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4946 | 2023 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 179 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4864 | 2023 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.486 | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Anguilla | 0.4858 | 2023 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Romania | 0.4849 | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.4773 | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Bulgaria | 0.4724 | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 185 | North Macedonia | 0.4716 | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Slovakia | 0.4517 | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Luxembourg | 0.4445 | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Cuba | 0.4363 | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 189 | New Zealand | 0.4342 | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Maldives | 0.4312 | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Canada | 0.4264 | 2023 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Qatar | 0.4176 | 2023 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 193 | Serbia | 0.4166 | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Chile | 0.4139 | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Tokelau | 0.402 | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Monaco | 0.3941 | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 197 | United Kingdom | 0.3703 | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Russia | 0.3542 | 2023 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Croatia | 0.3504 | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 200 | France | 0.3503 | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 201 | Netherlands | 0.3388 | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 202 | Belgium | 0.333 | 2023 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 203 | Greece | 0.3325 | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 204 | Australia | 0.3191 | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 205 | Hungary | 0.319 | 2023 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 205 | Poland | 0.319 | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 207 | Switzerland | 0.3176 | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 208 | Cyprus | 0.312 | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 209 | Taiwan | 0.2979 | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 210 | Germany | 0.2969 | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 211 | Latvia | 0.2902 | 2023 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 212 | Denmark | 0.2888 | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 213 | Ireland | 0.2864 | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 214 | Lithuania | 0.2828 | 2023 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 215 | Israel | 0.2781 | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 216 | Austria | 0.2753 | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 217 | Portugal | 0.2582 | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 218 | Spain | 0.2386 | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 219 | Macao | 0.2284 | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 220 | Italy | 0.2244 | 2023 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 221 | Czechia | 0.2225 | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 222 | South Korea | 0.2074 | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 223 | Bermuda | 0.1981 | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 224 | Finland | 0.1931 | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 225 | Belarus | 0.1905 | 2023 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 226 | Norway | 0.1881 | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 227 | Sweden | 0.1861 | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 228 | Slovenia | 0.181 | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 229 | Singapore | 0.1727 | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 230 | Montenegro | 0.1718 | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 231 | Japan | 0.1649 | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 232 | Estonia | 0.1399 | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 233 | Hong Kong | 0.1347 | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 234 | Cayman Islands | 0.1111 | 2023 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 235 | San Marino | 0.1081 | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 236 | Iceland | 0.0955 | 2023 | down 46.1% | volatile |