Infant mortality rate by country
The share of newborns who die before reaching the age of one.
Countries reporting
229
Highest
7.2%
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.1%
Iceland
Median
1.1%
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Infant mortality rate is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 7.2% in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.1% in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.1%, and the mean is 1.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 75.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 215 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 44.9%), and the largest decrease in Montenegro (down 56.7%).
Infant mortality rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 7.2% | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 6.9% | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 6.8% | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 4 | Somalia | 6.6% | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea | 6.5% | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 6 | Niger | 6.5% | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 7 | Chad | 6.4% | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 8 | South Sudan | 6.4% | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 6.1% | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 10 | Lesotho | 5.7% | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 11 | Liberia | 5.6% | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.3% | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 13 | Burkina Faso | 5.2% | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 5.2% | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.2% | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 16 | Mozambique | 5.0% | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 17 | Pakistan | 4.9% | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.9% | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.9% | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 4.9% | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 21 | Cameroon | 4.7% | 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 | 4.3% | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 25 | Kiribati | 4.3% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 26 | Togo | 4.1% | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 3.8% | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 28 | Eswatini | 3.8% | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 29 | East Timor | 3.8% | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Comoros | 3.7% | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 31 | Djibouti | 3.6% | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 32 | Sudan | 3.6% | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 33 | Burundi | 3.5% | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 3.3% | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 35 | Ethiopia | 3.3% | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 36 | Yemen | 3.2% | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 3.2% | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 38 | Bolivia | 3.2% | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 39 | Myanmar | 3.2% | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 3.2% | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 41 | Laos | 3.2% | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritania | 3.1% | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 43 | Ghana | 3.1% | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 44 | Kenya | 3.0% | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 45 | Malawi | 3.0% | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 46 | Gambia | 2.9% | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 47 | Tanzania | 2.9% | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 48 | Congo | 2.9% | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 49 | Uganda | 2.9% | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 50 | Botswana | 2.8% | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 51 | South Africa | 2.8% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 52 | Dominica | 2.8% | 2023 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Rwanda | 2.8% | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 54 | Gabon | 2.7% | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 55 | Namibia | 2.7% | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 56 | Eritrea | 2.7% | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 2.6% | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 2.5% | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 59 | Senegal | 2.4% | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 60 | Western Sahara | 2.4% | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Fiji | 2.3% | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 2.3% | 2023 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 63 | India | 2.3% | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 2.2% | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 65 | Nepal | 2.2% | 2023 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Guyana | 2.1% | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 67 | Philippines | 2.1% | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 68 | Nauru | 2.0% | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 69 | Niue | 1.9% | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Bhutan | 1.9% | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Cambodia | 1.9% | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 72 | Iraq | 1.9% | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Micronesia (country) | 1.9% | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Palau | 1.8% | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Algeria | 1.8% | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Guatemala | 1.8% | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Indonesia | 1.7% | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Syria | 1.7% | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Tuvalu | 1.6% | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Libya | 1.6% | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Jamaica | 1.6% | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Lebanon | 1.6% | 2023 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Venezuela | 1.6% | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Vietnam | 1.5% | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 1.5% | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 1.5% | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Egypt | 1.5% | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 88 | North Korea | 1.5% | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Solomon Islands | 1.5% | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Saint Lucia | 1.4% | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Morocco | 1.4% | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.4% | 2023 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Palestine | 1.4% | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Suriname | 1.4% | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Paraguay | 1.4% | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.4% | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 97 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.3% | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Samoa | 1.3% | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Grenada | 1.3% | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Honduras | 1.3% | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Mauritius | 1.3% | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.3% | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.3% | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Panama | 1.3% | 2023 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 1.2% | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Saint Helena | 1.2% | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 107 | Brazil | 1.2% | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Aruba | 1.2% | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Seychelles | 1.2% | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Jordan | 1.2% | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Peru | 1.2% | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Moldova | 1.2% | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.1% | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Guam | 1.1% | 2023 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 1.1% | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.1% | 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 | 1.1% | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Isle of Man | 1.1% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 121 | Mongolia | 1.1% | 2023 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Mexico | 1.0% | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Greenland | 1.0% | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Iran | 1.0% | 2023 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Cape Verde | 1.0% | 2023 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Colombia | 1.0% | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Ecuador | 1.0% | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 128 | El Salvador | 1.0% | 2023 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Barbados | 0.9% | 2023 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 130 | New Caledonia | 0.9% | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Falkland Islands | 0.9% | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Turkey | 0.9% | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Argentina | 0.9% | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Tunisia | 0.9% | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Tonga | 0.9% | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 136 | French Guiana | 0.9% | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Belize | 0.9% | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Armenia | 0.9% | 2023 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Jersey | 0.9% | 2023 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 141 | Curacao | 0.9% | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Oman | 0.9% | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 143 | American Samoa | 0.8% | 2023 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.8% | 2023 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Gibraltar | 0.8% | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.8% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 147 | Georgia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Albania | 0.8% | 2023 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | 0.8% | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Brunei | 0.8% | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7% | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Kuwait | 0.7% | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Costa Rica | 0.6% | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Malaysia | 0.6% | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Thailand | 0.6% | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | 0.6% | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Vatican | 0.6% | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Ukraine | 0.6% | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Guernsey | 0.6% | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 164 | Uruguay | 0.6% | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Cook Islands | 0.6% | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Montserrat | 0.5% | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Bahrain | 0.5% | 2023 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5% | 2023 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 169 | United States | 0.5% | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Andorra | 0.5% | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.5% | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Puerto Rico | 0.5% | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 174 | China | 0.5% | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Sri Lanka | 0.5% | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Reunion | 0.5% | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Saudi Arabia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 178 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.5% | 2023 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 179 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5% | 2023 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.5% | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Anguilla | 0.5% | 2023 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Romania | 0.5% | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.5% | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Bulgaria | 0.5% | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 185 | North Macedonia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Slovakia | 0.5% | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Cuba | 0.4% | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 189 | New Zealand | 0.4% | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Maldives | 0.4% | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Canada | 0.4% | 2023 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Qatar | 0.4% | 2023 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 193 | Serbia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Chile | 0.4% | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Tokelau | 0.4% | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Monaco | 0.4% | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 197 | United Kingdom | 0.4% | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Russia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Croatia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 200 | France | 0.4% | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 201 | Netherlands | 0.3% | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 202 | Belgium | 0.3% | 2023 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 203 | Greece | 0.3% | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 204 | Australia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 205 | Hungary | 0.3% | 2023 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 205 | Poland | 0.3% | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 207 | Switzerland | 0.3% | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 208 | Cyprus | 0.3% | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 209 | Taiwan | 0.3% | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 210 | Germany | 0.3% | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 211 | Latvia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 212 | Denmark | 0.3% | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 214 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2023 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 215 | Israel | 0.3% | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 216 | Austria | 0.3% | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 217 | Portugal | 0.3% | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 218 | Spain | 0.2% | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 219 | Macao | 0.2% | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 220 | Italy | 0.2% | 2023 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 221 | Czechia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 222 | South Korea | 0.2% | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 223 | Bermuda | 0.2% | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 224 | Finland | 0.2% | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 225 | Belarus | 0.2% | 2023 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 226 | Norway | 0.2% | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 227 | Sweden | 0.2% | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 228 | Slovenia | 0.2% | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 229 | Singapore | 0.2% | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 230 | Montenegro | 0.2% | 2023 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 231 | Japan | 0.2% | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 232 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 233 | Hong Kong | 0.1% | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 234 | Cayman Islands | 0.1% | 2023 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 235 | San Marino | 0.1% | 2023 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 236 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2023 | down 46.1% | volatile |
About this data
The share of newborns who die before reaching the age of one.