Infant mortality rate by country
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .
Countries reporting
196
Highest
7.19 deaths per 100 live births
South Sudan
Lowest
0.1214 deaths per 100 live births
San Marino
Median
1.26 deaths per 100 live births
Years covered
94
1931–2024
Data points
13,185
What the numbers show
Infant mortality rate is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 7.19 deaths per 100 live births in South Sudan; the lowest is 0.1214 deaths per 100 live births in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.26 deaths per 100 live births, and the mean is 1.87 deaths per 100 live births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 59.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 171 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 90.5%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 75.0%).
Infant mortality rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 7.19 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 6.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 3 | Niger | 6.56 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 4 | Somalia | 6.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 5 | Liberia | 6.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 6.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea | 5.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 5.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 10 | Lesotho | 5.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 11 | Chad | 5.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 5.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 4.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 14 | Pakistan | 4.82 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.76 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 16 | Mali | 4.75 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 17 | Benin | 4.52 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 19 | Mozambique | 4.37 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 4.36 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 21 | Djibouti | 4.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 22 | Madagascar | 4.3 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 23 | Sudan | 4.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 24 | Eswatini | 4.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 26 | Cameroon | 4.02 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 27 | Haiti | 3.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 28 | Kiribati | 3.88 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 29 | Malawi | 3.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 30 | Namibia | 3.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 3.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 32 | Comoros | 3.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 33 | Togo | 3.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 34 | East Timor | 3.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Zambia | 3.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 36 | Ethiopia | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 37 | Kenya | 3.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 38 | Yemen | 3.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Dominica | 3.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Myanmar | 3.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 41 | Gambia | 3.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 42 | Angola | 3.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 43 | Botswana | 3.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 44 | Papua New Guinea | 3.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Burundi | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 46 | Turkmenistan | 3.04 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 47 | Mauritania | 3.02 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 48 | Rwanda | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 49 | Senegal | 2.89 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 50 | Tanzania | 2.87 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 51 | Dominican Republic | 2.77 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 52 | Ghana | 2.75 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 53 | Laos | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 54 | Congo | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 55 | Gabon | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 56 | Eritrea | 2.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Bangladesh | 2.44 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 58 | South Africa | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 59 | Fiji | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 61 | India | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 62 | Guyana | 2.32 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 63 | Marshall Islands | 2.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 64 | Nepal | 2.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Niue | 2.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Philippines | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 67 | Venezuela | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Egypt | 2.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Micronesia (country) | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 70 | Iraq | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Algeria | 1.95 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Palau | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Syria | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Guatemala | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 76 | Palestine | 1.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Tuvalu | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Grenada | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Jamaica | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Solomon Islands | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Cambodia | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 1.58 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Lebanon | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Indonesia | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Moldova | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Suriname | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 88 | Morocco | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Paraguay | 1.45 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Bolivia | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 93 | Mauritius | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Bhutan | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 95 | North Korea | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Seychelles | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Honduras | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Brazil | 1.23 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Samoa | 1.23 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Mexico | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Vietnam | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Panama | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Jordan | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 106 | British Virgin Islands | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Cook Islands | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Mongolia | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Bahamas | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 110 | Peru | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Ecuador | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Belize | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Cape Verde | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Colombia | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Iran | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Tunisia | 0.975 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 0.9437 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.9166 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 0.9081 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Barbados | 0.9055 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 122 | El Salvador | 0.8836 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Brunei | 0.8593 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Armenia | 0.8485 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Oman | 0.8294 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Albania | 0.8252 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Turkey | 0.8034 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 0.8023 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Libya | 0.789 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Tonga | 0.7775 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Thailand | 0.7729 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Nauru | 0.7719 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Ukraine | 0.7626 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 134 | Georgia | 0.7454 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Kazakhstan | 0.742 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Bahrain | 0.7314 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7049 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Kuwait | 0.7018 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Malaysia | 0.6981 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Cuba | 0.6811 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0.6166 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Montserrat | 0.6063 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Romania | 0.6004 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Chile | 0.5798 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 145 | United States | 0.5482 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.548 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Slovakia | 0.5322 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Anguilla | 0.5197 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 149 | Sri Lanka | 0.5166 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Qatar | 0.4843 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Maldives | 0.4745 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Canada | 0.4717 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4656 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Bulgaria | 0.465 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Serbia | 0.4585 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 157 | United Kingdom | 0.4134 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Russia | 0.4132 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Croatia | 0.4121 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Cyprus | 0.4106 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 161 | China | 0.4079 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 162 | New Zealand | 0.4022 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3781 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Poland | 0.3612 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Denmark | 0.3528 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 167 | France | 0.343 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Switzerland | 0.3422 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Netherlands | 0.3403 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Greece | 0.3236 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Belgium | 0.3139 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Germany | 0.3118 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Australia | 0.309 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Hungary | 0.3071 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.3048 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Lithuania | 0.2831 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Austria | 0.2801 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Portugal | 0.2669 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Israel | 0.2659 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Spain | 0.2621 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 181 | North Macedonia | 0.2457 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Andorra | 0.2419 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 183 | South Korea | 0.2328 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Italy | 0.2293 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Monaco | 0.2209 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 186 | Singapore | 0.2204 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Latvia | 0.2154 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 54.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Iceland | 0.2123 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Czechia | 0.2104 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Norway | 0.2045 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Sweden | 0.1964 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 192 | Montenegro | 0.193 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Finland | 0.1872 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 195 | Slovenia | 0.1836 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Japan | 0.1817 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Belarus | 0.1802 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Estonia | 0.153 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 199 | San Marino | 0.1214 deaths per 100 live births | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .