Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) by country
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
66.1 per 1,000 live births
South Sudan
Lowest
1.1 per 1,000 live births
San Marino
Median
11.1 per 1,000 live births
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
13,515
What the numbers show
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 66.1 per 1,000 live births in South Sudan; the lowest is 1.1 per 1,000 live births in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 11.1 per 1,000 live births, and the mean is 16.59 per 1,000 live births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 60.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 173 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 90.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 74.7%).
Mortality rate, infant, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 66.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 63.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 3 | Niger | 60.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 4 | Somalia | 60 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 5 | Liberia | 56.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 55.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea | 53.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 52.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 9 | Chad | 50.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 50.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 10 | Lesotho | 50.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 49.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 44.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 14 | Mali | 43.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 15 | Pakistan | 42.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 42.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 17 | Benin | 40.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 18 | Mozambique | 39.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 39.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 20 | Cote d'Ivoire | 38.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 20 | Djibouti | 38.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 22 | Madagascar | 38.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 22 | Sudan | 38.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 24 | Eswatini | 37.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 26 | Cameroon | 35.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 27 | Haiti | 34.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 28 | Kiribati | 34.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 29 | Malawi | 33.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 30 | Namibia | 32.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 32 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 32 | Comoros | 31.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 33 | Togo | 31.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 34 | Dominica | 31.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Zambia | 31 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 36 | East Timor | 30.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Kenya | 30.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 38 | Yemen | 30.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Myanmar | 29.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 40 | Ethiopia | 29.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 41 | Botswana | 28.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 41 | Gambia | 28.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 28.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 44 | Angola | 28.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 45 | Burundi | 26.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 46 | Mauritania | 26.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 47 | Rwanda | 26.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 48 | Turkmenistan | 25.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 49 | Tanzania | 25.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 25.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 51 | Senegal | 25.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 52 | Ghana | 24.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 53 | Congo | 24 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 54 | Laos | 23.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 55 | India | 23 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 56 | Bangladesh | 22.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Gabon | 22.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 58 | South Africa | 22.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 59 | Eritrea | 21.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Fiji | 21.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 48.6% | falling |
| 61 | Tajikistan | 20.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 62 | Guyana | 20.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 62 | Nepal | 20.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 20.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 65 | Egypt | 19.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Philippines | 19.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 65 | Venezuela | 19.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 37.1% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 18.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Algeria | 17.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Micronesia (country) | 17.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 71 | Palau | 16.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Palestine | 16 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Syria | 15.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 75 | Guatemala | 15.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Grenada | 15 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Solomon Islands | 14.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Tuvalu | 14.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Cambodia | 14.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Jamaica | 14.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 14.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Lebanon | 13.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Indonesia | 13.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Moldova | 13.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 13.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Morocco | 13.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 13 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Paraguay | 13 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 89 | Suriname | 12.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 90 | Bolivia | 12.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 92 | Mauritius | 12.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Bhutan | 12.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 94 | North Korea | 11.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Seychelles | 11.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 11.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 97 | British Virgin Islands | 11.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Honduras | 11.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Uzbekistan | 11.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Samoa | 10.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Brazil | 10.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Jordan | 10.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Mexico | 10.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Panama | 10.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Vietnam | 10.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Bahamas | 10.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 107 | Mongolia | 10 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Peru | 9.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Belize | 9.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Iran | 9.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Cape Verde | 9.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Ecuador | 9.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Colombia | 9.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Tunisia | 9.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Nicaragua | 8.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Barbados | 8.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 8.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 120 | Brunei | 8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 120 | El Salvador | 8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Armenia | 7.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Oman | 7.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Albania | 7.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Turkey | 7.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Kosovo | 7.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 7.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Argentina | 7.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Bahrain | 7.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Libya | 7.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Nauru | 6.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Thailand | 6.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Tonga | 6.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Georgia | 6.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Ukraine | 6.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 136 | Kazakhstan | 6.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Kuwait | 6.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Malaysia | 6.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Cuba | 6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Romania | 5.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Chile | 5.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Uruguay | 5.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 144 | United States | 5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Slovakia | 4.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 147 | Sri Lanka | 4.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Qatar | 4.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Malta | 4.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Saudi Arabia | 4.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Canada | 4.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 151 | Maldives | 4.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Bulgaria | 4.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Serbia | 4.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 155 | China | 3.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 53.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Cyprus | 3.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Croatia | 3.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 158 | United Kingdom | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 158 | New Zealand | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Russia | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 3.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Denmark | 3.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 162 | Ireland | 3.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Poland | 3.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Switzerland | 3.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 165 | France | 3.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Netherlands | 3.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Greece | 3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Germany | 2.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Australia | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Belgium | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Hungary | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Austria | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Lithuania | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Spain | 2.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Israel | 2.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Portugal | 2.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 179 | North Macedonia | 2.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Andorra | 2.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 180 | Italy | 2.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 180 | South Korea | 2.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Singapore | 2.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Latvia | 2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 184 | Monaco | 2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 186 | Czechia | 1.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Iceland | 1.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Montenegro | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Norway | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Sweden | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Finland | 1.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Japan | 1.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Luxembourg | 1.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Slovenia | 1.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 195 | Belarus | 1.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Estonia | 1.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 197 | San Marino | 1.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 50.86 per 1,000 live births
- European Union 2.93 per 1,000 live births
- IDA blend 47.44 per 1,000 live births
- Euro area 2.81 per 1,000 live births
- Pre-demographic dividend 44.06 per 1,000 live births
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 42.15 per 1,000 live births
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 42.14 per 1,000 live births
- Low income 42.1 per 1,000 live births
- Sub-Saharan Africa 42.1 per 1,000 live births
- IDA total 39.49 per 1,000 live births
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 38.11 per 1,000 live births
- Least developed countries 36.39 per 1,000 live births
- Africa Eastern and Southern 36.15 per 1,000 live births
- IDA only 35.32 per 1,000 live births
- Lower middle income 30.5 per 1,000 live births
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 30.29 per 1,000 live births
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 30.17 per 1,000 live births
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 28.7 per 1,000 live births
- Low & middle income 27.43 per 1,000 live births
- IDA & IBRD total 27.08 per 1,000 live births
- World 25.3 per 1,000 live births
- Arab World 24.09 per 1,000 live births
- Middle income 24.02 per 1,000 live births
- Early-demographic dividend 23.11 per 1,000 live births
- South Asia 22.7 per 1,000 live births
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 22.68 per 1,000 live births
- Other small states 22.01 per 1,000 live births
- Small states 19.55 per 1,000 live births
- Pacific island small states 16.87 per 1,000 live births
- IBRD only 15.69 per 1,000 live births
- Caribbean Small States 14.67 per 1,000 live births
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 11.99 per 1,000 live births
- Latin America & Caribbean 11.9 per 1,000 live births
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 11.89 per 1,000 live births
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 10.19 per 1,000 live births
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 10.18 per 1,000 live births
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 10.15 per 1,000 live births
- Upper middle income 9.9 per 1,000 live births
- East Asia & Pacific 9.7 per 1,000 live births
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 8.03 per 1,000 live births
About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.