Number of infant deaths gho by country

Countries reporting
199
Highest
567,211
India
Lowest
0
San Marino
Median
1,360
Years covered
73
1951–2023
Data points
12,536

What the numbers show

Number of infant deaths gho is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 567,211 in India; the lowest is 0 in San Marino.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,360, and the mean is 17,761.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 179 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 35.4%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 100.0%).

Number of infant deaths gho: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 567,211 2023 down 46.1% falling
1 Cook Islands 2 2023 down 33.3% volatile
2 Nigeria 443,714 2023 down 13.6% rising
2 Anguilla 1 2023 unchanged falling
2 Niue 1 2023 unchanged volatile
3 Pakistan 341,323 2023 down 24.6% rising
4 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 190,533 2023 down 1.6% rising
4 Montserrat 0 2023 volatile
5 Ethiopia 145,121 2023 down 15.3% falling
6 Bangladesh 84,651 2023 down 19.0% falling
7 Indonesia 76,071 2023 down 37.7% volatile
8 Afghanistan 73,191 2023 down 14.4% falling
9 Niger 71,882 2023 up 20.4% rising
10 Tanzania, United Republic of 69,284 2023 down 13.2% rising
11 Sudan 64,922 2023 down 5.8% rising
12 Mozambique 56,375 2023 down 1.7% falling
13 Mali 53,652 2023 down 4.9% falling
14 Somalia 52,410 2023 down 1.2% rising
15 Angola 52,081 2023 down 16.6% falling
16 Kenya 51,498 2023 down 13.6% rising
17 Yemen 47,209 2023 up 9.9% falling
18 Chad 47,049 2023 down 3.3% rising
19 Uganda 46,730 2023 down 21.8% rising
20 Côte d'Ivoire 45,897 2023 down 23.2% rising
21 Madagascar 43,642 2023 up 20.1% flat
22 China 40,795 2023 down 77.5% volatile
23 Philippines 40,449 2023 down 27.9% falling
24 Cameroon 39,004 2023 down 15.2% rising
25 Egypt 38,495 2023 down 36.6% falling
26 Brazil 32,589 2023 down 22.6% volatile
27 Burkina Faso 32,235 2023 down 25.6% rising
28 Myanmar 30,732 2023 down 31.3% falling
29 Guinea 29,567 2023 down 2.8% flat
30 South Africa 28,900 2023 down 24.0% falling
31 Ghana 24,822 2023 down 29.6% falling
32 Iraq 23,925 2023 down 28.7% falling
33 South Sudan 23,275 2023 down 23.9% rising
34 Mexico 22,018 2023 down 35.5% volatile
35 Benin 21,894 2023 down 11.4% rising
36 Zambia 20,899 2023 down 21.2% rising
37 United States of America 20,317 2023 down 12.7% volatile
38 Zimbabwe 20,006 2023 down 31.8% rising
39 Viet Nam 19,638 2023 down 23.4% volatile
40 Malawi 19,212 2023 down 26.9% falling
41 Algeria 18,076 2023 down 18.0% volatile
42 Senegal 15,809 2023 down 17.6% falling
43 Burundi 14,362 2023 down 31.2% falling
44 Sierra Leone 14,355 2023 down 26.2% rising
45 Central African Republic 13,774 2023 down 17.1% rising
46 Nepal 13,432 2023 down 38.9% falling
47 Iran, Islamic Republic of 12,578 2023 down 42.7% volatile
48 Rwanda 11,971 2023 down 5.7% falling
49 Uzbekistan 11,823 2023 down 17.4% falling
50 Haiti 10,367 2023 down 25.3% falling
51 Togo 10,270 2023 down 16.7% rising
52 Morocco 9,777 2023 down 40.9% volatile
53 Türkiye 9,759 2023 down 38.3% volatile
54 Syrian Arab Republic 9,481 2023 down 37.1% falling
55 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 9,105 2023 up 1.1% falling
56 Liberia 8,797 2023 down 16.9% falling
57 Papua New Guinea 8,145 2023 down 20.5% falling
58 Colombia 7,724 2023 down 28.2% volatile
59 Cambodia 7,364 2023 down 35.0% falling
60 Peru 7,305 2023 down 15.0% volatile
61 Guatemala 6,708 2023 down 34.7% falling
62 Tajikistan 6,227 2023 down 8.5% falling
63 Dominican Republic 5,770 2023 down 13.3% falling
64 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5,715 2023 down 34.0% falling
65 Mauritania 5,289 2023 down 6.5% rising
66 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 5,198 2023 down 33.1% falling
67 Congo 5,175 2023 down 21.8% rising
68 Turkmenistan 5,027 2023 down 5.8% falling
69 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 4,989 2023 down 23.2% volatile
70 Russian Federation 4,812 2023 down 67.1% volatile
71 Thailand 4,790 2023 down 45.6% volatile
72 Argentina 4,082 2023 down 49.6% volatile
73 Kazakhstan 3,130 2023 down 32.3% volatile
74 Honduras 3,091 2023 down 23.4% falling
75 Lesotho 3,060 2023 down 30.7% falling
76 Ecuador 3,018 2023 down 31.9% volatile
77 Malaysia 2,921 2023 down 11.1% volatile
78 Namibia 2,916 2023 down 11.1% rising
79 Jordan 2,878 2023 down 9.3% falling
80 Guinea-Bissau 2,753 2023 down 25.0% falling
81 Gambia 2,747 2023 down 25.7% flat
82 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,719 2023 down 15.3% volatile
83 Equatorial Guinea 2,655 2023 down 17.3% rising
84 Saudi Arabia 2,529 2023 down 45.8% volatile
85 Eritrea 2,501 2023 down 25.3% falling
86 Botswana 2,335 2023 down 15.3% falling
87 France 2,260 2023 down 7.1% volatile
88 Kyrgyzstan 2,242 2023 down 32.2% falling
89 Germany 2,225 2023 down 2.0% volatile
90 Palestine, State of 2,084 2023 down 13.3% falling
91 Paraguay 2,072 2023 down 25.3% falling
92 Libya 1,996 2023 up 24.5% volatile
93 Gabon 1,814 2023 down 14.4% rising
94 Tunisia 1,785 2023 down 49.4% volatile
95 Sri Lanka 1,737 2023 down 41.2% volatile
96 Ukraine 1,729 2023 down 66.5% volatile
97 Azerbaijan 1,691 2023 down 63.1% volatile
98 Canada 1,576 2023 down 13.9% volatile
99 Lebanon 1,494 2023 up 35.4% volatile
100 Nicaragua 1,360 2023 down 38.8% volatile
101 Japan 1,359 2023 down 38.8% volatile
102 Eswatini 1,288 2023 down 32.5% falling
103 Poland 1,172 2023 down 32.1% volatile
104 Chile 1,131 2023 down 33.7% volatile
105 Timor-Leste 1,094 2023 down 29.7% volatile
106 Djibouti 1,055 2023 down 26.6% falling
107 Romania 990 2023 down 43.6% volatile
108 Australia 953 2023 down 10.9% volatile
109 Italy 917 2023 down 43.9% volatile
110 El Salvador 913 2023 down 43.2% volatile
111 Spain 875 2023 down 30.0% volatile
112 Comoros 861 2023 down 15.9% falling
113 Panama 757 2023 down 29.8% falling
114 Mongolia 750 2023 down 41.5% volatile
115 Oman 679 2023 down 3.8% volatile
116 Cuba 631 2023 up 5.2% volatile
117 Jamaica 609 2023 down 12.8% volatile
118 Netherlands 589 2023 down 5.5% volatile
119 Republic of Korea 567 2023 down 57.7% volatile
120 Costa Rica 478 2023 down 17.9% volatile
121 Israel 468 2023 down 14.4% volatile
122 Republic of Moldova 438 2023 down 37.7% volatile
123 Guyana 401 2023 down 24.9% falling
124 Fiji 396 2023 up 26.5% falling
125 United Arab Emirates 395 2023 down 32.5% falling
126 Kuwait 369 2023 down 23.8% volatile
127 Solomon Islands 353 2023 down 7.8% falling
128 Georgia 349 2023 down 36.2% volatile
129 Belgium 327 2023 down 25.3% volatile
130 Bulgaria 316 2023 down 40.0% volatile
131 Armenia 307 2023 down 51.7% volatile
132 Switzerland 289 2023 down 6.5% volatile
133 Trinidad and Tobago 279 2023 down 31.1% volatile
134 Hungary 276 2023 down 34.1% volatile
135 Serbia 270 2023 down 34.3% volatile
136 Slovakia 266 2023 down 13.1% volatile
137 Albania 241 2023 down 20.7% volatile
138 Greece 235 2023 down 30.9% volatile
138 New Zealand 235 2023 down 19.5% volatile
140 Portugal 219 2023 down 13.8% volatile
141 Austria 209 2023 down 18.4% volatile
142 Sweden 204 2023 down 24.4% volatile
143 Czechia 196 2023 down 27.7% volatile
144 Uruguay 185 2023 down 52.9% volatile
145 Bhutan 184 2023 down 44.2% volatile
146 Ireland 179 2023 down 24.2% volatile
147 Denmark 175 2023 down 12.1% volatile
148 Suriname 165 2023 down 27.0% falling
149 Mauritius 161 2023 down 14.4% volatile
150 Bahrain 143 2023 up 14.4% volatile
150 Qatar 143 2023 down 7.7% falling
152 Kiribati 135 2023 down 4.9% falling
153 Bosnia and Herzegovina 132 2023 down 29.8% volatile
154 Belarus 131 2023 down 67.8% volatile
155 Vanuatu 127 2023 down 4.5% falling
156 Croatia 124 2023 down 29.1% volatile
157 Norway 99 2023 down 28.8% volatile
158 Finland 80 2023 down 35.5% volatile
158 Singapore 80 2023 down 23.8% volatile
160 Belize 78 2023 down 25.7% falling
161 Cape Verde 71 2023 down 63.8% volatile
161 Samoa 71 2023 down 22.0% volatile
163 Lithuania 61 2023 down 52.3% volatile
163 Sao Tome and Principe 61 2023 down 50.4% falling
165 Brunei Darussalam 52 2023 down 10.3% volatile
165 Micronesia, Federated States of 52 2023 down 28.8% falling
167 North Macedonia 50 2023 down 78.5% volatile
168 Bahamas 49 2023 down 25.8% falling
169 Cyprus 42 2023 up 27.3% volatile
170 Latvia 38 2023 down 63.1% volatile
171 Slovenia 33 2023 down 34.0% volatile
172 Barbados 29 2023 down 29.3% volatile
172 Saint Lucia 29 2023 down 14.7% volatile
172 Maldives 29 2023 down 60.8% volatile
175 Dominica 24 2023 up 4.3% volatile
176 Grenada 23 2023 down 11.5% volatile
176 Seychelles 23 2023 up 4.5% volatile
178 Malta 21 2023 down 12.5% volatile
179 Marshall Islands 20 2023 down 52.4% falling
179 Tonga 20 2023 down 31.0% volatile
181 Estonia 18 2023 down 53.8% volatile
182 Montenegro 15 2023 down 54.5% volatile
183 Luxembourg 14 2023 up 7.7% volatile
184 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12 2023 down 60.0% volatile
185 Antigua and Barbuda 8 2023 down 20.0% volatile
185 Iceland 8 2023 down 11.1% volatile
185 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8 2023 down 27.3% volatile
188 Palau 4 2023 unchanged volatile
188 Tuvalu 4 2023 down 33.3% volatile
188 British Virgin Islands 4 2023 unchanged volatile
191 Naoero 3 2023 down 57.1% falling
192 Turks and Caicos Islands 2 2023 unchanged volatile
193 Andorra 1 2023 down 66.7% falling
193 Monaco 1 2023 unchanged falling
195 San Marino 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Number of infant deaths gho
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 12,536 data points, 1951–2023
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