Number of infant deaths, per capita by country
Number of infant deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
0.0027 units per person
Somalia
Lowest
0 units per person
San Marino
Median
0.0002 units per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
13,430
What the numbers show
Number of infant deaths, per capita is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 0.0027 units per person in Somalia; the lowest is 0 units per person in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0002 units per person, and the mean is 0.0005 units per person.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 190 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 86.4%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 100.0%).
Number of infant deaths, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 0.0027 units per person | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 2 | Niger | 0.0027 units per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 0.0027 units per person | 2024 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 0.0023 units per person | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0023 units per person | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 0.0022 units per person | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 7 | South Sudan | 0.002 units per person | 2024 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Guinea | 0.002 units per person | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 9 | Liberia | 0.0019 units per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 10 | Mali | 0.0018 units per person | 2024 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 0.0018 units per person | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 0.0017 units per person | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 0.0016 units per person | 2024 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 14 | Mozambique | 0.0016 units per person | 2024 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 15 | Benin | 0.0015 units per person | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 16 | Sudan | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0014 units per person | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 21 | Lesotho | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 22 | Cameroon | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 23 | Pakistan | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 26 | Togo | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 27 | Angola | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 28 | Malawi | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Yemen | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Zambia | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Mauritania | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Burundi | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 34 | Eswatini | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Tanzania | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 36 | Kiribati | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Comoros | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Gambia | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Namibia | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 40 | Kenya | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 41 | Djibouti | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 42 | Haiti | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Senegal | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Rwanda | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Congo | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 46 | Botswana | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 48 | East Timor | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Ghana | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Gabon | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 51 | Eritrea | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Laos | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Myanmar | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Iraq | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Marshall Islands | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Palestine | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 61 | Guyana | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 62 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 63 | South Africa | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Solomon Islands | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Egypt | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Nepal | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Fiji | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Tuvalu | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Vanuatu | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Syria | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 71 | India | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Algeria | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Dominica | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Guatemala | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Philippines | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Cambodia | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Venezuela | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Samoa | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Bolivia | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Paraguay | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 85 | Suriname | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Jordan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Lebanon | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Morocco | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Indonesia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Palau | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Moldova | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Mongolia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Belize | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Panama | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Jamaica | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Grenada | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Mexico | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Tonga | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Seychelles | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Peru | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 105 | North Korea | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Nauru | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Vietnam | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Ecuador | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Brazil | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Colombia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 114 | El Salvador | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Oman | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Tunisia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Libya | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Iran | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Mauritius | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Bahamas | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Brunei | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Kosovo | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 126 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Turkey | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Armenia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Barbados | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Albania | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Bahrain | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Argentina | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Malaysia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Georgia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Kuwait | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Thailand | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Cuba | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 143 | United States | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Romania | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Maldives | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Chile | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Slovakia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Qatar | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Israel | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 150 | New Zealand | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Bulgaria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Cyprus | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Ukraine | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Serbia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Canada | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 158 | United Kingdom | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Russia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Malta | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Australia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Denmark | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 164 | Ireland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Croatia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Netherlands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 167 | France | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Switzerland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Poland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Hungary | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Belgium | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Germany | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Monaco | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 174 | China | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Austria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Iceland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Greece | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 178 | North Macedonia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Montenegro | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Portugal | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Lithuania | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Luxembourg | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Norway | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Sweden | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Spain | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Singapore | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Czechia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Latvia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Slovenia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Italy | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Finland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Belarus | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 69.2% | volatile |
| 193 | Estonia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 194 | Andorra | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 195 | Japan | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 196 | South Korea | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 197 | San Marino | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | 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 0.0018 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0016 units per person
- IDA blend 0.0015 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0015 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0015 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0015 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0014 units per person
- Low income 0.0013 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0013 units per person
- IDA total 0.0013 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.0012 units per person
- IDA only 0.0012 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0008 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0008 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0007 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0007 units per person
- Arab World 0.0006 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.0005 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0005 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0005 units per person
- World 0.0004 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0.0004 units per person
- Middle income 0.0004 units per person
- South Asia 0.0004 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0004 units per person
- Other small states 0.0004 units per person
- Small states 0.0003 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.0002 units per person
- IBRD only 0.0002 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0002 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0002 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0002 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0002 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0001 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0.0001 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0.0001 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Number of infant deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of infant deaths ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of infant deaths UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Number of infant deaths divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.