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Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•195 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
18.6Per 1000 live births
Median: 12.5Per 1000 live births
Countries Covered
195
with available data
Highest
South Sudan
71.9Per 1000 live births
Lowest
San Marino
1.2Per 1000 live births
Top 5 Countries
1South Sudan71.9Per 1000 live births
2Nigeria69.8Per 1000 live births
3Niger65.6Per 1000 live births
4Somalia65.4Per 1000 live births
5Liberia63.2Per 1000 live births
By Region
Africa30.8Per 1000 live births(9 countries)
Other24.0Per 1000 live births(116 countries)
Asia13.8Per 1000 live births(25 countries)
North America9.9Per 1000 live births(4 countries)
South America9.2Per 1000 live births(7 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.2Per 1000 live births)High (71.9Per 1000 live births)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 18.6Per 1000 live births)

Africa (9)
Other (116)
Asia (25)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Oceania (2)
Europe (32)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1South Sudan71.9Per 1000 live births
2Nigeria69.8Per 1000 live births
3Niger65.6Per 1000 live births
4Somalia65.4Per 1000 live births
5Liberia63.2Per 1000 live births
6Zimbabwe62.4Per 1000 live births
7Guinea59.8Per 1000 live births
8Central African Republic58.8Per 1000 live births
9Democratic Republic of the Congo56.4Per 1000 live births
10Chad56.3Per 1000 live births
11Lesotho56.3Per 1000 live births
12Sierra Leone54.6Per 1000 live births
13Afghanistan48.3Per 1000 live births
14Pakistan48.2Per 1000 live births
15Equatorial Guinea47.6Per 1000 live births
16Mali47.5Per 1000 live births
17Benin45.2Per 1000 live births
18Cote d'Ivoire44.8Per 1000 live births
19Mozambique43.7Per 1000 live births
20Burkina Faso43.6Per 1000 live births
21Djibouti43.0Per 1000 live births
22Madagascar43.0Per 1000 live births
23Sudan42.9Per 1000 live births
24Eswatini42.2Per 1000 live births
25Guinea-Bissau42.1Per 1000 live births
26Cameroon40.2Per 1000 live births
27Haiti39.0Per 1000 live births
28Kiribati38.8Per 1000 live births
29Malawi38.0Per 1000 live births
30Namibia36.4Per 1000 live births
31Uganda35.9Per 1000 live births
32Comoros35.0Per 1000 live births
33Togo34.8Per 1000 live births
34Timor-Leste34.6Per 1000 live births
35Zambia34.6Per 1000 live births
36Ethiopia34.5Per 1000 live births
37Kenya34.2Per 1000 live births
38Yemen33.8Per 1000 live births
39Dominica33.3Per 1000 live births
40Myanmar32.8Per 1000 live births
41Republic of The Gambia32.7Per 1000 live births
42Angola32.1Per 1000 live births
43Botswana32.1Per 1000 live births
44Papua New Guinea31.3Per 1000 live births
45Burundi30.5Per 1000 live births
46Turkmenistan30.4Per 1000 live births
47Mauritania30.2Per 1000 live births
48Rwanda29.4Per 1000 live births
49Senegal28.9Per 1000 live births
50United Republic of Tanzania28.7Per 1000 live births
51Dominican Republic27.7Per 1000 live births
52Ghana27.5Per 1000 live births
53Lao People's Democratic Republic27.2Per 1000 live births
54Republic of the Congo27.0Per 1000 live births
55Gabon25.9Per 1000 live births
56Eritrea24.7Per 1000 live births
57Bangladesh24.4Per 1000 live births
58South Africa24.2Per 1000 live births
59Fiji23.5Per 1000 live births
60Tajikistan23.5Per 1000 live births
61India23.3Per 1000 live births
62Guyana23.2Per 1000 live births
63Marshall Islands22.7Per 1000 live births
64Nepal22.2Per 1000 live births
65Philippines21.7Per 1000 live births
66Venezuela21.2Per 1000 live births
67Egypt20.8Per 1000 live births
68Micronesia, Federated States of20.3Per 1000 live births
69Iraq20.1Per 1000 live births
70Algeria19.5Per 1000 live births
71Palau18.6Per 1000 live births
72Syrian Arab Republic17.7Per 1000 live births
73Guatemala17.2Per 1000 live births
74State of Palestine17.0Per 1000 live births
75Trinidad and Tobago17.0Per 1000 live births
76Tuvalu16.5Per 1000 live births
77Cambodia16.4Per 1000 live births
78Grenada16.4Per 1000 live births
79Jamaica16.4Per 1000 live births
80Solomon Islands16.4Per 1000 live births
81Saint Lucia15.8Per 1000 live births
82Lebanon15.3Per 1000 live births
83Indonesia15.2Per 1000 live births
84Moldova, Republic of15.1Per 1000 live births
85Kyrgyzstan14.8Per 1000 live births
86Suriname14.8Per 1000 live births
87Morocco14.7Per 1000 live births
88Paraguay14.5Per 1000 live births
89Vanuatu14.4Per 1000 live births
90Bolivia14.2Per 1000 live births
91Saint Kitts and Nevis13.9Per 1000 live births
92Mauritius13.8Per 1000 live births
93Bhutan13.7Per 1000 live births
94North Korea13.3Per 1000 live births
95Seychelles12.9Per 1000 live births
96Honduras12.8Per 1000 live births
97Uzbekistan12.8Per 1000 live births
98Azerbaijan12.5Per 1000 live births
99Samoa12.3Per 1000 live births
100Brazil12.3Per 1000 live births
101Mexico12.1Per 1000 live births
102Jordan12.0Per 1000 live births
103Panama12.0Per 1000 live births
104Vietnam12.0Per 1000 live births
105Virgin Islands, British11.4Per 1000 live births
106Mongolia11.2Per 1000 live births
107Bahamas11.1Per 1000 live births
108Peru11.0Per 1000 live births
109Ecuador10.9Per 1000 live births
110Belize10.8Per 1000 live births
111Cape Verde10.6Per 1000 live births
112Colombia10.5Per 1000 live births
113Islamic Republic of Iran10.3Per 1000 live births
114Saint Vincent and the Grenadines10.2Per 1000 live births
115Tunisia9.7Per 1000 live births
116Nicaragua9.4Per 1000 live births
117Sao Tome and Principe9.2Per 1000 live births
118Costa Rica9.1Per 1000 live births
119Barbados9.1Per 1000 live births
120El Salvador8.8Per 1000 live births
121Brunei Darussalam8.6Per 1000 live births
122Armenia8.5Per 1000 live births
123Oman8.3Per 1000 live births
124Albania8.3Per 1000 live births
125Türkiye8.0Per 1000 live births
126Argentina8.0Per 1000 live births
127Libya7.9Per 1000 live births
128Tonga7.8Per 1000 live births
129Nauru7.7Per 1000 live births
130Thailand7.7Per 1000 live births
131Ukraine7.6Per 1000 live births
132Georgia7.5Per 1000 live births
133Kazakhstan7.4Per 1000 live births
134Bahrain7.3Per 1000 live births
135Kuwait7.0Per 1000 live births
136Malaysia7.0Per 1000 live births
137Antigua and Barbuda7.0Per 1000 live births
138Cuba6.8Per 1000 live births
139Uruguay6.2Per 1000 live births
140Romania6.0Per 1000 live births
141Chile5.8Per 1000 live births
142United States of America5.5Per 1000 live births
143Bosnia and Herzegovina5.5Per 1000 live births
144Slovakia5.3Per 1000 live births
145Sri Lanka5.2Per 1000 live births
146Qatar4.8Per 1000 live births
147Canada4.7Per 1000 live births
148Maldives4.7Per 1000 live births
149Malta4.7Per 1000 live births
150Saudi Arabia4.7Per 1000 live births
151Bulgaria4.6Per 1000 live births
152Serbia4.6Per 1000 live births
153People's Republic of China4.1Per 1000 live births
154Croatia4.1Per 1000 live births
155Cyprus4.1Per 1000 live births
156Russian Federation4.1Per 1000 live births
157United Kingdom4.1Per 1000 live births
158New Zealand4.0Per 1000 live births
159United Arab Emirates3.8Per 1000 live births
160Poland3.6Per 1000 live births
161Denmark3.5Per 1000 live births
162France3.4Per 1000 live births
163Ireland3.4Per 1000 live births
164Netherlands3.4Per 1000 live births
165Switzerland3.4Per 1000 live births
166Greece3.2Per 1000 live births
167Germany3.1Per 1000 live births
168Hungary3.1Per 1000 live births
169Australia3.1Per 1000 live births
170Belgium3.1Per 1000 live births
171Turks and Caicos Islands3.0Per 1000 live births
172Lithuania2.8Per 1000 live births
173Austria2.8Per 1000 live births
174Israel2.7Per 1000 live births
175Portugal2.7Per 1000 live births
176Spain2.6Per 1000 live births
177The Republic of North Macedonia2.5Per 1000 live births
178Andorra2.4Per 1000 live births
179Italy2.3Per 1000 live births
180South Korea2.3Per 1000 live births
181Latvia2.2Per 1000 live births
182Monaco2.2Per 1000 live births
183Singapore2.2Per 1000 live births
184Czech Republic2.1Per 1000 live births
185Iceland2.1Per 1000 live births
186Norway2.0Per 1000 live births
187Sweden2.0Per 1000 live births
188Finland1.9Per 1000 live births
189Luxembourg1.9Per 1000 live births
190Montenegro1.9Per 1000 live births
191Belarus1.8Per 1000 live births
192Japan1.8Per 1000 live births
193Slovenia1.8Per 1000 live births
194Estonia1.5Per 1000 live births
195San Marino1.2Per 1000 live births
Showing 195 of 195 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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