Rankings
Infant mortality by country — world rankings
Ranking 166 countries with data.
Infant mortality
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. Sudan | 71.9‰ (2024) |
| 2 | Nigeria | 69.8‰ (2024) |
| 3 | Niger | 65.6‰ (2024) |
| 4 | Somalia | 65.4‰ (2024) |
| 5 | Liberia | 63.2‰ (2024) |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 62.4‰ (2024) |
| 7 | Guinea | 59.8‰ (2024) |
| 8 | Central African Rep. | 58.8‰ (2024) |
| 9 | Dem. Rep. Congo | 56.4‰ (2024) |
| 10 | Chad | 56.3‰ (2024) |
| 11 | Lesotho | 56.3‰ (2024) |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 54.6‰ (2024) |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 48.3‰ (2024) |
| 14 | Pakistan | 48.2‰ (2024) |
| 15 | Eq. Guinea | 47.6‰ (2024) |
| 16 | Mali | 47.5‰ (2024) |
| 17 | Benin | 45.2‰ (2024) |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 44.8‰ (2024) |
| 19 | Mozambique | 43.7‰ (2024) |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 43.6‰ (2024) |
| 21 | Djibouti | 43.0‰ (2024) |
| 22 | Madagascar | 43.0‰ (2024) |
| 23 | Sudan | 42.9‰ (2024) |
| 24 | eSwatini | 42.2‰ (2024) |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 42.1‰ (2024) |
| 26 | Cameroon | 40.2‰ (2024) |
| 27 | Haiti | 39.0‰ (2024) |
| 28 | Malawi | 38.0‰ (2024) |
| 29 | Namibia | 36.4‰ (2024) |
| 30 | Uganda | 35.9‰ (2024) |
| 31 | Togo | 34.8‰ (2024) |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 34.6‰ (2024) |
| 33 | Zambia | 34.6‰ (2024) |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 34.5‰ (2024) |
| 35 | Kenya | 34.2‰ (2024) |
| 36 | Yemen | 33.8‰ (2024) |
| 37 | Myanmar | 32.8‰ (2024) |
| 38 | Gambia | 32.7‰ (2024) |
| 39 | Angola | 32.1‰ (2024) |
| 40 | Botswana | 32.1‰ (2024) |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 31.3‰ (2024) |
| 42 | Burundi | 30.5‰ (2024) |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 30.4‰ (2024) |
| 44 | Mauritania | 30.2‰ (2024) |
| 45 | Rwanda | 29.4‰ (2024) |
| 46 | Senegal | 28.9‰ (2024) |
| 47 | Tanzania | 28.7‰ (2024) |
| 48 | Dominican Rep. | 27.7‰ (2024) |
| 49 | Ghana | 27.5‰ (2024) |
| 50 | Laos | 27.2‰ (2024) |
| 51 | Congo | 27.0‰ (2024) |
| 52 | Gabon | 25.9‰ (2024) |
| 53 | Eritrea | 24.7‰ (2024) |
| 54 | Bangladesh | 24.4‰ (2024) |
| 55 | South Africa | 24.2‰ (2024) |
| 56 | Fiji | 23.5‰ (2024) |
| 57 | Tajikistan | 23.5‰ (2024) |
| 58 | India | 23.3‰ (2024) |
| 59 | Guyana | 23.2‰ (2024) |
| 60 | Nepal | 22.2‰ (2024) |
| 61 | Philippines | 21.7‰ (2024) |
| 62 | Venezuela | 21.2‰ (2024) |
| 63 | Egypt | 20.8‰ (2024) |
| 64 | Iraq | 20.1‰ (2024) |
| 65 | Algeria | 19.5‰ (2024) |
| 66 | Syria | 17.7‰ (2024) |
| 67 | Guatemala | 17.2‰ (2024) |
| 68 | Palestine | 17.0‰ (2024) |
| 69 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.0‰ (2024) |
| 70 | Cambodia | 16.4‰ (2024) |
| 71 | Jamaica | 16.4‰ (2024) |
| 72 | Solomon Is. | 16.4‰ (2024) |
| 73 | Lebanon | 15.3‰ (2024) |
| 74 | Indonesia | 15.2‰ (2024) |
| 75 | Moldova | 15.1‰ (2024) |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.8‰ (2024) |
| 77 | Suriname | 14.8‰ (2024) |
| 78 | Morocco | 14.7‰ (2024) |
| 79 | Paraguay | 14.5‰ (2024) |
| 80 | Vanuatu | 14.4‰ (2024) |
| 81 | Bolivia | 14.2‰ (2024) |
| 82 | Bhutan | 13.7‰ (2024) |
| 83 | North Korea | 13.3‰ (2024) |
| 84 | Honduras | 12.8‰ (2024) |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 12.8‰ (2024) |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 12.5‰ (2024) |
| 87 | Brazil | 12.3‰ (2024) |
| 88 | Mexico | 12.1‰ (2024) |
| 89 | Jordan | 12.0‰ (2024) |
| 90 | Panama | 12.0‰ (2024) |
| 91 | Vietnam | 12.0‰ (2024) |
| 92 | Mongolia | 11.2‰ (2024) |
| 93 | Bahamas | 11.1‰ (2024) |
| 94 | Peru | 11.0‰ (2024) |
| 95 | Ecuador | 10.9‰ (2024) |
| 96 | Belize | 10.8‰ (2024) |
| 97 | Colombia | 10.5‰ (2024) |
| 98 | Iran | 10.3‰ (2024) |
| 99 | Tunisia | 9.7‰ (2024) |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 9.4‰ (2024) |
| 101 | Costa Rica | 9.1‰ (2024) |
| 102 | El Salvador | 8.8‰ (2024) |
| 103 | Brunei | 8.6‰ (2024) |
| 104 | Armenia | 8.5‰ (2024) |
| 105 | Albania | 8.3‰ (2024) |
| 106 | Oman | 8.3‰ (2024) |
| 107 | Argentina | 8.0‰ (2024) |
| 108 | Turkey | 8.0‰ (2024) |
| 109 | Libya | 7.9‰ (2024) |
| 110 | Thailand | 7.7‰ (2024) |
| 111 | Ukraine | 7.6‰ (2024) |
| 112 | Georgia | 7.5‰ (2024) |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 7.4‰ (2024) |
| 114 | Kuwait | 7.0‰ (2024) |
| 115 | Malaysia | 7.0‰ (2024) |
| 116 | Cuba | 6.8‰ (2024) |
| 117 | Uruguay | 6.2‰ (2024) |
| 118 | Romania | 6.0‰ (2024) |
| 119 | Chile | 5.8‰ (2024) |
| 120 | Bosnia and Herz. | 5.5‰ (2024) |
| 121 | United States | 5.5‰ (2024) |
| 122 | Slovakia | 5.3‰ (2024) |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 5.2‰ (2024) |
| 124 | Qatar | 4.8‰ (2024) |
| 125 | Canada | 4.7‰ (2024) |
| 126 | Saudi Arabia | 4.7‰ (2024) |
| 127 | Bulgaria | 4.6‰ (2024) |
| 128 | Serbia | 4.6‰ (2024) |
| 129 | China | 4.1‰ (2024) |
| 130 | Croatia | 4.1‰ (2024) |
| 131 | Cyprus | 4.1‰ (2024) |
| 132 | Russia | 4.1‰ (2024) |
| 133 | United Kingdom | 4.1‰ (2024) |
| 134 | New Zealand | 4.0‰ (2024) |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 3.8‰ (2024) |
| 136 | Poland | 3.6‰ (2024) |
| 137 | Denmark | 3.5‰ (2024) |
| 138 | France | 3.4‰ (2024) |
| 139 | Ireland | 3.4‰ (2024) |
| 140 | Netherlands | 3.4‰ (2024) |
| 141 | Switzerland | 3.4‰ (2024) |
| 142 | Greece | 3.2‰ (2024) |
| 143 | Australia | 3.1‰ (2024) |
| 144 | Belgium | 3.1‰ (2024) |
| 145 | Germany | 3.1‰ (2024) |
| 146 | Hungary | 3.1‰ (2024) |
| 147 | Austria | 2.8‰ (2024) |
| 148 | Lithuania | 2.8‰ (2024) |
| 149 | Israel | 2.7‰ (2024) |
| 150 | Portugal | 2.7‰ (2024) |
| 151 | Spain | 2.6‰ (2024) |
| 152 | Macedonia | 2.5‰ (2024) |
| 153 | Italy | 2.3‰ (2024) |
| 154 | South Korea | 2.3‰ (2024) |
| 155 | Latvia | 2.2‰ (2024) |
| 156 | Czechia | 2.1‰ (2024) |
| 157 | Iceland | 2.1‰ (2024) |
| 158 | Norway | 2.0‰ (2024) |
| 159 | Sweden | 2.0‰ (2024) |
| 160 | Finland | 1.9‰ (2024) |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 1.9‰ (2024) |
| 162 | Montenegro | 1.9‰ (2024) |
| 163 | Belarus | 1.8‰ (2024) |
| 164 | Japan | 1.8‰ (2024) |
| 165 | Slovenia | 1.8‰ (2024) |
| 166 | Estonia | 1.5‰ (2024) |
Ordered by value, highest first (ties break by country slug). Countries without data for this metric are not listed — they occupy no rank.
Surface area is computed from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries with an equal-area spherical formula — not the World Bank's land-area figure; population density is our own derived metric (latest population ÷ that area).
The unweighted median across the 166 countries with data is 13.1‰ — shown for context, not a world average.
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Data & method
Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use
Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).
Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).