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Countries Ranked by Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Showing every country with available data for 2024 • World Bank: SP.DYN.IMRT.IN

The indicator page shows only the leaders and the laggards — useful for headlines, but it leaves out the middle of the distribution, which is where most countries actually sit. This page lists every country with reported mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) data for 2024, ranked from highest to lowest, so you can find any country's exact position rather than guessing whether it falls inside the top or bottom ten.

Of the 196 countries reporting, the median value is 12.40, meaning half the world sits above this line and half below. Use the search box below to jump straight to a country, or scroll the full table. Each country name links through to its detailed country × indicator page with the 20-year trend.

Top Country in Each Region

East Asia & Pacific

Kiribati

38.80

Europe & Central Asia

Turkmenistan

30.40

Latin America & Caribbean

Haiti

39.00

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Afghanistan

48.30

North America

United States

5.50

South Asia

Bangladesh

24.40

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Sudan

71.90

Rank Country Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
1 South Sudan 71.90
2 Nigeria 69.80
3 Niger 65.60
4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 65.40
5 Liberia 63.20
6 Zimbabwe 62.40
7 Guinea 59.80
8 Central African Republic 58.80
9 Congo, Dem. Rep. 56.40
10 Chad 56.30
11 Lesotho 56.30
12 Sierra Leone 54.60
13 Afghanistan 48.30
14 Pakistan 48.20
15 Equatorial Guinea 47.60
16 Mali 47.50
17 Benin 45.20
18 Cote d'Ivoire 44.80
19 Mozambique 43.70
20 Burkina Faso 43.60
21 Djibouti 43.00
22 Madagascar 43.00
23 Sudan 42.90
24 Eswatini 42.20
25 Guinea-Bissau 42.10
26 Cameroon 40.20
27 Haiti 39.00
28 Kiribati 38.80
29 Malawi 38.00
30 Namibia 36.40
31 Uganda 35.90
32 Comoros 35.00
33 Togo 34.80
34 Timor-Leste 34.60
35 Zambia 34.60
36 Ethiopia 34.50
37 Kenya 34.20
38 Yemen, Rep. 33.80
39 Dominica 33.30
40 Myanmar 32.80
41 Gambia, The 32.70
42 Botswana 32.10
43 Angola 32.10
44 Papua New Guinea 31.30
45 Burundi 30.50
46 Turkmenistan 30.40
47 Mauritania 30.20
48 Rwanda 29.40
49 Senegal 28.90
50 Tanzania 28.70
51 Dominican Republic 27.70
52 Ghana 27.50
53 Lao PDR 27.20
54 Congo, Rep. 27.00
55 Gabon 25.90
56 Eritrea 24.70
57 Bangladesh 24.40
58 South Africa 24.20
59 Fiji 23.50
60 Tajikistan 23.50
61 India 23.30
62 Guyana 23.20
63 Marshall Islands 22.70
64 Nepal 22.20
65 Philippines 21.70
66 Venezuela, RB 21.20
67 Egypt, Arab Rep. 20.80
68 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 20.30
69 Iraq 20.10
70 Algeria 19.50
71 Palau 18.60
72 Syrian Arab Republic 17.70
73 Guatemala 17.20
74 Trinidad and Tobago 17.00
75 West Bank and Gaza 17.00
76 Tuvalu 16.50
77 Jamaica 16.40
78 Grenada 16.40
79 Cambodia 16.40
80 Solomon Islands 16.40
81 St. Lucia 15.80
82 Lebanon 15.30
83 Indonesia 15.20
84 Moldova 15.10
85 Kyrgyz Republic 14.80
86 Suriname 14.80
87 Morocco 14.70
88 Paraguay 14.50
89 Vanuatu 14.40
90 Bolivia 14.20
91 St. Kitts and Nevis 13.90
92 Mauritius 13.80
93 Bhutan 13.70
94 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 13.30
95 Seychelles 12.90
96 Honduras 12.80
97 Uzbekistan 12.80
98 Azerbaijan 12.50
99 Brazil 12.30
100 Samoa 12.30
101 Mexico 12.10
102 Panama 12.00
103 Jordan 12.00
104 Viet Nam 12.00
105 British Virgin Islands 11.40
106 Mongolia 11.20
107 Bahamas, The 11.10
108 Peru 11.00
109 Ecuador 10.90
110 Belize 10.80
111 Cabo Verde 10.60
112 Colombia 10.50
113 Iran, Islamic Rep. 10.30
114 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 10.20
115 Tunisia 9.70
116 Nicaragua 9.40
117 Sao Tome and Principe 9.20
118 Barbados 9.10
119 Costa Rica 9.10
120 El Salvador 8.80
121 Brunei Darussalam 8.60
122 Armenia 8.50
123 Oman 8.30
124 Albania 8.30
125 Kosovo 8.00
126 Turkiye 8.00
127 Argentina 8.00
128 Libya 7.90
129 Tonga 7.80
130 Thailand 7.70
131 Nauru 7.70
132 Ukraine 7.60
133 Georgia 7.50
134 Kazakhstan 7.40
135 Bahrain 7.30
136 Kuwait 7.00
137 Antigua and Barbuda 7.00
138 Malaysia 7.00
139 Cuba 6.80
140 Uruguay 6.20
141 Romania 6.00
142 Chile 5.80
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.50
144 United States 5.50
145 Slovak Republic 5.30
146 Sri Lanka 5.20
147 Qatar 4.80
148 Malta 4.70
149 Maldives 4.70
150 Saudi Arabia 4.70
151 Canada 4.70
152 Bulgaria 4.60
153 Serbia 4.60
154 Croatia 4.10
155 China 4.10
156 United Kingdom 4.10
157 Cyprus 4.10
158 Russian Federation 4.10
159 New Zealand 4.00
160 United Arab Emirates 3.80
161 Poland 3.60
162 Denmark 3.50
163 Ireland 3.40
164 Netherlands 3.40
165 France 3.40
166 Switzerland 3.40
167 Greece 3.20
168 Belgium 3.10
169 Hungary 3.10
170 Germany 3.10
171 Australia 3.10
172 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.00
173 Lithuania 2.80
174 Austria 2.80
175 Portugal 2.70
176 Israel 2.70
177 Spain 2.60
178 North Macedonia 2.50
179 Andorra 2.40
180 Korea, Rep. 2.30
181 Italy 2.30
182 Monaco 2.20
183 Singapore 2.20
184 Latvia 2.20
185 Iceland 2.10
186 Czechia 2.10
187 Sweden 2.00
188 Norway 2.00
189 Luxembourg 1.90
190 Montenegro 1.90
191 Finland 1.90
192 Belarus 1.80
193 Slovenia 1.80
194 Japan 1.80
195 Estonia 1.50
196 San Marino 1.20

Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN), CC BY 4.0. Rankings include only countries with reported values for 2024; countries with suppressed or unavailable data are omitted.

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