Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) - Country Ranking

Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Sierra Leone 80.10 2020
2 Central African Republic 77.50 2020
3 Somalia 72.70 2020
4 Nigeria 72.20 2020
5 Lesotho 69.90 2020
6 Chad 67.40 2020
7 Dem. Rep. Congo 63.80 2020
8 Guinea 62.00 2020
9 Mali 58.80 2020
10 Equatorial Guinea 58.30 2020
11 Liberia 58.10 2020
12 Côte d'Ivoire 57.90 2020
13 Benin 56.50 2020
14 Pakistan 54.20 2020
15 Burkina Faso 52.80 2020
15 Mozambique 52.80 2020
17 Guinea-Bissau 51.40 2020
18 Mauritania 49.00 2020
19 Cameroon 48.30 2020
19 Angola 48.30 2020
21 Djibouti 47.20 2020
21 Comoros 47.20 2020
23 Haiti 46.70 2020
24 Yemen 45.70 2020
25 Niger 45.60 2020
26 Afghanistan 45.00 2020
27 Togo 44.40 2020
28 Zambia 41.70 2020
29 Sudan 39.90 2020
30 Kiribati 39.20 2020
31 Burundi 38.60 2020
32 Zimbabwe 37.90 2020
33 Eswatini 37.40 2020
34 Timor-Leste 36.50 2020
35 Madagascar 36.30 2020
36 Turkmenistan 36.10 2020
36 Botswana 36.10 2020
38 Ethiopia 35.40 2020
39 Lao PDR 35.30 2020
40 Papua New Guinea 35.20 2020
41 Myanmar 35.00 2020
42 Tanzania 34.70 2020
42 The Gambia 34.70 2020
44 Congo 33.00 2020
44 Ghana 33.00 2020
46 Uganda 31.90 2020
47 Dominica 31.70 2020
48 Kenya 31.20 2020
49 Gabon 30.70 2020
50 Rwanda 30.30 2020
51 Namibia 30.10 2020
52 Eritrea 29.70 2020
53 Malawi 29.00 2020
54 Senegal 28.90 2020
55 Tajikistan 28.40 2020
56 Dominican Republic 27.90 2020
57 India 27.00 2020
58 South Africa 25.80 2020
59 Bangladesh 24.30 2020
60 Guyana 23.80 2020
60 Nauru 23.80 2020
62 Nepal 23.60 2020
63 Bhutan 23.20 2020
64 Fiji 23.00 2020
65 Cambodia 22.00 2020
65 St. Lucia 22.00 2020
67 Iraq 21.30 2020
68 Vanuatu 21.10 2020
68 Venezuela 21.10 2020
70 Philippines 20.90 2020
71 Bolivia 20.70 2020
72 Guatemala 20.10 2020
73 Algeria 19.50 2020
73 Indonesia 19.50 2020
75 Tuvalu 18.70 2020
76 Syrian Arab Republic 18.40 2020
77 Azerbaijan 17.30 2020
78 Vietnam 16.70 2020
79 Solomon Islands 16.60 2020
79 Egypt 16.60 2020
81 Paraguay 16.20 2020
82 Morocco 16.00 2020
83 Suriname 15.70 2020
83 Kyrgyz Republic 15.70 2020
83 Palau 15.70 2020
86 Trinidad and Tobago 14.80 2020
86 Mauritius 14.80 2020
88 Samoa 14.60 2020
89 Grenada 14.50 2020
90 Tunisia 14.30 2020
91 Honduras 13.90 2020
92 Nicaragua 13.80 2020
93 Mongolia 13.20 2020
94 Brazil 13.10 2020
95 Jordan 12.90 2020
95 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 12.90 2020
97 São Tomé and Principe 12.70 2020
98 St. Kitts and Nevis 12.60 2020
99 Moldova 12.50 2020
99 Uzbekistan 12.50 2020
101 Panama 12.30 2020
102 Cabo Verde 12.20 2020
103 Seychelles 12.00 2020
104 Mexico 11.80 2020
105 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 11.60 2020
106 Jamaica 11.40 2020
106 Colombia 11.40 2020
106 Barbados 11.40 2020
109 Iran 11.10 2020
109 Ecuador 11.10 2020
109 El Salvador 11.10 2020
112 The Bahamas 10.50 2020
113 Belize 10.00 2020
113 Peru 10.00 2020
115 Tonga 9.80 2020
116 Armenia 9.70 2020
117 Brunei 9.60 2020
118 Libya 9.50 2020
118 Oman 9.50 2020
120 Kazakhstan 8.90 2020
121 Albania 8.80 2020
122 Georgia 8.20 2020
123 Turkey 8.10 2020
124 Kuwait 7.60 2020
124 Argentina 7.60 2020
126 Thailand 7.40 2020
126 Malaysia 7.40 2020
128 Ukraine 6.90 2020
129 Costa Rica 6.70 2020
130 Lebanon 6.00 2020
130 Saudi Arabia 6.00 2020
132 Sri Lanka 5.90 2020
133 Chile 5.80 2020
133 Bahrain 5.80 2020
135 Malta 5.60 2020
135 United Arab Emirates 5.60 2020
135 Romania 5.60 2020
138 China 5.50 2020
139 United States 5.40 2020
139 Antigua and Barbuda 5.40 2020
141 Uruguay 5.30 2020
142 North Macedonia 5.20 2020
143 Bulgaria 5.10 2020
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.90 2020
144 Qatar 4.90 2020
144 Serbia 4.90 2020
147 Slovak Republic 4.70 2020
148 Russia 4.40 2020
148 Canada 4.40 2020
150 Cuba 4.10 2020
151 Croatia 3.90 2020
151 New Zealand 3.90 2020
153 Poland 3.70 2020
154 Greece 3.60 2020
154 Netherlands 3.60 2020
154 United Kingdom 3.60 2020
157 Switzerland 3.50 2020
158 Belgium 3.40 2020
158 France 3.40 2020
158 Hungary 3.40 2020
158 Latvia 3.40 2020
162 Australia 3.10 2020
162 Germany 3.10 2020
162 Denmark 3.10 2020
165 Austria 3.00 2020
166 Israel 2.90 2020
167 Spain 2.70 2020
167 Portugal 2.70 2020
167 Lithuania 2.70 2020
170 Ireland 2.60 2020
170 Korea 2.60 2020
172 Italy 2.50 2020
172 Monaco 2.50 2020
174 Andorra 2.40 2020
175 Czech Republic 2.30 2020
175 Cyprus 2.30 2020
175 Luxembourg 2.30 2020
178 Belarus 2.20 2020
179 Sweden 2.10 2020
180 Montenegro 2.00 2020
181 Finland 1.90 2020
182 Norway 1.80 2020
182 Japan 1.80 2020
182 Singapore 1.80 2020
182 Slovenia 1.80 2020
186 Estonia 1.70 2020
187 San Marino 1.60 2020
188 Iceland 1.50 2020

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Development Relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries.

Limitations and Exceptions: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Estimates of neonatal, infant, and child mortality tend to vary by source and method for a given time and place. Years for available estimates also vary by country, making comparisons across countries and over time difficult. To make neonatal, infant, and child mortality estimates comparable and to ensure consistency across estimates by different agencies, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), which comprises the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the United Nations Population Division, and other universities and research institutes, developed and adopted a statistical method that uses all available information to reconcile differences. The method uses statistical models to obtain a best estimate trend line by fitting a country-specific regression model of mortality rates against their reference dates.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development ac