Country Comparison > Infant mortality rate

Rank	Country	Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)
1	Angola	180.21
2	Sierra Leone	154.43
3	Afghanistan	151.95
4	Liberia	138.24
5	Niger	116.66
6	Somalia	109.19
7	Mozambique	105.8
8	Mali	102.05
9	Zambia	101.2
10	Guinea-Bissau	99.82
11	Chad	98.69
12	Djibouti	97.51
13	Nigeria	94.35
14	Malawi	89.05
15	Burkina Faso	84.49
16	Sudan	82.43
17	Rwanda	81.61
18	Equatorial Guinea	81.58
19	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	81.21
20	Ethiopia	80.8
21	Central African Republic	80.62
22	Congo, Republic of the	79.78
23	Laos	77.82
24	Lesotho	77.4
25	Western Sahara	69.66
26	Tanzania	69.28
27	Swaziland	68.63
28	Cote d'Ivoire	68.06
29	Gambia, The	67.33
30	Comoros	66.57
31	Guinea	65.22
32	Pakistan	65.14
33	Uganda	64.82
34	Benin	64.64
35	Mauritania	63.42
36	Cameroon	63.34
37	Haiti	59.69
38	Burundi	59.64
39	Bangladesh	59.02
40	Senegal	58.94
41	Mayotte	56.29
42	Togo	56.24
43	Cambodia	54.79
44	Kenya	54.7
45	Yemen	54.7
46	Azerbaijan	54.6
47	Madagascar	54.2
48	Gabon	51.78
49	Korea, North	51.34
50	Ghana	51.09
51	Vanuatu	49.45
52	Bhutan	49.36
53	Burma	47.61
54	Nepal	47.46
55	Namibia	45.51
56	Turkmenistan	45.36
57	Papua New Guinea	45.23
58	Bolivia	44.66
59	South Africa	44.42
60	Iraq	43.82
61	Kiribati	43.48
62	Eritrea	43.33
63	Cape Verde	41.35
64	Tajikistan	41.03
65	East Timor	40.65
66	Mongolia	39.88
67	Sao Tome and Principe	37.12
68	Morocco	36.88
69	Iran	35.78
70	Zimbabwe	32.31
71	Kyrgyzstan	31.26
72	India	30.15
73	Indonesia	29.97
74	Trinidad and Tobago	29.93
75	Guyana	29.65
76	Maldives	29.53
77	Peru	28.62
78	Guatemala	27.84
79	Algeria	27.73
80	Egypt	27.26
81	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.1
82	Dominican Republic	25.96
83	Syria	25.87
84	Turkey	25.78
85	Kazakhstan	25.73
86	Marshall Islands	25.45
87	Nicaragua	25.02
88	Paraguay	24.68
89	Samoa	24.22
90	Honduras	24.03
91	Uzbekistan	23.43
92	Bahamas, The	23.17
93	Belize	23.07
94	Romania	22.9
95	Vietnam	22.88
96	Brazil	22.58
97	Tunisia	22.57
98	Lebanon	21.82
99	Venezuela	21.54
100	El Salvador	21.52
101	Libya	21.05
102	Ecuador	20.9
103	Philippines	20.56
104	China	20.25
105	Armenia	20.21
106	Solomon Islands	19.03
107	Colombia	18.9
108	Suriname	18.81
109	Albania	18.62
110	Sri Lanka	18.57
111	Tuvalu	18.43
112	Mexico	18.42
113	Gaza Strip	18.35
114	Bulgaria	17.87
115	Saint Helena	17.63
116	Thailand	17.63
117	Cook Islands	16.9
118	Oman	16.88
119	Antigua and Barbuda	16.25
120	Georgia	16.22
121	Montserrat	16.08
122	West Bank	15.96
123	Malaysia	15.87
124	Bahrain	15.25
125	Jamaica	15.22
126	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15.14
127	Jordan	14.97
128	British Virgin Islands	14.65
129	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13.94
130	Turks and Caicos Islands	13.89
131	Aruba	13.79
132	Dominica	13.65
133	Saint Lucia	13.43
134	Grenada	13.23
135	Palau	13.14
136	Moldova	13.13
137	United Arab Emirates	12.7
138	Panama	12.67
139	Qatar	12.66
140	Botswana	12.59
141	Seychelles	12.3
142	Barbados	12.29
143	Brunei	12.27
144	Mauritius	12.2
145	Tonga	11.58
146	Fiji	11.58
147	Saudi Arabia	11.57
148	Argentina	11.44
149	Uruguay	11.32
150	Greenland	10.72
151	Russia	10.56
152	American Samoa	10.18
153	Nauru	9.25
154	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.1
155	Netherlands Antilles	9.09
156	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	9.01
157	Ukraine	8.98
158	Kuwait	8.96
159	Latvia	8.77
160	Costa Rica	8.77
161	Puerto Rico	8.42
162	Hungary	7.86
163	Chile	7.71
164	Virgin Islands	7.56
165	French Polynesia	7.55
166	Estonia	7.32
167	New Caledonia	7.05
168	Cayman Islands	6.94
169	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6.87
170	Slovakia	6.84
171	Poland	6.8
172	Northern Mariana Islands	6.59
173	Lithuania	6.47
174	Belarus	6.43
175	Croatia	6.37
176	Faroe Islands	6.32
177	United States	6.26
178	Guam	6.05
179	Cuba	5.82
180	Italy	5.51
181	Man, Isle of	5.37
182	Taiwan	5.35
183	San Marino	5.34
184	Greece	5.16
185	Ireland	5.05
186	Canada	5.04
187	Wallis and Futuna	5.02
188	Monaco	5
189	New Zealand	4.92
190	United Kingdom	4.85
191	Gibraltar	4.83
192	Portugal	4.78
193	Australia	4.75
194	Netherlands	4.73
195	Jersey	4.73
196	Luxembourg	4.56
197	Guernsey	4.47
198	Belgium	4.44
199	Austria	4.42
200	Denmark	4.34
201	Korea, South	4.26
202	Liechtenstein	4.25
203	Slovenia	4.25
204	Israel	4.22
205	Spain	4.21
206	Switzerland	4.18
207	Germany	3.99
208	Czech Republic	3.79
209	Andorra	3.76
210	Malta	3.75
211	Norway	3.58
212	Anguilla	3.52
213	Finland	3.47
214	France	3.33
215	Iceland	3.23
216	Macau	3.22
217	Hong Kong	2.92
218	Japan	2.79
219	Sweden	2.75
220	Bermuda	2.46
221	Singapore	2.31

Definition: This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009