Infant mortality rates in the world 2022
Infant mortality – deaths of children under one year of age – is a major component of child mortality. The number of deaths per 1,000 children under one year of age is given.
Rank | Country | deaths/1,000 live births | Date of Information |
1 | Afghanistan | 104.89 | |
2 | Somalia | 86.53 | |
3 | Central African Republic | 82.97 | |
4 | Equatorial Guinea | 78.33 | |
5 | Sierra Leone | 73.42 | |
6 | Niger | 66.81 | |
7 | Chad | 65.48 | |
8 | South Sudan | 63.18 | |
9 | Mozambique | 61.38 | |
10 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 60.85 | |
11 | Mali | 60.64 | |
12 | Angola | 58.86 | |
13 | Comoros | 57.10 | |
14 | Nigeria | 56.68 | |
15 | Benin | 55.76 | |
16 | Cote d’Ivoire | 55.67 | |
17 | Pakistan | 53.98 | |
18 | Mauritania | 50.99 | |
19 | Guinea | 49.63 | |
20 | Burkina Faso | 49.42 | |
21 | Guinea-Bissau | 49.05 | |
22 | Cameroon | 48.73 | |
23 | Lesotho | 48.44 | |
24 | Congo, Republic of the | 47.93 | |
25 | Djibouti | 46.89 | |
26 | Yemen | 46.54 | |
27 | Liberia | 44.57 | |
28 | Sao Tome and Principe | 44.38 | |
29 | Sudan | 42.27 | |
30 | Eritrea | 41.50 | |
31 | Togo | 41.19 | |
32 | Haiti | 40.02 | |
33 | Eswatini | 39.63 | |
34 | Madagascar | 39.04 | |
35 | Burundi | 37.84 | |
36 | Laos | 37.78 | |
37 | Turkmenistan | 37.62 | |
38 | Gambia, The | 37.19 | |
39 | Zambia | 37.11 | |
40 | Timor-Leste | 33.69 | |
41 | Papua New Guinea | 33.59 | |
42 | Ethiopia | 33.51 | |
43 | Malawi | 33.43 | |
44 | Burma | 32.94 | |
45 | Kiribati | 32.93 | |
46 | Ghana | 32.59 | |
47 | Senegal | 32.44 | |
48 | Tajikistan | 32.33 | |
49 | Tanzania | 30.87 | |
50 | Uganda | 30.45 | |
51 | Bangladesh | 30.35 | |
52 | India | 30.31 | |
53 | Suriname | 30.25 | |
54 | Cambodia | 29.58 | |
55 | Namibia | 29.42 | |
56 | Tuvalu | 28.92 | |
57 | Gabon | 28.56 | |
58 | Zimbabwe | 28.53 | |
59 | Kenya | 27.86 | |
60 | Kosovo | 27.12 | |
61 | Bhutan | 27.04 | |
62 | Rwanda | 26.39 | |
63 | Guatemala | 26.18 | |
64 | South Africa | 25.87 | |
65 | Maldives | 25.70 | |
66 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.66 | |
67 | Botswana | 25.18 | |
68 | Nepal | 25.13 | |
69 | Cabo Verde | 23.53 | |
70 | Azerbaijan | 23.51 | |
71 | Paraguay | 23.21 | |
72 | Bolivia | 22.28 | |
73 | Philippines | 22.23 | |
74 | Korea, North | 22.21 | |
75 | Guyana | 22.15 | |
76 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 21.90 | |
77 | Marshall Islands | 21.66 | |
78 | Dominican Republic | 21.18 | |
79 | Mongolia | 20.18 | |
80 | Solomon Islands | 20.02 | |
81 | Indonesia | 19.73 | |
82 | Algeria | 19.72 | |
83 | Iraq | 19.62 | |
84 | Turkey (Turkiye) | 19.35 | |
85 | Morocco | 19.20 | |
86 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 19.19 | |
87 | Kazakhstan | 19.18 | |
88 | Nicaragua | 19.09 | |
89 | Uzbekistan | 18.98 | |
90 | Ecuador | 18.13 | |
91 | Samoa | 18.00 | |
92 | Venezuela | 17.72 | |
93 | Egypt | 17.70 | |
94 | Panama | 16.44 | |
95 | Cook Islands | 15.93 | |
96 | Syria | 15.87 | |
97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.83 | |
98 | West Bank | 15.29 | |
99 | Gaza Strip | 15.23 | |
100 | Honduras | 15.08 | |
101 | Iran | 14.84 | |
102 | Georgia | 14.77 | |
103 | Vietnam | 14.75 | |
104 | Oman | 14.45 | |
105 | Vanuatu | 14.34 | |
106 | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.30 | |
107 | British Virgin Islands | 14.16 | |
108 | Jordan | 13.90 | |
109 | Brazil | 13.31 | |
110 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.87 | |
111 | Bahamas, The | 12.78 | |
112 | Northern Mariana Islands | 12.48 | |
113 | Tonga | 12.41 | |
114 | Saudi Arabia | 12.27 | |
115 | Armenia | 12.18 | |
116 | El Salvador | 12.14 | |
117 | Aruba | 12.09 | |
118 | Mauritius | 12.08 | |
119 | Saint Lucia | 11.99 | |
120 | Tunisia | 11.87 | |
121 | Mexico | 11.86 | |
122 | Colombia | 11.65 | |
123 | Moldova | 11.60 | |
124 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.59 | |
125 | Guam | 11.46 | |
126 | Palau | 11.28 | |
127 | Dominica | 11.27 | |
128 | Libya | 11.22 | |
129 | Jamaica | 11.17 | |
130 | Belize | 11.15 | |
131 | Albania | 10.82 | |
132 | Peru | 10.80 | |
133 | Seychelles | 10.60 | |
134 | Brunei | 10.52 | |
135 | Montserrat | 10.36 | |
136 | Bahrain | 10.19 | |
137 | American Samoa | 10.06 | |
138 | Fiji | 10.06 | |
139 | Barbados | 10.00 | |
140 | Grenada | 9.40 | |
141 | Argentina | 9.35 | |
142 | Greenland | 8.75 | |
143 | Croatia | 8.74 | |
144 | Costa Rica | 8.39 | |
145 | Cyprus | 8.36 | |
146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.35 | |
147 | Uruguay | 8.31 | |
148 | Sri Lanka | 8.20 | |
149 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 8.16 | |
150 | Bulgaria | 7.98 | |
151 | Sint Maarten | 7.98 | |
152 | Curacao | 7.88 | |
153 | Nauru | 7.84 | |
154 | Cayman Islands | 7.65 | |
155 | Virgin Islands | 7.65 | |
156 | Kuwait | 7.43 | |
157 | Ukraine | 7.33 | |
158 | North Macedonia | 7.32 | |
159 | Lebanon | 07.04 | |
160 | China | 6.76 | |
161 | Saint Barthelemy | 6.71 | |
162 | Saint Martin | 6.71 | |
163 | Qatar | 6.62 | |
164 | Malaysia | 6.59 | |
165 | Chile | 6.55 | |
166 | San Marino | 6.51 | |
167 | Thailand | 6.47 | |
168 | Russia | 6.42 | |
169 | Gibraltar | 6.25 | |
170 | Puerto Rico | 06.04 | |
171 | Faroe Islands | 5.99 | |
172 | Romania | 5.84 | |
173 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.21 | |
174 | United States | 5.17 | |
175 | United Arab Emirates | 5.14 | |
176 | New Caledonia | 5.00 | |
177 | Latvia | 4.85 | |
178 | Slovakia | 4.82 | |
179 | Serbia | 4.81 | |
180 | Hungary | 4.62 | |
181 | Macau | 4.59 | |
182 | Malta | 4.53 | |
183 | French Polynesia | 4.40 | |
184 | Canada | 4.38 | |
185 | Isle of Man | 4.24 | |
186 | Poland | 4.16 | |
187 | Cuba | 4.13 | |
188 | Liechtenstein | 04.05 | |
189 | Wallis and Futuna | 4.00 | |
190 | Taiwan | 3.97 | |
191 | Jersey | 3.87 | |
192 | United Kingdom | 3.82 | |
193 | Lithuania | 3.63 | |
194 | Switzerland | 3.58 | |
195 | Israel | 3.56 | |
196 | Greece | 3.55 | |
197 | Ireland | 3.47 | |
198 | Andorra | 3.44 | |
199 | New Zealand | 3.44 | |
200 | Estonia | 3.42 | |
201 | Netherlands | 3.40 | |
202 | Guernsey | 3.36 | |
203 | Belarus | 3.27 | |
204 | Luxembourg | 3.25 | |
205 | Austria | 3.24 | |
206 | Montenegro | 3.24 | |
207 | Belgium | 3.19 | |
208 | Germany | 3.19 | |
209 | Italy | 3.16 | |
210 | France | 3.15 | |
211 | Anguilla | 03.07 | |
212 | Denmark | 03.04 | |
213 | Australia | 03.01 | |
214 | Korea, South | 2.87 | |
215 | Hong Kong | 2.55 | |
216 | Portugal | 2.50 | |
217 | Spain | 2.47 | |
218 | Czechia | 2.40 | |
219 | Norway | 2.31 | |
220 | Sweden | 2.30 | |
221 | Bermuda | 2.19 | |
222 | Finland | 2.13 | |
223 | Japan | 1.90 | |
224 | Monaco | 1.76 | |
225 | Iceland | 1.65 | |
226 | Singapore | 1.55 | |
227 | Slovenia | 1.52 |