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World Measure

Countries by Infant Mortality

Deaths before age one per 1,000 live births.

194 of 240 countries and territories have a published value for this indicator.

#1 San Marino
1.2 per 1,000 live births
Europe
World Bank, 2024
#2 Estonia
1.5 per 1,000 live births
Europe
World Bank, 2024
#3 Japan
1.8 per 1,000 live births
Asia
World Bank, 2024
Median country
12.5 per 1,000 live births
Across 194 ranked countries

Full Ranking (194 Countries)

Countries with no published value are excluded rather than ranked last. Sort any column, filter by continent, or export as CSV.

194 countries
Values are the most recent published observation per country, so the year varies. The trend column shows each country's population from 1950 to 2025 (top 25 rows only, to keep the page light) — it is context, not the ranked measure.
1San Marino1.2 per 1,000 live births
2Estonia1.5 per 1,000 live births
3Japan1.8 per 1,000 live births
3Belarus1.8 per 1,000 live births
3Slovenia1.8 per 1,000 live births
6Finland1.9 per 1,000 live births
6Luxembourg1.9 per 1,000 live births
6Montenegro1.9 per 1,000 live births
9Sweden2.0 per 1,000 live births
9Norway2.0 per 1,000 live births
11Czech Republic2.1 per 1,000 live births
11Iceland2.1 per 1,000 live births
13Singapore2.2 per 1,000 live births
13Latvia2.2 per 1,000 live births
13Monaco2.2 per 1,000 live births
16Italy2.3 per 1,000 live births
16South Korea2.3 per 1,000 live births
18Andorra2.4 per 1,000 live births
19North Macedonia2.5 per 1,000 live births
20Spain2.6 per 1,000 live births
21Portugal2.7 per 1,000 live births
21Israel2.7 per 1,000 live births
23Austria2.8 per 1,000 live births
23Lithuania2.8 per 1,000 live births
25Turks and Caicos3.0 per 1,000 live births
26Germany3.1 per 1,000 live births
26Australia3.1 per 1,000 live births
26Belgium3.1 per 1,000 live births
26Hungary3.1 per 1,000 live births
30Greece3.2 per 1,000 live births
31France3.4 per 1,000 live births
31Netherlands3.4 per 1,000 live births
31Switzerland3.4 per 1,000 live births
31Ireland3.4 per 1,000 live births
35Denmark3.5 per 1,000 live births
36Poland3.6 per 1,000 live births
37United Arab Emirates3.8 per 1,000 live births
38New Zealand4.0 per 1,000 live births
39China4.1 per 1,000 live births
39Russia4.1 per 1,000 live births
39United Kingdom4.1 per 1,000 live births
39Croatia4.1 per 1,000 live births
39Cyprus4.1 per 1,000 live births
44Serbia4.6 per 1,000 live births
44Bulgaria4.6 per 1,000 live births
46Canada4.7 per 1,000 live births
46Saudi Arabia4.7 per 1,000 live births
46Malta4.7 per 1,000 live births
46Maldives4.7 per 1,000 live births
50Qatar4.8 per 1,000 live births
51Sri Lanka5.2 per 1,000 live births
52Slovakia5.3 per 1,000 live births
53United States5.5 per 1,000 live births
53Bosnia and Herzegovina5.5 per 1,000 live births
55Chile5.8 per 1,000 live births
56Romania6.0 per 1,000 live births
57Uruguay6.2 per 1,000 live births
58Cuba6.8 per 1,000 live births
59Malaysia7.0 per 1,000 live births
59Kuwait7.0 per 1,000 live births
59Antigua and Barbuda7.0 per 1,000 live births
62Bahrain7.3 per 1,000 live births
63Kazakhstan7.4 per 1,000 live births
64Georgia7.5 per 1,000 live births
65Ukraine7.6 per 1,000 live births
66Thailand7.7 per 1,000 live births
66Nauru7.7 per 1,000 live births
68Tonga7.8 per 1,000 live births
69Libya7.9 per 1,000 live births
70Turkey8.0 per 1,000 live births
70Argentina8.0 per 1,000 live births
72Oman8.3 per 1,000 live births
72Albania8.3 per 1,000 live births
74Armenia8.5 per 1,000 live births
75Brunei8.6 per 1,000 live births
76El Salvador8.8 per 1,000 live births
77Costa Rica9.1 per 1,000 live births
77Barbados9.1 per 1,000 live births
79Sao Tome and Principe9.2 per 1,000 live births
80Nicaragua9.4 per 1,000 live births
81Tunisia9.7 per 1,000 live births
82Saint Vincent10.2 per 1,000 live births
83Iran10.3 per 1,000 live births
84Colombia10.5 per 1,000 live births
85Cape Verde10.6 per 1,000 live births
86Belize10.8 per 1,000 live births
87Ecuador10.9 per 1,000 live births
88Peru11.0 per 1,000 live births
89Bahamas11.1 per 1,000 live births
90Mongolia11.2 per 1,000 live births
91British Virgin Islands11.4 per 1,000 live births
92Vietnam12.0 per 1,000 live births
92Jordan12.0 per 1,000 live births
92Panama12.0 per 1,000 live births
95Mexico12.1 per 1,000 live births
96Brazil12.3 per 1,000 live births
96Samoa12.3 per 1,000 live births
98Azerbaijan12.5 per 1,000 live births
99Uzbekistan12.8 per 1,000 live births
99Honduras12.8 per 1,000 live births
101Seychelles12.9 per 1,000 live births
102North Korea13.3 per 1,000 live births
103Bhutan13.7 per 1,000 live births
104Mauritius13.8 per 1,000 live births
105Bolivia14.2 per 1,000 live births
106Vanuatu14.4 per 1,000 live births
107Paraguay14.5 per 1,000 live births
108Morocco14.7 per 1,000 live births
109Kyrgyzstan14.8 per 1,000 live births
109Suriname14.8 per 1,000 live births
111Moldova15.1 per 1,000 live births
112Indonesia15.2 per 1,000 live births
113Lebanon15.3 per 1,000 live births
114Saint Lucia15.8 per 1,000 live births
115Cambodia16.4 per 1,000 live births
115Jamaica16.4 per 1,000 live births
115Solomon Islands16.4 per 1,000 live births
115Grenada16.4 per 1,000 live births
119Tuvalu16.5 per 1,000 live births
120State of Palestine17.0 per 1,000 live births
120Trinidad and Tobago17.0 per 1,000 live births
122Guatemala17.2 per 1,000 live births
123Syria17.7 per 1,000 live births
124Palau18.6 per 1,000 live births
125Algeria19.5 per 1,000 live births
126Iraq20.1 per 1,000 live births
127Micronesia20.3 per 1,000 live births
128Egypt20.8 per 1,000 live births
129Venezuela21.2 per 1,000 live births
130Philippines21.7 per 1,000 live births
131Nepal22.2 per 1,000 live births
132Marshall Islands22.7 per 1,000 live births
133Guyana23.2 per 1,000 live births
134India23.3 per 1,000 live births
135Tajikistan23.5 per 1,000 live births
135Fiji23.5 per 1,000 live births
137South Africa24.2 per 1,000 live births
138Bangladesh24.4 per 1,000 live births
139Eritrea24.7 per 1,000 live births
140Gabon25.9 per 1,000 live births
141Congo27.0 per 1,000 live births
142Laos27.2 per 1,000 live births
143Ghana27.5 per 1,000 live births
144Dominican Republic27.7 per 1,000 live births
145Tanzania28.7 per 1,000 live births
146Senegal28.9 per 1,000 live births
147Rwanda29.4 per 1,000 live births
148Mauritania30.2 per 1,000 live births
149Turkmenistan30.4 per 1,000 live births
150Burundi30.5 per 1,000 live births
151Papua New Guinea31.3 per 1,000 live births
152Angola32.1 per 1,000 live births
152Botswana32.1 per 1,000 live births
154Gambia32.7 per 1,000 live births
155Myanmar32.8 per 1,000 live births
156Dominica33.3 per 1,000 live births
157Yemen33.8 per 1,000 live births
158Kenya34.2 per 1,000 live births
159Ethiopia34.5 per 1,000 live births
160Zambia34.6 per 1,000 live births
160Timor-Leste34.6 per 1,000 live births
162Togo34.8 per 1,000 live births
163Comoros35.0 per 1,000 live births
164Uganda35.9 per 1,000 live births
165Namibia36.4 per 1,000 live births
166Malawi38.0 per 1,000 live births
167Kiribati38.8 per 1,000 live births
168Haiti39.0 per 1,000 live births
169Cameroon40.2 per 1,000 live births
170Guinea-Bissau42.1 per 1,000 live births
171Eswatini42.2 per 1,000 live births
172Sudan42.9 per 1,000 live births
173Madagascar43.0 per 1,000 live births
173Djibouti43.0 per 1,000 live births
175Burkina Faso43.6 per 1,000 live births
176Mozambique43.7 per 1,000 live births
177Ivory Coast44.8 per 1,000 live births
178Benin45.2 per 1,000 live births
179Mali47.5 per 1,000 live births
180Equatorial Guinea47.6 per 1,000 live births
181Pakistan48.2 per 1,000 live births
182Afghanistan48.3 per 1,000 live births
183Sierra Leone54.6 per 1,000 live births
184Chad56.3 per 1,000 live births
184Lesotho56.3 per 1,000 live births
186DR Congo56.4 per 1,000 live births
187Central African Republic58.8 per 1,000 live births
188Guinea59.8 per 1,000 live births
189Zimbabwe62.4 per 1,000 live births
190Liberia63.2 per 1,000 live births
191Somalia65.4 per 1,000 live births
192Niger65.6 per 1,000 live births
193Nigeria69.8 per 1,000 live births
194South Sudan71.9 per 1,000 live births

Top 10

The ten highest-ranked countries by infant mortality.

Top ten countries by infant mortality
NameInfant Mortality
San Marino1.2
Estonia1.5
Japan1.8
Belarus1.8
Slovenia1.8
Finland1.9
Luxembourg1.9
Montenegro1.9
Sweden2.0
Norway2.0

By Continent

Mean of country values within each continent — an unweighted average, so a small country counts the same as a large one.

Average infant mortality by continent
NameValueShare
Africa3838.0%
Oceania1717.0%
Asia1514.9%
North America1413.7%
South America1312.8%
Europe3.63.6%

Average by continent

About This Data

Definition

Deaths before age one per 1,000 live births.

Coverage and vintage

194 of 240 countries and territories report this indicator. Each value is the latest published observation for that country — the year column shows which. The leading value is World Bank, 2024.