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Infant mortality2020

Infant mortality rate: deaths before the first birthday per 1,000 live births.

World Bank
Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data196 / 217No observation: 21
First-ranked country or territoryCentral African Republic74.7 per 1,000 births

Top 10

per 1,000 births · 2020
02Somalia
72.9
04Nigeria
69.5
05Niger
69.1
06Guinea
65.7
07Liberia
63.4
08Chad
62.9
09Lesotho
62.1

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Infant mortality · 2020 · per 1,000 births
RankCountry / territoryValue (per 1,000 births)Year
01Central African Republic74.72020
02Somalia72.92020
03South Sudan71.92020
04Nigeria69.52020
05Niger69.12020
06Guinea65.72020
07Liberia63.42020
08Chad62.92020
09Lesotho62.12020
10Sierra Leone61.92020
11Zimbabwe57.82020
12Congo - Kinshasa57.22020
13Mali55.42020
14Afghanistan54.92020
15Pakistan54.62020
16Equatorial Guinea53.92020
17Benin50.42020
18Côte d’Ivoire50.32020
19Burkina Faso48.72020
19Djibouti48.72020
21Mozambique48.62020
22Eswatini47.32020
23Guinea-Bissau47.22020
24Cameroon45.52020
25Madagascar44.32020
26Haiti43.62020
27Kiribati42.32020
28Sudan42.22020
29Namibia41.62020
30Ethiopia39.42020
31Togo39.12020
32Comoros38.92020
33Timor-Leste38.72020
34Malawi38.22020
35Yemen37.62020
36Myanmar (Burma)37.22020
37Gambia372020
38Uganda36.62020
39Botswana36.52020
39Kenya36.52020
41Zambia35.72020
42Papua New Guinea35.22020
43Angola34.92020
44Burundi34.62020
45Mauritania33.92020
46Senegal33.72020
47Turkmenistan33.42020
48Tanzania33.22020
49Laos31.92020
50Ghana31.72020
51Dominica31.42020
52Rwanda31.32020
53Dominican Republic30.42020
54Congo - Brazzaville30.32020
55Gabon28.82020
56India28.32020
57Eritrea27.82020
58Guyana26.32020
59Nepal25.92020
60Marshall Islands25.52020
61Tajikistan24.92020
62Bangladesh24.82020
63South Africa24.52020
64Micronesia232020
65Iraq22.82020
66Philippines22.72020
67Egypt22.62020
68Fiji21.62020
69Venezuela21.22020
70Algeria20.42020
71Syria202020
72Palau19.82020
73Guatemala19.52020
74Cambodia19.22020
75Trinidad & Tobago18.82020
76Tuvalu18.72020
77Solomon Islands18.32020
78Indonesia17.72020
79Bolivia17.42020
80Jamaica17.22020
81Morocco17.12020
82Grenada172020
83Bhutan16.92020
84Suriname16.62020
85St. Lucia16.52020
85Paraguay16.52020
87Azerbaijan15.62020
87Kyrgyzstan15.62020
89St. Kitts & Nevis15.52020
90Vanuatu15.12020
91Honduras14.52020
92Uzbekistan14.42020
93Moldova14.32020
94Mauritius14.12020
94North Korea14.12020
96Vietnam13.72020
97Seychelles13.62020
97Samoa13.62020
99Tunisia13.52020
100Mexico13.42020
101Jordan13.32020
102Palestinian Territories13.22020
103Lebanon13.12020
104Brazil12.82020
105British Virgin Islands12.72020
106Cape Verde12.52020
106Nicaragua12.52020
108Mongolia12.22020
108Panama12.22020
108Peru12.22020
108St. Vincent & Grenadines12.22020
112Bahamas11.92020
112Colombia11.92020
114Iran11.82020
115Ecuador11.52020
116Belize11.12020
117São Tomé & Príncipe10.82020
118Armenia10.22020
118Barbados10.22020
118Nauru10.22020
118El Salvador10.22020
122Kosovo9.62020
123Türkiye9.12020
124Libya92020
125Brunei8.92020
126Argentina8.72020
126Thailand8.72020
126Tonga8.72020
129Oman8.62020
130Ukraine8.22020
131Albania8.12020
131Costa Rica8.12020
133Georgia82020
133Kazakhstan82020
135Antigua & Barbuda7.82020
136Kuwait7.62020
137Malaysia6.82020
138Bahrain6.62020
139Uruguay6.12020
140Sri Lanka62020
140Maldives62020
142Bosnia & Herzegovina5.82020
142Chile5.82020
144Cuba5.72020
145China5.52020
145United States5.52020
147Romania5.42020
147Saudi Arabia5.42020
149Bulgaria5.32020
149North Macedonia5.32020
151Malta5.22020
151Qatar5.22020
153Slovakia52020
154United Arab Emirates4.72020
154Serbia4.72020
156Russia4.62020
157Canada4.52020
158New Zealand4.32020
159Croatia42020
160United Kingdom3.92020
161Poland3.82020
162Switzerland3.52020
162Netherlands3.52020
164Greece3.42020
164Hungary3.42020
164Turks & Caicos Islands3.42020
167Denmark3.32020
167France3.32020
169Australia3.22020
169Belgium3.22020
171Germany3.12020
171Ireland3.12020
171Lithuania3.12020
171Latvia3.12020
175Austria2.92020
176Andorra2.82020
176Israel2.82020
176Portugal2.82020
179Cyprus2.72020
180Spain2.62020
181Italy2.52020
181South Korea2.52020
181Monaco2.52020
184Czechia2.42020
184Montenegro2.42020
186Belarus2.22020
187Iceland2.12020
187Sweden2.12020
189Luxembourg22020
189Norway22020
189Singapore22020
192Finland1.92020
192Slovenia1.92020
194Estonia1.82020
194Japan1.82020
196San Marino1.42020

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No observation (21)

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Source & definition

Indicator definition
Infant mortality rate: deaths before the first birthday per 1,000 live births.
Unit
per 1,000 births
Source & definition
World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN
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Original metadata
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

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  "sourceOrganization": "UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: www.childmortality.org;\nWorld Health Organization (WHO), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation;\nWorld Bank (WB), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation;\nUnited Nations (UN), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, publisher: UN Population Division",
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