Global Rankings: Mortality Rate Infant ‰ (2023)

Rank	Country	Value
1	South Sudan	72.60
2	Somalia	67.80
3	Niger	67.40
4	Guinea	61.50
5	Central African Republic	60.40
6	Nigeria	60.10
7	Chad	58.70
8	Mali	57.60
9	Sierra Leone	56.20
10	Lesotho	55.40
11	Liberia	52.60
12	Afghanistan	50.40
13	Pakistan	50.10
14	Equatorial Guinea	49.10
15	Côte d'Ivoire	46.60
16	Benin	46.40
17	Mozambique	45.40
18	Burkina Faso	44.80
19	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	44.50
20	Djibouti	44.40
21	Madagascar	44.20
22	Eswatini	43.50
23	Guinea-Bissau	43.10
24	Cameroon	41.20
25	Zimbabwe	40.60
26	Haiti	40.30
27	Kiribati	39.70
28	Sudan	39.20
29	Namibia	38.40
30	Angola	38.30
31	Botswana	38.20
32	Timor-Leste	35.90
33	Togo	35.90
34	Comoros	35.70
35	Ethiopia	35.70
36	Lao People's Democratic Republic	35.20
37	Kenya	34.70
38	Yemen	34.70
39	Myanmar	34.10
40	Gambia	33.80
41	Dominica	33.10
42	Papua New Guinea	32
43	Burundi	31.50
44	Turkmenistan	31.20
45	Mauritania	31
46	Zambia	30.90
47	Rwanda	30.50
48	Senegal	30.20
49	Tanzania, United Republic of	29.90
50	Malawi	29.40
51	Dominican Republic	28.40
52	Ghana	28.20
53	Congo	27.60
54	Uganda	27.60
55	Gabon	26.50
56	Eritrea	25.50
57	India	24.50
58	Bangladesh	24.40
59	South Africa	24.40
60	Fiji	23.80
61	Guyana	23.80
62	Marshall Islands	23.50
63	Nepal	23.30
64	Tajikistan	22.90
65	Philippines	22.10
66	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	21.50
67	Iraq	20.80
68	Micronesia, Federated States of	20.80
69	Cambodia	20.30
70	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	20
71	Algeria	19.70
72	Palau	19.10
73	Syrian Arab Republic	19
74	Bhutan	18.50
75	Jamaica	18.30
76	Guatemala	17.90
77	Trinidad and Tobago	17.20
78	Tuvalu	17.10
79	Indonesia	17
80	Grenada	16.70
81	Solomon Islands	16.50
82	Egypt	16.10
83	Lebanon	16
84	Libya	15.90
85	Morocco	15.50
86	Suriname	15.20
87	Paraguay	15.10
88	Kyrgyzstan	14.90
89	Korea, Democratic People's Republic of	14.50
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis	14.30
91	Saint Lucia	14.30
92	Palestine, State of	14.30
93	Vanuatu	14.20
94	Viet Nam	14
95	Mauritius	13.50
96	Moldova, Republic of	13.50
97	Peru	13.50
98	Azerbaijan	13.30
99	Honduras	13.30
100	Seychelles	13.10
101	Samoa	12.80
102	Uzbekistan	12.70
103	Brazil	12.50
104	Jordan	12.20
105	Virgin Islands, British	11.60
106	Bahamas	11.40
107	Mongolia	11.40
108	Ecuador	11.10
109	Cabo Verde	11
110	Colombia	10.90
111	Belize	10.80
112	Mexico	10.80
113	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.70
114	Panama	10.60
115	Tunisia	10.60
116	Nicaragua	10.30
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.90
118	Sao Tome and Principe	9.40
119	Barbados	9.30
120	Costa Rica	9.20
121	El Salvador	9.20
122	Türkiye	9.10
123	Armenia	8.90
124	Oman	8.40
125	Albania	8.30
126	Nauru	8.30
127	Argentina	8.20
128	Brunei Darussalam	8.20
129	Georgia	8
130	Thailand	8
131	Tonga	8
132	Ukraine	7.80
133	Kazakhstan	7.60
134	Kuwait	7.60
135	Antigua and Barbuda	7.30
136	Bahrain	7.20
137	Malaysia	6.80
138	Cuba	6.60
139	Chile	6.20
140	United States	5.50
141	Uruguay	5.50
142	Romania	5.40
143	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.30
144	Sri Lanka	5.30
145	Slovakia	5.10
146	Bulgaria	5
147	Maldives	5
148	Qatar	4.90
149	Saudi Arabia	4.90
150	Malta	4.80
151	China	4.50
152	Serbia	4.50
153	Canada	4.40
154	New Zealand	4
155	Turks and Caicos Islands	4
156	United Arab Emirates	4
157	United Kingdom	4
158	Croatia	3.90
159	Poland	3.70
160	Russian Federation	3.70
161	Netherlands	3.50
162	Switzerland	3.50
163	France	3.40
164	Ireland	3.40
165	Greece	3.20
166	Hungary	3.20
167	Australia	3.10
168	Germany	3.10
169	Belgium	3
170	Denmark	3
171	Cyprus	2.90
172	Lithuania	2.80
173	North Macedonia	2.80
174	Israel	2.70
175	Austria	2.60
176	Portugal	2.60
177	Spain	2.60
178	Andorra	2.50
179	Latvia	2.50
180	Italy	2.30
181	Korea, Republic of	2.30
182	Monaco	2.30
183	Czechia	2.10
184	Montenegro	2.10
185	Luxembourg	2
186	Sweden	2
187	Belarus	1.90
188	Iceland	1.90
189	Norway	1.90
190	Finland	1.80
191	Japan	1.80
192	Slovenia	1.80
193	Singapore	1.70
194	Estonia	1.60
195	San Marino	1.40

About This Indicator

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

Data source: World Bank Development Indicators