Rankings · health
Countries by infant mortality
Deaths before age one per 1,000 live births. 196 countries ranked for 2024 (per 1,000 births).
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| 1 |  South Sudan | 71.9 per 1,000 births | -39.2% | = |
| 2 |  Nigeria | 69.8 per 1,000 births | +2.5% | ▲ 8 |
| 3 |  Niger | 65.6 per 1,000 births | -5.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 4 |  Somalia | 65.4 per 1,000 births | -24.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 5 |  Liberia | 63.2 per 1,000 births | -7.1% | ▲ 6 |
| 6 |  Zimbabwe | 62.4 per 1,000 births | +14.1% | ▲ 18 |
| 7 |  Guinea | 59.8 per 1,000 births | -16.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 8 |  Central African Republic | 58.8 per 1,000 births | -42.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 9 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.4 per 1,000 births | +2.0% | ▲ 13 |
| 10 |  Lesotho | 56.3 per 1,000 births | -19.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 11 |  Chad | 56.3 per 1,000 births | -23.9% | ▼ 6 |
| 12 |  Sierra Leone | 54.6 per 1,000 births | -29.8% | ▼ 8 |
| 13 |  Afghanistan | 48.3 per 1,000 births | -27.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 14 |  Pakistan | 48.2 per 1,000 births | -26.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 15 |  Equatorial Guinea | 47.6 per 1,000 births | -26.8% | ▼ 1 |
| 16 |  Mali | 47.5 per 1,000 births | -30.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 17 |  Benin | 45.2 per 1,000 births | -22.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 18 |  Ivory Coast | 44.8 per 1,000 births | -25.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 19 |  Mozambique | 43.7 per 1,000 births | -20.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 20 |  Burkina Faso | 43.6 per 1,000 births | -24.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 21 |  Djibouti | 43 per 1,000 births | -26.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 22 |  Madagascar | 43 per 1,000 births | -1.8% | ▲ 13 |
| 23 |  Sudan | 42.9 per 1,000 births | -13.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 24 |  Eswatini | 42.2 per 1,000 births | -25.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 25 |  Guinea-Bissau | 42.1 per 1,000 births | -26.3% | ▼ 6 |
| 26 |  Cameroon | 40.2 per 1,000 births | -27.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 27 |  Haiti | 39 per 1,000 births | -23.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 28 |  Kiribati | 38.8 per 1,000 births | -8.1% | ▲ 10 |
| 29 |  Malawi | 38 per 1,000 births | -7.5% | ▲ 15 |
| 30 |  Namibia | 36.4 per 1,000 births | -18.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 31 |  Uganda | 35.9 per 1,000 births | -13.7% | ▲ 12 |
| 32 |  Comoros | 35 per 1,000 births | -19.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 33 |  Togo | 34.8 per 1,000 births | -25.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 34 |  Timor-Leste | 34.6 per 1,000 births | -23.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 35 |  Zambia | 34.6 per 1,000 births | -19.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 36 |  Ethiopia | 34.5 per 1,000 births | -31.0% | ▼ 10 |
| 37 |  Kenya | 34.2 per 1,000 births | -14.5% | ▲ 9 |
| 38 |  Yemen | 33.8 per 1,000 births | -19.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 39 |  Dominica | 33.3 per 1,000 births | +29.1% | ▲ 27 |
| 40 |  Myanmar | 32.8 per 1,000 births | -28.4% | ▼ 10 |
| 41 |  Gambia | 32.7 per 1,000 births | -27.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 42 |  Angola | 32.1 per 1,000 births | -20.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 43 |  Botswana | 32.1 per 1,000 births | -30.5% | ▼ 14 |
| 44 |  Papua New Guinea | 31.3 per 1,000 births | -24.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 45 |  Burundi | 30.5 per 1,000 births | -30.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 46 |  Turkmenistan | 30.4 per 1,000 births | -10.3% | ▲ 9 |
| 47 |  Mauritania | 30.2 per 1,000 births | -23.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 48 |  Rwanda | 29.4 per 1,000 births | -15.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 49 |  Senegal | 28.9 per 1,000 births | -23.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 50 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 28.7 per 1,000 births | -31.8% | ▼ 11 |
| 51 |  Dominican Republic | 27.7 per 1,000 births | -10.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 52 |  Ghana | 27.5 per 1,000 births | -30.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 53 |  Laos | 27.2 per 1,000 births | -35.1% | ▼ 13 |
| 54 |  Republic of the Congo | 27 per 1,000 births | -25.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 55 |  Gabon | 25.9 per 1,000 births | -25.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 56 |  Eritrea | 24.7 per 1,000 births | -26.0% | = |
| 57 |  Bangladesh | 24.4 per 1,000 births | -21.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 58 |  South Africa | 24.2 per 1,000 births | -21.2% | ▲ 2 |
| 59 |  Fiji | 23.5 per 1,000 births | +48.7% | ▲ 39 |
| 60 |  Tajikistan | 23.5 per 1,000 births | -12.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 61 |  India | 23.3 per 1,000 births | -39.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 62 |  Guyana | 23.2 per 1,000 births | -25.9% | ▼ 5 |
| 63 |  Marshall Islands | 22.7 per 1,000 births | -24.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 64 |  Nepal | 22.2 per 1,000 births | -34.5% | ▼ 10 |
| 65 |  Philippines | 21.7 per 1,000 births | -1.8% | ▲ 12 |
| 66 |  Venezuela | 21.2 per 1,000 births | +34.2% | ▲ 33 |
| 67 |  Egypt | 20.8 per 1,000 births | -15.1% | ▲ 2 |
| 68 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 20.3 per 1,000 births | -25.9% | ▼ 4 |
| 69 |  Iraq | 20.1 per 1,000 births | -26.9% | ▼ 6 |
| 70 |  Algeria | 19.5 per 1,000 births | -12.6% | ▲ 6 |
| 71 |  Palau | 18.6 per 1,000 births | +5.1% | ▲ 16 |
| 72 |  Syria | 17.7 per 1,000 births | -28.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 73 |  Guatemala | 17.2 per 1,000 births | -28.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 74 |  Palestine | 17 per 1,000 births | -3.4% | ▲ 15 |
| 75 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 17 per 1,000 births | -18.7% | ▲ 3 |
| 76 |  Tuvalu | 16.5 per 1,000 births | -28.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 77 |  Grenada | 16.4 per 1,000 births | +6.5% | ▲ 25 |
| 78 |  Jamaica | 16.4 per 1,000 births | -4.7% | ▲ 12 |
| 79 |  Cambodia | 16.4 per 1,000 births | -41.0% | ▼ 17 |
| 80 |  Solomon Islands | 16.4 per 1,000 births | -19.2% | = |
| 81 |  Saint Lucia | 15.8 per 1,000 births | -6.5% | ▲ 10 |
| 82 |  Lebanon | 15.3 per 1,000 births | +36.6% | ▲ 41 |
| 83 |  Indonesia | 15.2 per 1,000 births | -33.6% | ▼ 10 |
| 84 |  Moldova | 15.1 per 1,000 births | +5.6% | ▲ 24 |
| 85 |  Kyrgyzstan | 14.8 per 1,000 births | -27.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 86 |  Suriname | 14.8 per 1,000 births | -24.1% | ▼ 3 |
| 87 |  Morocco | 14.7 per 1,000 births | -34.7% | ▼ 12 |
| 88 |  Paraguay | 14.5 per 1,000 births | -27.5% | ▼ 7 |
| 89 |  Vanuatu | 14.4 per 1,000 births | -7.1% | ▲ 12 |
| 90 |  Bolivia | 14.2 per 1,000 births | -43.0% | ▼ 23 |
| 91 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13.9 per 1,000 births | -17.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 92 |  Mauritius | 13.8 per 1,000 births | +6.2% | ▲ 27 |
| 93 |  Bhutan | 13.7 per 1,000 births | -43.9% | ▼ 23 |
| 94 |  North Korea | 13.3 per 1,000 births | -26.9% | ▼ 9 |
| 95 |  Seychelles | 12.9 per 1,000 births | -1.5% | ▲ 23 |
| 96 |  Honduras | 12.8 per 1,000 births | -27.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 97 |  Uzbekistan | 12.8 per 1,000 births | -36.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 98 |  Azerbaijan | 12.5 per 1,000 births | -44.7% | ▼ 24 |
| 99 |  Brazil | 12.3 per 1,000 births | -12.1% | ▲ 12 |
| 100 |  Samoa | 12.3 per 1,000 births | -17.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 101 |  Mexico | 12.1 per 1,000 births | -21.4% | ▲ 3 |
| 102 |  Jordan | 12 per 1,000 births | -22.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 103 |  Panama | 12 per 1,000 births | -13.0% | ▲ 10 |
| 104 |  Vietnam | 12 per 1,000 births | -23.6% | ▼ 4 |
| 105 |  British Virgin Islands | 11.4 per 1,000 births | -19.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 106 |  Mongolia | 11.2 per 1,000 births | -32.1% | ▼ 12 |
| 107 |  The Bahamas | 11.1 per 1,000 births | -10.5% | ▲ 13 |
| 108 |  Peru | 11 per 1,000 births | -22.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 109 |  Ecuador | 10.9 per 1,000 births | -18.7% | ▲ 7 |
| 110 |  Belize | 10.8 per 1,000 births | -20.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 111 |  Cabo Verde | 10.6 per 1,000 births | -44.5% | ▼ 27 |
| 112 |  Colombia | 10.5 per 1,000 births | -26.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 113 |  Iran | 10.3 per 1,000 births | -29.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 114 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.2 per 1,000 births | -37.0% | ▼ 19 |
| 115 |  Tunisia | 9.7 per 1,000 births | -39.8% | ▼ 19 |
| 116 |  Nicaragua | 9.4 per 1,000 births | -41.3% | ▼ 19 |
| 117 |  São Tomé and Principe | 9.2 per 1,000 births | -44.6% | ▼ 24 |
| 118 |  Barbados | 9.1 per 1,000 births | -24.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 119 |  Costa Rica | 9.1 per 1,000 births | +13.7% | ▲ 19 |
| 120 |  El Salvador | 8.8 per 1,000 births | -32.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 121 |  Brunei | 8.6 per 1,000 births | -3.4% | ▲ 13 |
| 122 |  Armenia | 8.5 per 1,000 births | -36.6% | ▼ 7 |
| 123 |  Albania | 8.3 per 1,000 births | +6.4% | ▲ 18 |
| 124 |  Oman | 8.3 per 1,000 births | -8.8% | ▲ 9 |
| 125 |  Argentina | 8 per 1,000 births | -23.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 126 |  Turkey | 8 per 1,000 births | -30.4% | ▼ 4 |
| 127 |  Kosovo | 8 per 1,000 births | -42.4% | ▼ 15 |
| 128 |  Libya | 7.9 per 1,000 births | -27.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 129 |  Tonga | 7.8 per 1,000 births | -20.4% | = |
| 130 |  Nauru | 7.7 per 1,000 births | -56.5% | ▼ 44 |
| 131 |  Thailand | 7.7 per 1,000 births | -26.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 132 |  Ukraine | 7.6 per 1,000 births | -20.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 133 |  Georgia | 7.5 per 1,000 births | -18.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 134 |  Kazakhstan | 7.4 per 1,000 births | -29.5% | ▼ 9 |
| 135 |  Bahrain | 7.3 per 1,000 births | +14.1% | ▲ 14 |
| 136 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 7 per 1,000 births | -19.5% | = |
| 137 |  Kuwait | 7 per 1,000 births | -12.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 138 |  Malaysia | 7 per 1,000 births | +6.1% | ▲ 10 |
| 139 |  Cuba | 6.8 per 1,000 births | +41.7% | ▲ 17 |
| 140 |  Uruguay | 6.2 per 1,000 births | -21.5% | = |
| 141 |  Romania | 6 per 1,000 births | -27.7% | ▼ 4 |
| 142 |  Chile | 5.8 per 1,000 births | -15.9% | ▲ 4 |
| 143 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.5 per 1,000 births | -6.8% | ▲ 8 |
| 144 |  United States | 5.5 per 1,000 births | -5.2% | ▲ 9 |
| 145 |  Slovakia | 5.3 per 1,000 births | +1.9% | ▲ 10 |
| 146 |  Sri Lanka | 5.2 per 1,000 births | -32.5% | ▼ 3 |
| 147 |  Qatar | 4.8 per 1,000 births | -28.4% | = |
| 148 |  Canada | 4.7 per 1,000 births | +0.0% | ▲ 10 |
| 149 |  Maldives | 4.7 per 1,000 births | -48.4% | ▼ 17 |
| 150 |  Malta | 4.7 per 1,000 births | -20.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 151 |  Saudi Arabia | 4.7 per 1,000 births | -39.7% | ▼ 9 |
| 152 |  Bulgaria | 4.6 per 1,000 births | -37.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 153 |  Republic of Serbia | 4.6 per 1,000 births | -17.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 154 |  China | 4.1 per 1,000 births | -53.9% | ▼ 19 |
| 155 |  Cyprus | 4.1 per 1,000 births | +86.4% | ▲ 34 |
| 156 |  United Kingdom | 4.1 per 1,000 births | +5.1% | ▲ 9 |
| 157 |  Croatia | 4.1 per 1,000 births | -2.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 158 |  Russia | 4.1 per 1,000 births | -42.3% | ▼ 13 |
| 159 |  New Zealand | 4 per 1,000 births | -16.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 160 |  United Arab Emirates | 3.8 per 1,000 births | -39.7% | ▼ 10 |
| 161 |  Poland | 3.6 per 1,000 births | -16.3% | = |
| 162 |  Denmark | 3.5 per 1,000 births | +0.0% | ▲ 8 |
| 163 |  Switzerland | 3.4 per 1,000 births | -10.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 164 |  France | 3.4 per 1,000 births | +9.7% | ▲ 15 |
| 165 |  Ireland | 3.4 per 1,000 births | +3.0% | ▲ 11 |
| 166 |  Netherlands | 3.4 per 1,000 births | -2.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 167 |  Greece | 3.2 per 1,000 births | -11.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 168 |  Australia | 3.1 per 1,000 births | -8.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 169 |  Belgium | 3.1 per 1,000 births | -8.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 170 |  Germany | 3.1 per 1,000 births | -6.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 171 |  Hungary | 3.1 per 1,000 births | -31.1% | ▼ 11 |
| 172 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 3 per 1,000 births | -28.6% | ▼ 8 |
| 173 |  Austria | 2.8 per 1,000 births | -12.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 174 |  Lithuania | 2.8 per 1,000 births | -33.3% | ▼ 11 |
| 175 |  Israel | 2.7 per 1,000 births | -15.6% | ▲ 3 |
| 176 |  Portugal | 2.7 per 1,000 births | -6.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 177 |  Spain | 2.6 per 1,000 births | -7.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 178 |  North Macedonia | 2.5 per 1,000 births | -74.5% | ▼ 50 |
| 179 |  Andorra | 2.4 per 1,000 births | -31.4% | ▼ 10 |
| 180 |  Italy | 2.3 per 1,000 births | -25.8% | = |
| 181 |  South Korea | 2.3 per 1,000 births | -20.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 182 |  Latvia | 2.2 per 1,000 births | -53.2% | ▼ 23 |
| 183 |  Monaco | 2.2 per 1,000 births | -26.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 184 |  Singapore | 2.2 per 1,000 births | +0.0% | ▲ 7 |
| 185 |  Czechia | 2.1 per 1,000 births | -16.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 186 |  Iceland | 2.1 per 1,000 births | +5.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 187 |  Norway | 2 per 1,000 births | -13.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 188 |  Sweden | 2 per 1,000 births | -16.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 189 |  Finland | 1.9 per 1,000 births | -9.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 190 |  Luxembourg | 1.9 per 1,000 births | -13.6% | = |
| 191 |  Montenegro | 1.9 per 1,000 births | -51.3% | ▼ 25 |
| 192 |  Belarus | 1.8 per 1,000 births | -45.5% | ▼ 18 |
| 193 |  Japan | 1.8 per 1,000 births | -14.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 194 |  Slovenia | 1.8 per 1,000 births | -18.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 195 |  Estonia | 1.5 per 1,000 births | -42.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 196 |  San Marino | 1.2 per 1,000 births | -36.8% | = |
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