Health > Infant mortality rate > Total: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 175.9 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 2 | Afghanistan | 149.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 3 | Niger | 112.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 4 | Mali | 111.35 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 5 | Somalia | 105.56 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 6 | Central African Republic | 99.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 96.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 8 | Chad | 95.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 9 | Nigeria | 91.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 10 | Burkina Faso | 81.4 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 11 | Malawi | 81.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 12 | Mozambique | 78.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 78.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 78.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 15 | Equatorial Guinea | 77.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 16 | Ethiopia | 77.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 76.87 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 17 | Congo, Republic of the | 76.05 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 18 | Liberia | 74.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 19 | The Gambia | 71.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 20 | Western Sahara | 71.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 71.05 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 21 | Sudan | 68.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 22 | Tanzania | 66.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 23 | Zambia | 66.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 66.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 24 | Cote d'Ivoire | 64.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 25 | Rwanda | 64.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 26 | Pakistan | 63.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 27 | Swaziland | 63.09 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 28 | Comoros | 62.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 29 | Uganda | 62.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 30 | Burundi | 61.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 31 | Benin | 61.56 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 32 | Guinea | 61.03 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 33 | Cameroon | 60.91 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 34 | Mauritania | 60.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 35 | Laos | 59.46 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 58.09 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 36 | Senegal | 56.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 37 | Cambodia | 55.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 38 | Yemen | 55.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 39 | Lesotho | 55.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 40 | Djibouti | 54.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 41 | Haiti | 54.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 42 | Sao Tome and Principe | 53.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 43 | Kenya | 52.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 44 | Togo | 51.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 45 | Madagascar | 51.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 46 | Azerbaijan | 51.08 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 47 | Bangladesh | 50.73 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 48 | Gabon | 49.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 49 | Burma | 49.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 50 | Ghana | 48.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 51 | India | 47.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 52 | Vanuatu | 46.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 45.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 53 | Namibia | 45.59 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 45.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 54 | Nepal | 44.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 55 | Bhutan | 44.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 43.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 43.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 57 | South Africa | 43.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 42.37 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 58 | Turkmenistan | 42.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 59 | Iran | 42.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 60 | Bolivia | 42.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 61 | Iraq | 41.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 62 | Eritrea | 41.33 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 39.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 63 | Kiribati | 38.89 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 64 | Tajikistan | 38.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 65 | East Timor | 38.01 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 37.76 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 66 | Mongolia | 37.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 67 | Guyana | 36.76 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 36.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 68 | Tuvalu | 34.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 33.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 29.5 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 29.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 71 | Indonesia | 27.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.69 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 73 | Morocco | 27.53 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 74 | Maldives | 27.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 75 | North Korea | 27.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 76 | Cape Verde | 26.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 77 | Guatemala | 26.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 78 | Tunisia | 25.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 79 | Algeria | 25.81 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 80 | Egypt | 25.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 81 | Federated States of Micronesia | 24.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 24.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 83 | Turkey | 23.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 84 | Marshall Islands | 23.74 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 23.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 23.08 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 85 | Paraguay | 23.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 86 | Samoa | 22.74 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 87 | Nicaragua | 22.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 22.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 89 | Peru | 22.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 90 | Belize | 21.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 91 | Uzbekistan | 21.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 21.65 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 92 | Brazil | 21.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 21.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 93 | Vietnam | 20.9 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 94 | Venezuela | 20.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 95 | Honduras | 20.44 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 96 | El Salvador | 20.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 97 | Libya | 20.09 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 20.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 98 | Ecuador | 19.65 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 99 | Philippines | 19.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 100 | Gaza Strip | 19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
| 101 | Armenia | 18.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 18.74 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 18.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 102 | Saint Helena | 18.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 17.87 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 103 | Solomon Islands | 17.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 104 | Suriname | 17.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 105 | Mexico | 17.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Densely populated countries average (profile) | 17.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 106 | Bulgaria | 16.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 107 | West Bank | 16.51 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
| 108 | Jordan | 16.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =109 | Thailand | 16.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =109 | Colombia | 16.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 111 | Mayotte | 16.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 16.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 113 | China | 16.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 114 | Lebanon | 15.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 115 | Cook Islands | 15.81 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 116 | Syria | 15.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 117 | Oman | 15.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 118 | Montserrat | 15.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 119 | Georgia | 15.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 120 | Malaysia | 15.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 14.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | 14.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 122 | Albania | 14.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 123 | Jamaica | 14.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 125 | Tonga | 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 126 | British Virgin Islands | 13.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 127 | The Bahamas | 13.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 128 | Aruba | 12.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 129 | Dominica | 12.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 12.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =131 | Palau | 12.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =131 | Moldova | 12.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 12.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 133 | Qatar | 12.05 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 134 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 11.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 136 | Barbados | 11.86 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 137 | French Guiana | 11.76 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
| 138 | Seychelles | 11.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 139 | Panama | 11.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 140 | Mauritius | 11.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 141 | Brunei | 11.51 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 11.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 142 | Grenada | 11.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 11.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 143 | Botswana | 11.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 144 | Romania | 11.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 145 | Fiji | 11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 146 | Argentina | 10.81 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 147 | Bahrain | 10.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 148 | Russia | 10.08 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 149 | Greenland | 10.05 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 150 | Sri Lanka | 9.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 151 | Uruguay | 9.69 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =152 | American Samoa | 9.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 9.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 154 | Costa Rica | 9.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 155 | Cyprus | 9.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 156 | Netherlands Antilles | 9.36 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
| 157 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 158 | Nauru | 8.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 159 | Ukraine | 8.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 160 | Latvia | 8.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 161 | Guadeloupe | 8.41 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
| =162 | Puerto Rico | 8.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =162 | Kuwait | 8.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 7.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| Europe average (profile) | 7.77 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 164 | Reunion | 7.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
| 165 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 7.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 166 | Chile | 7.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 167 | French Polynesia | 7.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 168 | Virgin Islands | 7.24 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 169 | Estonia | 7.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 170 | Martinique | 6.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
| 171 | Gibraltar | 6.69 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 172 | Cayman Islands | 6.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 173 | Slovakia | 6.59 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 6.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 174 | Poland | 6.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 175 | Serbia and Montenegro | 6.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 176 | Lithuania | 6.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 177 | Belarus | 6.25 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 178 | Croatia | 6.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =179 | United States | 6.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =179 | Faroe Islands | 6.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 181 | Guam | 5.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 182 | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 183 | New Caledonia | 5.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 184 | European Union | 5.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2010 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 185 | Hungary | 5.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 186 | Taiwan | 5.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Southern Europe average (profile) | 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 187 | Greece | 5 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 188 | Canada | 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 189 | Cuba | 4.9 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 4.86 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 190 | New Zealand | 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 191 | San Marino | 4.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 192 | Wallis and Futuna | 4.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 193 | Portugal | 4.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 194 | United Kingdom | 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 195 | Australia | 4.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 196 | Netherlands | 4.59 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 197 | Luxembourg | 4.44 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 4.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 198 | Belgium | 4.33 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 199 | Austria | 4.32 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 200 | Denmark | 4.24 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 201 | Slovenia | 4.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 202 | South Korea | 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 203 | Liechtenstein | 4.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 204 | Israel | 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 4.08 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 205 | Switzerland | 4.08 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 206 | Jersey | 3.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Western Europe average (profile) | 3.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 207 | Ireland | 3.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 208 | Andorra | 3.8 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 209 | Czech Republic | 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 210 | Malta | 3.69 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 211 | Guernsey | 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 212 | Germany | 3.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 213 | Norway | 3.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 214 | Anguilla | 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 215 | Finland | 3.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 216 | Spain | 3.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 217 | Italy | 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 218 | France | 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 219 | Iceland | 3.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 220 | Macau | 3.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 221 | Hong Kong | 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 222 | Japan | 2.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 223 | Sweden | 2.74 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 224 | Bermuda | 2.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 225 | Singapore | 2.32 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 226 | Monaco | 1.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 |
