Countries by infant mortality

Countries by infant mortality, World Bank, 2024

#	Country	Per 1,000 births	Region
1	South Sudan	71.9	Eastern Africa
2	Nigeria	69.8	Western Africa
3	Niger	65.6	Western Africa
4	Somalia	65.4	Eastern Africa
5	Liberia	63.2	Western Africa
6	Zimbabwe	62.4	Eastern Africa
7	Guinea	59.8	Western Africa
8	Central African Republic	58.8	Middle Africa
9	DR Congo	56.4	Middle Africa
=10	Chad	56.3	Middle Africa
=10	Lesotho	56.3	Southern Africa
12	Sierra Leone	54.6	Western Africa
13	Afghanistan	48.3	Southern Asia
14	Pakistan	48.2	Southern Asia
15	Equatorial Guinea	47.6	Middle Africa
16	Mali	47.5	Western Africa
17	Benin	45.2	Western Africa
18	Côte d'Ivoire	44.8	Western Africa
19	Mozambique	43.7	Eastern Africa
20	Burkina Faso	43.6	Western Africa
=21	Djibouti	43.0	Eastern Africa
=21	Madagascar	43.0	Eastern Africa
23	Sudan	42.9	Northern Africa
24	Eswatini	42.2	Southern Africa
25	Guinea-Bissau	42.1	Western Africa
26	Cameroon	40.2	Middle Africa
27	Haiti	39.0	Caribbean
28	Kiribati	38.8	Micronesia
29	Malawi	38.0	Eastern Africa
30	Namibia	36.4	Southern Africa
31	Uganda	35.9	Eastern Africa
32	Comoros	35.0	Eastern Africa
33	Togo	34.8	Western Africa
=34	Timor-Leste	34.6	South-Eastern Asia
=34	Zambia	34.6	Eastern Africa
36	Ethiopia	34.5	Eastern Africa
37	Kenya	34.2	Eastern Africa
38	Yemen	33.8	Western Asia
39	Dominica	33.3	Caribbean
40	Myanmar	32.8	South-Eastern Asia
41	Gambia	32.7	Western Africa
=42	Angola	32.1	Middle Africa
=42	Botswana	32.1	Southern Africa
44	Papua New Guinea	31.3	Melanesia
45	Burundi	30.5	Eastern Africa
46	Turkmenistan	30.4	Central Asia
47	Mauritania	30.2	Western Africa
48	Rwanda	29.4	Eastern Africa
49	Senegal	28.9	Western Africa
50	Tanzania	28.7	Eastern Africa
51	Dominican Republic	27.7	Caribbean
52	Ghana	27.5	Western Africa
53	Laos	27.2	South-Eastern Asia
54	Congo	27.0	Middle Africa
55	Gabon	25.9	Middle Africa
56	Eritrea	24.7	Eastern Africa
57	Bangladesh	24.4	Southern Asia
58	South Africa	24.2	Southern Africa
=59	Fiji	23.5	Melanesia
=59	Tajikistan	23.5	Central Asia
61	India	23.3	Southern Asia
62	Guyana	23.2	South America
63	Marshall Islands	22.7	Micronesia
64	Nepal	22.2	Southern Asia
65	Philippines	21.7	South-Eastern Asia
66	Venezuela	21.2	South America
67	Egypt	20.8	Northern Africa
68	Micronesia	20.3	Micronesia
69	Iraq	20.1	Western Asia
70	Algeria	19.5	Northern Africa
71	Palau	18.6	Micronesia
72	Syria	17.7	Western Asia
73	Guatemala	17.2	Central America
74	Trinidad and Tobago	17.0	Caribbean
=75	Cambodia	16.4	South-Eastern Asia
=75	Grenada	16.4	Caribbean
=75	Jamaica	16.4	Caribbean
=75	Solomon Islands	16.4	Melanesia
79	Saint Lucia	15.8	Caribbean
80	Lebanon	15.3	Western Asia
81	Indonesia	15.2	South-Eastern Asia
82	Moldova	15.1	Eastern Europe
=83	Kyrgyzstan	14.8	Central Asia
=83	Suriname	14.8	South America
85	Morocco	14.7	Northern Africa
86	Paraguay	14.5	South America
87	Vanuatu	14.4	Melanesia
88	Bolivia	14.2	South America
89	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13.9	Caribbean
90	Mauritius	13.8	Eastern Africa
91	Bhutan	13.7	Southern Asia
92	North Korea	13.3	Eastern Asia
93	Seychelles	12.9	Eastern Africa
=94	Honduras	12.8	Central America
=94	Uzbekistan	12.8	Central Asia
96	Azerbaijan	12.5	Western Asia
=97	Brazil	12.3	South America
=97	Samoa	12.3	Polynesia
99	Mexico	12.1	Central America
=100	Jordan	12.0	Western Asia
=100	Panama	12.0	Central America
=100	Vietnam	12.0	South-Eastern Asia
103	Mongolia	11.2	Eastern Asia
104	Bahamas	11.1	Caribbean
105	Peru	11.0	South America
106	Ecuador	10.9	South America
107	Belize	10.8	Central America
108	Cabo Verde	10.6	Western Africa
109	Colombia	10.5	South America
110	Iran	10.3	Southern Asia
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.2	Caribbean
112	Tunisia	9.7	Northern Africa
113	Nicaragua	9.4	Central America
114	São Tomé and Principe	9.2	Middle Africa
=115	Barbados	9.1	Caribbean
=115	Costa Rica	9.1	Central America
117	El Salvador	8.8	Central America
118	Brunei	8.6	South-Eastern Asia
119	Armenia	8.5	Western Asia
=120	Albania	8.3	Southern Europe
=120	Oman	8.3	Western Asia
=122	Argentina	8.0	South America
=122	Turkey	8.0	Western Asia
124	Libya	7.9	Northern Africa
125	Tonga	7.8	Polynesia
=126	Nauru	7.7	Micronesia
=126	Thailand	7.7	South-Eastern Asia
128	Ukraine	7.6	Eastern Europe
129	Georgia	7.5	Western Asia
130	Kazakhstan	7.4	Central Asia
131	Bahrain	7.3	Western Asia
=132	Antigua and Barbuda	7.0	Caribbean
=132	Kuwait	7.0	Western Asia
=132	Malaysia	7.0	South-Eastern Asia
135	Cuba	6.8	Caribbean
136	Uruguay	6.2	South America
137	Romania	6.0	Eastern Europe
138	Chile	5.8	South America
=139	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.5	Southern Europe
=139	United States	5.5	Northern America
141	Slovakia	5.3	Eastern Europe
142	Sri Lanka	5.2	Southern Asia
143	Qatar	4.8	Western Asia
=144	Canada	4.7	Northern America
=144	Maldives	4.7	Southern Asia
=144	Malta	4.7	Southern Europe
=144	Saudi Arabia	4.7	Western Asia
=148	Bulgaria	4.6	Eastern Europe
=148	Serbia	4.6	Southern Europe
=150	China	4.1	Eastern Asia
=150	Croatia	4.1	Southern Europe
=150	Cyprus	4.1	Western Asia
=150	Russia	4.1	Eastern Europe
=150	United Kingdom	4.1	Northern Europe
155	New Zealand	4.0	Australia and New Zealand
156	United Arab Emirates	3.8	Western Asia
157	Poland	3.6	Eastern Europe
158	Denmark	3.5	Northern Europe
=159	France	3.4	Western Europe
=159	Ireland	3.4	Northern Europe
=159	Netherlands	3.4	Western Europe
=159	Switzerland	3.4	Western Europe
163	Greece	3.2	Southern Europe
=164	Australia	3.1	Australia and New Zealand
=164	Belgium	3.1	Western Europe
=164	Germany	3.1	Western Europe
=164	Hungary	3.1	Eastern Europe
=168	Austria	2.8	Western Europe
=168	Lithuania	2.8	Northern Europe
=170	Israel	2.7	Western Asia
=170	Portugal	2.7	Southern Europe
172	Spain	2.6	Southern Europe
173	North Macedonia	2.5	Southern Europe
174	Andorra	2.4	Southern Europe
=175	Italy	2.3	Southern Europe
=175	South Korea	2.3	Eastern Asia
=177	Latvia	2.2	Northern Europe
=177	Monaco	2.2	Western Europe
=177	Singapore	2.2	South-Eastern Asia
=180	Czechia	2.1	Eastern Europe
=180	Iceland	2.1	Northern Europe
=182	Norway	2.0	Northern Europe
=182	Sweden	2.0	Northern Europe
=184	Finland	1.9	Northern Europe
=184	Luxembourg	1.9	Western Europe
=184	Montenegro	1.9	Southern Europe
=187	Belarus	1.8	Eastern Europe
=187	Japan	1.8	Eastern Asia
=187	Slovenia	1.8	Southern Europe
190	Estonia	1.5	Northern Europe
191	San Marino	1.2	Southern Europe

No World Bank figure for 3 countries: Liechtenstein, Taiwan, Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	Per 1,000 births	Status
Palestine	17.0	Status disputed
British Virgin Islands	11.4	Territory of United Kingdom
Turks and Caicos Islands	3.0	Territory of United Kingdom

Questions

Which country has the highest infant mortality?

The South Sudan has the highest infant mortality: 71.9 infant deaths per 1,000 live births (2024). Next come Nigeria (69.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births) and Niger (65.6 infant deaths per 1,000 live births).

Which country has the lowest infant mortality?

San Marino, with 1.2 infant deaths per 1,000 live births (2024).

What is the typical infant mortality of a country?

The median of the 191 countries is 12.5 infant deaths per 1,000 live births: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

Babies who die before their first birthday, for every 1,000 born alive. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.