Health > Infant mortality rate > Female: 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 | 163.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 2 | Afghanistan | 145.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 3 | Niger | 107.1 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 4 | Mali | 104.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 5 | Somalia | 96.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 6 | Central African Republic | 91.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 7 | Chad | 89.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 86.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 9 | Nigeria | 85.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 10 | Malawi | 76.9 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 11 | Mozambique | 76.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 76.19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 74.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 14 | Burkina Faso | 73.69 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 71.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 15 | Western Sahara | 71.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Congo, Republic of the | 70.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 17 | Liberia | 69.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 69.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 69.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 19 | Sudan | 67.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 20 | Ethiopia | 65.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 21 | The Gambia | 65.87 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 22 | Zambia | 61.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 60.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 23 | Rwanda | 60.32 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 24 | Tanzania | 59.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 25 | Pakistan | 59.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 26 | Swaziland | 58.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 27 | Uganda | 58.77 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 28 | Benin | 58.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 57.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 30 | Guinea | 57.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 31 | Burundi | 57.1 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 32 | Cameroon | 56.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 33 | Mauritania | 55.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 34 | Comoros | 54.73 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 35 | Laos | 53.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 52.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 51.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 37 | Lesotho | 50.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 38 | Yemen | 50.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 39 | Haiti | 49.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 40 | Senegal | 49.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 41 | Kenya | 49.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 42 | India | 49.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =43 | Cambodia | 48.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =43 | Bangladesh | 48.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 45 | Djibouti | 47.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 46 | Madagascar | 46.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 47 | Ghana | 45.01 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 48 | Azerbaijan | 44.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 49 | Nepal | 44.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 50 | Togo | 44.32 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 51 | Vanuatu | 44.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 52 | Bhutan | 43.69 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 42.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 53 | Namibia | 42.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 54 | Burma | 41.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 55 | Gabon | 41.8 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 56 | Iran | 41.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 41.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 40.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 39.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 58 | South Africa | 39.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 38.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 59 | Bolivia | 38.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 60 | Kiribati | 37.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 61 | Iraq | 37.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 36.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 62 | Eritrea | 35.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 34.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 63 | Mongolia | 34.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 33.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 65 | Tajikistan | 33.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 33.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 66 | Guyana | 32.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 67 | East Timor | 31.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 68 | Tuvalu | 31.33 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 31.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 69 | Zimbabwe | 26.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.41 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 71 | Maldives | 24.84 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 73 | North Korea | 24.05 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 74 | Guatemala | 23.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 75 | Egypt | 23.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 76 | Indonesia | 23.03 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 77 | Cape Verde | 22.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 78 | Turkey | 22.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 79 | Algeria | 22.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 80 | Morocco | 22.51 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 81 | Tunisia | 21.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 82 | Federated States of Micronesia | 21.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 21.37 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 83 | Marshall Islands | 20.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 20.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 84 | Vietnam | 20.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 20.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 86 | Peru | 19.77 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 19.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 19.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 88 | Belize | 19.35 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 89 | Nicaragua | 19.19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 90 | Montserrat | 19.1 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 91 | Paraguay | 18.91 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 18.91 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 92 | Samoa | 18.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 93 | El Salvador | 18.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 94 | Libya | 18.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 95 | Gaza Strip | 17.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
| 96 | Uzbekistan | 17.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 97 | Honduras | 17.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 98 | Brazil | 17.53 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 99 | Venezuela | 16.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 16.76 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 100 | Philippines | 16.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 16.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 101 | China | 16.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 16.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 102 | Ecuador | 16.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 15.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 103 | Jordan | 15.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 104 | Lebanon | 15.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Densely populated countries average (profile) | 15.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 105 | Mayotte | 15.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 106 | Mexico | 15.36 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 107 | Thailand | 15.35 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 108 | Solomon Islands | 15.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 109 | Oman | 15.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 110 | Saint Helena | 14.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
| 111 | West Bank | 14.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
| 112 | Suriname | 14.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 113 | Jamaica | 14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 114 | Armenia | 13.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 13.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 115 | The Bahamas | 13.69 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 116 | Saudi Arabia | 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 13.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 118 | Bulgaria | 13.25 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 119 | Tonga | 13.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 120 | Syria | 13.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =121 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =121 | Georgia | 13.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 124 | Albania | 12.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 125 | Colombia | 12.65 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 126 | Malaysia | 12.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 127 | Grenada | 12.41 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 129 | Cook Islands | 12.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 130 | British Virgin Islands | 11.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 131 | Qatar | 11.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 132 | Moldova | 10.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 133 | French Guiana | 10.89 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
| 134 | Panama | 10.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 135 | Palau | 10.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 136 | Botswana | 10.51 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 10.41 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 10.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 137 | Barbados | 10.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 10.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| =138 | United Arab Emirates | 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =138 | Fiji | 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 140 | Romania | 9.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 141 | Argentina | 9.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 142 | Martinique | 9.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
| 143 | Mauritius | 9.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 144 | Brunei | 9.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 145 | Bahrain | 9.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 146 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.77 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =147 | Sri Lanka | 8.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =147 | Aruba | 8.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 149 | Netherlands Antilles | 8.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
| 150 | Uruguay | 8.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 151 | Seychelles | 8.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 152 | Costa Rica | 8.56 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 153 | Greenland | 8.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 154 | Russia | 8.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 155 | Kuwait | 8.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 156 | Dominica | 8.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 157 | Cyprus | 7.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 159 | Puerto Rico | 7.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 160 | Guadeloupe | 7.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 161 | Reunion | 6.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 6.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 162 | American Samoa | 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 163 | Nauru | 6.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 164 | Chile | 6.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 165 | Latvia | 6.53 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 166 | Virgin Islands | 6.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 167 | Ukraine | 6.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =168 | French Polynesia | 6.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =168 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 170 | Croatia | 6.08 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 171 | Gibraltar | 5.87 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 172 | Estonia | 5.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 5.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| =173 | Poland | 5.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =173 | Faroe Islands | 5.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 175 | Cayman Islands | 5.65 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 176 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 177 | Slovakia | 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 178 | Guam | 5.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =179 | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =179 | United States | 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 181 | Belarus | 5.19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 182 | Hungary | 5.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 183 | Lithuania | 4.99 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 184 | European Union | 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2010 | ||
| 185 | Taiwan | 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 4.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 186 | New Caledonia | 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 187 | Canada | 4.56 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =188 | San Marino | 4.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =188 | Cuba | 4.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Southern Europe average (profile) | 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 190 | Greece | 4.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =191 | Wallis and Futuna | 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =191 | Luxembourg | 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 193 | Australia | 4.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =194 | Portugal | 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =194 | Denmark | 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 196 | New Zealand | 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 197 | United Kingdom | 4.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 198 | Netherlands | 4.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 3.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 199 | Israel | 3.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 200 | South Korea | 3.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 201 | Andorra | 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 202 | Belgium | 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 203 | Jersey | 3.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 3.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 204 | Switzerland | 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 205 | Slovenia | 3.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| Western Europe average (profile) | 3.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
| 206 | Ireland | 3.44 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 207 | Czech Republic | 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 208 | Austria | 3.35 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 209 | Malta | 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =210 | Guernsey | 3.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| =210 | Germany | 3.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 212 | Norway | 3.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 213 | Italy | 3.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 214 | Finland | 3.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 215 | Iceland | 3.05 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 216 | Spain | 3.03 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 217 | Macau | 3.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 218 | Anguilla | 3.01 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 219 | France | 2.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 220 | Liechtenstein | 2.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 221 | Hong Kong | 2.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 222 | Japan | 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 223 | Sweden | 2.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 224 | Bermuda | 2.36 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 225 | Singapore | 2.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
| 226 | Monaco | 1.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 |
