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Health Statistics > Infant mortality rate > Total (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Angola: 182.31 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 2   Sierra Leone: 156.48 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 3   Afghanistan: 154.67 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 4   Liberia: 143.89 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 5   Niger: 115.42 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 6   Somalia: 110.97 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 7   Mozambique: 107.84 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 8   Mali: 103.83 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 9   Guinea-Bissau: 101.64 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 10   Zambia: 100.96 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 11   Chad: 100.36 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 12   Djibouti: 99.13 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 13   Nigeria: 95.74 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 14   Malawi: 90.55 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 15   Sudan: 86.98 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 16   Burkina Faso: 86.02 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 17   Equatorial Guinea: 83.75 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 18   Rwanda: 83.42 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 19   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 83.11 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 20   Ethiopia: 82.64 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 21   Central African Republic: 82.13 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 22   Congo, Republic of the: 81.29 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 23   Laos: 79.61 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 24   Lesotho: 78.59 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 25   Western Sahara: 71.13 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 26   Tanzania: 70.46 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 27   Côte d'Ivoire: 69.76 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 28   Swaziland: 69.59 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 29   Gambia, The: 68.72 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 30   Comoros: 68.58 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 31   Guinea: 67.41 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 32   Pakistan: 66.94 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 33   Mauritania: 66.65 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 34   Benin: 66.2 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 35   Uganda: 65.99 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 36   Cameroon: 64.57 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 37   Haiti: 62.33 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 38   Nepal: 62 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 39   Burundi: 60.77 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 40   Senegal: 58.93 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 41   Mayotte: 57.88 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 42   Togo: 57.66 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 43   Bangladesh: 57.45 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 44   Cambodia: 56.59 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 45   Azerbaijan: 56.43 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 46   Yemen: 56.27 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 47   Kenya: 56.01 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 48   Madagascar: 55.59 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 49   Gabon: 52.65 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 50   Ghana: 52.31 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 51   Bhutan: 51.92 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 52   Turkmenistan: 51.81 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 53   Vanuatu: 50.77 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 54   Burma: 49.12 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 55   Bolivia: 49.09 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 56   Papua New Guinea: 46.67 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 57   Namibia: 45.64 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 58   Iraq: 45.43 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 59   South Africa: 45.11 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 60   Kiribati: 44.69 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 61   Eritrea: 44.34 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 62   Botswana: 44.01 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 63   Cape Verde: 42.55 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 64   Tajikistan: 42.31 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 65   East Timor: 41.98 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 66   Mongolia: 41.24 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 67   São Tomé and Príncipe: 38.36 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 68   Morocco: 38.22 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 69   Turkey: 36.98 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 70   Iran: 36.93 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 71   Zimbabwe: 33.86 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 72   India: 32.31 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 73   Kyrgyzstan: 32.3 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 74   Indonesia: 31.04 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 75   Maldives: 30.63 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 76   Guyana: 30.43 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 77   Peru: 29.53 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 78   Guatemala: 28.79 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 79   Algeria: 28.75 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 80   Egypt: 28.36 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 81   Micronesia, Federated States of: 27.03 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 82   Dominican Republic: 26.93 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 83   Syria: 26.78 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 84   Kazakhstan: 26.56 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 85   Marshall Islands: 26.36 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 86   Nicaragua: 25.91 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 87   Paraguay: 25.55 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 88   Samoa: 25.04 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 89   Honduras: 24.61 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 90   Uzbekistan: 24.23 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 91   Romania: 23.73 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 92   Bahamas, The: 23.67 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 93   Belize: 23.65 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 94   Vietnam: 23.61 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 95   Trinidad and Tobago: 23.59 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 96   Tunisia: 23.43 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 97   Brazil: 23.33 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 98   Lebanon: 22.59 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 99   El Salvador: 22.19 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 100   Venezuela: 22.02 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 101   Libya: 21.94 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 102   Korea, North: 21.86 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 103   Ecuador: 21.35 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 104   Philippines: 21.2 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 105   China: 21.16 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 106   Armenia: 20.94 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 107   Solomon Islands: 19.67 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 108   Colombia: 19.51 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 109   Suriname: 19.45 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 110   Albania: 19.31 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
= 111   Sri Lanka: 19.01 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
= 111   Mexico: 19.01 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 113   Gaza Strip: 19 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 114   Tuvalu: 18.97 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 115   Bulgaria: 18.51 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 116   Saint Helena: 18.31 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 117   Thailand: 18.23 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 118   Antigua and Barbuda: 17.49 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 119   Oman: 17.45 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 120   Georgia: 16.78 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 121   West Bank: 16.51 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 122   Montserrat: 16.46 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 123   Malaysia: 16.39 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 124   Bahrain: 15.64 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
= 125   Jamaica: 15.57 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
= 125   Jordan: 15.57 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 127   British Virgin Islands: 15.2 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 128   Seychelles: 14.36 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 129   Turks and Caicos Islands: 14.35 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 130   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 14.34 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 131   Aruba: 14.26 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 132   Dominica: 14.12 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 133   Saint Lucia: 13.8 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 134   Palau: 13.69 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 135   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 13.62 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 136   Grenada: 13.58 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 137   Moldova: 13.5 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 138   Panama: 13.4 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 139   United Arab Emirates: 13.11 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 140   Qatar: 13.09 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 141   Serbia and Montenegro: 12.89 deaths/1,000 live births  2005 Time series
# 142   Brunei: 12.69 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 143   Mauritius: 12.56 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 144   Saudi Arabia: 11.94 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
= 145   Fiji: 11.88 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
= 145   Tonga: 11.88 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 147   Argentina: 11.78 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 148   French Guiana: 11.76 deaths/1,000 live births  2006 Time series
# 149   Uruguay: 11.66 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 150   Greenland: 11.2 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 151   Barbados: 11.05 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 152   Russia: 10.81 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 153   American Samoa: 10.46 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 154   Nauru: 9.43 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 155   Netherlands Antilles: 9.36 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 156   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 9.34 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 157   Macedonia, Republic of: 9.27 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 158   Ukraine: 9.23 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 159   Kuwait: 9.22 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 160   Costa Rica: 9.01 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 161   Latvia: 8.96 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 162   Puerto Rico: 8.65 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 163   Guadeloupe: 8.41 deaths/1,000 live births  2006 Time series
# 164   Hungary: 8.03 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 165   Chile: 7.9 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 166   Bermuda: 7.87 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 167   Virgin Islands: 7.72 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 168   French Polynesia: 7.7 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 169   Réunion: 7.63 deaths/1,000 live births  2006 Time series
# 170   Estonia: 7.45 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 171   New Caledonia: 7.19 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 172   Cayman Islands: 7.1 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 173   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 7.04 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 174   Slovakia: 6.98 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 175   Martinique: 6.95 deaths/1,000 live births  2006 Time series
# 176   Poland: 6.93 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 177   Cyprus: 6.75 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 178   Northern Mariana Islands: 6.72 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 179   Lithuania: 6.57 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 180   Guam: 6.55 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 181   Belarus: 6.53 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 182   Croatia: 6.49 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 183   Faroe Islands: 6.46 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 185   United States: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 186   Cuba: 5.93 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 187   Man, Isle of: 5.62 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 188   Italy: 5.61 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 189   Taiwan: 5.45 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 190   San Marino: 5.44 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 191   Greece: 5.25 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 192   Monaco: 5.18 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 193   Ireland: 5.14 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 194   Canada: 5.08 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 195   Jersey: 5.01 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 196   New Zealand: 4.99 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 197   United Kingdom: 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 198   Gibraltar: 4.91 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 199   Portugal: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 200   Australia: 4.82 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 201   Netherlands: 4.81 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 202   Luxembourg: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 203   Guernsey: 4.53 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 204   Liechtenstein: 4.52 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 205   Belgium: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 206   Austria: 4.48 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 207   Denmark: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 208   Slovenia: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 209   Korea, South: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 210   Israel: 4.28 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 211   Spain: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 212   Switzerland: 4.23 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 213   Germany: 4.03 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 214   Czech Republic: 3.83 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 215   Malta: 3.79 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 216   Andorra: 3.68 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 217   Norway: 3.61 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 218   Anguilla: 3.54 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 219   Finland: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 220   France: 3.36 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 221   Iceland: 3.25 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 222   Macau: 3.23 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 223   Hong Kong: 2.93 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 224   Japan: 2.8 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 225   Sweden: 2.75 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
# 226   Singapore: 2.3 deaths/1,000 live births  2008 Time series
Weighted average: 31.2 deaths/1,000 live births  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births  



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.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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COMMENTARY     

Anne
10th June 2009
Weighted average is defined by taking the weight of all the infants and giving it an average.
Sharon McGowan
23rd April 2009
What is the definition of the "weighted average"?
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