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Mortality Statistics > rate, infant > per 1,000 live births (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Afghanistan: 175 per 1,000 live births   1985 Time series
# 2   Sierra Leone: 165 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 3   Liberia: 157 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 4   Angola: 154 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 5   Niger: 150 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 6   Somalia: 133 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 7   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 129 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 8   Guinea-Bissau: 124 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 9   Chad: 123.9 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 10   Equatorial Guinea: 123 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 11   Mali: 120 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 12   Côte d'Ivoire: 118 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 12   Rwanda: 118 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 14   Central African Republic: 115 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 15   Burundi: 114 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 16   Swaziland: 110 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 17   Lesotho: 102.3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 18   Zambia: 102 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 19   Nigeria: 100 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 19   Iraq: 100 per 1,000 live births   1995 Time series
= 19   Mozambique: 100 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 22   Guinea: 97.4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 23   Gambia, The: 96.6 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 24   Burkina Faso: 96 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 25   Benin: 89 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 26   Djibouti: 88 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 27   Botswana: 87 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 27   Cameroon: 87 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 29   Haiti: 84 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 30   Congo, Republic of the: 81 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 30   Turkmenistan: 81 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 30   Zimbabwe: 81 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 33   Ethiopia: 79.7 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 34   Kenya: 79 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 34   Uganda: 79 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 34   Pakistan: 79 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 37   Malawi: 78.9 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 38   Togo: 78 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 38   Mauritania: 78 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 40   Tanzania: 76 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 40   Yemen: 76 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 42   São Tomé and Príncipe: 75 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 42   Burma: 75 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 44   Madagascar: 74 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 44   Azerbaijan: 74 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 46   Cambodia: 68 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 46   Ghana: 68 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 48   Bhutan: 65 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 49   Kazakhstan: 63 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 50   Sudan: 62 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 50   Laos: 62 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 52   Senegal: 60.9 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 53   Gabon: 60 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 54   Tajikistan: 59.1 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 55   Kyrgyzstan: 58 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 56   Uzbekistan: 57 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 57   India: 56 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 57   Nepal: 56 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 59   Papua New Guinea: 55.2 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 60   South Africa: 55 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 61   Bangladesh: 54 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 62   Comoros: 53 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 63   Bolivia: 52 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 64   East Timor: 51.5 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 65   Marshall Islands: 51 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 66   Eritrea: 50 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 67   Kiribati: 48 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 68   Guyana: 47 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 69   Namibia: 46 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 70   Korea, North: 42 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 71   Georgia: 41 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 72   Mongolia: 39 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 73   Morocco: 36 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 74   Algeria: 34 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 75   Micronesia, Federated States of: 33.7 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 76   Maldives: 33 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 77   Guatemala: 32 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 78   Vanuatu: 31 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 78   Honduras: 31 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 78   Brazil: 31 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 78   Iran: 31 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 82   Suriname: 30 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 82   Nicaragua: 30 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 84   Egypt: 28 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 84   Indonesia: 28 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 86   Lebanon: 27 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 87   Armenia: 26.1 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 88   Cape Verde: 26 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 88   Turkey: 26 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 88   Dominican Republic: 26 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 91   Philippines: 25 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 92   Samoa: 24 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 93   Solomon Islands: 23.6 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 94   China: 23 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 94   El Salvador: 23 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 96   Peru: 22.8 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 97   Ecuador: 22 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 97   Jordan: 22 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 97   Mexico: 22 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 100   Saudi Arabia: 21 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 101   Paraguay: 20 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 101   Tunisia: 20 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 101   Tonga: 20 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 104   Panama: 19 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 105   Venezuela: 18.1 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 106   Qatar: 18 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 106   Thailand: 18 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 106   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 18 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 106   Libya: 18 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 110   Colombia: 17.2 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 111   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 17 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 111   Jamaica: 17 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 111   Grenada: 17 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 111   Trinidad and Tobago: 17 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 115   Albania: 16 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 115   Romania: 16 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 115   Vietnam: 16 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 118   Fiji: 15.7 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 119   Belize: 15.2 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 120   Argentina: 15 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 120   Macedonia, Republic of: 15 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 122   Russia: 14.3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 123   Uruguay: 14.1 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 124   Moldova: 14 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 125   Syria: 13.5 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 126   Dominica: 13 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 126   Bahamas, The: 13 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 126   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 13 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 126   Mauritius: 13 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 126   Ukraine: 13 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 131   Seychelles: 12 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 131   Sri Lanka: 12 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 131   Saint Lucia: 12 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 131   Serbia and Montenegro: 12 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 131   Bulgaria: 12 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 136   Costa Rica: 11 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 136   Barbados: 11 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 136   Antigua and Barbuda: 11 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 139   Belarus: 10.3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 139   Palau: 10.3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 141   Oman: 10 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 141   Malaysia: 10 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 143   Kuwait: 9 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 143   Latvia: 9 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 143   Bahrain: 9 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 146   Chile: 8 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 146   Brunei: 8 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 148   United Arab Emirates: 7.8 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 149   Slovakia: 7 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 149   Lithuania: 7 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 149   Hungary: 7 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 152   Croatia: 6 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 152   Cuba: 6 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 152   United States: 6 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 152   Poland: 6 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 152   Estonia: 6 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 157   Australia: 5 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 157   Canada: 5 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 157   Malta: 5 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 157   Ireland: 5 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 157   Korea, South: 5 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 157   United Kingdom: 5 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 157   New Zealand: 5 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 157   Israel: 5 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Italy: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Switzerland: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Portugal: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Cyprus: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Monaco: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Denmark: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Austria: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   France: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Luxembourg: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Germany: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Netherlands: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Greece: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Spain: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 165   Belgium: 4 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 179   San Marino: 3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 179   Czech Republic: 3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 179   Andorra: 3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 179   Finland: 3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 179   Sweden: 3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 179   Japan: 3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 179   Slovenia: 3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 179   Liechtenstein: 3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 179   Singapore: 3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
= 179   Norway: 3 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
# 189   Iceland: 2 per 1,000 live births   2005 Time series
Weighted average: 40.7 per 1,000 live births   



DEFINITION: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

See also

See this stat for year: 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960
NOTES: These statistics are derived from official causes of death detailed on certificates of death by each country. Rather than being a true indicator of the number of deaths attributed to a particular cause, mortality statistics reveal more about a particular country's reporting processes.

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