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Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
Mortality Statistics > rate, infant > per 1,000 live births (2000) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Sierra Leone :
167 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Sierra Leone
# 2
Niger :
159 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Niger
# 3
Liberia :
157 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Liberia
# 4
Angola :
154 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Angola
# 5
Somalia :
133 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Somalia
# 6
Guinea-Bissau :
132 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Guinea-Bissau
# 7
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
129 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 8
Mali :
124 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Mali
# 9
Chad :
122.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Chad
# 10
Mozambique :
122 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Mozambique
# 11
Equatorial Guinea :
120 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Equatorial Guinea
# 12
Rwanda :
118 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Rwanda
# 13
Côte d'Ivoire :
115 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Côte d'Ivoire
# 14
Central African Republic :
115 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Central African Republic
# 15
Burundi :
114 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Burundi
# 16
Guinea :
109.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Guinea
# 17
Nigeria :
107 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Nigeria
# 18
Zambia :
102 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Zambia
# 19
Burkina Faso :
100 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Burkina Faso
# 20
Gambia, The :
98.5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Gambia, The
# 21
Swaziland :
98 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Swaziland
# 22
Djibouti :
97 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Djibouti
# 23
Benin :
95 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Benin
# 24
Malawi :
94.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Malawi
# 25
Ethiopia :
92.4 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Ethiopia
# 26
Haiti :
88 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Haiti
# 27
Cameroon :
88 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Cameroon
# 28
Tanzania :
88 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Tanzania
# 29
Lesotho :
86 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Lesotho
# 30
Pakistan :
85 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Pakistan
# 31
Uganda :
85 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Uganda
# 32
East Timor :
84.8 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in East Timor
# 33
Madagascar :
84 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Madagascar
# 34
Congo, Republic of the :
81 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Congo, Republic of the
# 35
Yemen :
81 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Yemen
# 36
Togo :
80 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Togo
# 37
Mauritania :
79 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Mauritania
# 38
Burma :
78 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Burma
# 39
Cambodia :
77.7 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Cambodia
# 40
Kenya :
77 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Kenya
# 41
Azerbaijan :
77 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Azerbaijan
# 42
Laos :
77 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Laos
# 43
Bhutan :
77 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Bhutan
# 44
Turkmenistan :
77 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Turkmenistan
# 45
Tajikistan :
75.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Tajikistan
# 46
São Tomé and Príncipe :
75 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 47
Botswana :
74 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Botswana
# 48
Zimbabwe :
73 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Zimbabwe
# 49
Nepal :
69 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Nepal
# 50
Ghana :
68 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Ghana
# 51
India :
68 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in India
# 52
Senegal :
66.1 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Senegal
# 53
Bangladesh :
66 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Bangladesh
# 54
Sudan :
65 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Sudan
# 55
Bolivia :
63 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Bolivia
# 56
Kazakhstan :
63 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Kazakhstan
# 57
Comoros :
62 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Comoros
# 58
Eritrea :
61 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Eritrea
# 59
Gabon :
60 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Gabon
# 60
Kyrgyzstan :
60 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Kyrgyzstan
# 61
Papua New Guinea :
59.5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Papua New Guinea
# 62
Uzbekistan :
59 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Uzbekistan
# 63
Marshall Islands :
55 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Marshall Islands
# 64
Kiribati :
52 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Kiribati
# 65
Guyana :
52 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Guyana
# 66
South Africa :
50 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in South Africa
# 67
Namibia :
50 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Namibia
# 68
Mongolia :
50 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Mongolia
# 69
Maldives :
45 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Maldives
# 70
Morocco :
45 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Morocco
# 71
Korea, North :
42 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Korea, North
# 72
Georgia :
41 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Georgia
# 73
Egypt :
40 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Egypt
# 74
Guatemala :
39 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Guatemala
# 75
Vanuatu :
38.3 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Vanuatu
# 76
Turkey :
37.5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Turkey
# 77
Micronesia, Federated States of :
37.1 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Micronesia, Federated States of
# 78
Algeria :
37 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Algeria
# 79
Iran :
36 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Iran
# 80
Indonesia :
36 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Indonesia
# 81
Brazil :
35 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Brazil
# 82
Nicaragua :
34 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Nicaragua
# 83
Peru :
33.3 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Peru
# 84
Dominican Republic :
33 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Dominican Republic
# 85
China :
33 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in China
# 86
Honduras :
33 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Honduras
# 87
Armenia :
31.5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Armenia
# 88
Suriname :
31 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Suriname
# 89
Cape Verde :
31 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Cape Verde
# 90
Philippines :
30 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Philippines
# 91
El Salvador :
29 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in El Salvador
# 92
Lebanon :
28 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Lebanon
# 93
Samoa :
27.82 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Samoa
# 94
Ecuador :
27 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Ecuador
# 95
Solomon Islands :
25.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Solomon Islands
# 96
Tunisia :
25 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Tunisia
# 97
Jordan :
25 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Jordan
# 98
Mexico :
25 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Mexico
# 99
Paraguay :
23 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Paraguay
# 100
Vietnam :
23 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Vietnam
# 101
Saudi Arabia :
23 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Saudi Arabia
# 102
Moldova :
22.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Moldova
# 103
Tonga :
22.11 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Tonga
# 104
Albania :
22 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Albania
# 105
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
21 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 106
Grenada :
21 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Grenada
# 107
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
21 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 108
Venezuela :
20.7 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Venezuela
# 109
Colombia :
20.4 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Colombia
# 110
Belize :
20.1 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Belize
# 111
Libya :
20 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Libya
# 112
Trinidad and Tobago :
20 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Trinidad and Tobago
# 113
Panama :
20 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Panama
# 114
Qatar :
19 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Qatar
# 115
Thailand :
19 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Thailand
# 116
Russia :
18.8 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Russia
# 117
Romania :
18.7 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Romania
# 118
Ukraine :
17.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Ukraine
# 119
Syria :
17.8 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Syria
# 120
Argentina :
17.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Argentina
# 121
Jamaica :
17 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Jamaica
# 122
Saint Lucia :
16.8 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Saint Lucia
# 123
Fiji :
16.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Fiji
# 124
Sri Lanka :
16.1 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Sri Lanka
# 125
Mauritius :
15.8 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Mauritius
# 126
Bahamas, The :
15 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Bahamas, The
# 127
Belarus :
14.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Belarus
# 128
Uruguay :
14.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Uruguay
# 129
Macedonia, Republic of :
14 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Macedonia, Republic of
# 130
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
14 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 131
Serbia and Montenegro :
13.93 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Serbia and Montenegro
# 132
Bulgaria :
13.33 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Bulgaria
# 133
Dominica :
13 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Dominica
# 134
Seychelles :
13 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Seychelles
# 135
Antigua and Barbuda :
13 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Antigua and Barbuda
# 136
Palau :
12.6 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Palau
# 137
Costa Rica :
12.5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Costa Rica
# 138
Barbados :
12 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Barbados
# 139
Oman :
12 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Oman
# 140
Malaysia :
11 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Malaysia
# 141
Latvia :
10.4 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Latvia
# 142
Chile :
10 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Chile
# 143
Bahrain :
10 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Bahrain
# 144
United Arab Emirates :
9.3 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in United Arab Emirates
# 145
Hungary :
9.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Hungary
# 146
Kuwait :
9.1 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Kuwait
# 147
Lithuania :
8.5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Lithuania
# 148
Estonia :
8.4 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Estonia
# 149
Slovakia :
8.3 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Slovakia
# 150
Poland :
8.1 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Poland
# 151
Brunei :
8 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Brunei
# 152
Croatia :
7.4 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Croatia
# 153
Cuba :
7.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Cuba
# 154
United States :
6.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in United States
# 155
Malta :
6 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Malta
# 156
Ireland :
5.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Ireland
# 157
New Zealand :
5.89 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in New Zealand
# 158
Israel :
5.8 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Israel
# 159
United Kingdom :
5.6 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in United Kingdom
# 160
Cyprus :
5.6 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Cyprus
# 161
Portugal :
5.5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Portugal
# 162
Greece :
5.4 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Greece
# 163
Liechtenstein :
5.3 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Liechtenstein
# 164
Denmark :
5.3 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Denmark
# 165
Korea, South :
5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Korea, South
# 166
Luxembourg :
5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Luxembourg
# 167
Switzerland :
4.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Switzerland
# 168
Slovenia :
4.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Slovenia
# 169
Monaco :
4.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Monaco
# 170
Australia :
4.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Australia
# 171
Austria :
4.8 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Austria
# 172
Belgium :
4.8 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Belgium
# 173
Italy :
4.6 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Italy
# 174
Netherlands :
4.6 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Netherlands
# 175
Spain :
4.5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Spain
# 176
San Marino :
4.5 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in San Marino
# 177
Germany :
4.4 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Germany
# 178
France :
4.4 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in France
# 179
Czech Republic :
4.1 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Czech Republic
# 180
Norway :
3.8 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Norway
# 181
Finland :
3.7 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Finland
# 182
Sweden :
3.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Sweden
# 183
Japan :
3.2 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Japan
# 184
Andorra :
3 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Andorra
# 185
Iceland :
3 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Iceland
# 186
Singapore :
2.9 per 1,000 live births
2000
Mortality in Singapore
Weighted average:
43.2 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.
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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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"rate, infant > per 1,000 live births (2000) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/mor_rat_inf_per_1000_liv_bir-per-1-000-live-births&date=2000
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