DEFINITION
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of
health in a country
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Angola: |
192.5 |
|
|
# 2
|
Afghanistan: |
165.96 |
|
|
# 3
|
Mozambique: |
137.08 |
|
|
# 4
|
Liberia: |
130.51 |
|
|
# 5
|
Niger: |
122.66 |
|
|
# 6
|
Mali: |
117.99 |
|
|
# 7
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
108.72 |
|
|
# 8
|
Djibouti: |
105.54 |
|
|
# 9
|
Malawi: |
104.23 |
|
|
# 10
|
Bhutan: |
102.56 |
|
|
# 11
|
Ethiopia: |
102.12 |
|
|
# 12
|
Rwanda: |
101.68 |
|
|
# 13
|
Burkina Faso: |
98.67 |
|
|
# 14
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
97.1 |
|
|
# 15
|
Chad: |
94.78 |
|
|
# 16
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
94.69 |
|
|
# 17
|
Congo, Republic of the: |
93.86 |
|
|
# 18
|
Central African Republic: |
92.15 |
|
|
# 19
|
Guinea: |
91.82 |
|
|
# 20
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
87.08 |
|
|
# 21
|
Laos: |
87.06 |
|
|
# 22
|
Benin: |
85.88 |
|
|
# 23
|
Lesotho: |
85.22 |
|
|
# 24
|
Azerbaijan: |
82.07 |
|
|
# 25
|
Madagascar: |
78.52 |
|
|
# 26
|
Comoros: |
77.22 |
|
|
# 27
|
Eritrea: |
75.59 |
|
|
# 28
|
Pakistan: |
74.43 |
|
|
# 29
|
Haiti: |
74.38 |
|
|
# 30
|
Cambodia: |
73.67 |
|
|
# 31
|
Gambia, The: |
73.48 |
|
|
# 32
|
Mauritania: |
72.35 |
|
|
# 33
|
Nigeria: |
70.49 |
|
|
# 34
|
Burundi: |
70.4 |
|
|
# 35
|
Botswana: |
69.98 |
|
|
# 36
|
Namibia: |
69.58 |
|
|
# 37
|
Cameroon: |
69.18 |
|
|
# 38
|
Burma: |
68.78 |
|
|
# 39
|
Nepal: |
68.77 |
|
|
# 40
|
Bangladesh: |
64.32 |
|
|
# 41
|
Mayotte: |
64.19 |
|
|
# 42
|
Kenya: |
62.62 |
|
|
# 43
|
Maldives: |
58.32 |
|
|
# 44
|
India: |
57.92 |
|
|
# 45
|
Senegal: |
56.53 |
|
|
# 46
|
Mongolia: |
55.45 |
|
|
# 47
|
Bolivia: |
54.58 |
|
|
# 48
|
Gabon: |
54.34 |
|
|
# 49
|
Papua New Guinea: |
53.15 |
|
|
# 50
|
Iraq: |
52.71 |
|
|
# 51
|
Ghana: |
52.22 |
|
|
# 52
|
Kiribati: |
49.9 |
|
|
# 53
|
Cape Verde: |
49.14 |
|
|
# 54
|
East Timor: |
48.86 |
|
|
# 55
|
Sao Tome and Principe: |
44.58 |
|
|
# 56
|
Morocco: |
43.25 |
|
|
# 57
|
Iran: |
42.86 |
|
|
# 58
|
Moldova: |
41 |
|
|
# 59
|
Guyana: |
37.22 |
|
|
# 60
|
Guatemala: |
36.91 |
|
|
# 61
|
Indonesia: |
36.82 |
|
|
# 62
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
36.81 |
|
|
# 63
|
Egypt: |
33.9 |
|
|
# 64
|
Dominican Republic: |
33.28 |
|
|
# 65
|
Peru: |
32.95 |
|
|
# 66
|
Algeria: |
32.16 |
|
|
# 67
|
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
31.28 |
|
|
# 68
|
Brazil: |
30.66 |
|
|
# 69
|
Kazakhstan: |
30.54 |
|
|
# 70
|
Marshall Islands: |
30.5 |
|
|
# 71
|
Nicaragua: |
30.15 |
|
|
# 72
|
Honduras: |
29.64 |
|
|
# 73
|
Samoa: |
28.72 |
|
|
# 74
|
Romania: |
27.24 |
|
|
# 75
|
Paraguay: |
26.67 |
|
|
# 76
|
Belize: |
26.37 |
|
|
# 77
|
El Salvador: |
25.93 |
|
|
= 78
|
Libya: |
25.7 |
|
|
= 78
|
Bahamas, The: |
25.7 |
|
|
# 80
|
Lebanon: |
25.48 |
|
|
# 81
|
China: |
25.28 |
|
|
# 82
|
Korea, North: |
24.84 |
|
|
# 83
|
Ecuador: |
24.49 |
|
|
# 84
|
Philippines: |
24.24 |
|
|
# 85
|
Armenia: |
24.16 |
|
|
# 86
|
Gaza Strip: |
23.54 |
|
|
# 87
|
Albania: |
22.31 |
|
|
# 88
|
Anguilla: |
21.91 |
|
|
# 89
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
21.88 |
|
|
# 90
|
Colombia: |
21.72 |
|
|
# 91
|
Mexico: |
21.69 |
|
|
# 92
|
Bulgaria: |
21.31 |
|
|
# 93
|
Panama: |
20.95 |
|
|
# 94
|
Oman: |
20.26 |
|
|
# 95
|
Antigua and Barbuda: |
20.18 |
|
|
# 96
|
Saint Helena: |
19.85 |
|
|
# 97
|
Georgia: |
19.34 |
|
|
# 98
|
Qatar: |
19.32 |
|
|
# 99
|
Malaysia: |
18.35 |
|
|
# 100
|
Jordan: |
18.11 |
|
|
# 101
|
British Virgin Islands: |
18.05 |
|
|
# 102
|
Bahrain: |
17.91 |
|
|
# 103
|
Russia: |
16.96 |
|
|
# 104
|
Greenland: |
16.31 |
|
|
# 105
|
Mauritius: |
15.57 |
|
|
# 106
|
Palau: |
15.3 |
|
|
# 107
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
15.24 |
|
|
# 108
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
14.94 |
|
|
# 109
|
Dominica: |
14.75 |
|
|
# 110
|
Grenada: |
14.62 |
|
|
# 111
|
Saint Lucia: |
13.95 |
|
|
# 112
|
Saudi Arabia: |
13.7 |
|
|
# 113
|
Belarus: |
13.62 |
|
|
# 114
|
Brunei: |
13.05 |
|
|
# 115
|
Fiji: |
12.99 |
|
|
# 116
|
Jamaica: |
12.81 |
|
|
# 117
|
Barbados: |
12.61 |
|
|
# 118
|
French Guiana: |
12.46 |
|
|
# 119
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
11.74 |
|
|
# 120
|
Netherlands Antilles: |
10.37 |
|
|
= 121
|
Costa Rica: |
10.26 |
|
|
= 121
|
Kuwait: |
10.26 |
|
|
# 123
|
Nauru: |
10.14 |
|
|
# 124
|
Latvia: |
9.67 |
|
|
# 125
|
American Samoa: |
9.48 |
|
|
# 126
|
Chile: |
9.05 |
|
|
# 127
|
Guadeloupe: |
8.83 |
|
|
# 128
|
Bermuda: |
8.79 |
|
|
# 129
|
Poland: |
8.73 |
|
|
# 130
|
Hungary: |
8.68 |
|
|
# 131
|
French Polynesia: |
8.61 |
|
|
# 132
|
Cayman Islands: |
8.41 |
|
|
# 133
|
Puerto Rico: |
8.37 |
|
|
# 134
|
Estonia: |
8.08 |
|
|
# 135
|
Reunion: |
7.95 |
|
|
# 136
|
New Caledonia: |
7.89 |
|
|
# 137
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: |
7.76 |
|
|
# 138
|
Montserrat: |
7.56 |
|
|
# 139
|
Cyprus: |
7.36 |
|
|
# 140
|
Martinique: |
7.27 |
|
|
# 141
|
Northern Mariana Islands: |
7.25 |
|
|
# 142
|
Israel: |
7.21 |
|
|
# 143
|
Korea, South: |
7.18 |
|
|
# 144
|
Guam: |
7.15 |
|
|
# 145
|
Lithuania: |
7.13 |
|
|
# 146
|
Croatia: |
6.96 |
|
|
# 147
|
Cuba: |
6.45 |
|
|
# 148
|
Faroe Islands: |
6.38 |
|
|
# 149
|
Italy: |
6.07 |
|
|
# 150
|
Man, Isle of: |
6.05 |
|
|
# 151
|
Aruba: |
6.02 |
|
|
# 152
|
New Zealand: |
5.96 |
|
|
# 153
|
San Marino: |
5.85 |
|
|
# 154
|
Greece: |
5.63 |
|
|
# 155
|
Monaco: |
5.53 |
|
|
# 156
|
Ireland: |
5.5 |
|
|
# 157
|
Jersey: |
5.33 |
|
|
# 158
|
Gibraltar: |
5.22 |
|
|
# 159
|
Portugal: |
5.13 |
|
|
# 160
|
Netherlands: |
5.11 |
|
|
# 161
|
Luxembourg: |
4.88 |
|
|
# 162
|
Canada: |
4.82 |
|
|
# 163
|
Guernsey: |
4.78 |
|
|
# 164
|
Liechtenstein: |
4.77 |
|
|
= 165
|
Belgium: |
4.76 |
|
|
= 165
|
Australia: |
4.76 |
|
|
# 167
|
Austria: |
4.68 |
|
|
# 168
|
Denmark: |
4.63 |
|
|
# 169
|
Macau: |
4.39 |
|
|
# 170
|
France: |
4.31 |
|
|
# 171
|
Germany: |
4.2 |
|
|
# 172
|
Andorra: |
4.05 |
|
|
# 173
|
Czech Republic: |
3.97 |
|
|
# 174
|
Malta: |
3.94 |
|
|
# 175
|
Norway: |
3.73 |
|
|
# 176
|
Finland: |
3.59 |
|
|
# 177
|
Iceland: |
3.31 |
|
|
# 178
|
Japan: |
3.28 |
|
|
# 179
|
Hong Kong: |
2.97 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
36.0 |
|
DEFINITION: The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of
health in a country
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005 via NationMaster