Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Infant mortality rate > Total
DEFINITION:
This entry is derived from People > Infant mortality rate, which 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 | Mali | 106.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 2 | Somalia | 101.91 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 3 | Central African Republic | 95.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 92.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 5 | Chad | 91.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 6 | Niger | 87.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 7 | Angola | 81.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 8 | Burkina Faso | 78.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 9 | Malawi | 76.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 74.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 74.87 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 12 | Mozambique | 74.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 73.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 14 | Nigeria | 72.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 15 | Liberia | 70.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 16 | South Sudan | 69.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 17 | Zambia | 68.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 18 | The Gambia | 67.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 19 | Comoros | 67.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 20 | Uganda | 62.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 61.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 22 | Rwanda | 61.03 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 23 | Burundi | 58.86 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 24 | Benin | 58.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 25 | Cameroon | 58.51 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 26 | Ethiopia | 58.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 27 | Mauritania | 57.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 28 | Swaziland | 57.19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 29 | Guinea | 57.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 30 | Sudan | 54.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 31 | Senegal | 53.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 32 | Lesotho | 51.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 33 | Djibouti | 51.77 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 50.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 35 | Togo | 48.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 36 | Gabon | 48.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 37 | Madagascar | 46.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 38 | Namibia | 45.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 39 | Tanzania | 45.1 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 40 | Kenya | 42.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 41 | South Africa | 42.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 42 | Ghana | 39.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 43 | Eritrea | 39.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 27.25 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 45 | Cape Verde | 25.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 46 | Seychelles | 11.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 47 | Mauritius | 10.89 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
| 48 | Botswana | 9.9 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 |
