Health > Births and maternity > Infant mortality rate: Countries Compared
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DEFINITION:
How many infants, out of 1000, who will die before attaining one year of age.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 117.4 | 2012 | ||
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 99.9 | 2012 | ||
| 3 | Angola | 99.5 | 2012 | ||
| 4 | Somalia | 90.8 | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Central African Republic | 90.7 | 2012 | ||
| 6 | Chad | 89.4 | 2012 | ||
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 80.8 | 2012 | ||
| 8 | Mali | 79.6 | 2012 | ||
| 9 | Nigeria | 77.8 | 2012 | ||
| 10 | Cote d'Ivoire | 76.2 | 2012 | ||
| 11 | Lesotho | 74.2 | 2012 | ||
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 72.2 | 2012 | ||
| 13 | Afghanistan | 71 | 2012 | ||
| 14 | Pakistan | 69.3 | 2012 | ||
| 15 | Burundi | 66.9 | 2012 | ||
| 16 | South Sudan | 66.7 | 2012 | ||
| 17 | Burkina Faso | 65.8 | 2012 | ||
| 18 | Djibouti | 65.7 | 2012 | ||
| 19 | Guinea | 65.2 | 2012 | ||
| 20 | Mauritania | 64.8 | 2012 | ||
| 21 | Mozambique | 63.1 | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Niger | 62.8 | 2012 | ||
| 23 | Togo | 62 | 2012 | ||
| 24 | Cameroon | 61.1 | 2012 | ||
| 25 | Benin | 58.5 | 2012 | ||
| 26 | Comoros | 57.7 | 2012 | ||
| 27 | Haiti | 56.5 | 2012 | ||
| 28 | Zambia | 56.4 | 2012 | ||
| 29 | Liberia | 56 | 2012 | ||
| =30 | Swaziland | 55.7 | 2012 | ||
| =30 | Zimbabwe | 55.7 | 2012 | ||
| 32 | Laos | 54 | 2012 | ||
| 33 | Sudan | 49.3 | 2012 | ||
| 34 | Gambia | 49.2 | 2012 | ||
| 35 | Tajikistan | 49 | 2012 | ||
| 36 | Kenya | 48.7 | 2012 | ||
| 37 | Ghana | 48.6 | 2012 | ||
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 48.4 | 2012 | ||
| 39 | East Timor | 47.8 | 2012 | ||
| 40 | Ethiopia | 46.5 | 2012 | ||
| =41 | Yemen | 46.3 | 2012 | ||
| =41 | Kiribati | 46.3 | 2012 | ||
| 43 | Malawi | 46 | 2012 | ||
| 44 | Uganda | 45.4 | 2012 | ||
| 45 | Senegal | 45.2 | 2012 | ||
| 46 | Turkmenistan | 44.8 | 2012 | ||
| 47 | India | 43.8 | 2012 | ||
| 48 | Gabon | 42.4 | 2012 | ||
| 49 | Burma | 41.1 | 2012 | ||
| 50 | Botswana | 41 | 2012 | ||
| 51 | Madagascar | 40.9 | 2012 | ||
| 52 | Rwanda | 38.8 | 2012 | ||
| 53 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38 | 2012 | ||
| 54 | Tanzania | 37.7 | 2012 | ||
| 55 | Eritrea | 37.2 | 2012 | ||
| 56 | Bhutan | 35.7 | 2012 | ||
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 34.4 | 2012 | ||
| 58 | Cambodia | 33.9 | 2012 | ||
| 59 | Nepal | 33.6 | 2012 | ||
| 60 | South Africa | 33.3 | 2012 | ||
| 61 | Bangladesh | 33.1 | 2012 | ||
| 62 | Bolivia | 32.8 | 2012 | ||
| 63 | Federated States of Micronesia | 31.3 | 2012 | ||
| 64 | Marshall Islands | 30.9 | 2012 | ||
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 30.8 | 2012 | ||
| 66 | Nauru | 30.3 | 2012 | ||
| 67 | Guyana | 29 | 2012 | ||
| 68 | Iraq | 28.4 | 2012 | ||
| 69 | Namibia | 28.3 | 2012 | ||
| 70 | Morocco | 26.8 | 2012 | ||
| 71 | Guatemala | 26.5 | 2012 | ||
| 72 | Solomon Islands | 25.9 | 2012 | ||
| 73 | Indonesia | 25.8 | 2012 | ||
| 74 | Tuvalu | 24.8 | 2012 | ||
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.6 | 2012 | ||
| 76 | Philippines | 23.5 | 2012 | ||
| 77 | Mongolia | 23 | 2012 | ||
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 22.8 | 2012 | ||
| 79 | Niue | 21.2 | 2012 | ||
| 80 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21.1 | 2012 | ||
| 81 | Nicaragua | 20.6 | 2012 | ||
| 82 | Ecuador | 19.8 | 2012 | ||
| 83 | Honduras | 19.4 | 2012 | ||
| 84 | Palestine | 19.2 | 2012 | ||
| 85 | Fiji | 19.1 | 2012 | ||
| 86 | Cape Verde | 18.9 | 2012 | ||
| 87 | Paraguay | 18.8 | 2012 | ||
| 88 | Suriname | 18.5 | 2012 | ||
| =89 | Vietnam | 18.4 | 2012 | ||
| =89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 18.4 | 2012 | ||
| 91 | Egypt | 17.9 | 2012 | ||
| 92 | Georgia | 17.8 | 2012 | ||
| 93 | Algeria | 17.2 | 2012 | ||
| 94 | Barbados | 16.9 | 2012 | ||
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 16.7 | 2012 | ||
| 96 | Jordan | 16.4 | 2012 | ||
| 97 | Panama | 15.9 | 2012 | ||
| 98 | Belize | 15.7 | 2012 | ||
| =99 | Samoa | 15.3 | 2012 | ||
| =99 | Vanuatu | 15.3 | 2012 | ||
| =101 | Moldova | 15.1 | 2012 | ||
| =101 | Colombia | 15.1 | 2012 | ||
| =101 | Iran | 15.1 | 2012 | ||
| 104 | Albania | 15 | 2012 | ||
| 105 | Saint Lucia | 14.9 | 2012 | ||
| 106 | Palau | 14.8 | 2012 | ||
| 107 | Armenia | 14.7 | 2012 | ||
| 108 | Jamaica | 14.4 | 2012 | ||
| 109 | Peru | 14.1 | 2012 | ||
| =110 | Mexico | 13.9 | 2012 | ||
| =110 | The Bahamas | 13.9 | 2012 | ||
| 112 | Tunisia | 13.8 | 2012 | ||
| 113 | El Salvador | 13.6 | 2012 | ||
| 114 | Libya | 13.2 | 2012 | ||
| 115 | Venezuela | 13.1 | 2012 | ||
| 116 | Mauritius | 13 | 2012 | ||
| 117 | Brazil | 12.9 | 2012 | ||
| 118 | Argentina | 12.7 | 2012 | ||
| 119 | Syria | 12.3 | 2012 | ||
| 120 | Turkey | 12.2 | 2012 | ||
| 121 | China | 12.1 | 2012 | ||
| 122 | Dominica | 11.5 | 2012 | ||
| =123 | Thailand | 11.4 | 2012 | ||
| =123 | Grenada | 11.4 | 2012 | ||
| 125 | Seychelles | 11.2 | 2012 | ||
| 126 | Tonga | 11.1 | 2012 | ||
| 127 | Romania | 10.7 | 2012 | ||
| 128 | Bulgaria | 10.5 | 2012 | ||
| 129 | Oman | 10 | 2012 | ||
| 130 | Kuwait | 9.5 | 2012 | ||
| =131 | Ukraine | 9.2 | 2012 | ||
| =131 | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.2 | 2012 | ||
| 133 | Cook Islands | 9.1 | 2012 | ||
| 134 | Maldives | 9 | 2012 | ||
| 135 | Russia | 8.9 | 2012 | ||
| 136 | Costa Rica | 8.6 | 2012 | ||
| 137 | Sri Lanka | 8.3 | 2012 | ||
| 138 | Bahrain | 8.2 | 2012 | ||
| 139 | Lebanon | 8 | 2012 | ||
| 140 | Chile | 7.8 | 2012 | ||
| 141 | Latvia | 7.6 | 2012 | ||
| 142 | Saudi Arabia | 7.4 | 2012 | ||
| 143 | Malaysia | 7.3 | 2012 | ||
| 144 | United Arab Emirates | 7.2 | 2012 | ||
| 145 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7 | 2012 | ||
| 146 | Brunei | 6.7 | 2012 | ||
| 147 | Republic of Macedonia | 6.5 | 2012 | ||
| =148 | Slovakia | 6.3 | 2012 | ||
| =148 | Qatar | 6.3 | 2012 | ||
| 150 | Uruguay | 6.2 | 2012 | ||
| 151 | United States | 6 | 2012 | ||
| =152 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.8 | 2012 | ||
| =152 | Malta | 5.8 | 2012 | ||
| 154 | Serbia | 5.7 | 2012 | ||
| 155 | Montenegro | 5.5 | 2012 | ||
| 156 | Hungary | 5.3 | 2012 | ||
| =157 | Canada | 4.7 | 2012 | ||
| =157 | New Zealand | 4.7 | 2012 | ||
| 159 | Lithuania | 4.4 | 2012 | ||
| =160 | Cuba | 4.3 | 2012 | ||
| =160 | Poland | 4.3 | 2012 | ||
| =162 | Australia | 4.1 | 2012 | ||
| =162 | United Kingdom | 4.1 | 2012 | ||
| =162 | Greece | 4.1 | 2012 | ||
| 165 | Croatia | 4 | 2012 | ||
| 166 | Belarus | 3.9 | 2012 | ||
| 167 | Spain | 3.8 | 2012 | ||
| 168 | Switzerland | 3.7 | 2012 | ||
| =169 | Netherlands | 3.4 | 2012 | ||
| =169 | France | 3.4 | 2012 | ||
| =169 | Ireland | 3.4 | 2012 | ||
| =169 | Belgium | 3.4 | 2012 | ||
| =169 | Germany | 3.4 | 2012 | ||
| =174 | South Korea | 3.3 | 2012 | ||
| =174 | Israel | 3.3 | 2012 | ||
| =174 | Austria | 3.3 | 2012 | ||
| 177 | Italy | 3.2 | 2012 | ||
| =178 | Monaco | 3.1 | 2012 | ||
| =178 | Czech Republic | 3.1 | 2012 | ||
| 180 | Denmark | 3 | 2012 | ||
| =181 | Portugal | 2.9 | 2012 | ||
| =181 | Estonia | 2.9 | 2012 | ||
| =181 | San Marino | 2.9 | 2012 | ||
| 184 | Andorra | 2.6 | 2012 | ||
| =185 | Slovenia | 2.5 | 2012 | ||
| =185 | Cyprus | 2.5 | 2012 | ||
| 187 | Finland | 2.4 | 2012 | ||
| =188 | Sweden | 2.3 | 2012 | ||
| =188 | Singapore | 2.3 | 2012 | ||
| =190 | Norway | 2.2 | 2012 | ||
| =190 | Japan | 2.2 | 2012 | ||
| 192 | Iceland | 1.8 | 2012 | ||
| 193 | Luxembourg | 1.7 | 2012 |
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Interesting observations about Health > Births and maternity > Infant mortality rate
- Sierra Leone has had the highest births and maternity > infant mortality rate since 1996.
- Angola has ranked in the top 3 for births and maternity > infant mortality rate since 1999.
- Democratic Republic of the Congo has ranked in the top 3 for births and maternity > infant mortality rate since 2002.
- Somalia has ranked #4 in births and maternity > infant mortality rate since 2007.
- Central African Republic has ranked in the top 5 for births and maternity > infant mortality rate since 2002.
- Chad has ranked #6 in births and maternity > infant mortality rate since 2005.
- Nigeria has ranked in the top 9 for births and maternity > infant mortality rate since 1991.
- Mali has ranked in the top 9 for births and maternity > infant mortality rate since 1990.
- Guinea-Bissau has ranked #7 in births and maternity > infant mortality rate since 2007.
- Finland has ranked 7th from the bottom for births and maternity > infant mortality rate since 2010.