People > Infant mortality rate > Female: Countries Compared
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 |
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1 | Afghanistan | 111.25 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
2 | Mali | 99.56 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
3 | Somalia | 92.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
4 | Central African Republic | 87.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
5 | Chad | 86.01 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
6 | Niger | 83.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
7 | Guinea-Bissau | 82.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
8 | Angola | 77.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
9 | Malawi | 72.91 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
10 | Mozambique | 72.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
11 | Equatorial Guinea | 72.03 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 71.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
13 | Burkina Faso | 70.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
14 | Nigeria | 67.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
15 | Congo, Republic of the | 66.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
16 | Liberia | 66.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
17 | Sierra Leone | 66.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 64.37 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
18 | Zambia | 62.84 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
19 | The Gambia | 61.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 59.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
20 | Rwanda | 57.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
21 | Pakistan | 55.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
22 | Comoros | 55.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
23 | Benin | 55.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
24 | Cote d'Ivoire | 55.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
25 | Burundi | 54.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 54.24 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
26 | Guinea | 53.99 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
27 | Cameroon | 53.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
28 | Swaziland | 53.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
29 | Uganda | 52.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=30 | Western Sahara | 52.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=30 | Mauritania | 52.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
32 | Laos | 50.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
33 | Ethiopia | 49.73 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 49.4 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
34 | Mayotte | 49.09 deaths/1,000 live births | 2010 | ||
35 | Sudan | 48.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 48.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
37 | Lesotho | 47.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
38 | Senegal | 47.44 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
39 | Yemen | 47.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
40 | Haiti | 46.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
41 | India | 46.08 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
42 | Cambodia | 45.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
43 | Bangladesh | 44.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
44 | Djibouti | 44.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
45 | Tanzania | 43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
46 | Namibia | 42.46 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
47 | Madagascar | 41.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
48 | Nepal | 41.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
49 | Togo | 41.33 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
50 | Gabon | 40.32 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
51 | Iran | 39.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
52 | Bhutan | 39.4 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
53 | Burma | 39.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
54 | South Africa | 38.33 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 38.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
55 | Kenya | 37.37 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 37.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
56 | Papua New Guinea | 36.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
57 | East Timor | 36.73 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
58 | Bolivia | 35.9 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 35.59 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
59 | Ghana | 35.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
60 | Kiribati | 35.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
61 | Iraq | 34.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
62 | Eritrea | 33.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 32.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
63 | Mongolia | 31.76 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
64 | Tajikistan | 31.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
65 | Turkmenistan | 31.41 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 31.24 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
66 | Guyana | 30.09 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
67 | Tuvalu | 29.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 28.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 27.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
Religious countries average (profile) | 27.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
68 | Azerbaijan | 26.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
69 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
70 | Zimbabwe | 24.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
71 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.35 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
72 | Suriname | 23.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
73 | Maldives | 22.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
74 | North Korea | 22.44 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
75 | Guatemala | 22.09 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
76 | Egypt | 21.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
77 | Indonesia | 21.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
78 | Cape Verde | 21.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
79 | Turkey | 21.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
80 | Morocco | 20.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
81 | Algeria | 20.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
82 | Tunisia | 20.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
83 | Federated States of Micronesia | 20.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
84 | Kazakhstan | 19.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 19.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
85 | Marshall Islands | 19.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
86 | Vietnam | 19.19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 18.99 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 18.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
87 | Peru | 18.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
88 | Dominican Republic | 18.41 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
89 | Belize | 18.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
90 | Nicaragua | 17.84 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 17.8 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
91 | Montserrat | 17.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
92 | Paraguay | 17.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
93 | Samoa | 16.91 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
94 | El Salvador | 16.87 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
95 | Honduras | 16.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
96 | Uzbekistan | 16.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
97 | Brazil | 16.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
98 | Venezuela | 16.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
99 | Vanuatu | 15.91 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 15.76 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 15.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
100 | Philippines | 15.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
101 | China | 15.25 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 15.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
102 | Ecuador | 15.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Densely populated countries average (profile) | 14.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
103 | Gaza Strip | 14.86 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
104 | Lebanon | 14.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 14.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
105 | Jordan | 14.59 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
106 | Thailand | 14.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
107 | Mexico | 14.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
108 | Solomon Islands | 14.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
109 | Oman | 14.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
110 | Jamaica | 13.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
111 | Saint Helena | 13.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
112 | The Bahamas | 12.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
113 | Armenia | 12.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
114 | Saint Lucia | 12.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
115 | Saudi Arabia | 12.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 12.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
116 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 12.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=117 | Bulgaria | 12.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=117 | Tonga | 12.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
119 | Syria | 12.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
120 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
121 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
122 | Georgia | 12.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
123 | West Bank | 12.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
124 | Colombia | 11.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
125 | Albania | 11.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
126 | British Virgin Islands | 11.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
127 | Malaysia | 11.77 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
128 | Grenada | 11.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.53 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
130 | Cook Islands | 11.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
131 | Moldova | 11.25 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
132 | Libya | 11.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
133 | Panama | 10.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
134 | Palau | 10.1 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
135 | Barbados | 9.76 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 9.59 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
136 | Botswana | 9.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
137 | Fiji | 9.33 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
138 | United Arab Emirates | 9.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
139 | Romania | 8.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
140 | Argentina | 8.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
141 | Mauritius | 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
142 | Bahrain | 8.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
143 | Brunei | 8.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 8.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 8.41 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
144 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
145 | Sri Lanka | 8.24 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
146 | Aruba | 8.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
147 | Greenland | 8.19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
148 | Seychelles | 8.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
149 | Uruguay | 8.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
150 | Costa Rica | 8.09 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
151 | Kuwait | 7.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
152 | Republic of Macedonia | 7.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
153 | Dominica | 7.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
154 | Cyprus | 7.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
155 | Puerto Rico | 7.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
156 | Chile | 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Tourist destinations average (profile) | 6.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
157 | Nauru | 6.37 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
158 | American Samoa | 6.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
159 | Qatar | 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
160 | Russia | 6.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
161 | Latvia | 6.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
162 | Virgin Islands | 6.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
163 | Ukraine | 6.03 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 6.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
164 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
165 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.89 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
166 | Croatia | 5.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
167 | Gibraltar | 5.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
168 | Estonia | 5.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 5.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
169 | Poland | 5.56 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
170 | Faroe Islands | 5.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
171 | Cayman Islands | 5.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
172 | Serbia | 5.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
173 | Slovakia | 5.24 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
174 | United States | 5.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=175 | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=175 | Guam | 5.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
177 | Hungary | 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
178 | Lithuania | 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
179 | New Caledonia | 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
180 | Canada | 4.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
181 | Cuba | 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
182 | San Marino | 4.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Southern Europe average (profile) | 4.36 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
183 | Greece | 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=184 | Luxembourg | 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=184 | Wallis and Futuna | 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
186 | Isle of Man | 4.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
187 | French Polynesia | 4.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
188 | Australia | 4.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
189 | Taiwan | 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=190 | Denmark | 4.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=190 | Portugal | 4.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
192 | New Zealand | 4.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
193 | United Kingdom | 4.05 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 4.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
194 | Liechtenstein | 4 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 3.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
195 | Israel | 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
196 | South Korea | 3.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
197 | Andorra | 3.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
198 | Belgium | 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
199 | Jersey | 3.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 3.56 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
200 | Slovenia | 3.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
Western Europe average (profile) | 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | |||
=201 | Ireland | 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=201 | Netherlands | 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
203 | Switzerland | 3.36 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
204 | Czech Republic | 3.33 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
205 | Austria | 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
206 | Belarus | 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
207 | Malta | 3.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=208 | Germany | 3.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=208 | Guernsey | 3.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
210 | Norway | 3.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
211 | Italy | 3.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
212 | Finland | 3.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
213 | Iceland | 3.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=214 | Macau | 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=214 | Spain | 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
=214 | France | 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
217 | Anguilla | 2.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
218 | Hong Kong | 2.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
219 | Sweden | 2.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
220 | Singapore | 2.44 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
221 | Bermuda | 2.36 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
222 | Japan | 1.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
223 | Monaco | 1.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 |