Infant Mortality Rate by Country

The Infant Mortality by Country ranking compares nations by year-over-year changes in infant mortality rates, ranking those with the largest reductions higher to highlight improvements in healthcare access, maternal and child health, and overall well-being.

Key highlights

• Central African Republic tops the rankings in Infant Mortality, recording a drop from 189.10 to 60.40. Somalia follows with a reduction from 89.90 to 67.80, while Lesotho rounds out the top three, falling from 57.60 to 55.40.
• Across all 192 countries, the average year-over-year change was -1.20 percentage points with a median change of -0.30 percentage points.
• Overall, 151 countries improved in this area while 15 worsened. Click on a country to open the full country scorecard and see how it performs across a range of key indicators.

Rank ⇵	Country ⇵	Most Recent Year ⇵	Previous Year ⇵	Change ⇵
1	Central African Republic	60.4 (2023)	189.1 (2022)	-128.70 pp
2	Somalia	67.8 (2023)	89.9 (2022)	-22.10 pp
3	Lesotho	55.4 (2023)	57.6 (2022)	-2.20 pp
4	Equatorial Guinea	49.1 (2023)	50.9 (2022)	-1.80 pp
5	Sierra Leone	56.2 (2023)	58.0 (2022)	-1.80 pp
6	Pakistan	50.1 (2023)	51.8 (2022)	-1.70 pp
7	Afghanistan	50.4 (2023)	52.0 (2022)	-1.60 pp
8	Guinea	61.5 (2023)	63.1 (2022)	-1.60 pp
9	Zimbabwe	40.6 (2023)	42.2 (2022)	-1.60 pp
10	Chad	58.7 (2023)	60.3 (2022)	-1.60 pp
11	Djibouti	44.4 (2023)	45.9 (2022)	-1.50 pp
12	Nigeria	60.1 (2023)	61.6 (2022)	-1.50 pp
13	Mali	57.6 (2023)	59.0 (2022)	-1.40 pp
14	Angola	38.3 (2023)	39.6 (2022)	-1.30 pp
15	Benin	46.4 (2023)	47.7 (2022)	-1.30 pp
16	Burkina Faso	44.8 (2023)	46.1 (2022)	-1.30 pp
17	Namibia	38.4 (2023)	39.7 (2022)	-1.30 pp
18	Zambia	30.9 (2023)	32.2 (2022)	-1.30 pp
19	Tanzania	29.9 (2023)	31.2 (2022)	-1.30 pp
20	Côte d'Ivoire	46.6 (2023)	47.9 (2022)	-1.30 pp
21	Cameroon	41.2 (2023)	42.5 (2022)	-1.30 pp
22	Democratic Republic of the Congo	44.5 (2023)	45.8 (2022)	-1.30 pp
23	Ethiopia	35.7 (2023)	37.0 (2022)	-1.30 pp
24	Liberia	52.6 (2023)	53.9 (2022)	-1.30 pp
25	Haiti	40.3 (2023)	41.5 (2022)	-1.20 pp
26	Senegal	30.2 (2023)	31.4 (2022)	-1.20 pp
27	Guinea-Bissau	43.1 (2023)	44.3 (2022)	-1.20 pp
28	Laos	35.2 (2023)	36.4 (2022)	-1.20 pp
29	Gambia	33.8 (2023)	34.9 (2022)	-1.10 pp
30	India	24.5 (2023)	25.6 (2022)	-1.10 pp
31	Myanmar	34.1 (2023)	35.2 (2022)	-1.10 pp
32	Mozambique	45.4 (2023)	46.5 (2022)	-1.10 pp
33	Malawi	29.4 (2023)	30.5 (2022)	-1.10 pp
34	Eswatini	43.5 (2023)	44.6 (2022)	-1.10 pp
35	Uganda	27.6 (2023)	28.7 (2022)	-1.10 pp
36	Comoros	35.7 (2023)	36.8 (2022)	-1.10 pp
37	Kenya	34.7 (2023)	35.8 (2022)	-1.10 pp
38	Sudan	39.2 (2023)	40.3 (2022)	-1.10 pp
39	Botswana	38.2 (2023)	39.2 (2022)	-1.00 pp
40	Ghana	28.2 (2023)	29.2 (2022)	-1.00 pp
41	Mauritania	31.0 (2023)	32.0 (2022)	-1.00 pp
42	Papua New Guinea	32.0 (2023)	33.0 (2022)	-1.00 pp
43	Togo	35.9 (2023)	36.9 (2022)	-1.00 pp
44	Timor-Leste	35.9 (2023)	36.9 (2022)	-1.00 pp
45	Yemen	34.7 (2023)	35.7 (2022)	-1.00 pp
46	Tunisia	10.6 (2023)	11.5 (2022)	-0.90 pp
47	Burundi	31.5 (2023)	32.4 (2022)	-0.90 pp
48	Congo	27.6 (2023)	28.5 (2022)	-0.90 pp
49	Eritrea	25.5 (2023)	26.4 (2022)	-0.90 pp
50	Kiribati	39.7 (2023)	40.6 (2022)	-0.90 pp
51	Nepal	23.3 (2023)	24.2 (2022)	-0.90 pp
52	Niger	67.4 (2023)	68.3 (2022)	-0.90 pp
53	Guyana	23.8 (2023)	24.6 (2022)	-0.80 pp
54	Cambodia	20.3 (2023)	21.1 (2022)	-0.80 pp
55	Marshall Islands	23.5 (2023)	24.3 (2022)	-0.80 pp
56	Turkmenistan	31.2 (2023)	32.0 (2022)	-0.80 pp
57	North Macedonia	2.8 (2023)	3.6 (2022)	-0.80 pp
58	Azerbaijan	13.3 (2023)	14.1 (2022)	-0.80 pp
59	Dominican Republic	28.4 (2023)	29.1 (2022)	-0.70 pp
60	Bolivia	20.0 (2023)	20.7 (2022)	-0.70 pp
61	Micronesia	20.8 (2023)	21.5 (2022)	-0.70 pp
62	Gabon	26.5 (2023)	27.2 (2022)	-0.70 pp
63	Iraq	20.8 (2023)	21.5 (2022)	-0.70 pp
64	Bhutan	18.5 (2023)	19.1 (2022)	-0.60 pp
65	Egypt	16.1 (2023)	16.7 (2022)	-0.60 pp
66	Tuvalu	17.1 (2023)	17.7 (2022)	-0.60 pp
67	Cabo Verde	11.0 (2023)	11.5 (2022)	-0.50 pp
68	Guatemala	17.9 (2023)	18.4 (2022)	-0.50 pp
69	Indonesia	17.0 (2023)	17.5 (2022)	-0.50 pp
70	Morocco	15.5 (2023)	16.0 (2022)	-0.50 pp
71	Madagascar	44.2 (2023)	44.7 (2022)	-0.50 pp
72	Nauru	8.3 (2023)	8.8 (2022)	-0.50 pp
73	Panama	10.6 (2023)	11.1 (2022)	-0.50 pp
74	Paraguay	15.1 (2023)	15.6 (2022)	-0.50 pp
75	Solomon Islands	16.5 (2023)	17.0 (2022)	-0.50 pp
76	Suriname	15.2 (2023)	15.7 (2022)	-0.50 pp
77	Syria	19.0 (2023)	19.5 (2022)	-0.50 pp
78	Trinidad and Tobago	17.2 (2023)	17.6 (2022)	-0.40 pp
79	Armenia	8.9 (2023)	9.3 (2022)	-0.40 pp
80	Colombia	10.9 (2023)	11.3 (2022)	-0.40 pp
81	Jordan	12.2 (2023)	12.6 (2022)	-0.40 pp
82	Sao Tome and Principe	9.4 (2023)	9.8 (2022)	-0.40 pp
83	Uzbekistan	12.7 (2023)	13.1 (2022)	-0.40 pp
84	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.9 (2023)	10.3 (2022)	-0.40 pp
85	Honduras	13.3 (2023)	13.7 (2022)	-0.40 pp
86	Saint Kitts and Nevis	14.3 (2023)	14.7 (2022)	-0.40 pp
87	Nicaragua	10.3 (2023)	10.7 (2022)	-0.40 pp
88	Palau	19.1 (2023)	19.5 (2022)	-0.40 pp
89	Algeria	19.7 (2023)	20.0 (2022)	-0.30 pp
90	Iran	10.7 (2023)	11.0 (2022)	-0.30 pp
91	Mauritius	13.5 (2023)	13.8 (2022)	-0.30 pp
92	Peru	13.5 (2023)	13.8 (2022)	-0.30 pp
93	Rwanda	30.5 (2023)	30.8 (2022)	-0.30 pp
94	El Salvador	9.2 (2023)	9.5 (2022)	-0.30 pp
95	Thailand	8.0 (2023)	8.3 (2022)	-0.30 pp
96	Vietnam	14.0 (2023)	14.3 (2022)	-0.30 pp
97	China	4.5 (2023)	4.8 (2022)	-0.30 pp
98	Maldives	5.0 (2023)	5.3 (2022)	-0.30 pp
99	Barbados	9.3 (2023)	9.6 (2022)	-0.30 pp
100	Mexico	10.8 (2023)	11.1 (2022)	-0.30 pp
101	Samoa	12.8 (2023)	13.1 (2022)	-0.30 pp
102	Philippines	22.1 (2023)	22.4 (2022)	-0.30 pp
103	Tajikistan	22.9 (2023)	23.1 (2022)	-0.20 pp
104	Seychelles	13.1 (2023)	13.3 (2022)	-0.20 pp
105	Vanuatu	14.2 (2023)	14.4 (2022)	-0.20 pp
106	United Arab Emirates	4.0 (2023)	4.2 (2022)	-0.20 pp
107	Antigua and Barbuda	7.3 (2023)	7.5 (2022)	-0.20 pp
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.3 (2023)	5.5 (2022)	-0.20 pp
109	Sri Lanka	5.3 (2023)	5.5 (2022)	-0.20 pp
110	Latvia	2.5 (2023)	2.7 (2022)	-0.20 pp
111	Malta	4.8 (2023)	5.0 (2022)	-0.20 pp
112	Ukraine	7.8 (2023)	8.0 (2022)	-0.20 pp
113	Russia	3.7 (2023)	3.9 (2022)	-0.20 pp
114	Bahamas	11.4 (2023)	11.6 (2022)	-0.20 pp
115	Grenada	16.7 (2023)	16.9 (2022)	-0.20 pp
116	Kyrgyzstan	14.9 (2023)	15.1 (2022)	-0.20 pp
117	Mongolia	11.4 (2023)	11.6 (2022)	-0.20 pp
118	Saudi Arabia	4.9 (2023)	5.1 (2022)	-0.20 pp
119	Tonga	8.0 (2023)	8.2 (2022)	-0.20 pp
120	Argentina	8.2 (2023)	8.3 (2022)	-0.10 pp
121	Brunei	8.2 (2023)	8.3 (2022)	-0.10 pp
122	South Africa	24.4 (2023)	24.5 (2022)	-0.10 pp
123	Kazakhstan	7.6 (2023)	7.7 (2022)	-0.10 pp
124	Andorra	2.5 (2023)	2.6 (2022)	-0.10 pp
125	Australia	3.1 (2023)	3.2 (2022)	-0.10 pp
126	Austria	2.6 (2023)	2.7 (2022)	-0.10 pp
127	Belgium	3.0 (2023)	3.1 (2022)	-0.10 pp
128	Belarus	1.9 (2023)	2.0 (2022)	-0.10 pp
129	Czech Republic	2.1 (2023)	2.2 (2022)	-0.10 pp
130	Denmark	3.0 (2023)	3.1 (2022)	-0.10 pp
131	Iceland	1.9 (2023)	2.0 (2022)	-0.10 pp
132	Italy	2.3 (2023)	2.4 (2022)	-0.10 pp
133	South Korea	2.3 (2023)	2.4 (2022)	-0.10 pp
134	Lithuania	2.8 (2023)	2.9 (2022)	-0.10 pp
135	Montenegro	2.1 (2023)	2.2 (2022)	-0.10 pp
136	Singapore	1.7 (2023)	1.8 (2022)	-0.10 pp
137	Estonia	1.6 (2023)	1.7 (2022)	-0.10 pp
138	Slovenia	1.8 (2023)	1.9 (2022)	-0.10 pp
139	Bulgaria	5.0 (2023)	5.1 (2022)	-0.10 pp
140	Belize	10.8 (2023)	10.9 (2022)	-0.10 pp
141	Brazil	12.5 (2023)	12.6 (2022)	-0.10 pp
142	Canada	4.4 (2023)	4.5 (2022)	-0.10 pp
143	Ecuador	11.1 (2023)	11.2 (2022)	-0.10 pp
144	Georgia	8.0 (2023)	8.1 (2022)	-0.10 pp
145	Greece	3.2 (2023)	3.3 (2022)	-0.10 pp
146	Saint Lucia	14.3 (2023)	14.4 (2022)	-0.10 pp
147	Moldova	13.5 (2023)	13.6 (2022)	-0.10 pp
148	New Zealand	4.0 (2023)	4.1 (2022)	-0.10 pp
149	Oman	8.4 (2023)	8.5 (2022)	-0.10 pp
150	Qatar	4.9 (2023)	5.0 (2022)	-0.10 pp
151	Uruguay	5.5 (2023)	5.6 (2022)	-0.10 pp
152	Albania	8.3 (2023)	8.3 (2022)	+0.00 pp
153	Bangladesh	24.4 (2023)	24.4 (2022)	+0.00 pp
154	Switzerland	3.5 (2023)	3.5 (2022)	+0.00 pp
155	Germany	3.1 (2023)	3.1 (2022)	+0.00 pp
156	Spain	2.6 (2023)	2.6 (2022)	+0.00 pp
157	Finland	1.8 (2023)	1.8 (2022)	+0.00 pp
158	France	3.4 (2023)	3.4 (2022)	+0.00 pp
159	Croatia	3.9 (2023)	3.9 (2022)	+0.00 pp
160	Hungary	3.2 (2023)	3.2 (2022)	+0.00 pp
161	Israel	2.7 (2023)	2.7 (2022)	+0.00 pp
162	Jamaica	18.3 (2023)	18.3 (2022)	+0.00 pp
163	Japan	1.8 (2023)	1.8 (2022)	+0.00 pp
164	Kuwait	7.6 (2023)	7.6 (2022)	+0.00 pp
165	Luxembourg	2.0 (2023)	2.0 (2022)	+0.00 pp
166	Monaco	2.3 (2023)	2.3 (2022)	+0.00 pp
167	Netherlands	3.5 (2023)	3.5 (2022)	+0.00 pp
168	Norway	1.9 (2023)	1.9 (2022)	+0.00 pp
169	Poland	3.7 (2023)	3.7 (2022)	+0.00 pp
170	Portugal	2.6 (2023)	2.6 (2022)	+0.00 pp
171	Romania	5.4 (2023)	5.4 (2022)	+0.00 pp
172	San Marino	1.4 (2023)	1.4 (2022)	+0.00 pp
173	Serbia	4.5 (2023)	4.5 (2022)	+0.00 pp
174	South Sudan	72.6 (2023)	72.6 (2022)	+0.00 pp
175	Sweden	2.0 (2023)	2.0 (2022)	+0.00 pp
176	United States	5.5 (2023)	5.5 (2022)	+0.00 pp
177	Venezuela	21.5 (2023)	21.5 (2022)	+0.00 pp
178	Malaysia	6.8 (2023)	6.7 (2022)	+0.10 pp
179	Slovakia	5.1 (2023)	5.0 (2022)	+0.10 pp
180	Cyprus	2.9 (2023)	2.8 (2022)	+0.10 pp
181	United Kingdom	4.0 (2023)	3.9 (2022)	+0.10 pp
182	Ireland	3.4 (2023)	3.3 (2022)	+0.10 pp
183	North Korea	14.5 (2023)	14.3 (2022)	+0.20 pp
184	Bahrain	7.2 (2023)	7.0 (2022)	+0.20 pp
185	Chile	6.2 (2023)	5.9 (2022)	+0.30 pp
186	Cuba	6.6 (2023)	6.3 (2022)	+0.30 pp
187	Fiji	23.8 (2023)	23.5 (2022)	+0.30 pp
188	Costa Rica	9.2 (2023)	8.8 (2022)	+0.40 pp
189	Dominica	33.1 (2023)	32.7 (2022)	+0.40 pp
190	Lebanon	16.0 (2023)	15.1 (2022)	+0.90 pp
191	Türkiye	9.1 (2023)	8.0 (2022)	+1.10 pp
192	Libya	15.9 (2023)	8.4 (2022)	+7.50 pp

Source: World Bank. Only countries with complete data (both points within the past 10 years) are shown.