Infant Mortality Rate by Country

What Is Infant Mortality?

Infant Mortality measures the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 live births. It reflects a country’s healthcare quality, maternal health, and sanitation conditions. This rate is typically reported annually by the World Bank for international comparison.

Why Infant Mortality Matters to a Country’s Progress

Signals healthcare quality and maternal health, since high infant mortality often means poor medical or sanitation services.
Reflects social development, as lower infant deaths usually accompany improved nutrition, education, and living standards.
Informs health policy, because governments and NGOs use it to prioritize child health programs and resources.

Ranking Highlights

Central African Republic tops the progress rankings in Infant Mortality Rate, 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.

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