List of countries by infant mortality rate

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World infant mortality rates in 2008 ^[1]

This is a list of countries by infant mortality rate. Figures are from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2005-2010^[2], and the CIA World Factbook, last updated on April 2, 2009.^[3]

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. The current world infant mortality rate is 49.4 according to the United Nations and 42.09 according to the CIA World Fact Book.

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List by the United Nations Population Division

List by the CIA World Factbook
(all 2009 est.)

Rank	Country or territory	Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)	Under-five mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)
1	Sierra Leone	160.3	278.1
2	Afghanistan	157.0	235.4
3	Liberia	132.5	205.2
4	Angola	131.9	230.8
5	Mali	128.5	199.7
6	Chad	119.2	189.0
7	Cote d'Ivoire	116.9	183.2
8	Somalia	116.3	192.8
9	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	113.5	195.9
10	Guinea-Bissau	112.7	194.8
11	Rwanda	112.4	187.8
12	Niger	110.8	188.0
13	Nigeria	109.5	187.5
14	Burkina Faso	104.4	180.6
15	Guinea	102.5	155.8
16	Burundi	99.4	169.0
17	Benin	98.0	146.1
18	Central African Republic	96.8	162.9
19	Mozambique	95.9	163.7
20	Zambia	92.7	157.0
21	Equatorial Guinea	92.3	155.4
22	Malawi	89.4	131.8
23	Togo	88.6	126.3
24	Cameroon	87.5	144.5
25	Ethiopia	86.9	145.3
26	Djibouti	85.3	125.9
27	Iraq	81.5	105.4
28	Uganda	76.9	127.4
29	Turkmenistan	74.7	94.6
30	Gambia	74.2	128.1
31	Tanzania	72.6	118.4
32	Azerbaijan	72.3	86.1
33	Sao Tome and Principe	72.3	94.6
34	Swaziland	71.0	113.6
35	Republic of the Congo	70.3	101.9
36	Pakistan	67.5	95.2
37	East Timor	66.7	91.5
38	Myanmar	66.0	97.2
39	Senegal	65.7	115.0
40	Madagascar	65.5	106.5
41	Sudan	64.9	104.5
42	Lesotho	64.6	98.2
43	Kenya	64.4	104.1
44	Mauritania	63.0	92.4
45	Cambodia	62.7	89.4
46	Papua New Guinea	60.7	84.0
47	Tajikistan	60.2	78.1
48	Yemen	58.6	78.8
49	Zimbabwe	58.0	93.9
50	Ghana	56.6	89.6
51	Eritrea	55.3	76.9
52	Uzbekistan	55.0	66.0
53	India	55.0	78.6
54	Solomon Islands	54.5	72.5
55	Nepal	53.9	71.6
56	Gabon	53.8	85.6
57	Kyrgyzstan	53.1	63.9
58	Bangladesh	52.5	69.3
59	Laos	51.4	67.5
-	World	49.4	73.7
60	Haiti	48.8	71.5
61	Comoros	48.4	62.7
62	North Korea	48.2	62.4
63	Botswana	46.5	67.5
64	Bolivia	45.6	60.6
65	Bhutan	45.0	64.8
66	South Africa	44.8	66.0
67	Western Sahara	44.2	56.3
68	Guyana	42.9	57.4
69	Namibia	42.3	65.6
70	Mongolia	39.8	53.8
71	Georgia	38.7	41.5
72	Maldives	34.1	42.0
73	Micronesia, Federated States of	34.1	42.0
74	Grenada	33.8	41.4
75	Paraguay	32.0	38.3
76	Algeria	31.1	33.2
77	Iran	30.6	35.5
78	Morocco	30.6	36.3
79	Guatemala	30.1	39.3
80	Dominican Republic	29.6	33.1
81	Egypt	29.3	33.8
82	Armenia	28.9	33.8
83	Vanuatu	28.3	34.0
84	Honduras	28.2	41.6
85	Suriname	27.7	34.9
86	Turkey	27.5	31.6
87	Indonesia	26.6	31.8
88	Cape Verde	24.6	29.2
89	Kazakhstan	24.1	28.5
90	Brazil	23.6	29.1
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.3	27.5
92	Philippines	23.1	27.2
93	China	23.0	29.4
94	Samoa	22.3	26.6
95	Montenegro	22.3	24.3
96	Lebanon	22.0	25.9
97	El Salvador	21.5	29.3
98	Nicaragua	21.5	25.7
99	Peru	21.2	28.8
100	Ecuador	21.1	25.7
101	Tunisia	19.8	22.2
102	Fiji	19.5	24.3
103	Vietnam	19.5	23.3
104	Jordan	19.4	21.8
105	Albania	19.2	22.3
106	Colombia	19.1	26.0
107	Saudi Arabia	18.8	21.8
108	Tonga	18.6	21.9
109	Panama	18.2	23.8
110	Libya	18.0	19.7
111	Palestinian territories	17.5	20.2
112	Venezuela	17.0	21.8
113	Aruba	17.0	19.5
114	Mexico	16.7	20.2
115	Russia	16.6	20.9
116	Belize	16.4	20.0
117	Syria	16.0	18.3
118	Moldova	15.8	19.4
119	Romania	14.9	17.9
120	Netherlands Antilles	14.8	16.8
121	Republic of Macedonia	14.8	16.9
122	Mauritius	14.0	16.5
123	Bahamas	13.8	17.5
124	Jamaica	13.6	17.2
125	Argentina	13.4	15.5
126	French Guiana	13.4	15.1
127	Réunion	13.4	15.1
128	Uruguay	13.1	16.2
129	Ukraine	12.8	15.8
130	Saint Lucia	12.6	16.1
131	Trinidad and Tobago	12.4	17.6
132	Oman	12.3	13.8
133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.0	13.9
134	Bulgaria	11.8	14.1
135	Serbia	11.7	13.9
136	Bahrain	11.2	13.7
137	Sri Lanka	11.0	12.9
138	Thailand	10.6	15.1
139	Latvia	10.4	13.7
140	Barbados	10.1	11.4
141	Costa Rica	9.9	11.4
142	Belarus	9.4	12.0
143	Guam	9.0	10.5
144	Malaysia	8.9	11.3
145	U.S. Virgin Islands	8.6	9.6
146	Lithuania	8.5	11.1
147	Qatar	8.2	10.2
148	United Arab Emirates	8.2	9.0
149	Kuwait	8.1	9.9
150	French Polynesia	8.0	10.5
151	Puerto Rico	7.2	8.7
152	Estonia	7.2	9.8
153	Chile	7.2	8.8
154	Macau	7.0	7.8
155	Slovakia	6.9	8.4
156	Hungary	6.8	8.5
157	Guadeloupe	6.8	8.8
158	Greece	6.7	7.8
159	Poland	6.7	8.0
160	Martinique	6.6	8.3
161	Malta	6.5	7.6
162	Croatia	6.4	7.7
163	United States	6.3	7.8
164	New Caledonia	6.1	8.7
165	Cyprus	5.9	6.9
166	Brunei	5.5	6.7
167	Channel Islands ( Jersey and Guernsey)	5.2	6.2
168	Cuba	5.1	6.5
169	New Zealand	5.0	6.4
170	Portugal	5.0	6.6
171	Italy	5.0	6.1
172	Ireland	4.9	6.2
173	Canada	4.8	5.9
174	United Kingdom	4.8	6.0
175	Slovenia	4.8	6.4
176	Israel	4.7	5.7
177	Netherlands	4.7	5.9
178	Luxembourg	4.5	6.6
179	Australia	4.4	5.6
180	Austria	4.4	5.4
181	Denmark	4.4	5.8
182	Germany	4.3	5.4
183	Spain	4.2	5.3
184	France	4.2	5.2
185	Belgium	4.2	5.3
186	South Korea	4.1	4.8
187	Switzerland	4.1	5.1
188	Czech Republic	3.8	4.8
189	Finland	3.7	4.7
190	Hong Kong	3.7	4.7
191	Norway	3.3	4.4
192	Sweden	3.2	4.0
193	Japan	3.2	4.2
194	Singapore	3.0	4.1
195	Iceland	2.9	3.9

Rank	Country or territory	Infant mortality rate (deaths/1,000 live births)
1	Angola	180.21
2	Sierra Leone	154.43
3	Afghanistan	151.95
4	Liberia	138.24
5	Niger	116.66
6	Somalia	109.19
7	Mozambique	105.80
8	Mali	102.05
9	Zambia	101.20
10	Guinea-Bissau	99.82
11	Chad	98.69
12	Djibouti	97.51
13	Nigeria	94.35
14	Malawi	89.05
15	Burkina Faso	84.49
16	Sudan	82.43
17	Rwanda	81.61
18	Equatorial Guinea	81.58
19	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	81.21
20	Ethiopia	80.80
21	Central African Republic	80.62
22	Congo, Republic of the	79.78
23	Laos	77.82
24	Lesotho	77.40
25	Western Sahara	69.66
26	Tanzania	69.28
27	Swaziland	68.63
28	Cote d'Ivoire	68.06
29	Gambia, The	67.33
30	Comoros	66.57
31	Guinea	65.22
32	Pakistan	65.14
33	Uganda	64.82
34	Benin	64.64
35	Mauritania	63.42
36	Cameroon	63.34
37	Haiti	59.69
38	Burundi	59.64
39	Bangladesh	59.02
40	Senegal	58.94
41	Mayotte	56.29
42	Togo	56.24
43	Cambodia	54.79
44	Kenya	54.70
45	Yemen	54.70
46	Azerbaijan	54.60
47	Madagascar	54.20
48	Gabon	51.78
49	North Korea	51.34
50	Ghana	51.09
51	Vanuatu	49.45
52	Bhutan	49.36
53	Burma	47.61
54	Nepal	47.46
55	Namibia	45.51
56	Turkmenistan	45.36
57	Papua New Guinea	45.23
58	Bolivia	44.66
59	South Africa	44.42
60	Iraq	43.82
61	Kiribati	43.48
62	Eritrea	43.33
-	World	42.09
63	Cape Verde	41.35
64	Tajikistan	41.03
65	Timor-Leste	40.65
66	Mongolia	39.88
67	Sao Tome and Principe	37.12
68	Morocco	36.88
69	Iran	35.78
70	Zimbabwe	32.31
71	Kyrgyzstan	31.26
72	India	30.15
73	Indonesia	29.97
74	Trinidad and Tobago	29.93
75	Guyana	29.65
76	Maldives	29.53
77	Peru	28.62
78	Guatemala	27.84
79	Algeria	27.73
80	Egypt	27.26
81	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.10
82	Dominican Republic	25.96
83	Syria	25.87
84	Turkey	25.78
85	Kazakhstan	25.73
86	Marshall Islands	25.45
87	Nicaragua	25.02
88	Paraguay	24.68
89	Samoa	24.22
90	Honduras	24.03
91	Uzbekistan	23.43
92	Bahamas, The	23.17
93	Belize	23.07
94	Romania	22.90
95	Vietnam	22.88
96	Brazil	22.58
97	Tunisia	22.57
98	Lebanon	21.82
99	Venezuela	21.54
100	El Salvador	21.52
101	Libya	21.05
102	Ecuador	20.90
103	Philippines	20.56
104	China	20.25
105	Armenia	20.21
106	Solomon Islands	19.03
107	Colombia	18.90
108	Suriname	18.81
109	Albania	18.62
110	Sri Lanka	18.57
111	Tuvalu	18.43
112	Mexico	18.42
113	Gaza Strip	18.35
114	Bulgaria	17.87
115	Saint Helena	17.63
116	Thailand	17.63
117	Cook Islands	16.90
118	Oman	16.88
119	Antigua and Barbuda	16.25
120	Georgia	16.22
121	Montserrat	16.08
122	West Bank	15.96
123	Malaysia	15.87
124	Bahrain	15.25
125	Jamaica	15.22
126	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15.14
127	Jordan	14.97
128	British Virgin Islands	14.65
129	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13.94
130	Turks and Caicos Islands	13.89
131	Aruba	13.79
132	Dominica	13.65
133	Saint Lucia	13.43
134	Grenada	13.23
135	Palau	13.14
136	Moldova	13.13
137	United Arab Emirates	12.70
138	Panama	12.67
139	Qatar	12.66
140	Botswana	12.59
141	Seychelles	12.30
142	Barbados	12.29
143	Brunei	12.27
144	Mauritius	12.20
145	Fiji	11.58
146	Tonga	11.58
147	Saudi Arabia	11.57
148	Argentina	11.44
149	Uruguay	11.32
150	Greenland	10.72
151	Russia	10.56
152	American Samoa	10.18
153	Nauru	9.25
154	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.10
155	Netherlands Antilles	9.09
156	Macedonia	9.01
157	Ukraine	8.98
158	Kuwait	8.96
159	Costa Rica	8.77
160	Latvia	8.77
161	Puerto Rico	8.42
162	Hungary	7.86
163	Chile	7.71
164	U.S. Virgin Islands	7.56
165	French Polynesia	7.55
166	Estonia	7.32
167	New Caledonia	7.05
168	Cayman Islands	6.94
169	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	6.87
170	Slovakia	6.84
171	Poland	6.80
172	Cyprus	6.60
173	Northern Mariana Islands	6.59
174	Lithuania	6.47
175	Belarus	6.43
176	Croatia	6.37
177	Faroe Islands	6.32
178	United States	6.26
179	Guam	6.05
180	Cuba	5.82
181	European Union	5.72
182	Italy	5.51
183	Isle of Man	5.37
184	Taiwan	5.35
185	San Marino	5.34
186	Greece	5.16
187	Ireland	5.05
188	Canada	5.04
189	Wallis and Futuna	5.02
190	Monaco	5.00
191	New Zealand	4.92
192	United Kingdom	4.85
193	Gibraltar	4.83
194	Portugal	4.78
195	Australia	4.75
196	Jersey	4.73
197	Netherlands	4.73
198	Luxembourg	4.56
199	Guernsey	4.47
200	Belgium	4.44
201	Austria	4.42
202	Denmark	4.34
203	South Korea	4.26
204	Liechtenstein	4.25
205	Slovenia	4.25
206	Israel	4.22
207	Spain	4.21
208	Switzerland	4.18
209	Germany	3.99
210	Czech Republic	3.79
211	Andorra	3.76
212	Malta	3.75
213	Norway	3.58
214	Anguilla	3.52
215	Finland	3.47
216	France	3.33
217	Iceland	3.23
218	Macau	3.22
219	Hong Kong	2.92
220	Japan	2.79
221	Sweden	2.75
222	Bermuda	2.46
223	Singapore	2.31