Infant Mortality

Name: Infant Mortality
Creator: GK Maps

Nigeria has the highest Infant Mortality (2024) of any country, at 69.8 per 1,000 births. It is followed by Niger (65.6) and Somalia (65.4).

Infant Mortality — 164 countries (per 1,000 births)
1	Nigeria	69.8
2	Niger	65.6
3	Somalia	65.4
4	Liberia	63.2
5	Zimbabwe	62.4
6	Guinea	59.8
7	Central African Rep.	58.8
8	Dem. Rep. Congo	56.4
9	Chad	56.3
10	Lesotho	56.3
11	Sierra Leone	54.6
12	Afghanistan	48.3
13	Pakistan	48.2
14	Eq. Guinea	47.6
15	Mali	47.5
16	Benin	45.2
17	Côte d'Ivoire	44.8
18	Mozambique	43.7
19	Burkina Faso	43.6
20	Djibouti	43.0
21	Madagascar	43.0
22	Sudan	42.9
23	eSwatini	42.2
24	Guinea-Bissau	42.1
25	Cameroon	40.2
26	Haiti	39.0
27	Malawi	38.0
28	Namibia	36.4
29	Uganda	35.9
30	Togo	34.8
31	Timor-Leste	34.6
32	Zambia	34.6
33	Ethiopia	34.5
34	Kenya	34.2
35	Yemen	33.8
36	Myanmar	32.8
37	Gambia	32.7
38	Angola	32.1
39	Botswana	32.1
40	Papua New Guinea	31.3
41	Burundi	30.5
42	Turkmenistan	30.4
43	Mauritania	30.2
44	Rwanda	29.4
45	Senegal	28.9
46	Tanzania	28.7
47	Dominican Rep.	27.7
48	Ghana	27.5
49	Laos	27.2
50	Congo	27.0
51	Gabon	25.9
52	Eritrea	24.7
53	Bangladesh	24.4
54	South Africa	24.2
55	Fiji	23.5
56	Tajikistan	23.5
57	India	23.3
58	Guyana	23.2
59	Nepal	22.2
60	Philippines	21.7
61	Venezuela	21.2
62	Egypt	20.8
63	Iraq	20.1
64	Algeria	19.5
65	Syria	17.7
66	Guatemala	17.2
67	Trinidad and Tobago	17.0
68	Cambodia	16.4
69	Jamaica	16.4
70	Solomon Is.	16.4
71	Lebanon	15.3
72	Indonesia	15.2
73	Moldova	15.1
74	Kyrgyzstan	14.8
75	Suriname	14.8
76	Morocco	14.7
77	Paraguay	14.5
78	Vanuatu	14.4
79	Bolivia	14.2
80	Bhutan	13.7
81	North Korea	13.3
82	Honduras	12.8
83	Uzbekistan	12.8
84	Azerbaijan	12.5
85	Brazil	12.3
86	Mexico	12.1
87	Jordan	12.0
88	Panama	12.0
89	Vietnam	12.0
90	Mongolia	11.2
91	Bahamas	11.1
92	Peru	11.0
93	Ecuador	10.9
94	Belize	10.8
95	Colombia	10.5
96	Iran	10.3
97	Tunisia	9.7
98	Nicaragua	9.4
99	Costa Rica	9.1
100	El Salvador	8.8
101	Brunei	8.6
102	Armenia	8.5
103	Albania	8.3
104	Oman	8.3
105	Argentina	8.0
106	Turkey	8.0
107	Libya	7.9
108	Thailand	7.7
109	Ukraine	7.6
110	Georgia	7.5
111	Kazakhstan	7.4
112	Kuwait	7.0
113	Malaysia	7.0
114	Cuba	6.8
115	Uruguay	6.2
116	Romania	6.0
117	Chile	5.8
118	Bosnia and Herz.	5.5
119	United States of America	5.5
120	Slovakia	5.3
121	Sri Lanka	5.2
122	Qatar	4.8
123	Canada	4.7
124	Saudi Arabia	4.7
125	Bulgaria	4.6
126	Serbia	4.6
127	China	4.1
128	Croatia	4.1
129	Cyprus	4.1
130	Russia	4.1
131	United Kingdom	4.1
132	New Zealand	4.0
133	United Arab Emirates	3.8
134	Poland	3.6
135	Denmark	3.5
136	France	3.4
137	Ireland	3.4
138	Netherlands	3.4
139	Switzerland	3.4
140	Greece	3.2
141	Australia	3.1
142	Belgium	3.1
143	Germany	3.1
144	Hungary	3.1
145	Austria	2.8
146	Lithuania	2.8
147	Israel	2.7
148	Portugal	2.7
149	Spain	2.6
150	North Macedonia	2.5
151	Italy	2.3
152	South Korea	2.3
153	Latvia	2.2
154	Czechia	2.1
155	Iceland	2.1
156	Norway	2.0
157	Sweden	2.0
158	Finland	1.9
159	Luxembourg	1.9
160	Montenegro	1.9
161	Belarus	1.8
162	Japan	1.8
163	Slovenia	1.8
164	Estonia	1.5

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