Data for 1976

Infant Mortality Rate, 1976

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 1976
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

1976, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1976 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Cambodia is highest, at 253.15; Sweden is lowest, at 8.33. The middle country reads 58.10. Against 1975, 171 values changed (14 up, 157 down), 3 countries joined.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1976

HighestCambodia

253.15

LowestSweden

8.33

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

174countries
3measures per country
1976the year it describes
174distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Infant Mortality Rate, 1976, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Infant Mortality Rate, 1976: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	253.15	214.300	298.07
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	204.75	181.249	232.40
3	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	184.19	170.147	199.93
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	172.84	158.961	187.82
5	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	170.71	154.399	188.15
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	167.23	150.342	185.39
7	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	163.11	122.300	217.66
8	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	160.46	147.821	174.33
9	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	160.31	130.043	197.19
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	152.67	130.780	178.64
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	150.19	136.172	165.41
12	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	149.81	131.131	170.73
13	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	148.08	137.158	160.12
14	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	147.58	133.224	163.91
15	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	145.69	134.549	158.43
16	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	145.09	131.161	159.93
17	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	144.80	137.159	152.84
18	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	139.95	128.755	152.62
19	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	139.76	120.279	163.00
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	139.00	131.362	147.09
21	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	134.49	118.362	154.06
22	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	134.07	120.425	149.54
23	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	133.58	124.298	143.72
24	Bolivia`BOL`South America	131.98	123.648	141.18
25	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	130.70	121.340	141.15
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	129.99	118.977	142.26
27	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	129.94	121.670	138.58
28	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	124.65	115.606	134.73
29	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	123.83	111.967	137.34
30	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	122.19	108.992	137.53
31	India`IND`Southern Asia	121.08	116.042	126.61
32	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	120.23	112.529	128.33
33	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	119.90	105.339	136.39
34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	119.34	107.629	132.10
35	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	118.77	108.264	129.89
36	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	118.56	103.415	135.12
37	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	117.64	97.100	141.25
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	115.51	107.534	124.18
39	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	115.06	102.654	128.95
40	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	114.28	104.529	125.41
41	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	113.32	90.001	144.18
42	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	112.35	95.865	131.50
43	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	112.09	104.345	120.56
44	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	111.69	95.614	131.13
45	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	109.81	103.260	116.41
46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	108.89	91.766	129.48
47	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	108.59	98.867	119.38
48	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	107.97	99.247	117.27
49	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	107.42	98.214	117.75
50	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	106.65	96.337	118.47
51	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	102.31	87.079	121.26
52	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	101.12	83.148	121.70
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	98.06	94.363	101.76
54	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	97.38	83.332	112.84
55	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	97.23	86.170	110.98
56	Peru`PER`South America	97.01	91.424	102.81
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	95.61	90.433	101.06
58	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	93.03	81.570	106.27
59	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	90.84	84.229	98.03
60	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	89.28	81.008	98.57
61	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	88.89	78.179	99.24
62	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	88.87	75.257	105.75
63	Brazil`BRA`South America	88.40	82.091	95.07
64	Honduras`HND`Central America	84.11	77.048	92.75
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	83.62	75.990	92.15
66	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	82.24	67.472	99.19
67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	80.92	74.059	88.23
68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	80.09	66.742	97.50
69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	79.96	72.369	88.25
70	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	76.64	71.490	82.28
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	75.79	70.884	80.97
72	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	75.37	64.972	87.23
73	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	72.26	65.624	79.23
74	Mexico`MEX`Central America	68.28	62.701	74.35
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	68.18	58.444	79.26
76	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.90	51.813	91.48
77	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	67.70	58.982	77.61
78	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	66.55	60.266	73.61
79	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	66.36	55.098	79.84
80	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	64.70	51.983	80.70
81	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	63.50	52.942	75.47
82	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	62.84	54.888	70.84
83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	60.87	53.921	68.17
84	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.59	52.221	70.80
85	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59.34	55.313	63.53
86	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.04	47.896	72.94
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	58.58	53.355	64.24
88	Colombia`COL`South America	57.61	53.820	61.80
89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	57.41	52.138	63.23
90	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	56.94	54.719	59.28
91	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.81	38.511	81.91
92	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	55.32	51.618	59.43
93	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	54.99	43.467	69.14
94	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	53.41	48.942	58.03
95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	52.53	43.348	63.59
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	52.11	47.134	57.80
97	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	51.69	44.721	59.60
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.33	48.523	52.20
99	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	48.95	41.063	57.72
100	Uruguay`URY`South America	48.64	47.704	49.61
101	Chile`CHL`South America	48.62	47.540	49.77
102	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	47.91	36.695	62.06
103	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	47.43	44.110	51.12
104	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	45.42	35.343	58.35
105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	43.38	41.725	45.07
106	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	42.63	41.460	43.82
107	Venezuela`VEN`South America	41.73	37.465	46.31
108	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	41.15	36.126	47.12
109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	40.60	33.344	49.07
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	40.54	35.479	46.30
111	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	40.53	39.628	41.42
112	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40.22	34.875	46.35
113	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	38.91	30.471	49.82
114	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	38.54	35.283	42.02
115	Panama`PAN`Central America	37.97	34.242	42.50
116	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	37.35	31.232	44.73
117	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	36.70	30.834	43.65
118	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	36.56	30.054	44.72
119	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	35.20	29.591	41.68
120	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	33.63	31.862	35.46
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.16	32.380	33.95
122	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	33.08	31.879	34.33
123	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	32.58	31.933	33.25
124	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	32.43	31.829	33.01
125	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	32.29	30.336	34.41
126	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	31.26	24.998	38.93
127	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	31.09	27.354	35.26
128	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	30.41	25.730	35.96
129	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	29.86	28.451	31.33
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	29.61	27.438	32.14
131	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	29.41	27.745	31.10
132	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	29.28	28.629	29.92
133	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	28.26	23.430	34.38
134	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	27.81	22.952	33.80
135	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	26.39	24.994	27.83
136	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	26.12	20.341	33.89
137	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	24.07	22.935	25.25
138	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	23.79	23.308	24.28
139	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	23.50	22.999	24.02
140	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	23.10	21.677	24.62
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	22.95	20.336	25.77
142	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	22.86	21.612	24.25
143	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	22.25	21.790	22.72
144	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	21.86	20.763	23.01
145	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	19.87	19.402	20.35
146	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.77	18.392	19.15
147	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	18.18	17.801	18.56
148	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	18.09	16.962	19.32
149	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	18.02	17.081	19.04
150	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	17.87	17.420	18.35
151	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	17.65	16.644	18.74
152	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	17.33	16.417	18.32
153	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.19	16.870	17.53
154	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	17.02	15.914	18.24
155	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	16.99	15.374	18.76
156	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	16.60	16.296	16.90
157	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.12	15.747	16.51
158	United States`USA`Northern America	15.17	14.927	15.42
159	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	14.85	14.578	15.13
160	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.75	14.478	15.03
161	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.50	14.192	14.81
162	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13.49	13.239	13.75
163	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.38	12.494	14.33
164	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.31	13.080	13.54
165	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	13.16	12.618	13.70
166	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.84	11.616	12.08
167	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	10.46	10.207	10.69
168	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.04	9.878	10.21
169	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	9.85	9.156	10.60
170	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.84	9.554	10.14
171	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.63	9.370	9.90
172	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	9.44	9.201	9.70
173	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.40	9.231	9.58
174	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	8.33	8.128	8.54

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Cambodia253.15
2Afghanistan204.75
3Yemen184.19
4Mali172.84
5Guinea170.71

Lowest

174Sweden8.33
173Japan9.40
172Finland9.44
171Denmark9.63
170Norway9.84

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 58.10. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestCambodia214.300
LowestSweden8.128
Middle country: 52.061
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestCambodia298.07
LowestSweden8.54
Middle country: 66.21

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
171values changed, of 171 in both
14 · 157rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon50.69 → 112.35+61.66
Guatemala105.60 → 112.09+6.49
Uganda115.83 → 118.77+2.93
Rwanda128.05 → 130.70+2.65
Madagascar87.60 → 89.28+1.68

Fell most

Bangladesh172.58 → 144.80−27.78
Eritrea121.25 → 97.38−23.87
Ethiopia168.44 → 147.58−20.86
Maldives157.99 → 149.81−8.19
Oman126.57 → 118.56−8.01

+ Armenia

+ Cambodia

+ South Africa

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from UN IGME’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1976.
The position is ours
UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1976). Infant Mortality Rate, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1976

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