Data for 1988

Infant Mortality Rate, 1988

1988, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 1988 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 484.011; Japan is lowest, at 4.808. The middle country reads 39.857. Against 1987, 200 values changed (19 up, 181 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 1988

HighestSouth Sudan

484.011

LowestJapan

4.808

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

200countries
3measures per country
1988the year it describes
200distinct values14 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Infant Mortality Rate, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	484.011	392.985	579.35
2	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	180.865	167.073	195.92
3	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	177.683	157.460	200.89
4	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	164.325	150.236	179.70
5	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	155.017	140.460	172.05
6	NigerNERWestern Africa	150.043	139.507	161.57
7	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	149.839	136.816	164.08
8	GuineaGINWestern Africa	140.113	129.718	151.21
9	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	138.370	129.840	147.49
10	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	135.881	124.760	147.52
11	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	132.063	122.395	142.32
12	MaliMLIWestern Africa	129.449	120.919	138.36
13	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	127.317	111.770	144.20
14	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	119.895	110.222	130.39
15	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	119.235	103.959	134.26
16	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	117.806	103.327	133.88
17	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	116.619	112.144	121.35
18	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	116.239	105.873	127.50
19	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	111.113	103.941	119.07
20	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	110.501	103.239	118.18
21	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	109.740	98.063	122.81
22	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	108.076	101.142	115.21
23	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	107.677	88.360	131.59
24	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	104.916	97.277	112.69
25	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	104.821	94.437	116.54
26	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	104.558	75.360	151.54
27	HaitiHTICaribbean	104.367	96.781	112.56
28	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	104.194	96.888	111.74
29	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	104.000	100.430	107.58
30	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	103.795	88.930	122.45
31	YemenYEMWestern Asia	102.695	95.699	110.08
32	BeninBENWestern Africa	101.877	95.344	109.22
33	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	101.452	93.950	109.89
34	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	100.617	90.109	112.51
35	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	99.800	88.400	112.84
36	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	99.724	93.015	107.01
37	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	96.462	89.499	103.97
38	BoliviaBOLSouth America	95.304	89.821	101.22
39	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	93.378	84.403	103.44
40	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	90.667	76.953	105.91
41	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	90.578	80.745	101.64
42	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	88.568	85.378	91.78
43	TogoTGOWestern Africa	87.372	80.296	94.93
44	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	87.261	79.996	95.00
45	EritreaERIEastern Africa	85.458	77.333	94.71
46	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	84.914	79.206	90.93
47	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	82.321	75.916	89.26
48	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	80.885	73.484	88.95
49	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	78.946	70.523	88.31
50	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	78.575	72.029	85.77
51	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	77.733	70.275	85.80
52	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	77.599	73.137	82.32
53	SenegalSENWestern Africa	76.632	72.514	80.92
54	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	75.962	68.867	84.15
55	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	75.124	67.444	83.53
56	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	74.993	65.789	85.21
57	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	74.403	70.481	78.43
58	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	72.527	63.779	83.37
59	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	70.586	65.531	76.05
60	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	69.402	65.919	73.26
61	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	69.047	62.149	76.72
62	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	68.305	63.519	73.53
63	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	67.928	61.253	75.15
64	PeruPERSouth America	65.935	62.396	69.81
65	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	65.815	61.541	70.37
66	KenyaKENEastern Africa	64.350	59.955	68.92
67	NauruNRUMicronesia	64.284	48.430	84.96
68	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	63.774	55.869	72.49
69	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	62.105	54.859	70.13
70	NicaraguaNICCentral America	60.728	55.676	66.42
71	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	60.624	53.384	68.96
72	GabonGABMiddle Africa	60.591	52.083	69.85
73	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	59.222	51.274	67.90
74	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	59.121	52.967	65.85
75	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	56.993	49.779	65.74
76	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	56.507	48.941	65.00
77	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	56.196	50.950	62.36
78	BrazilBRASouth America	56.011	52.003	60.53
79	GuyanaGUYSouth America	55.581	49.740	62.20
80	IranIRNSouthern Asia	54.260	49.737	59.32
81	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	52.617	47.937	57.55
82	IraqIRQWestern Asia	51.739	46.958	56.98
83	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	51.451	48.049	55.15
84	HondurasHNDCentral America	48.948	45.007	53.03
85	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	47.606	40.040	58.53
86	EcuadorECUSouth America	46.861	42.117	52.15
87	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	46.340	41.914	51.20
88	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	45.764	43.916	47.60
89	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	45.635	37.664	55.25
90	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	44.257	36.843	53.14
91	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	43.439	39.867	47.15
92	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	43.251	40.081	46.77
93	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	43.249	39.240	47.65
94	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	41.788	39.630	44.06
95	MexicoMEXCentral America	41.756	38.679	45.07
96	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	41.629	34.893	50.77
97	ParaguayPRYSouth America	40.583	36.556	45.00
98	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	40.578	37.083	44.44
99	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	40.429	34.470	47.40
100	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	39.975	35.182	45.42
101	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	39.739	38.777	40.77
102	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	39.642	35.272	44.41
103	SurinameSURSouth America	39.251	33.020	46.76
104	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	39.163	34.708	44.22
105	OmanOMNWestern Asia	38.234	33.369	44.21
106	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	35.310	29.761	41.94
107	BelizeBLZCentral America	35.015	30.483	40.11
108	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	34.422	32.290	36.79
109	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	34.016	30.755	37.62
110	JordanJORWestern Asia	33.278	30.919	35.72
111	ColombiaCOLSouth America	31.618	29.239	34.13
112	PalauPLWMicronesia	30.935	26.177	36.55
113	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	30.578	25.490	36.68
114	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	30.454	26.829	34.53
115	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	30.415	25.779	34.77
116	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	30.276	26.125	35.09
117	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	30.164	23.622	38.62
118	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	30.132	25.962	34.91
119	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	29.255	28.457	30.09
120	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	27.114	26.392	27.84
121	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	26.922	24.585	29.48
122	VenezuelaVENSouth America	26.471	25.158	27.81
123	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	25.904	21.276	31.33
124	PanamaPANCentral America	25.415	22.132	28.70
125	ArgentinaARGSouth America	24.930	24.458	25.41
126	SamoaWSMPolynesia	24.355	21.241	27.97
127	FijiFJIMelanesia	23.334	20.025	27.03
128	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	23.187	22.203	24.18
129	UruguayURYSouth America	22.151	21.708	22.59
130	NiueNIUPolynesia	21.886	18.461	25.89
131	BahamasBHSCaribbean	21.465	20.416	22.55
132	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	21.114	19.784	22.56
133	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	21.026	17.665	25.07
134	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	20.412	19.691	21.15
135	MontserratMSRCaribbean	20.146	14.999	26.95
136	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	20.087	18.618	21.68
137	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	19.946	17.782	22.27
138	QatarQATWestern Asia	19.797	18.047	21.74
139	TongaTONPolynesia	19.250	16.094	22.98
140	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	18.808	18.420	19.20
141	UkraineUKREastern Europe	18.796	16.879	21.53
142	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	18.182	17.852	18.52
143	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	18.084	17.703	18.47
144	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	18.046	17.236	18.90
145	ChileCHLSouth America	18.023	17.590	18.48
146	AnguillaAIACaribbean	17.885	12.084	26.38
147	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	17.569	16.508	18.66
148	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	17.404	11.743	25.90
149	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	16.968	16.192	17.79
150	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	16.590	16.209	16.95
151	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	16.337	15.944	16.74
152	PolandPOLEastern Europe	16.058	15.722	16.40
153	Costa RicaCRICentral America	16.046	15.738	16.37
154	DominicaDMACaribbean	15.163	14.301	16.09
155	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	14.325	13.563	15.08
156	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	14.319	13.855	14.80
157	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	14.105	13.764	14.44
158	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	13.970	12.785	15.27
159	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	13.673	13.377	13.97
160	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	13.660	13.148	14.24
161	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	13.518	13.239	13.80
162	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	13.305	12.088	14.69
163	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	13.024	6.869	24.80
164	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	12.865	12.547	13.18
165	BelarusBLREastern Europe	12.728	12.465	12.99
166	CubaCUBCaribbean	12.039	10.688	13.56
167	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	11.928	11.497	12.35
168	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	11.318	10.960	11.68
169	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	11.118	10.868	11.37
170	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	10.800	10.106	11.55
171	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	10.632	9.347	12.09
172	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	10.536	10.308	10.76
173	IsraelISRWestern Asia	10.525	10.311	10.74
174	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	10.500	9.875	11.15
175	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	10.133	9.869	10.43
176	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	10.103	9.741	10.49
177	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	10.030	9.398	10.64
178	United StatesUSANorthern America	9.906	9.743	10.08
179	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	9.510	1.951	45.41
180	ItalyITASouthern Europe	9.035	8.862	9.21
181	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	8.918	8.739	9.09
182	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	8.838	8.597	9.07
183	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	8.776	8.593	8.97
184	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	8.397	8.238	8.57
185	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	8.237	7.966	8.54
186	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	8.163	7.549	8.83
187	SpainESPSouthern Europe	8.096	7.947	8.25
188	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	7.954	7.688	8.24
189	FranceFRAWestern Europe	7.935	7.789	8.09
190	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	7.877	7.619	8.16
191	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	7.829	7.692	7.98
192	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	7.307	7.043	7.61
193	CanadaCANNorthern America	7.273	7.146	7.40
194	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	7.239	7.115	7.37
195	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	6.954	6.767	7.15
196	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	6.919	5.862	8.21
197	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	6.177	6.015	6.35
198	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.891	5.699	6.10
199	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	5.541	5.073	6.08
200	JapanJPNEastern Asia	4.808	4.712	4.90

02In 1988

At either end

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

Highest

1South Sudan484.011
2Sudan180.865
3Timor-Leste177.683
4Liberia164.325
5Afghanistan155.017

Lowest

200Japan4.808
199Iceland5.541
198Finland5.891
197Sweden6.177
196Monaco6.919

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 39.857. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan392.985
LowestAndorra1.951
Middle country: 35.038
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan579.35
LowestJapan4.90
Middle country: 44.72

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
19 · 181rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan171.218 → 484.011+312.794
Sudan87.330 → 180.865+93.535
Armenia51.774 → 69.047+17.273
Iraq47.253 → 51.739+4.486
Liberia160.519 → 164.325+3.806

Fell most

Afghanistan176.857 → 155.017−21.840
Kosovo111.652 → 104.558−7.094
Nepal115.721 → 111.113−4.608
Egypt78.810 → 74.403−4.407
Bhutan108.147 → 103.795−4.353

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.

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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 1988.
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Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (1988). Infant Mortality Rate, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/1988

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