Data for 2000

Infant Mortality Rate, 2000

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 2000
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2000, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 2000 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Liberia is highest, at 125.48; Singapore is lowest, at 3.02. The middle country reads 26.30. Against 1999, 199 values changed (11 up, 188 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2000

HighestLiberia

125.48

LowestSingapore

3.02

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

200countries
3measures per country
2000the year it describes
200distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	125.48	116.181	135.810
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	123.39	115.179	132.092
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	118.20	99.608	139.628
4	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	110.60	102.525	119.568
5	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	108.32	95.358	122.967
6	Niger`NER`Western Africa	108.31	100.063	117.359
7	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	108.09	101.012	115.747
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	106.88	98.783	115.568
9	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	106.24	94.688	122.314
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	104.99	95.318	115.754
11	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	103.89	81.576	135.566
12	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	103.08	96.678	109.841
13	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	101.71	93.655	110.549
14	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	100.73	90.337	112.107
15	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	99.60	90.230	110.821
16	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	98.92	92.777	105.434
17	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	97.29	90.191	104.856
18	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	94.90	89.381	100.651
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	92.41	85.865	99.619
20	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	92.32	85.973	99.191
21	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	91.40	84.875	98.898
22	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	89.30	83.054	96.028
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	89.25	83.567	95.115
24	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	88.80	84.943	92.659
25	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	88.45	80.182	97.917
26	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	85.76	78.290	93.811
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	85.19	79.678	90.994
28	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	84.40	76.366	92.852
29	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	83.05	76.701	90.220
30	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	82.25	75.326	90.109
31	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	80.33	68.713	95.166
32	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	79.69	74.408	85.289
33	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	75.77	69.634	82.387
34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	74.80	68.547	81.878
35	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	73.95	69.527	78.592
36	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	73.89	67.731	80.910
37	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	73.31	66.876	80.280
38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	73.02	65.200	81.947
39	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	71.74	63.939	80.353
40	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	71.06	65.166	77.303
41	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	70.76	65.677	76.414
42	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	70.47	64.395	77.269
43	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	67.32	61.517	73.958
44	India`IND`Southern Asia	66.31	63.831	68.904
45	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	65.43	60.789	70.476
46	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	65.23	54.206	76.007
47	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.73	59.237	68.649
48	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	61.95	58.017	66.277
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	61.75	58.131	65.359
50	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	61.47	55.494	68.122
51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.05	54.229	68.897
52	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	59.79	57.760	61.824
53	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	59.42	46.537	76.085
54	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	59.37	53.004	66.394
55	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	58.33	52.726	64.535
56	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	57.52	50.055	66.746
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	57.18	53.445	61.225
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	56.22	50.232	63.284
59	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	54.79	48.213	62.381
60	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	50.85	45.835	56.536
61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50.67	44.791	57.523
62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	50.66	44.639	57.601
63	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	49.23	43.605	55.663
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	48.04	42.241	54.926
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.32	43.509	51.630
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	46.51	42.924	50.146
67	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.43	41.235	50.311
68	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	44.01	39.731	48.177
69	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	43.56	36.072	52.394
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	41.48	37.148	46.313
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.44	39.230	43.728
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.70	37.460	44.145
73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	40.15	37.518	42.826
74	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	39.44	28.905	58.360
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	38.42	34.906	42.332
76	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	37.53	32.709	43.241
77	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	36.13	32.662	40.027
78	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	35.80	32.790	39.256
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34.77	32.714	36.921
80	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	34.49	29.138	40.616
81	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	33.84	30.575	37.429
82	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	33.56	26.693	42.556
83	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	33.45	30.808	36.189
84	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	31.73	28.718	35.446
85	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	31.60	28.125	35.561
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.71	28.068	33.730
87	Peru`PER`South America	30.06	28.261	31.895
88	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	29.92	23.045	38.437
89	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	29.91	28.305	31.754
90	Honduras`HND`Central America	29.62	27.144	32.307
91	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	29.36	28.466	30.242
92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	29.25	25.729	33.508
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	29.15	27.242	31.175
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	28.72	23.829	34.597
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	27.88	22.969	33.481
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	27.79	24.799	30.725
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	27.35	23.033	32.164
98	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	27.25	25.224	29.422
99	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	26.44	23.824	29.309
100	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	26.34	24.244	28.572
101	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	26.25	22.641	30.862
102	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24.13	21.401	27.266
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	23.96	22.398	25.743
104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	23.91	21.014	27.134
105	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	23.51	20.959	26.359
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	22.82	21.071	24.727
107	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	22.47	19.373	26.075
108	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	22.12	18.605	25.455
109	Colombia`COL`South America	21.59	19.822	23.518
110	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.45	20.311	22.754
111	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	21.32	18.313	24.737
112	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.82	18.685	23.157
113	Panama`PAN`Central America	20.50	17.899	23.027
114	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	20.17	18.073	22.489
115	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	19.79	17.697	22.184
116	Belize`BLZ`Central America	19.61	18.386	20.890
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.30	17.875	20.844
118	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	18.47	15.945	21.566
119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.30	16.028	20.175
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.95	17.492	18.436
121	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.80	16.188	19.608
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	17.61	14.947	20.811
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	17.59	16.119	19.499
124	Venezuela`VEN`South America	17.53	17.201	17.870
125	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.71	16.399	17.029
126	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	16.64	15.614	17.765
127	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.63	15.872	17.459
128	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	16.50	15.680	17.342
129	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	16.37	14.390	18.447
130	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	15.95	15.061	16.882
131	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	15.63	13.812	17.549
132	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	15.57	15.266	15.857
133	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.71	14.378	15.076
134	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	14.60	11.996	17.668
135	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.33	13.973	14.689
136	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	14.24	13.614	14.871
137	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	13.79	11.876	16.013
138	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.72	12.915	14.588
139	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	13.41	11.709	15.336
140	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	13.33	12.178	14.574
141	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	13.08	8.289	20.530
142	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	13.03	12.787	13.278
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	12.96	12.037	13.968
144	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	12.66	12.022	13.342
145	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	12.14	10.877	13.586
146	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.82	10.646	13.123
147	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	11.58	11.044	12.127
148	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.21	10.952	11.471
149	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	10.99	10.682	11.334
150	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	10.73	7.384	15.538
151	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.64	10.319	10.971
152	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	10.51	10.031	11.013
153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10.42	9.912	10.954
154	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	9.93	9.699	10.175
155	Chile`CHL`South America	9.16	8.946	9.380
156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.76	8.329	9.229
157	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.66	8.421	8.898
158	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.56	8.167	8.987
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.47	8.004	8.961
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8.33	8.051	8.624
161	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.29	7.779	8.839
162	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	8.17	6.466	10.291
163	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.08	7.893	8.252
164	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.04	7.790	8.293
165	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	7.54	7.395	7.689
166	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	7.19	6.946	7.463
167	United States`USA`Northern America	7.12	7.003	7.235
168	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.80	6.046	7.663
169	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.69	6.112	7.316
170	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6.55	3.263	13.151
171	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.05	5.867	6.240
172	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.00	5.769	6.245
173	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.81	5.628	6.002
174	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.70	5.263	6.172
175	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.59	5.465	5.718
176	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.55	5.441	5.650
177	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.52	5.364	5.682
178	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.51	5.351	5.670
179	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5.27	5.176	5.362
180	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5.12	5.024	5.222
181	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	5.10	5.004	5.203
182	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	4.91	3.504	6.816
183	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.85	4.720	4.971
184	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.73	4.640	4.814
185	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.68	4.532	4.834
186	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.67	4.498	4.852
187	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.56	4.396	4.718
188	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.53	4.290	4.776
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.46	4.308	4.628
190	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.38	4.305	4.460
191	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.36	4.273	4.438
192	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	4.20	3.974	4.459
193	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.09	4.008	4.170
194	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.93	3.773	4.106
195	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.91	3.548	4.303
196	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.51	3.364	3.655
197	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.39	3.270	3.519
198	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.28	3.215	3.339
199	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	3.09	2.759	3.469
200	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3.02	2.855	3.199

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

1Liberia125.48
2Sierra Leone123.39
3South Sudan118.20
4Afghanistan110.60
5Angola108.32

Lowest

200Singapore3.02
199Iceland3.09
198Japan3.28
197Sweden3.39
196Finland3.51

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 26.30. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestLiberia116.181
LowestIceland2.759
Middle country: 22.805
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan139.628
LowestSingapore3.199
Middle country: 28.941

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
199values changed, of 200 in both
11 · 188rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Eswatini70.65 → 71.74+1.09
Niue29.00 → 29.92+0.92
South Africa45.97 → 46.51+0.54
Lesotho74.35 → 74.80+0.45
Dominica16.28 → 16.64+0.36

Fell most

Timor-Leste134.03 → 84.40−49.63
Eritrea60.88 → 50.85−10.03
Rwanda117.08 → 108.09−8.99
Liberia133.43 → 125.48−7.95
Mozambique113.30 → 106.88−6.42

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 2000.
The position is ours
UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (2000). Infant Mortality Rate, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/2000

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