Data for 2002

Infant Mortality Rate, 2002

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 2002
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2002, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 2002 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Sierra Leone is highest, at 118.210; Singapore is lowest, at 2.657. The middle country reads 23.346. Against 2001, 199 values changed (15 up, 184 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2002

HighestSierra Leone

118.210

LowestSingapore

2.657

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

200countries
3measures per country
2002the year it describes
200distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Infant Mortality Rate, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	118.210	110.227	126.586
2	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	109.473	101.259	118.634
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	108.980	92.229	128.178
4	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	104.261	96.713	112.887
5	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	103.886	81.576	135.566
6	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	100.284	88.303	116.263
7	Niger`NER`Western Africa	99.352	91.707	108.007
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	98.500	89.365	108.674
9	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	98.440	86.222	113.074
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	98.008	90.092	106.856
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	96.797	90.767	103.201
12	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	96.140	86.905	107.480
13	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	95.208	87.857	103.076
14	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	94.841	84.665	106.157
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	90.076	83.245	97.428
16	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	88.669	82.392	95.383
17	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	88.647	83.516	94.060
18	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	88.219	81.755	95.467
19	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	87.121	80.685	94.394
20	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	85.319	79.510	91.826
21	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	84.705	80.877	88.501
22	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	83.829	78.517	89.341
23	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.544	75.197	93.050
24	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	81.216	75.953	86.789
25	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	79.098	72.826	85.936
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	78.681	73.313	84.621
27	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	77.501	65.682	92.635
28	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	76.426	69.063	84.406
29	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	76.356	69.845	83.377
30	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	76.024	70.844	81.516
31	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	75.979	69.435	83.685
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	75.275	70.273	80.409
33	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	73.091	65.085	81.848
34	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	71.002	64.263	78.107
35	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	70.484	64.461	77.438
36	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	68.672	63.109	74.595
37	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	68.474	62.197	75.248
38	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	68.175	61.048	76.568
39	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	66.713	60.861	72.800
40	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	66.706	61.777	72.033
41	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	66.659	60.682	73.177
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.396	62.426	70.472
43	India`IND`Southern Asia	62.351	59.897	64.998
44	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	61.739	56.209	67.738
45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	60.871	49.699	71.622
46	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.523	56.081	65.409
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	58.737	53.115	64.827
48	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	58.348	54.086	62.777
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.841	54.481	61.487
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	57.697	45.184	73.873
51	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	55.976	52.167	59.917
52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	54.460	48.263	61.827
53	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	53.568	51.737	55.431
54	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	52.793	47.136	58.968
55	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	52.717	45.924	60.214
56	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	51.725	46.101	57.847
57	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	51.327	43.546	60.688
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50.912	47.458	54.683
59	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	50.017	43.631	57.868
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.138	42.423	54.572
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	47.639	44.417	50.951
62	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	47.416	42.424	52.912
63	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	46.572	41.078	52.857
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.012	40.324	52.638
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	44.084	38.516	50.560
66	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	42.087	38.014	46.997
67	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.502	37.158	44.292
68	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	39.682	29.803	52.234
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	39.677	35.197	44.751
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	39.354	35.899	42.181
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37.923	35.784	40.120
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.785	34.672	41.236
73	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	37.076	33.608	40.918
74	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	36.453	33.949	39.044
75	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	36.418	30.039	43.757
76	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	34.720	30.408	39.838
77	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	34.526	31.025	38.484
78	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	34.482	29.238	40.622
79	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	33.965	26.276	44.327
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	32.514	30.720	34.394
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	32.104	29.542	34.799
82	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	31.700	23.333	42.411
83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	31.465	28.664	34.552
84	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.840	25.361	32.815
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	28.325	25.425	31.743
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	27.474	21.987	34.344
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	27.248	24.866	29.789
88	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	26.697	24.254	29.441
89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	26.366	24.381	28.526
90	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.351	23.981	28.979
91	Peru`PER`South America	25.885	24.263	27.546
92	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.755	21.444	30.581
93	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	25.601	24.226	27.149
94	Brazil`BRA`South America	25.597	23.929	27.392
95	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.590	21.802	30.366
96	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	25.313	24.479	26.178
97	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	25.243	22.489	28.975
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	24.978	22.100	27.608
99	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	24.783	22.702	26.996
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	23.617	21.141	26.364
101	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	23.075	20.543	25.908
102	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	23.010	18.722	28.367
103	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.936	20.593	23.613
104	Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.880	19.415	24.816
105	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	21.556	19.201	24.168
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.485	19.781	23.380
107	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	20.888	17.955	24.427
108	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	20.710	17.783	24.054
109	Colombia`COL`South America	20.367	18.629	22.303
110	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.345	16.905	23.521
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	20.289	19.701	20.898
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.453	17.999	21.040
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.442	17.438	21.789
114	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.297	16.766	21.997
115	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	18.628	16.544	20.967
116	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.370	17.442	19.323
117	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.685	15.242	20.650
118	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	17.485	16.391	18.668
119	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	17.454	15.655	19.655
120	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	17.110	16.704	17.524
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.682	16.095	17.280
122	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	16.637	14.397	18.425
123	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.617	16.312	16.923
124	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	16.099	14.947	17.347
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.061	14.884	17.300
126	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.008	15.078	16.982
127	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15.841	13.286	18.952
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.799	15.504	16.113
129	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	15.516	13.618	17.596
130	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.565	13.859	15.332
131	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	14.394	12.670	16.291
132	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	14.277	11.683	17.363
133	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.058	13.230	14.929
134	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.984	13.636	14.333
135	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	13.859	13.595	14.129
136	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	13.298	12.363	14.318
137	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	13.176	12.853	13.514
138	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	13.057	11.291	15.144
139	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	13.025	11.885	14.242
140	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.866	12.252	13.475
141	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	12.387	12.146	12.632
142	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	12.261	7.339	20.307
143	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.905	10.703	13.189
144	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	11.868	10.499	13.451
145	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	11.577	10.281	13.017
146	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11.537	10.923	12.192
147	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.425	10.178	10.682
148	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.322	10.020	10.621
149	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	10.263	9.772	10.762
150	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	10.052	6.810	14.555
151	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	9.863	9.548	10.185
152	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	9.686	9.241	10.153
153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.653	9.185	10.146
154	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8.452	8.230	8.673
155	Chile`CHL`South America	8.279	8.087	8.469
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.173	7.722	8.645
157	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	7.960	7.455	8.507
158	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	7.922	7.526	8.323
159	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.639	7.411	7.868
160	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.537	7.295	7.782
161	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	7.373	6.984	7.770
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7.317	7.064	7.584
163	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7.285	7.140	7.436
164	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	7.210	6.020	8.646
165	United States`USA`Northern America	6.960	6.847	7.074
166	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.783	6.657	6.910
167	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.637	6.391	6.920
168	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.315	5.744	6.919
169	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.269	5.574	7.060
170	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6.050	3.275	11.440
171	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.774	5.598	5.954
172	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.458	5.250	5.680
173	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.385	5.280	5.489
174	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5.272	5.180	5.367
175	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.236	5.124	5.351
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.137	5.021	5.267
177	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.008	4.593	5.462
178	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.948	4.847	5.048
179	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.897	4.802	5.000
180	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.768	4.623	4.913
181	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.674	4.540	4.815
182	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.537	4.394	4.698
183	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.518	4.400	4.637
184	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.484	4.317	4.667
185	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.392	4.240	4.558
186	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.289	4.205	4.374
187	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	4.201	2.963	5.881
188	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.181	4.108	4.258
189	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.147	4.071	4.227
190	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	4.068	3.849	4.313
191	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	4.048	3.910	4.195
192	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	3.951	3.726	4.191
193	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.758	3.687	3.838
194	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.694	3.541	3.857
195	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.464	3.128	3.836
196	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.322	3.187	3.464
197	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.280	3.158	3.409
198	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.017	2.962	3.074
199	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.759	2.452	3.117
200	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.657	2.495	2.821

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1Sierra Leone118.210
2Liberia109.473
3South Sudan108.980
4Afghanistan104.261
5Somalia103.886

Lowest

200Singapore2.657
199Iceland2.759
198Japan3.017
197Sweden3.280
196Finland3.322

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 23.346. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSierra Leone110.227
LowestIceland2.452
Middle country: 20.867
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSomalia135.566
LowestSingapore2.821
Middle country: 26.271

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
199values changed, of 200 in both
15 · 184rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Micronesia32.826 → 33.965+1.140
Niue30.816 → 31.700+0.884
Lesotho75.531 → 76.356+0.825
Botswana39.043 → 39.682+0.639
Eswatini72.587 → 73.091+0.504

Fell most

Malawi138.500 → 83.829−54.671
Rwanda98.426 → 88.669−9.757
Liberia117.456 → 109.473−7.984
Cambodia78.643 → 71.002−7.641
Zambia84.586 → 78.681−5.905

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 2002.
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UN IGME publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (2002). Infant Mortality Rate, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/2002

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