Data for 2003

Infant Mortality Rate, 2003

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 2003
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2003, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 2003 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Sierra Leone is highest, at 115.3718; Singapore is lowest, at 2.5146. The middle country reads 22.6298. Against 2002, 199 values changed (14 up, 185 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2003

HighestSierra Leone

115.3718

LowestSingapore

2.5146

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

200countries
3measures per country
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: 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	115.3718	107.534	123.56
2	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	104.4538	88.300	122.99
3	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	103.8857	81.576	135.57
4	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	101.9789	94.299	110.54
5	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	100.8379	93.554	109.07
6	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	97.1604	84.989	113.27
7	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	96.1907	88.188	104.96
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	95.1721	86.311	104.82
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	94.4294	87.137	102.65
10	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	94.3233	84.980	105.58
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	93.7825	87.867	100.09
12	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	92.4549	80.627	106.48
13	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	91.7843	81.742	103.29
14	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	89.9900	82.993	97.40
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	86.9630	80.252	94.17
16	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	85.8097	79.314	93.03
17	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	85.5901	80.680	90.93
18	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	84.8142	78.375	91.97
19	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	82.9883	79.223	86.81
20	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	81.7031	76.055	87.88
21	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.6308	72.385	90.18
22	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	79.5444	73.723	85.95
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.1715	70.915	83.96
24	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	77.0799	70.452	84.10
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	76.5885	71.544	81.98
26	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	76.4266	71.431	81.64
27	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	75.9169	64.009	91.14
28	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.2681	69.111	79.71
29	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	73.6871	65.717	82.54
30	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	72.7545	66.405	80.29
31	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	72.6453	65.434	80.42
32	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	72.3203	67.444	77.72
33	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	70.5661	65.766	75.52
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	68.6980	62.578	75.56
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	66.1160	59.943	72.83
36	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	65.2223	59.816	70.86
37	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.8716	59.095	70.84
38	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	64.7718	58.829	71.24
39	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	64.7572	59.826	69.98
40	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	64.5755	57.757	72.44
41	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	64.1621	57.514	71.09
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	61.8976	58.132	65.76
43	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.3973	57.987	63.05
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	59.5136	53.930	65.47
45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	58.8773	47.680	69.54
46	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	58.5286	53.119	64.23
47	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	58.3124	53.932	63.00
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	56.1654	52.885	59.75
49	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.5109	51.340	59.80
50	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	53.5767	47.276	61.12
51	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	53.3322	49.644	57.15
52	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	50.8120	49.068	52.60
53	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	49.6526	44.326	55.41
54	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	48.9082	42.125	56.08
55	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	48.3992	40.279	57.93
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	48.3116	45.159	51.54
57	Bolivia`BOL`South America	48.0068	44.548	51.70
58	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	47.3036	42.120	53.07
59	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	47.2955	40.874	55.30
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.8292	41.162	53.13
61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	45.9166	40.892	51.46
62	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	45.6328	40.178	51.93
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	45.1900	39.669	51.72
64	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	41.4491	32.068	52.01
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	40.8684	35.535	47.06
66	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.3792	36.380	45.19
67	Guyana`GUY`South America	38.7776	34.217	44.06
68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	37.2614	34.224	40.70
69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	37.2104	34.418	39.46
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	36.4488	33.347	39.88
71	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36.4018	32.921	40.25
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	36.2885	34.213	38.47
73	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	34.8960	32.431	37.50
74	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	34.2754	29.221	40.32
75	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.8272	30.275	37.91
76	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	33.5031	29.308	38.37
77	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	33.2481	27.409	39.95
78	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	32.6265	23.459	44.92
79	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	31.8735	24.101	42.30
80	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31.6511	29.088	34.35
81	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	31.3173	29.637	33.10
82	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	29.5520	26.935	32.37
83	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	27.7226	24.111	31.82
84	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	27.3135	21.390	34.97
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	26.9174	21.007	34.42
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	26.6180	23.884	29.78
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.1298	23.765	28.64
88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	25.9091	23.902	28.08
89	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	25.2116	21.401	30.05
90	Suriname`SUR`South America	25.0159	20.700	29.90
91	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.3719	22.163	26.83
92	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	24.3094	23.493	25.20
93	Peru`PER`South America	24.1671	22.633	25.75
94	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	24.0250	21.966	26.25
95	Brazil`BRA`South America	23.9790	22.395	25.61
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	23.6473	20.867	26.16
97	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	23.5897	21.547	25.89
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	23.4257	22.144	24.82
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	23.1803	20.845	26.55
100	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	22.9161	20.407	25.78
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.3435	19.925	25.10
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	21.0447	19.814	22.68
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	21.0021	18.624	23.84
104	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	20.9396	16.981	26.15
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.8437	19.149	22.72
106	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	20.5480	18.528	22.80
107	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	20.4315	17.539	23.78
108	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	20.1334	17.202	23.68
109	Colombia`COL`South America	19.8135	18.056	21.74
110	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	19.6270	19.183	20.06
111	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	19.6066	16.275	22.66
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.5511	18.070	21.17
113	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18.9116	16.935	21.30
114	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.6805	16.171	21.43
115	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	17.9654	16.837	19.18
116	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	17.8929	15.864	20.21
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	17.8726	17.011	18.78
118	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.4669	15.032	20.40
119	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.8885	16.467	17.34
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.8264	16.271	17.40
121	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.4157	14.674	18.55
122	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.2113	15.906	16.51
123	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.0750	15.130	17.07
124	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.8995	13.677	17.65
125	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.3472	15.062	15.64
126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	15.3466	14.357	16.26
127	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	15.2533	13.397	17.30
128	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	15.2488	14.327	16.22
129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.9970	12.496	18.05
130	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.2643	13.444	15.15
131	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	14.1502	11.565	17.32
132	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.0611	13.338	14.84
133	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	13.8193	12.119	15.70
134	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.5865	13.250	13.93
135	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	13.4411	12.491	14.47
136	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	12.9494	11.813	14.18
137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12.9019	12.665	13.14
138	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	12.6900	10.983	14.71
139	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.5829	12.027	13.17
140	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	12.5261	12.189	12.87
141	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	12.1123	11.860	12.37
142	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	11.9660	10.741	13.25
143	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	11.8411	6.932	20.18
144	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	11.2847	10.082	12.66
145	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	11.2844	9.994	12.73
146	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	10.8387	10.242	11.48
147	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.1865	9.891	10.48
148	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.1295	9.885	10.38
149	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	9.7213	6.542	14.17
150	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.6783	9.216	10.15
151	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	9.3879	8.956	9.84
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.3010	8.852	9.78
153	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	9.1544	8.869	9.47
154	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	8.0313	7.577	8.49
155	Chile`CHL`South America	7.9833	7.790	8.18
156	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	7.8641	7.367	8.41
157	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.8088	7.599	8.02
158	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	7.7005	7.325	8.09
159	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	7.3228	7.089	7.57
160	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	7.1702	6.968	7.38
161	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7.0029	6.861	7.15
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.9361	6.691	7.20
163	United States`USA`Northern America	6.8969	6.785	7.01
164	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	6.7794	5.754	8.03
165	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.7396	6.376	7.11
166	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.6041	6.479	6.73
167	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	6.5727	6.324	6.86
168	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.1958	5.625	6.80
169	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.0270	5.358	6.77
170	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5.7926	3.206	10.71
171	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.6542	5.481	5.83
172	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.3079	5.209	5.41
173	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5.2767	5.189	5.37
174	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	5.0852	4.887	5.29
175	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.9488	4.853	5.05
176	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.9148	4.806	5.04
177	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.8960	4.801	4.99
178	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.7611	4.666	4.86
179	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	4.6941	4.295	5.14
180	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.4557	4.314	4.61
181	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.4346	4.299	4.57
182	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.3763	4.264	4.49
183	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.3605	4.196	4.54
184	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.2946	4.142	4.46
185	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.2809	4.148	4.41
186	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	4.0972	4.020	4.18
187	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.0894	4.021	4.16
188	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.0517	3.978	4.13
189	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	3.8958	2.732	5.48
190	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.8829	3.751	4.03
191	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	3.8568	3.649	4.10
192	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	3.8436	3.622	4.08
193	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.5961	3.531	3.66
194	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.5597	3.405	3.72
195	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.2574	2.934	3.62
196	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.2370	3.101	3.38
197	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.1910	3.072	3.32
198	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.9144	2.860	2.97
199	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.6178	2.323	2.96
200	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.5146	2.355	2.67

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

1Sierra Leone115.3718
2South Sudan104.4538
3Somalia103.8857
4Liberia101.9789
5Afghanistan100.8379

Lowest

200Singapore2.5146
199Iceland2.6178
198Japan2.9144
197Sweden3.1910
196Finland3.2370

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 22.6298. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSierra Leone107.534
LowestIceland2.323
Middle country: 20.166
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSomalia135.57
LowestSingapore2.67
Middle country: 25.15

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
199values changed, of 200 in both
14 · 185rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Botswana39.6821 → 41.4491+1.7670
Niue31.7002 → 32.6265+0.9262
Zimbabwe58.7367 → 59.5136+0.7769
Lesotho76.3562 → 77.0799+0.7238
South Africa47.6385 → 48.3116+0.6731

Fell most

North Korea57.6972 → 27.3135−30.3837
Rwanda88.6690 → 79.5444−9.1246
Liberia109.4726 → 101.9789−7.4937
Malawi83.8291 → 76.4266−7.4025
Cambodia71.0021 → 64.1621−6.8400

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 2003.
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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) (2003). Infant Mortality Rate, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/2003

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