Data for 2008

Infant Mortality Rate, 2008

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 2008
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2008, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 2008 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 100.511; Iceland is lowest, at 2.135. The middle country reads 17.716. Against 2007, 200 values changed (16 up, 184 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2008

HighestSomalia

100.511

LowestIceland

2.135

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

200countries
3measures per country
2008the year it describes
200distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Infant Mortality Rate, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	100.511	75.961	136.533
2	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	98.591	91.682	105.894
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	86.216	77.680	95.501
4	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	85.023	65.406	108.698
5	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	83.920	76.130	92.624
6	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	83.404	77.096	90.041
7	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	83.350	74.010	93.653
8	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	81.098	75.693	87.000
9	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	80.293	66.230	97.698
10	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	76.552	70.230	83.299
11	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	76.485	70.111	83.360
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	75.874	71.799	80.355
13	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	74.681	63.920	87.158
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	74.538	68.151	81.463
15	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	73.795	69.224	78.646
16	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	72.584	66.634	78.992
17	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	71.226	64.795	78.149
18	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	71.022	63.027	80.228
19	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	69.797	63.783	76.549
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	67.959	61.914	74.769
21	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	67.787	54.888	85.163
22	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	67.363	61.801	73.279
23	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	66.525	61.356	72.071
24	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	66.095	58.246	74.843
25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	64.681	59.657	70.038
26	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	63.677	56.860	71.242
27	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	62.147	54.565	70.715
28	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	60.311	49.863	71.812
29	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	57.955	52.271	64.207
30	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	56.832	51.184	63.348
31	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	56.829	50.661	63.446
32	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	56.794	49.770	63.835
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.106	51.351	61.402
34	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.015	51.943	60.564
35	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	55.343	51.433	59.531
36	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	55.281	49.245	61.670
37	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	53.013	48.960	57.267
38	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.801	37.633	76.822
39	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	52.083	48.132	56.284
40	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	50.762	45.839	56.244
41	India`IND`Southern Asia	50.471	48.207	53.016
42	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	50.234	39.749	59.826
43	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	49.236	46.047	52.512
44	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	49.054	44.527	53.913
45	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.708	44.494	53.283
46	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.354	41.535	56.490
47	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	45.508	39.798	52.114
48	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	45.295	40.343	50.753
49	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	44.904	42.017	48.027
50	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	43.347	40.112	46.725
51	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	43.177	37.217	50.259
52	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.154	37.279	50.196
53	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.073	37.286	49.916
54	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	42.594	38.965	46.410
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	40.972	38.444	43.858
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	40.777	35.655	46.484
57	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	40.000	38.587	41.473
58	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	39.683	34.236	45.744
59	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	37.494	29.183	47.520
60	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	35.833	31.234	41.149
61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.500	32.282	38.975
62	Guyana`GUY`South America	35.307	29.148	42.458
63	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	34.165	21.128	55.306
64	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34.147	28.441	40.523
65	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	33.106	29.258	37.531
66	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	32.876	27.882	39.123
67	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	32.851	28.040	38.535
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	32.661	29.160	36.573
69	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.362	27.778	34.974
70	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	31.298	20.250	46.825
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	30.536	27.745	33.756
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	30.288	27.225	33.751
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.355	27.473	31.384
74	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	29.304	28.511	30.312
75	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	29.026	24.601	34.233
76	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29.025	26.648	31.622
77	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	27.522	23.244	32.475
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	27.308	22.705	32.681
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.936	24.524	27.489
80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	24.666	19.317	31.582
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	24.465	23.589	25.407
82	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	24.396	23.223	25.658
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.825	16.387	34.710
84	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.657	21.684	25.866
85	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	23.280	19.110	28.769
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	22.258	18.536	26.613
87	Suriname`SUR`South America	22.112	17.815	27.390
88	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	21.995	19.289	25.139
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	21.532	19.315	24.004
90	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	21.485	17.728	25.896
91	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	20.954	19.580	22.410
92	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	20.401	19.781	21.031
93	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	20.394	18.307	22.780
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	19.693	18.155	21.329
95	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	19.328	17.104	21.878
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	18.501	15.802	21.650
97	Peru`PER`South America	18.114	16.999	19.325
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	18.076	15.623	20.246
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	17.974	16.242	19.898
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17.850	17.011	19.083
101	Brazil`BRA`South America	17.582	16.807	18.381
102	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.519	15.091	20.396
103	Ecuador`ECU`South America	17.400	15.530	19.558
104	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.393	15.180	19.948
105	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.301	16.757	17.859
106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.253	15.136	19.257
107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	17.243	16.593	17.937
108	Colombia`COL`South America	17.199	15.295	19.300
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	17.170	14.786	20.039
110	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	17.101	13.710	21.000
111	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.671	15.172	18.199
112	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.554	15.544	17.655
113	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.165	15.392	17.004
114	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	16.043	14.118	18.277
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	15.910	13.946	19.358
116	Panama`PAN`Central America	15.814	13.865	18.107
117	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	15.134	13.366	17.146
118	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.760	13.886	15.638
119	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	14.640	13.924	15.408
120	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.377	14.103	14.657
121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	14.143	13.336	15.338
122	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.990	13.153	14.900
123	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	13.958	11.097	17.604
124	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	13.912	13.071	14.790
125	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	13.321	12.100	14.645
126	Argentina`ARG`South America	13.230	12.981	13.477
127	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13.169	12.409	13.977
128	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	13.047	12.075	14.095
129	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12.851	10.887	14.251
130	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.529	12.200	12.879
131	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	12.364	11.151	13.725
132	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	11.924	9.757	14.473
133	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11.893	10.424	13.871
134	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	11.845	11.541	12.157
135	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	11.235	9.572	13.217
136	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.132	9.591	12.940
137	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.084	10.754	11.412
138	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.233	9.939	10.546
139	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10.211	9.702	10.752
140	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	10.040	5.192	19.256
141	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	9.955	8.803	11.243
142	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	9.780	9.369	10.195
143	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	9.712	9.511	9.919
144	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9.542	9.260	9.821
145	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	9.509	9.245	9.786
146	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	9.412	9.169	9.651
147	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.987	8.817	9.154
148	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	8.320	5.538	12.458
149	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	7.957	7.434	8.516
150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	7.930	7.547	8.324
151	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	7.757	7.391	8.134
152	Chile`CHL`South America	7.558	7.375	7.740
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.301	6.894	7.733
154	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7.287	6.914	7.671
155	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	7.091	6.617	7.591
156	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6.869	6.623	7.127
157	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.501	6.373	6.625
158	United States`USA`Northern America	6.475	6.374	6.580
159	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	6.098	5.891	6.300
160	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.088	5.849	6.339
161	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	6.027	5.484	6.631
162	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5.951	5.629	6.292
163	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.757	5.638	5.886
164	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	5.508	5.330	5.687
165	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	5.272	5.114	5.440
166	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	5.238	3.848	7.082
167	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5.093	4.517	5.732
168	Canada`CAN`Northern America	5.090	5.003	5.178
169	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	5.051	4.906	5.201
170	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.045	4.843	5.244
171	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.766	4.677	4.861
172	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	4.635	2.455	8.986
173	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	4.361	4.279	4.451
174	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	4.261	4.002	4.535
175	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	4.037	3.898	4.180
176	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.993	3.903	4.083
177	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.948	3.854	4.045
178	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.840	3.738	3.948
179	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.771	3.631	3.918
180	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.764	3.606	3.921
181	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.658	3.499	3.815
182	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.630	3.567	3.695
183	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.586	3.519	3.654
184	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.515	3.449	3.582
185	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3.420	3.356	3.485
186	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	3.407	3.203	3.626
187	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.399	3.284	3.515
188	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.206	2.871	3.599
189	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.184	3.072	3.303
190	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.182	3.124	3.245
191	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.001	2.891	3.115
192	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.925	2.753	3.111
193	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.908	2.776	3.048
194	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	2.760	1.838	4.102
195	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	2.684	2.568	2.810
196	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.631	2.529	2.731
197	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.517	2.470	2.565
198	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.516	2.244	2.818
199	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.242	2.103	2.396
200	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.135	1.868	2.432

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

1Somalia100.511
2Sierra Leone98.591
3Chad86.216
4South Sudan85.023
5Lesotho83.920

Lowest

200Iceland2.135
199Singapore2.242
198Luxembourg2.516
197Japan2.517
196Sweden2.631

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 17.716. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSierra Leone91.682
LowestSan Marino1.838
Middle country: 16.315
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSomalia136.533
LowestSingapore2.396
Middle country: 19.993

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
16 · 184rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar60.463 → 71.022+10.560
Lesotho79.013 → 83.920+4.907
Botswana50.303 → 52.801+2.498
Eswatini63.687 → 66.095+2.408
Namibia41.369 → 43.154+1.784

Fell most

Angola65.985 → 60.311−5.674
Rwanda53.215 → 49.054−4.161
Burundi65.957 → 62.147−3.810
Sierra Leone102.306 → 98.591−3.715
Uganda58.932 → 55.343−3.589

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 2008.
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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Cite this edition

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (2008). Infant Mortality Rate, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/2008

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