Data for 2013
Infant Mortality Rate, 2013
2013, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Infant Mortality Rate, 2013 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 88.4342; Iceland is lowest, at 1.9756. The middle country reads 15.7974. Against 2012, 200 values changed (20 up, 180 down), the same countries are covered.
Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2013
HighestSomalia
88.4342LowestIceland
1.9756Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Infant Mortality Rate, 2013, as published. UN IGME ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 200 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SOMEastern Africa | 88.4342 | 55.9683 | 144.7033 |
| 2 | CAFMiddle Africa | 81.0337 | 70.1454 | 93.2751 |
| 3 | SLEWestern Africa | 80.0832 | 73.6735 | 87.4317 |
| 4 | TCDMiddle Africa | 75.8966 | 65.5010 | 87.3370 |
| 5 | SSDEastern Africa | 72.1548 | 42.8037 | 112.4405 |
| 6 | GINWestern Africa | 72.0588 | 65.2237 | 79.6916 |
| 7 | LSOSouthern Africa | 71.4295 | 64.2157 | 79.7032 |
| 8 | MLIWestern Africa | 70.3210 | 64.9208 | 76.1924 |
| 9 | NERWestern Africa | 69.2120 | 62.0756 | 76.9903 |
| 10 | AFGSouthern Asia | 68.5873 | 61.7035 | 75.8751 |
| 11 | NGAWestern Africa | 68.4908 | 63.6727 | 73.6783 |
| 12 | PAKSouthern Asia | 67.4351 | 62.7912 | 72.6225 |
| 13 | GNQMiddle Africa | 67.0955 | 48.1800 | 90.5191 |
| 14 | LBRWestern Africa | 66.9779 | 60.5154 | 74.5008 |
| 15 | CIVWestern Africa | 62.3802 | 56.4722 | 68.6951 |
| 16 | BFAWestern Africa | 59.8068 | 51.6082 | 69.1851 |
| 17 | DJIEastern Africa | 59.7773 | 42.8720 | 82.7288 |
| 18 | BENWestern Africa | 59.7763 | 54.1014 | 65.9478 |
| 19 | GNBWestern Africa | 59.3162 | 45.3065 | 76.8535 |
| 20 | CMRMiddle Africa | 57.2850 | 51.7110 | 63.4380 |
| 21 | ZWEEastern Africa | 56.5733 | 50.7897 | 62.8842 |
| 22 | MOZEastern Africa | 56.1334 | 50.9526 | 61.8454 |
| 23 | CODMiddle Africa | 55.8412 | 48.5923 | 63.7887 |
| 24 | SWZSouthern Africa | 55.4109 | 46.2077 | 66.5531 |
| 25 | ETHEastern Africa | 52.1919 | 47.2366 | 57.5892 |
| 26 | HTICaribbean | 52.0442 | 44.8553 | 61.2112 |
| 27 | SDNNorthern Africa | 50.8315 | 43.2192 | 59.3611 |
| 28 | TGOWestern Africa | 48.2815 | 43.0148 | 54.3120 |
| 29 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 47.5361 | 38.5444 | 57.6398 |
| 30 | BWASouthern Africa | 47.0005 | 31.6765 | 85.6021 |
| 31 | GMBWestern Africa | 46.5137 | 40.7005 | 52.9041 |
| 32 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 46.4925 | 38.8849 | 53.3520 |
| 33 | BDIEastern Africa | 46.4085 | 37.5831 | 57.1145 |
| 34 | NAMSouthern Africa | 45.8330 | 36.9915 | 55.8883 |
| 35 | ZMBEastern Africa | 44.5042 | 40.6214 | 48.7764 |
| 36 | COMEastern Africa | 44.4079 | 36.1102 | 52.3885 |
| 37 | MDGEastern Africa | 44.0649 | 39.4698 | 48.8715 |
| 38 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 43.9575 | 38.3658 | 50.3633 |
| 39 | TZAEastern Africa | 43.4518 | 39.6732 | 47.7060 |
| 40 | UGAEastern Africa | 42.9443 | 39.1897 | 47.1090 |
| 41 | PNGMelanesia | 42.7009 | 34.5864 | 52.7061 |
| 42 | MWIEastern Africa | 42.6278 | 38.8588 | 46.7115 |
| 43 | YEMWestern Asia | 42.6234 | 37.8519 | 48.1355 |
| 44 | AGOMiddle Africa | 42.1999 | 33.7468 | 52.1577 |
| 45 | KIRMicronesia | 42.0132 | 33.9245 | 51.7870 |
| 46 | GHAWestern Africa | 40.7460 | 37.5369 | 44.1503 |
| 47 | KENEastern Africa | 40.6938 | 37.1520 | 44.7253 |
| 48 | MRTWestern Africa | 40.1866 | 35.5351 | 45.1452 |
| 49 | INDSouthern Asia | 40.1431 | 38.2847 | 41.9901 |
| 50 | SENWestern Africa | 38.4728 | 35.7419 | 41.4357 |
| 51 | COGMiddle Africa | 37.4202 | 28.1184 | 48.0948 |
| 52 | RWAEastern Africa | 35.9220 | 30.6792 | 41.8714 |
| 53 | NPLSouthern Asia | 35.4240 | 32.3445 | 38.8091 |
| 54 | GABMiddle Africa | 35.3289 | 30.2068 | 41.4029 |
| 55 | ERIEastern Africa | 34.3614 | 26.0033 | 45.6246 |
| 56 | TKMCentral Asia | 33.9230 | 26.8577 | 42.6893 |
| 57 | BGDSouthern Asia | 32.5522 | 31.2683 | 33.9956 |
| 58 | GUYSouth America | 32.0914 | 23.2932 | 43.7793 |
| 59 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 32.0860 | 30.1245 | 34.2305 |
| 60 | NIUPolynesia | 30.8084 | 16.6736 | 56.9458 |
| 61 | DOMCaribbean | 30.7697 | 26.8456 | 35.2216 |
| 62 | MHLMicronesia | 30.7389 | 23.6118 | 40.2480 |
| 63 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 29.8150 | 24.1731 | 36.7349 |
| 64 | IRQWestern Asia | 28.3110 | 24.4235 | 32.8748 |
| 65 | FSMMicronesia | 28.1963 | 16.1252 | 48.4025 |
| 66 | TJKCentral Asia | 27.6203 | 24.1368 | 31.6494 |
| 67 | BOLSouth America | 26.4176 | 23.2547 | 29.8896 |
| 68 | BTNSouthern Asia | 25.9589 | 21.5745 | 31.4603 |
| 69 | EGYNorthern Africa | 25.0757 | 22.5151 | 27.9097 |
| 70 | SYRWestern Asia | 25.0139 | 18.1908 | 30.0589 |
| 71 | GTMCentral America | 24.9421 | 21.5623 | 28.8307 |
| 72 | DMACaribbean | 24.9404 | 23.0809 | 26.9347 |
| 73 | AZEWestern Asia | 24.1557 | 19.3388 | 29.9170 |
| 74 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 23.8893 | 22.0738 | 25.9939 |
| 75 | TUVPolynesia | 23.8179 | 17.7894 | 31.8891 |
| 76 | MARNorthern Africa | 23.8147 | 19.8567 | 27.9543 |
| 77 | DZANorthern Africa | 22.7225 | 21.4811 | 24.0702 |
| 78 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 22.2490 | 20.0001 | 24.7560 |
| 79 | UZBCentral Asia | 21.5945 | 19.2184 | 23.7421 |
| 80 | KGZCentral Asia | 21.4809 | 20.8649 | 22.1011 |
| 81 | TTOCaribbean | 21.3196 | 16.5846 | 27.7260 |
| 82 | PRYSouth America | 20.5879 | 12.5641 | 33.8951 |
| 83 | SLBMelanesia | 20.5435 | 17.1859 | 24.5625 |
| 84 | CPVWestern Africa | 20.5243 | 19.6260 | 21.4713 |
| 85 | SURSouth America | 19.8846 | 14.8889 | 26.3269 |
| 86 | PRKEastern Asia | 19.3328 | 15.1401 | 24.7529 |
| 87 | NRUMicronesia | 19.3193 | 15.3434 | 24.2708 |
| 88 | HNDCentral America | 18.1903 | 15.7936 | 21.0526 |
| 89 | STPMiddle Africa | 18.0630 | 13.5309 | 23.8997 |
| 90 | MNGEastern Asia | 17.3034 | 16.9735 | 17.6371 |
| 91 | JAMCaribbean | 17.2638 | 16.1238 | 18.5246 |
| 92 | PLWMicronesia | 17.1807 | 11.6353 | 22.6552 |
| 93 | PSEWestern Asia | 17.0152 | 14.6307 | 19.9429 |
| 94 | NICCentral America | 16.9542 | 15.4978 | 19.0673 |
| 95 | VCTCaribbean | 16.9204 | 15.4237 | 18.5378 |
| 96 | LCACaribbean | 16.8904 | 15.8347 | 18.0619 |
| 97 | KNACaribbean | 16.6756 | 14.2532 | 19.5021 |
| 98 | TUNNorthern Africa | 16.2514 | 15.5848 | 16.9638 |
| 99 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 15.9716 | 15.0147 | 16.9720 |
| 100 | VUTMelanesia | 15.8093 | 13.3356 | 18.8000 |
| 101 | MEXCentral America | 15.7855 | 15.0356 | 16.6373 |
| 102 | JORWestern Asia | 15.7657 | 13.7617 | 18.2091 |
| 103 | FJIMelanesia | 15.7270 | 15.2294 | 16.2649 |
| 104 | VENSouth America | 15.4140 | 15.0782 | 15.7639 |
| 105 | IRNSouthern Asia | 15.1023 | 11.5024 | 19.5829 |
| 106 | GRDCaribbean | 15.0184 | 13.6623 | 16.4795 |
| 107 | WSMPolynesia | 15.0182 | 12.8864 | 17.4627 |
| 108 | XKXSouthern Europe | 14.8435 | 12.6810 | 17.3574 |
| 109 | COLSouth America | 14.7801 | 12.2616 | 17.6831 |
| 110 | PERSouth America | 14.6614 | 13.5481 | 15.8321 |
| 111 | MDAEastern Europe | 14.4712 | 12.0505 | 17.9030 |
| 112 | BRASouth America | 14.3714 | 14.0666 | 14.6966 |
| 113 | BLZCentral America | 14.1627 | 13.4269 | 14.9272 |
| 114 | VGBCaribbean | 14.1367 | 10.1402 | 20.0489 |
| 115 | ARMWestern Asia | 14.0840 | 11.9896 | 16.1471 |
| 116 | ECUSouth America | 13.9701 | 13.0847 | 14.9123 |
| 117 | PANCentral America | 13.9645 | 13.1522 | 14.8744 |
| 118 | SLVCentral America | 13.6756 | 10.8355 | 17.1620 |
| 119 | MUSEastern Africa | 13.1828 | 12.3591 | 14.0465 |
| 120 | SYCEastern Africa | 12.9477 | 11.6903 | 14.3832 |
| 121 | BHSCaribbean | 12.6390 | 11.7938 | 13.5209 |
| 122 | BRBCaribbean | 12.1899 | 10.5827 | 14.0215 |
| 123 | TURWestern Asia | 12.1323 | 11.1564 | 13.1337 |
| 124 | KAZCentral Asia | 11.7359 | 11.5016 | 11.9752 |
| 125 | LBYNorthern Africa | 11.3603 | 9.0207 | 14.3324 |
| 126 | LBNWestern Asia | 11.1002 | 9.4741 | 12.9716 |
| 127 | ARGSouth America | 10.8848 | 10.6579 | 11.1156 |
| 128 | COKPolynesia | 10.8226 | 8.7773 | 13.3254 |
| 129 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 10.7689 | 9.1606 | 11.8422 |
| 130 | TONPolynesia | 10.0194 | 8.1964 | 12.1534 |
| 131 | UKREastern Europe | 9.9527 | 9.6560 | 10.2561 |
| 132 | MDVSouthern Asia | 9.7536 | 9.1429 | 10.3807 |
| 133 | CHNEastern Asia | 9.6841 | 9.1238 | 10.2750 |
| 134 | GEOWestern Asia | 9.6387 | 9.0258 | 10.2559 |
| 135 | MKDSouthern Europe | 9.4826 | 8.9786 | 10.0031 |
| 136 | OMNWestern Asia | 9.1860 | 8.9472 | 9.4358 |
| 137 | ROUEastern Europe | 8.9284 | 8.6985 | 9.1623 |
| 138 | ATGCaribbean | 8.9164 | 7.7813 | 10.2011 |
| 139 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 8.7325 | 8.1811 | 9.3485 |
| 140 | MSRCaribbean | 8.5812 | 3.9280 | 18.1629 |
| 141 | SAUWestern Asia | 8.3886 | 7.2820 | 9.6700 |
| 142 | URYSouth America | 8.2235 | 7.9641 | 8.4976 |
| 143 | CRICentral America | 8.2207 | 8.0042 | 8.4430 |
| 144 | KWTWestern Asia | 8.1947 | 7.9564 | 8.4360 |
| 145 | LKASouthern Asia | 8.1480 | 7.9913 | 8.3088 |
| 146 | ALBSouthern Europe | 8.0459 | 7.7705 | 8.3284 |
| 147 | BGREastern Europe | 7.7598 | 7.5127 | 8.0222 |
| 148 | RUSEastern Europe | 7.5857 | 7.4466 | 7.7294 |
| 149 | AIACaribbean | 7.2147 | 4.4827 | 11.7213 |
| 150 | CHLSouth America | 7.1040 | 6.9365 | 7.2758 |
| 151 | QATWestern Asia | 6.9329 | 6.6319 | 7.2552 |
| 152 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 6.5144 | 6.3889 | 6.6418 |
| 153 | BHRWestern Asia | 6.4929 | 6.1897 | 6.8104 |
| 154 | AREWestern Asia | 6.4896 | 6.1279 | 6.8797 |
| 155 | MLTSouthern Europe | 5.9259 | 5.3708 | 6.5201 |
| 156 | USANorthern America | 5.9168 | 5.8386 | 5.9934 |
| 157 | SRBSouthern Europe | 5.8972 | 5.6641 | 6.1346 |
| 158 | BIHSouthern Europe | 5.8649 | 5.6010 | 6.1476 |
| 159 | SVKEastern Europe | 5.3259 | 5.1418 | 5.5218 |
| 160 | LVANorthern Europe | 5.0933 | 4.7802 | 5.4221 |
| 161 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 4.9027 | 4.7432 | 5.0708 |
| 162 | CANNorthern America | 4.7749 | 4.6941 | 4.8590 |
| 163 | CUBCaribbean | 4.7615 | 4.1803 | 5.3854 |
| 164 | HUNEastern Europe | 4.6781 | 4.5143 | 4.8534 |
| 165 | POLEastern Europe | 4.4855 | 4.3921 | 4.5816 |
| 166 | TCACaribbean | 4.3371 | 2.2963 | 7.7930 |
| 167 | HRVSouthern Europe | 4.3115 | 4.1166 | 4.4940 |
| 168 | MNESouthern Europe | 4.2851 | 3.9310 | 4.6706 |
| 169 | LTUNorthern Europe | 4.1990 | 3.9301 | 4.4845 |
| 170 | GBRNorthern Europe | 4.0092 | 3.9339 | 4.0833 |
| 171 | CHEWestern Europe | 3.8035 | 3.6749 | 3.9334 |
| 172 | ANDSouthern Europe | 3.6784 | 1.4363 | 9.5035 |
| 173 | NLDWestern Europe | 3.5600 | 3.4725 | 3.6449 |
| 174 | DNKNorthern Europe | 3.5123 | 3.3599 | 3.6754 |
| 175 | GRCSouthern Europe | 3.4867 | 3.3676 | 3.6167 |
| 176 | BELWestern Europe | 3.4844 | 3.3835 | 3.5841 |
| 177 | BLREastern Europe | 3.4818 | 3.3695 | 3.5980 |
| 178 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 3.4772 | 3.4027 | 3.5498 |
| 179 | DEUWestern Europe | 3.3359 | 3.2772 | 3.3950 |
| 180 | IRLNorthern Europe | 3.3320 | 3.1878 | 3.4888 |
| 181 | ISRWestern Asia | 3.3268 | 3.2436 | 3.4097 |
| 182 | AUTWestern Europe | 3.2605 | 3.1301 | 3.3944 |
| 183 | ITASouthern Europe | 3.1317 | 3.0721 | 3.1921 |
| 184 | FRAWestern Europe | 3.0999 | 3.0397 | 3.1598 |
| 185 | MCOWestern Europe | 3.0361 | 2.6060 | 3.5555 |
| 186 | KOREastern Asia | 3.0074 | 2.9503 | 3.0656 |
| 187 | PRTSouthern Europe | 2.9466 | 2.8334 | 3.0694 |
| 188 | ESPSouthern Europe | 2.8564 | 2.8014 | 2.9122 |
| 189 | ESTNorthern Europe | 2.8091 | 2.6057 | 3.0321 |
| 190 | CZEEastern Europe | 2.5348 | 2.4294 | 2.6415 |
| 191 | SWENorthern Europe | 2.4020 | 2.3144 | 2.4957 |
| 192 | NORNorthern Europe | 2.3611 | 2.2440 | 2.4858 |
| 193 | SVNSouthern Europe | 2.2903 | 2.1193 | 2.4533 |
| 194 | CYPWestern Asia | 2.2526 | 1.9811 | 2.5530 |
| 195 | LUXWestern Europe | 2.2074 | 1.9603 | 2.4839 |
| 196 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 2.1984 | 2.0563 | 2.3481 |
| 197 | JPNEastern Asia | 2.1553 | 2.1154 | 2.1968 |
| 198 | FINNorthern Europe | 2.1286 | 2.0211 | 2.2409 |
| 199 | SMRSouthern Europe | 2.0397 | 1.2690 | 3.2823 |
| 200 | ISLNorthern Europe | 1.9756 | 1.7371 | 2.2501 |
02In 2013
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Somalia88.4342
- 2
Central African Republic81.0337
- 3
Sierra Leone80.0832
- 4
Chad75.8966
- 5
South Sudan72.1548
Lowest
- 200
Iceland1.9756
- 199
San Marino2.0397
- 198
Finland2.1286
- 197
Japan2.1553
- 196
Singapore2.1984
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 15.7974. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
Highest
Sierra Leone73.6735
Lowest
San Marino1.2690
Middle country: 13.9142
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
Highest
Somalia144.7033
Lowest
Japan2.1968
Middle country: 18.1124
032012 → 2013
Since 2012
What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 200values changed, of 200 in both
- 20 · 180rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Central African Republic76.1165 → 81.0337+4.9172
Syria23.7854 → 25.0139+1.2286
Dominica24.0804 → 24.9404+0.8601
Lesotho70.9868 → 71.4295+0.4427
Grenada14.6264 → 15.0184+0.3919
Fell most
Somalia112.2313 → 88.4342−23.7971
Sierra Leone83.4360 → 80.0832−3.3527
Burundi49.0955 → 46.4085−2.6870
Afghanistan71.1726 → 68.5873−2.5853
Malawi45.1488 → 42.6278−2.5210
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.
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 2013.
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.
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07Questions
Infant Mortality Rate, 2013: questions and answers
Which country has the highest infant mortality rate in Infant Mortality Rate, 2013?
Somalia, at 88.4342, of the 200 countries in the file.
What year does Infant Mortality Rate, 2013 describe?
2013.
How many countries does Infant Mortality Rate, 2013 cover?
200.
Where can I download Infant Mortality Rate, 2013?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Infant Mortality Rate, 2013 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Infant Mortality Rate, 2024.