Data for 2016

Infant Mortality Rate, 2016

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 2016
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2016, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 2016 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 169.8070; San Marino is lowest, at 1.7273. The middle country reads 14.7608. Against 2015, 200 values changed (28 up, 172 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2016

HighestSouth Sudan

169.8070

LowestSan Marino

1.7273

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

200countries
3measures per country
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	169.8070	82.5367	304.803
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	81.4975	46.6752	146.943
3	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	77.0649	65.1771	90.849
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	71.3082	64.0639	79.666
5	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	70.1596	58.0301	84.075
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	69.8802	61.9283	78.828
7	Niger`NER`Western Africa	69.2111	60.9806	78.220
8	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	68.2237	60.5837	77.056
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	68.0734	62.8896	73.804
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	64.2353	57.2964	72.325
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	63.9855	58.6086	69.888
12	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	61.9475	54.2215	70.329
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	61.6543	56.4531	67.617
14	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	60.9135	39.9084	89.760
15	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	56.8631	50.9098	63.480
16	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	55.7765	49.5324	62.701
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	55.1189	47.8807	63.206
18	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	54.9845	36.1872	82.396
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	54.7187	44.2672	67.956
20	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	54.2923	47.8163	61.647
21	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	53.3933	37.0993	74.434
22	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	52.8070	47.1683	59.272
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	51.4201	45.8166	58.087
24	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.2888	40.6308	66.285
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	48.4840	39.7032	60.387
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	47.1560	38.1552	57.989
27	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	45.9114	40.1451	52.633
28	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	45.2770	35.6977	54.741
29	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	43.9879	37.8334	51.148
30	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43.5581	38.8545	48.796
31	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	42.8825	32.4844	56.056
32	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	42.8472	20.9187	99.120
33	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.6496	32.0995	54.663
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	42.4610	34.0710	50.779
35	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	42.0868	35.9676	48.985
36	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.0004	34.3638	49.277
37	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	40.7073	35.5119	46.824
38	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	40.5994	36.5334	45.010
39	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	40.0000	29.3190	54.053
40	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	39.4259	30.2556	50.884
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	39.2564	35.2971	43.642
42	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	39.1090	34.5094	44.038
43	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	39.1077	35.0038	43.623
44	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	38.4358	34.9547	42.505
45	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	38.0885	32.3350	44.687
46	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	37.6285	30.4464	46.279
47	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	37.6237	32.6632	43.330
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	36.8254	33.8864	40.159
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.6058	33.2402	40.198
50	India`IND`Southern Asia	34.5513	32.8795	36.195
51	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.2494	22.6970	50.461
52	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	34.1083	26.2506	43.409
53	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	33.1801	27.6037	39.786
54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	32.5928	26.9698	40.054
55	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	31.3386	21.2622	46.625
56	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31.1602	25.8626	37.346
57	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	31.0135	27.8577	34.640
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.6093	19.9012	43.852
59	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	28.5942	19.9778	40.959
60	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.4919	27.2696	29.761
61	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	28.2822	14.2118	56.098
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	28.0442	26.2378	29.879
63	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	27.7507	25.3305	30.426
64	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	25.9410	13.7640	48.301
65	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	25.8582	21.1971	31.419
66	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.8304	22.0580	30.277
67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	24.0596	17.5201	32.979
68	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	23.7461	14.8366	29.313
69	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.7129	20.7054	27.210
70	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.3151	18.6112	26.740
71	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.1607	19.5372	25.237
72	Bolivia`BOL`South America	22.0916	18.8826	25.818
73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.5871	20.3453	22.903
74	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	21.5588	17.4978	26.821
75	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	21.4585	14.2393	32.031
76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.1700	19.5504	23.000
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	21.0229	19.1531	23.361
78	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.2801	15.8296	25.268
79	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	20.2273	15.0002	27.639
80	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	19.8055	15.4709	25.243
81	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	19.7312	15.6888	24.890
82	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	18.8186	10.7045	26.390
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	18.6924	10.6201	33.648
84	Suriname`SUR`South America	18.5673	13.0954	26.507
85	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	18.3833	17.8151	18.953
86	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	17.3792	16.0814	18.291
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.1438	16.6062	17.712
88	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.8454	15.7165	18.085
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.7536	16.2062	17.323
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	16.7440	13.3000	21.050
91	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	16.4758	12.9026	21.095
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.4559	13.8058	19.850
93	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	16.2351	15.4544	17.056
94	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16.0682	14.6027	17.667
95	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.8342	15.4895	16.195
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.2607	12.5240	18.519
97	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	15.2100	12.3997	18.837
98	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	15.1761	14.3098	16.117
99	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14.9700	14.6734	15.273
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.7995	13.3564	16.326
101	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	14.7221	10.9144	19.912
102	Mexico`MEX`Central America	14.7059	13.8530	15.442
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.6754	12.3118	17.693
104	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	14.6424	11.8193	18.089
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	14.5790	14.0071	15.170
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14.1569	13.5603	14.813
107	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14.0788	11.2711	17.349
108	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	13.9877	9.4169	20.771
109	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	13.8828	9.0343	21.621
110	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.4832	13.1660	13.821
111	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.4823	9.2796	19.583
112	Colombia`COL`South America	13.4728	10.4861	17.276
113	Peru`PER`South America	13.4351	12.1323	14.897
114	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.2974	11.9085	14.829
115	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12.9805	12.1781	13.828
116	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12.5534	11.8626	13.303
117	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.5176	12.1491	12.902
118	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	12.2706	11.0602	13.569
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.2443	10.3246	14.208
120	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	12.1672	11.3139	13.090
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.0374	8.8531	16.392
122	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	11.5055	10.3250	12.823
123	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	11.4825	8.9203	14.696
124	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11.4646	9.1140	14.410
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10.4895	9.7013	11.285
126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	10.1758	7.1859	14.414
127	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9.7821	8.5004	10.863
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.6930	9.3050	10.091
129	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	9.4285	7.3205	12.068
130	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	9.3525	8.8477	9.904
131	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	9.0730	8.4956	9.698
132	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.9611	8.6484	9.275
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.9339	8.6572	9.230
134	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8.8083	8.6156	8.999
135	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8.6796	8.1498	9.221
136	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.4086	7.2533	9.766
137	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	7.9628	7.4179	8.550
138	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	7.7915	3.4102	17.614
139	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.7141	7.4815	7.953
140	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7.7033	7.4889	7.919
141	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.6261	7.3429	7.932
142	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.5655	7.1278	8.027
143	Uruguay`URY`South America	7.1269	6.8907	7.375
144	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	7.0778	6.9095	7.253
145	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.0362	6.8268	7.252
146	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6.8226	5.7406	8.128
147	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.7066	6.5366	6.884
148	Chile`CHL`South America	6.6783	6.5233	6.831
149	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6.6397	3.8103	11.812
150	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.4048	6.1849	6.632
151	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.3051	6.0046	6.631
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6.1541	5.8866	6.434
153	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	6.0285	5.9136	6.144
154	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5.9448	5.6790	6.221
155	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.8257	5.4967	6.183
156	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.7097	5.1840	6.295
157	United States`USA`Northern America	5.6892	5.6009	5.779
158	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	5.2239	5.0108	5.440
159	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.0796	4.9005	5.271
160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4.9428	4.3412	5.558
161	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.6219	4.4581	4.783
162	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.5906	4.5107	4.672
163	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.1348	3.9558	4.330
164	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.0849	4.0071	4.170
165	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	4.0454	3.7616	4.338
166	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.9700	3.8191	4.124
167	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.9643	3.7054	4.247
168	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	3.9208	1.6645	8.640
169	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.8316	3.7610	3.906
170	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.6763	3.5508	3.803
171	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.6305	3.4999	3.771
172	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.4882	3.4054	3.573
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.4860	3.3353	3.652
174	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.3681	3.2675	3.468
175	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.2609	3.2028	3.326
176	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.2484	2.9551	3.582
177	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.2393	3.1680	3.309
178	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.2385	3.1784	3.305
179	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	3.2099	1.0070	10.280
180	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.0978	2.9514	3.248
181	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.0700	2.9934	3.151
182	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	3.0363	2.9198	3.159
183	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.9445	2.8410	3.053
184	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.9395	2.8229	3.062
185	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.9082	2.8508	2.967
186	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2.7976	2.1691	3.641
187	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.7854	2.7272	2.844
188	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.7068	2.6514	2.763
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.5718	2.4709	2.676
190	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.3024	2.2161	2.392
191	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.3009	2.1158	2.499
192	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.1347	2.0253	2.252
193	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.1252	1.9852	2.284
194	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.1142	1.8785	2.381
195	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.1040	1.8353	2.407
196	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.0726	1.9137	2.225
197	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.0036	1.7562	2.295
198	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.9581	1.9225	1.995
199	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.9536	1.8484	2.060
200	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.7273	0.9944	2.976

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1South Sudan169.8070
2Somalia81.4975
3Central African Republic77.0649
4Sierra Leone71.3082
5Chad70.1596

Lowest

200San Marino1.7273
199Finland1.9536
198Japan1.9581
197Iceland2.0036
196Slovenia2.0726

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.7608. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan82.5367
LowestSan Marino0.9944
Middle country: 12.7133
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan304.803
LowestJapan1.995
Middle country: 17.641

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
28 · 172rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan151.3497 → 169.8070+18.4573
Central African Republic71.9991 → 77.0649+5.0658
Venezuela16.5500 → 21.1700+4.6200
Dominica26.7829 → 27.7507+0.9678
Brazil13.7249 → 14.5790+0.8541

Fell most

Sierra Leone76.9490 → 71.3082−5.6408
Papua New Guinea43.5892 → 39.4259−4.1633
Eswatini54.0926 → 51.2888−2.8039
Somalia83.6889 → 81.4975−2.1914
Mali66.1294 → 63.9855−2.1439

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

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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 2016.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 200 countries has every column.

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