Data for 2018

Infant Mortality Rate, 2018

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 2018
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2018, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 2018 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 92.924; San Marino is lowest, at 1.551. The middle country reads 14.049. Against 2017, 200 values changed (26 up, 174 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2018

HighestSouth Sudan

92.924

LowestSan Marino

1.551

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

200countries
3measures per country
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: 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	92.924	38.806	184.218
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	85.116	45.947	163.286
3	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	73.901	61.238	89.137
4	Niger`NER`Western Africa	69.278	60.046	79.575
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	68.673	63.087	74.951
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	68.080	59.151	78.725
7	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	66.450	52.022	83.528
8	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	66.258	57.731	76.065
9	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	65.218	56.046	75.900
10	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.430	55.897	72.071
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	59.726	54.180	65.872
12	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	58.278	49.256	68.184
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	58.053	51.827	64.939
14	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	57.236	35.041	89.659
15	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	55.844	48.421	64.446
16	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	54.403	46.858	63.470
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	53.541	47.098	60.896
18	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	53.141	46.091	60.963
19	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	51.802	31.972	82.121
20	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51.665	39.586	67.920
21	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.260	44.234	57.226
22	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	50.130	32.645	73.857
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	48.023	41.257	56.197
24	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	47.657	35.774	65.593
25	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	46.030	35.971	59.922
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	44.599	34.412	57.976
27	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	43.860	38.656	49.962
28	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.801	35.022	54.311
29	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	43.175	31.147	59.063
30	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	42.333	35.641	50.328
31	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	41.370	34.340	50.009
32	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	40.555	32.742	48.050
33	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	40.554	31.303	51.188
34	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	39.751	28.320	53.886
35	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.722	34.134	46.401
36	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	39.422	32.751	46.971
37	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	38.656	15.585	102.263
38	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38.000	32.785	43.772
39	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	37.691	33.516	42.293
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	37.482	33.923	41.702
41	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	37.331	32.972	42.169
42	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	37.268	27.177	50.056
43	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	37.010	25.339	53.402
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.989	28.861	44.864
45	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.873	31.642	40.660
46	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.772	30.007	43.055
47	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	35.650	32.237	39.593
48	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	34.795	28.687	41.682
49	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	34.147	24.642	45.810
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	34.119	30.402	38.304
51	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	32.246	26.505	39.096
52	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.204	20.013	51.887
53	India`IND`Southern Asia	31.277	29.689	32.855
54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	31.135	24.866	38.687
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	31.050	25.063	39.816
56	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	29.659	26.704	32.991
57	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	29.578	18.742	47.129
58	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	28.345	24.885	32.310
59	Guyana`GUY`South America	27.927	17.808	43.597
60	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	27.037	17.753	41.238
61	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	26.745	12.682	55.521
62	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.200	24.880	27.415
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	25.844	23.994	27.606
64	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.252	21.061	30.227
65	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	24.494	12.336	47.921
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.280	19.146	30.549
67	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	24.209	13.732	31.126
68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.119	19.589	27.286
69	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.464	19.200	26.379
70	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.195	13.564	32.989
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.170	18.091	24.800
72	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.984	19.755	22.275
73	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.836	16.652	26.131
74	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	20.087	12.279	32.122
75	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19.672	9.879	28.977
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	19.575	16.246	23.550
77	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.520	13.917	27.759
78	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	19.287	17.324	21.821
79	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	19.090	14.639	24.977
80	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	19.068	15.150	24.009
81	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.956	18.224	19.690
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	18.528	13.728	24.113
83	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.580	11.849	26.802
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	17.571	9.515	33.268
85	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	17.518	13.326	22.933
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.205	16.726	17.707
87	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.705	15.421	18.125
88	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	16.618	16.100	17.139
89	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16.589	14.847	18.571
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	16.230	12.068	21.681
91	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.571	14.435	16.535
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.398	12.593	19.184
93	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.153	12.028	18.857
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.088	14.784	15.391
95	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	14.819	11.605	18.974
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.508	13.642	15.492
97	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	14.241	10.877	18.640
98	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	14.109	11.089	18.235
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14.062	11.167	16.955
100	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	14.052	13.360	14.798
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	14.045	12.987	14.934
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.988	11.368	17.590
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13.699	12.862	14.592
104	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.491	11.842	15.358
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.465	12.056	14.988
106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	13.464	13.180	13.755
107	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	13.350	8.227	21.820
108	Brazil`BRA`South America	13.096	12.421	13.792
109	Panama`PAN`Central America	12.937	12.658	13.214
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	12.868	12.364	13.400
111	Peru`PER`South America	12.823	11.197	14.759
112	Colombia`COL`South America	12.651	9.355	17.192
113	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	12.576	8.073	19.552
114	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	12.203	8.577	17.773
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	12.160	11.230	13.159
116	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.049	7.513	19.442
117	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	12.001	10.989	13.102
118	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	11.931	8.840	15.988
119	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.901	11.528	12.295
120	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.694	11.038	12.421
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.171	9.394	13.126
122	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.065	7.674	16.199
123	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10.868	8.106	14.644
124	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	10.825	10.088	11.621
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9.683	8.970	10.436
126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9.531	6.265	14.490
127	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	9.199	8.169	10.413
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.143	8.681	9.634
129	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	9.056	6.725	12.057
130	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	9.054	8.454	9.690
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.827	8.433	9.231
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.484	8.215	8.752
133	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8.337	7.831	8.862
134	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	8.186	8.019	8.354
135	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.121	6.824	9.710
136	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.831	7.509	8.174
137	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	7.771	7.545	7.999
138	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.642	7.378	7.907
139	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	7.389	6.911	7.870
140	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	7.327	3.072	17.025
141	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	6.906	6.360	7.522
142	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.764	6.503	7.046
143	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.489	6.277	6.710
144	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.473	6.229	6.726
145	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6.446	6.080	6.846
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.389	6.077	6.719
147	Chile`CHL`South America	6.312	6.162	6.472
148	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	6.252	3.413	11.643
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	6.067	5.906	6.231
150	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	6.014	4.864	7.508
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5.951	5.693	6.226
152	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.795	5.577	6.021
153	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.623	5.364	5.885
154	United States`USA`Northern America	5.567	5.473	5.660
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.494	4.958	6.106
156	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.275	4.967	5.592
157	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5.238	4.653	5.848
158	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	5.112	5.014	5.209
159	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.969	4.784	5.158
160	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.933	4.721	5.155
161	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.516	4.434	4.597
162	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.463	4.283	4.645
163	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.050	3.862	4.264
164	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.903	3.823	3.988
165	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.810	3.739	3.883
166	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	3.661	1.375	9.121
167	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.580	3.454	3.711
168	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.570	3.424	3.715
169	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.566	3.434	3.704
170	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.556	3.293	3.836
171	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.489	3.233	3.757
172	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.486	3.403	3.573
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.375	3.228	3.535
174	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.314	3.214	3.418
175	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.300	3.240	3.364
176	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.219	3.150	3.289
177	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.187	3.131	3.245
178	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.998	2.841	3.159
179	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	2.970	0.850	10.392
180	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.949	2.833	3.070
181	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.924	2.849	3.000
182	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.884	2.768	3.005
183	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.776	2.507	3.072
184	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.719	2.664	2.774
185	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.654	2.598	2.711
186	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.648	2.589	2.708
187	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2.632	1.910	3.682
188	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.582	2.459	2.715
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.519	2.417	2.628
190	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.291	2.002	2.610
191	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.207	2.119	2.297
192	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.065	1.822	2.335
193	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.052	1.790	2.363
194	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.048	1.872	2.238
195	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.045	1.899	2.197
196	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.019	1.907	2.134
197	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.984	1.837	2.136
198	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.906	1.803	2.012
199	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.858	1.824	1.894
200	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.551	0.833	2.866

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1South Sudan92.924
2Somalia85.116
3Central African Republic73.901
4Niger69.278
5Nigeria68.673

Lowest

200San Marino1.551
199Japan1.858
198Finland1.906
197Slovenia1.984
196Norway2.019

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.049. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestNigeria63.087
LowestSan Marino0.833
Middle country: 11.939
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan184.218
LowestJapan1.894
Middle country: 17.166

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
26 · 174rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Fiji17.731 → 18.956+1.225
Dominica28.720 → 29.659+0.940
DR Congo55.373 → 55.844+0.471
Mauritius13.323 → 13.699+0.376
Lebanon11.797 → 12.160+0.363

Fell most

South Sudan181.507 → 92.924−88.583
Central African Republic88.403 → 73.901−14.502
Somalia96.458 → 85.116−11.342
Eswatini51.071 → 47.657−3.414
Lesotho67.972 → 65.218−2.754

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 2018.
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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) (2018). Infant Mortality Rate, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/2018

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