Data for 2020

Infant Mortality Rate, 2020

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 2020
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2020, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 2020 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Central African Republic is highest, at 74.721; San Marino is lowest, at 1.413. The middle country reads 13.458. Against 2019, 199 values changed (25 up, 174 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2020

HighestCentral African Republic

74.721

LowestSan Marino

1.413

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

200countries
3measures per country
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	74.721	60.2233	93.096
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	72.931	36.9632	148.047
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.870	25.7303	162.556
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	69.491	63.1002	76.743
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	69.120	57.7232	82.097
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	65.690	55.1566	78.765
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.380	54.2433	72.829
8	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	62.935	46.5105	83.868
9	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	62.141	50.4838	76.107
10	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.924	52.0450	73.528
11	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	57.850	48.7564	68.944
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	57.159	48.5735	67.272
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	55.392	49.4290	62.026
14	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.891	44.5457	66.740
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	54.630	47.0926	62.786
16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	53.910	31.2157	89.809
17	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	50.420	41.9755	60.409
18	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	50.296	43.0309	58.874
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	48.739	34.9595	67.760
20	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	48.708	28.5340	82.285
21	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	48.603	41.6585	56.984
22	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	47.311	33.6123	68.995
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	47.216	28.8698	73.726
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.550	36.8861	55.961
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	44.257	37.7253	52.298
26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	43.627	32.1131	59.952
27	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	42.324	29.0154	60.529
28	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42.162	30.4405	58.111
29	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.598	34.1598	52.995
30	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	39.411	31.3499	49.300
31	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	39.110	30.7600	49.812
32	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.936	30.7978	47.600
33	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.670	28.6580	52.087
34	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38.201	32.2237	45.115
35	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37.569	31.6020	45.014
36	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	37.201	24.9875	53.552
37	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.980	29.4956	45.874
38	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.627	32.0286	41.806
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.535	32.4156	41.427
40	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.520	12.6476	105.938
41	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.731	31.4396	40.657
42	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	35.151	24.3239	49.751
43	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.912	26.7469	45.574
44	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	34.620	21.9604	53.023
45	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	33.915	26.8496	43.235
46	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	33.736	29.6707	38.371
47	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	33.357	22.4768	48.176
48	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.242	28.4009	39.023
49	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	31.884	25.3406	39.461
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	31.667	27.2709	37.057
51	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	31.374	27.8437	35.438
52	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.298	25.8359	38.194
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	30.389	23.2142	39.538
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.313	17.6506	52.422
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.850	22.4204	38.642
56	India`IND`Southern Asia	28.332	26.7295	30.003
57	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	27.814	16.7321	47.319
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	26.299	15.8925	43.476
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	25.931	22.0855	30.447
60	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	25.510	15.8061	41.346
61	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	25.135	11.4074	54.728
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	24.885	19.8123	31.307
63	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	24.793	23.5785	25.803
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.541	22.8481	26.254
65	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	23.022	11.0181	47.087
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.820	17.2392	29.792
67	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.711	18.5481	28.070
68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.581	18.2575	27.779
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	21.616	20.0649	23.210
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.170	16.4747	27.251
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.431	19.1687	21.765
72	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.019	10.5925	27.371
73	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19.779	9.0897	30.461
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19.528	14.6799	25.913
75	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	19.248	10.7391	33.648
76	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.830	12.8148	27.928
77	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	18.731	10.8610	31.878
78	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	18.273	13.3520	24.977
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.705	15.6003	20.468
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	17.360	13.9159	21.635
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.212	16.6789	17.769
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17.098	12.1049	23.250
83	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16.962	14.5987	19.775
84	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	16.857	13.0045	21.789
85	Suriname`SUR`South America	16.645	10.6536	26.816
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.513	8.4653	33.067
87	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.475	14.9594	18.162
88	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	15.601	15.1393	16.044
89	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	15.562	11.4299	21.241
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	15.542	10.8207	22.078
91	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.102	11.3733	19.688
92	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.456	11.3364	18.683
93	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	14.369	13.2084	15.359
94	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14.292	11.4060	16.843
95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.123	13.2417	15.078
96	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	14.095	11.0378	18.046
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.731	12.8363	14.719
98	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.649	9.8361	18.952
99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.594	11.4553	16.174
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	13.499	13.2326	13.771
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	13.417	12.0723	14.753
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.320	10.4416	17.603
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	13.180	9.8531	17.760
104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.085	12.2749	13.943
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.805	11.9703	13.685
106	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	12.694	7.3917	21.799
107	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	12.544	11.8079	13.375
108	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	12.476	11.9111	13.064
109	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12.245	11.9697	12.536
110	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.241	10.7882	13.880
111	Peru`PER`South America	12.235	10.2173	14.908
112	Panama`PAN`Central America	12.228	11.9378	12.508
113	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	12.040	8.4789	16.959
114	Colombia`COL`South America	11.885	8.2550	17.203
115	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	11.852	10.4381	13.482
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11.768	7.0610	19.481
117	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.487	10.9154	12.080
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.138	10.4604	11.879
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10.759	6.3056	18.552
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	10.243	7.1428	14.765
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.215	6.6990	15.945
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	10.180	8.4890	12.175
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	10.172	6.6290	16.283
124	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	9.613	8.6768	10.649
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9.055	8.2916	9.866
126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.973	5.4736	14.489
127	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.894	8.2888	9.563
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	8.714	8.2005	9.285
129	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	8.656	6.1140	12.102
130	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.654	7.8046	10.138
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.646	8.1778	9.132
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.165	7.8854	8.453
133	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.134	7.6551	8.634
134	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.108	7.8581	8.354
135	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	8.033	7.5883	8.507
136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	7.995	7.8207	8.179
137	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.799	6.2493	9.782
138	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.598	7.3086	7.903
139	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	6.879	2.7606	16.656
140	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.795	6.4490	7.168
141	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.630	6.2986	6.988
142	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.121	5.8733	6.380
143	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.000	5.6955	6.328
144	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.978	5.3071	6.748
145	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5.893	3.0633	11.437
146	Chile`CHL`South America	5.827	5.6718	5.988
147	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5.794	5.5312	6.076
148	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5.673	5.1240	6.285
149	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.526	5.2028	5.875
150	United States`USA`Northern America	5.498	5.4018	5.592
151	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.425	4.1680	7.162
152	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5.364	5.2082	5.517
153	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.334	5.1219	5.558
154	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	5.268	4.8720	5.698
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.245	4.5906	5.981
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.222	4.9747	5.477
157	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	4.977	4.7886	5.172
158	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.708	4.4983	4.918
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.707	4.3894	5.034
160	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.591	4.4980	4.681
161	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.517	4.4343	4.598
162	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.329	4.0699	4.606
163	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.973	3.7462	4.224
164	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.851	3.7746	3.926
165	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.769	3.6848	3.855
166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.517	3.3923	3.647
167	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.478	3.3945	3.570
168	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.447	3.3140	3.584
169	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	3.440	1.1808	9.354
170	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.362	3.2224	3.507
171	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.330	3.2660	3.395
172	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.293	3.1284	3.457
173	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.239	3.1387	3.341
174	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.214	3.1419	3.290
175	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.118	3.0572	3.175
176	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.104	2.8479	3.371
177	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.093	2.8395	3.374
178	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.068	2.9114	3.233
179	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.877	2.7601	2.999
180	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.808	2.7276	2.885
181	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	2.772	0.7360	10.253
182	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.768	2.6471	2.888
183	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.721	2.4113	3.063
184	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.617	2.5576	2.677
185	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.528	2.4717	2.584
186	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.517	2.4558	2.580
187	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2.479	1.6769	3.736
188	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.424	2.1609	2.719
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.350	2.2487	2.454
190	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.234	2.0118	2.472
191	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.118	1.7995	2.490
192	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.114	2.0262	2.206
193	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.015	1.7374	2.344
194	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.981	1.8161	2.142
195	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.951	1.8362	2.066
196	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.925	1.7736	2.093
197	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.885	1.7806	1.994
198	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.843	1.6566	2.051
199	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.783	1.7478	1.820
200	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.413	0.7181	2.765

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

1Central African Republic74.721
2Somalia72.931
3South Sudan71.870
4Nigeria69.491
5Niger69.120

Lowest

200San Marino1.413
199Japan1.783
198Estonia1.843
197Finland1.885
196Slovenia1.925

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 13.458. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestNigeria63.1002
LowestSan Marino0.7181
Middle country: 10.8882
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan162.556
LowestJapan1.820
Middle country: 16.901

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
199values changed, of 200 in both
25 · 174rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe55.751 → 57.850+2.098
Fiji20.325 → 21.616+1.291
Dominica30.569 → 31.374+0.805
DR Congo56.495 → 57.159+0.664
Lebanon12.594 → 13.085+0.491

Fell most

Central African Republic128.934 → 74.721−54.212
Bahamas15.999 → 11.852−4.147
Republic of the Congo33.211 → 30.313−2.898
Mali57.552 → 55.392−2.159
Sierra Leone64.042 → 61.924−2.118

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 2020.
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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) (2020). Infant Mortality Rate, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/2020

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