Data for 2021

Infant Mortality Rate, 2021

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 2021
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2021, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 2021 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Central African Republic is highest, at 96.309; San Marino is lowest, at 1.356. The middle country reads 13.198. Against 2020, 199 values changed (30 up, 169 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2021

HighestCentral African Republic

96.309

LowestSan Marino

1.356

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

200countries
3measures per country
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: 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	96.309	76.1638	122.611
2	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.870	23.7772	173.484
3	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	70.929	35.0049	146.684
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	69.898	62.6983	77.923
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	68.728	56.0188	83.632
6	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	64.354	52.7675	79.143
7	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.466	53.1920	73.788
8	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	61.292	43.7076	84.483
9	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	61.055	47.7419	76.982
10	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	59.937	49.2270	73.113
11	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	59.834	49.2913	72.804
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	57.607	48.1946	69.214
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	53.277	46.9097	60.296
14	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	53.230	42.3851	66.396
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	52.996	44.8458	61.918
16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	52.160	29.3931	89.518
17	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	49.856	38.5201	64.175
18	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	49.128	39.7421	60.558
19	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.733	41.1012	57.951
20	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	47.403	32.8842	68.226
21	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	47.344	26.6956	81.693
22	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.085	39.6683	56.278
23	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.213	31.9635	68.782
24	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	45.911	27.3005	73.716
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	44.365	36.9283	53.821
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.101	34.6060	55.771
27	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	42.500	30.2496	60.329
28	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	41.567	27.8528	61.196
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	41.006	28.5991	58.386
30	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	40.394	33.4929	52.555
31	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38.338	31.6523	46.243
32	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	38.028	29.6960	47.431
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	38.008	28.9543	49.927
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	37.679	27.4237	52.535
35	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	36.933	30.5554	45.000
36	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.378	31.5230	41.718
37	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.041	31.5113	41.469
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.037	23.4521	53.454
39	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	35.861	27.8185	45.662
40	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.642	30.9982	41.082
41	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	35.356	11.5515	106.093
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	34.418	25.4550	46.595
43	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.107	23.0006	49.937
44	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	33.487	20.4966	53.004
45	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	32.968	25.3428	43.391
46	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.729	21.3691	49.235
47	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	32.527	27.9630	37.819
48	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	32.085	28.2920	36.513
49	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	32.084	26.8084	38.501
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.918	25.1855	37.979
51	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	30.531	23.8047	38.503
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30.457	25.5776	36.566
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29.774	22.2405	39.957
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	29.365	16.5888	52.905
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.481	21.4661	39.098
56	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	26.992	15.8206	47.262
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.962	25.2825	28.761
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	25.528	15.0199	43.292
59	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.882	20.8014	29.767
60	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	24.776	14.9316	41.243
61	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	24.680	18.8402	32.303
62	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	24.465	23.5452	25.302
63	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	24.434	10.8518	54.312
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.330	22.6639	26.107
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.629	18.0596	28.789
66	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	22.594	20.4321	24.938
67	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	22.305	10.4480	46.820
68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.225	17.4990	28.080
69	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.092	16.2975	29.563
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.170	15.6845	28.693
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.191	18.8132	21.640
72	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19.618	8.6670	30.923
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.270	10.0328	27.245
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.911	13.7405	25.833
75	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	18.428	12.2374	27.868
76	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	18.418	9.7769	33.883
77	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	18.156	10.2185	31.826
78	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	17.828	12.6785	24.881
79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	17.107	16.5522	17.696
80	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	17.010	14.2783	20.296
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16.977	14.8020	19.882
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.457	11.2945	23.056
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	16.402	12.8723	20.798
84	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.328	14.6769	18.211
85	Suriname`SUR`South America	16.166	10.0615	26.865
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	16.015	8.0008	32.979
87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.877	11.9696	20.955
88	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	15.325	14.8926	15.789
89	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	15.171	10.2043	22.238
90	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.057	10.9561	20.190
91	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	14.705	10.5645	20.567
92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14.468	11.6401	17.088
93	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	14.096	11.0392	18.048
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.079	13.1902	15.000
95	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.012	10.7023	18.508
96	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13.913	12.7886	14.922
97	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.617	12.7843	14.494
98	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.520	11.1057	16.545
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	13.300	9.3181	19.072
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.299	12.3538	14.361
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	13.097	11.5935	14.685
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.996	10.0271	17.584
103	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	12.752	9.2880	17.600
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.681	11.6830	13.770
105	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	12.513	11.9192	13.131
106	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12.491	12.2163	12.773
107	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	12.413	7.0190	21.694
108	Panama`PAN`Central America	11.975	11.6875	12.257
109	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.971	11.1072	12.959
110	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	11.939	8.1813	17.244
111	Peru`PER`South America	11.936	9.7357	14.963
112	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.839	11.5531	12.121
113	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	11.730	10.0625	13.711
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	11.665	10.1404	13.449
115	Colombia`COL`South America	11.517	7.7401	17.163
116	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11.415	6.6217	19.457
117	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.324	10.6280	12.058
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.979	10.2249	11.802
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	10.264	5.8633	18.111
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.937	6.7121	14.820
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.839	6.3173	15.782
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9.712	8.0627	11.813
123	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	9.352	5.8796	15.697
124	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	9.120	7.9650	10.427
125	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.806	8.1718	9.502
126	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8.778	7.9511	9.681
127	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.672	5.1633	14.485
128	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.555	8.0599	9.087
129	Argentina`ARG`South America	8.531	7.9664	9.156
130	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	8.450	5.8368	12.109
131	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.413	7.6077	10.044
132	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.337	8.0867	8.595
133	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.254	7.6108	8.941
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	8.036	7.6904	8.457
135	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.886	7.4989	8.301
136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	7.880	7.7067	8.058
137	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.619	5.9426	9.869
138	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.523	7.2309	7.827
139	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.825	6.4416	7.235
140	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.796	6.4274	7.195
141	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	6.664	2.6310	16.526
142	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.074	5.8065	6.348
143	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5.936	5.3624	6.584
144	Chile`CHL`South America	5.791	5.6441	5.941
145	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.767	5.3492	6.227
146	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5.711	2.9050	11.342
147	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5.657	5.3659	5.964
148	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.582	4.8351	6.454
149	United States`USA`Northern America	5.489	5.3919	5.587
150	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5.282	5.1388	5.429
151	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.204	3.8715	7.067
152	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.153	4.9466	5.374
153	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5.122	4.8101	5.453
154	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	5.107	4.3704	5.963
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	5.086	4.8396	5.342
156	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.030	4.8389	5.230
157	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.616	4.4109	4.824
158	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.550	4.4666	4.634
159	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	4.444	4.0948	4.808
160	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.443	4.3556	4.530
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.438	4.0832	4.813
162	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.265	3.9340	4.623
163	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.936	3.6716	4.229
164	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.903	3.8270	3.981
165	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.738	3.6568	3.821
166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.493	3.3679	3.622
167	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.466	3.3815	3.559
168	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.393	3.2547	3.539
169	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.350	3.2841	3.416
170	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	3.335	1.1161	9.350
171	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.301	3.1307	3.472
172	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.296	3.1555	3.443
173	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.203	3.1003	3.308
174	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.197	3.1254	3.273
175	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.160	2.9748	3.362
176	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.104	3.0460	3.160
177	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.027	2.6823	3.399
178	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.000	2.7517	3.263
179	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.852	2.6003	3.124
180	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.842	2.7228	2.965
181	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.765	2.6824	2.845
182	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.722	2.6005	2.840
183	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	2.674	0.6877	10.159
184	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.609	2.5477	2.671
185	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.459	2.3958	2.527
186	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.452	2.3940	2.507
187	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2.408	1.5703	3.724
188	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.276	2.0051	2.587
189	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.266	2.1653	2.368
190	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.145	1.7839	2.573
191	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.099	1.8179	2.401
192	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.073	1.9871	2.166
193	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.992	1.8289	2.157
194	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.987	1.6788	2.363
195	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.949	1.8346	2.066
196	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.903	1.7387	2.086
197	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.879	1.7715	1.993
198	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.769	1.7331	1.804
199	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.752	1.5492	1.981
200	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.356	0.6741	2.729

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

1Central African Republic96.309
2South Sudan71.870
3Somalia70.929
4Nigeria69.898
5Niger68.728

Lowest

200San Marino1.356
199Estonia1.752
198Japan1.769
197Finland1.879
196Slovenia1.903

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 13.198. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestCentral African Republic76.1638
LowestSan Marino0.6741
Middle country: 10.3364
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSouth Sudan173.484
LowestJapan1.804
Middle country: 17.125

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
199values changed, of 200 in both
30 · 169rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic74.721 → 96.309+21.588
Ethiopia39.411 → 49.856+10.445
Zimbabwe57.850 → 59.834+1.984
Fiji21.616 → 22.594+0.977
Dominica31.374 → 32.085+0.711

Fell most

Mali55.392 → 53.277−2.115
Somalia72.931 → 70.929−2.003
Sierra Leone61.924 → 59.937−1.987
Equatorial Guinea53.910 → 52.160−1.750
Afghanistan54.891 → 53.230−1.661

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 2021.
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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.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (2021). Infant Mortality Rate, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/2021

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