Data for 2022

Infant Mortality Rate, 2022

Name: Infant Mortality Rate, 2022
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/

2022, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Infant Mortality Rate, 2022 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Central African Republic is highest, at 206.778; San Marino is lowest, at 1.309. The middle country reads 12.808. Against 2021, 198 values changed (35 up, 163 down), the same countries are covered.

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Infant Mortality Rate · Data for 2022

HighestCentral African Republic

206.778

LowestSan Marino

1.309

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

200countries
3measures per country
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: 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	206.778	159.7409	269.385
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	89.243	43.0953	188.482
3	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	71.870	21.7122	184.831
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	70.163	62.1291	79.330
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	68.013	53.9827	84.953
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	63.638	51.8330	75.376
7	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	62.890	50.0404	79.592
8	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	61.600	48.1157	78.123
9	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	59.865	45.2239	77.886
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.620	41.3814	85.306
11	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	58.063	46.4749	72.761
12	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	57.623	47.3458	70.709
13	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	51.569	40.2183	65.842
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	51.329	42.5674	61.207
15	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	51.205	44.4344	58.630
16	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	50.671	27.6952	89.468
17	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	48.320	36.0919	64.296
18	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	47.787	37.5695	60.900
19	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	47.442	39.1207	57.373
20	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	46.088	30.8811	68.717
21	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45.945	30.8392	70.194
22	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45.889	37.8308	56.182
23	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	45.785	25.1648	81.709
24	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	44.663	25.7019	73.829
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	44.141	35.8251	54.898
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	42.742	32.5181	55.490
27	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	41.293	28.4009	60.748
28	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	40.731	26.6056	61.910
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	39.782	26.9508	58.463
30	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.791	32.1417	52.165
31	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38.616	31.0106	47.987
32	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	37.018	28.3739	47.288
33	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.969	27.1872	50.137
34	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	36.724	26.1907	52.818
35	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.477	31.2362	42.077
36	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35.953	29.1306	44.686
37	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.475	30.3540	41.548
38	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.406	30.2459	41.539
39	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	34.933	22.0527	53.296
40	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	34.733	26.1554	45.424
41	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	34.300	10.6219	105.848
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	33.733	24.2311	47.672
43	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.094	21.7033	50.200
44	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	32.662	28.5970	37.430
45	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	32.350	19.2790	52.883
46	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	32.067	23.9185	43.413
47	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	32.026	20.3361	49.722
48	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	31.248	26.0611	37.302
49	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.931	25.2920	38.061
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	30.483	23.9973	38.757
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	29.377	24.0946	36.188
52	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	29.297	22.4246	37.658
53	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	29.147	21.1704	39.879
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.471	15.6226	52.778
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.512	20.2013	38.937
56	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	26.199	14.9333	47.176
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	25.680	23.8581	27.648
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	24.763	14.2081	43.055
59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	24.398	17.7952	33.470
60	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	24.371	23.5731	25.178
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.289	22.3081	26.527
62	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	24.085	14.0035	41.199
63	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.932	19.5897	29.214
64	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	23.669	10.2738	54.130
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	23.211	20.2760	26.461
66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	22.377	17.4118	29.355
67	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.768	16.7541	28.329
68	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	21.626	9.9194	46.740
69	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.405	15.3183	29.451
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.170	14.8542	30.273
71	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	19.953	18.3773	21.681
72	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	19.386	8.4228	31.160
73	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.129	9.7685	27.925
74	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	18.294	12.8858	25.798
75	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	17.987	11.6995	27.676
76	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	17.674	9.0337	34.433
77	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	17.592	9.6567	31.661
78	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	17.352	12.0025	24.878
79	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	16.937	13.8104	20.754
80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	16.930	16.2892	17.607
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16.324	14.0401	19.312
82	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	16.181	14.3566	18.241
83	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.868	10.6220	22.872
84	Suriname`SUR`South America	15.640	9.5107	26.719
85	Bolivia`BOL`South America	15.581	12.0126	20.112
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	15.518	7.5616	32.565
87	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	15.141	14.6138	15.721
88	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	15.057	11.0728	20.272
89	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	14.915	10.5505	20.483
90	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	14.760	9.6107	22.227
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	14.684	11.9377	17.703
92	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	14.316	11.2114	18.330
93	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	14.166	13.2176	15.183
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13.917	13.0165	14.892
95	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.902	9.6841	20.104
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.584	10.0746	18.342
97	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13.496	12.4314	14.646
98	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.366	10.6805	16.796
99	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	12.963	8.8038	19.136
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	12.859	11.8211	14.096
101	Mexico`MEX`Central America	12.756	11.0831	14.622
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	12.636	9.5979	17.558
103	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	12.602	11.8644	13.390
104	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.569	11.3508	13.930
105	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	12.331	8.7716	17.517
106	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	12.061	6.6241	21.617
107	Panama`PAN`Central America	11.864	11.5468	12.193
108	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	11.757	7.8727	17.447
109	Peru`PER`South America	11.625	9.2507	14.984
110	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	11.561	9.6474	13.927
111	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.554	11.2251	11.885
112	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	11.477	10.4269	12.670
113	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11.460	11.1080	11.836
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	11.191	10.3338	12.107
115	Colombia`COL`South America	11.161	7.2823	17.213
116	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	11.119	9.4777	13.117
117	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11.011	6.2135	19.425
118	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.895	10.0018	11.874
119	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.892	5.4948	17.728
120	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	9.641	6.3026	14.787
121	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.488	5.9714	15.688
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9.283	7.6421	11.451
123	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	8.731	8.0243	9.512
124	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	8.692	7.3200	10.335
125	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	8.687	5.2778	15.178
126	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	8.590	8.3199	8.867
127	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	8.516	7.6014	9.571
128	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.472	7.9124	9.059
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.392	4.8351	14.430
130	Argentina`ARG`South America	8.359	7.7037	9.083
131	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.320	7.4869	9.231
132	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	8.219	5.5569	12.143
133	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.172	7.3773	9.995
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	7.971	7.4662	8.598
135	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.746	7.3976	8.116
136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	7.745	7.5674	7.926
137	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.425	5.6211	9.963
138	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	7.397	7.1042	7.698
139	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	6.980	6.5246	7.469
140	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	6.870	6.4270	7.345
141	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	6.448	2.5178	16.239
142	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.228	5.5844	6.943
143	Uruguay`URY`South America	6.088	5.7674	6.414
144	Chile`CHL`South America	5.862	5.7075	6.024
145	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.548	4.9956	6.172
146	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	5.528	2.7597	11.252
147	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	5.501	5.1531	5.874
148	United States`USA`Northern America	5.491	5.3753	5.609
149	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	5.393	5.2304	5.565
150	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.255	4.4179	6.229
151	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.109	4.9090	5.328
152	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.013	3.6275	7.008
153	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.988	4.7849	5.210
154	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	4.987	4.7239	5.257
155	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.971	4.1412	5.955
156	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.753	4.4263	5.085
157	Canada`CAN`Northern America	4.605	4.5040	4.706
158	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.557	4.3428	4.767
159	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4.330	4.2351	4.426
160	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	4.192	3.7853	4.650
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.191	3.7744	4.643
162	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3.976	3.8899	4.064
163	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.897	3.5824	4.259
164	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.717	3.6340	3.806
165	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.705	3.3771	4.063
166	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.472	3.3379	3.609
167	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.449	3.3570	3.548
168	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.384	2.9539	3.876
169	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.379	3.3033	3.454
170	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.348	3.1602	3.551
171	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.341	3.1784	3.514
172	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.272	3.0077	3.566
173	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.231	3.0755	3.396
174	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	3.228	1.0425	9.288
175	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.174	3.0677	3.285
176	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.170	3.0893	3.256
177	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.104	3.0462	3.162
178	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.935	2.6794	3.209
179	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.814	2.6889	2.943
180	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.729	2.6358	2.827
181	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.692	2.5698	2.813
182	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.609	2.5380	2.682
183	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.606	2.3464	2.894
184	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	2.587	0.6471	9.986
185	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.410	2.3321	2.489
186	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.390	2.3268	2.453
187	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	2.343	1.4795	3.741
188	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.197	2.0950	2.302
189	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.153	1.7463	2.645
190	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.144	1.8539	2.483
191	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.037	1.8747	2.209
192	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.036	1.9455	2.133
193	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.985	1.6460	2.363
194	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.968	1.8478	2.094
195	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.952	1.6124	2.385
196	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.880	1.6939	2.095
197	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.877	1.7567	2.002
198	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.771	1.7363	1.806
199	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.669	1.4443	1.931
200	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.309	0.6346	2.696

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

1Central African Republic206.778
2Somalia89.243
3South Sudan71.870
4Nigeria70.163
5Niger68.013

Lowest

200San Marino1.309
199Estonia1.669
198Japan1.771
197Finland1.877
196Slovenia1.880

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 12.808. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestCentral African Republic159.7409
LowestSan Marino0.6346
Middle country: 9.8440
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestCentral African Republic269.385
LowestJapan1.806
Middle country: 17.330

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
198values changed, of 200 in both
35 · 163rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic96.309 → 206.778+110.468
Somalia70.929 → 89.243+18.314
Zimbabwe59.834 → 61.600+1.767
Fiji22.594 → 23.211+0.618
Dominica32.085 → 32.662+0.577

Fell most

Mali53.277 → 51.205−2.072
Sierra Leone59.937 → 58.063−1.874
Chad61.292 → 59.620−1.672
Pakistan52.996 → 51.329−1.667
Afghanistan53.230 → 51.569−1.661

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 2022.
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.

05The files

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UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) (2022). Infant Mortality Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/infant-mortality/2022

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