Data for 2023

Stillbirth Rate, 2023

Name: Stillbirth Rate, 2023
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
License: https://data.unicef.org/open-data/

2023, as UN IGME’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The stillbirth rate is how many babies are born with no sign of life, at 28 weeks of pregnancy or later, for every thousand births. These deaths are counted by neither infant nor under-five mortality, because they happen before a live birth, and most of them can be prevented with good care in pregnancy and at delivery.

Stillbirth Rate, 2023 covers 200 countries on 3 measures. Somalia is highest, at 34.8992; Monaco is lowest, at 1.1799. The middle country reads 8.1635. Against 2022, 200 values changed (23 up, 177 down), the same countries are covered.

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Stillbirth Rate · Data for 2023

HighestSomalia

34.8992

LowestMonaco

1.1799

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

200countries
3measures per country
2023the year it describes
200distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Stillbirth Rate, 2023, 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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Stillbirth Rate, 2023: every country, as published by UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).
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1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	34.8992	19.5849	61.882
2	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	32.2962	18.3723	55.819
3	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	29.7497	25.8553	34.233
4	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	29.7097	24.0893	36.720
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	29.1358	18.7690	45.719
6	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	28.4416	16.7375	49.148
7	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	28.0219	15.8854	49.070
8	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	27.6472	15.7971	49.389
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	27.5548	22.2397	34.200
10	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	25.8645	20.6895	32.210
11	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	24.1564	14.0801	42.308
12	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.8836	14.3435	40.145
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	22.7446	15.3376	33.584
14	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	22.7237	13.5414	38.009
15	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.6665	16.1114	31.841
16	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	22.6226	15.9659	31.533
17	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	21.5080	14.0144	33.085
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	21.4418	13.6055	33.335
19	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	20.9638	12.3254	35.950
20	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	20.7979	14.0493	31.061
21	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.3695	16.4515	25.076
22	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	20.2104	11.7886	35.343
23	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	19.8579	11.3342	34.572
24	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.6200	17.4871	22.075
25	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	19.4040	16.5859	22.584
26	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	19.3967	14.2250	26.369
27	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	19.3081	14.2881	26.305
28	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	19.2122	10.7379	34.926
29	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	18.8742	16.9335	21.021
30	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.7182	15.3240	23.068
31	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	18.6005	15.9520	21.693
32	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	18.4814	11.5109	29.500
33	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	18.4227	13.3033	25.360
34	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.3234	10.7843	31.166
35	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	18.2658	14.3687	23.076
36	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	18.0299	15.4665	21.011
37	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	18.0258	15.0582	21.700
38	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	17.8096	10.1476	31.051
39	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	17.7953	10.3781	30.177
40	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	16.8570	11.6796	24.656
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16.2635	15.2898	17.388
42	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	16.2108	14.4040	18.232
43	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.1770	11.9562	21.811
44	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.8136	12.4533	19.963
45	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	15.1938	9.0046	25.917
46	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	14.8206	8.6121	25.852
47	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	14.5487	12.4705	16.943
48	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	14.4571	8.3425	24.324
49	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	14.3429	8.8575	23.677
50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.0441	12.0620	16.276
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13.9122	8.1007	23.680
52	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	13.7109	12.1844	15.449
53	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	13.6450	8.7846	21.316
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	13.5030	9.7560	18.864
55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.2760	9.4847	18.642
56	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.9430	8.8793	19.000
57	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	12.8217	7.3644	22.146
58	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	12.5500	7.1805	21.399
59	Guyana`GUY`South America	12.3700	7.7935	20.116
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.3103	9.8478	15.337
61	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.2826	9.9756	15.125
62	India`IND`Southern Asia	11.8088	10.5858	13.141
63	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.6724	6.7169	20.160
64	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	11.6710	8.4617	16.150
65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.4884	6.4050	20.552
66	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	11.2500	6.3641	20.047
67	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.0069	6.1536	19.505
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.8424	6.2486	18.509
69	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10.3557	8.4630	12.676
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.3357	5.8074	18.170
71	Suriname`SUR`South America	10.2905	5.9674	17.732
72	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	10.2478	7.6068	13.634
73	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	10.1921	7.8524	13.161
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.1140	5.8766	17.663
75	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.0867	6.3723	15.828
76	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	9.9801	5.5995	18.214
77	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.4903	6.1702	14.533
78	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	9.4583	5.5469	16.310
79	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9.4563	5.4955	16.198
80	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9.4306	8.3171	10.693
81	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.3614	6.3021	14.078
82	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	9.2501	5.9646	14.494
83	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	9.1986	5.1022	16.728
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9.1877	6.5041	13.045
85	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	9.1322	5.2960	15.811
86	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	9.1297	6.2975	13.304
87	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.1128	5.2672	15.863
88	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.0215	5.7434	14.226
89	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.9939	7.7451	10.453
90	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	8.9006	7.8793	10.006
91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8.8071	7.3297	10.566
92	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	8.7091	4.8310	15.453
93	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	8.5796	6.0807	12.023
94	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	8.4365	5.9896	11.884
95	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	8.4350	4.6493	14.994
96	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	8.4281	4.8344	14.654
97	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	8.4186	4.6708	14.698
98	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.3283	6.0261	11.485
99	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8.2659	5.3329	12.912
100	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	8.1998	4.7751	13.895
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	8.1272	5.0879	12.904
102	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	8.1231	6.0919	10.955
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	8.0025	5.9368	10.765
104	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	7.9916	5.3009	12.173
105	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	7.6994	4.4403	13.283
106	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	7.6425	4.7843	12.265
107	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	7.4739	5.4266	10.218
108	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7.4450	4.2995	12.844
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.3266	5.9666	8.987
110	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.2499	4.2108	12.666
111	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7.2270	5.0883	10.254
112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.0400	6.7788	7.321
113	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.9647	3.8655	12.440
114	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6.9552	4.0255	11.946
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.7982	5.7599	8.022
116	Panama`PAN`Central America	6.6285	5.8630	7.510
117	Colombia`COL`South America	6.5941	4.4170	9.898
118	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	6.5938	4.4758	9.659
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	6.5075	4.0985	10.462
120	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	6.5018	4.2242	10.087
121	Peru`PER`South America	6.4866	4.9668	8.483
122	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6.3533	4.4853	8.980
123	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	6.2595	5.5008	7.141
124	Brazil`BRA`South America	6.2155	5.5768	6.923
125	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	6.0957	3.8274	9.667
126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.9269	5.0346	6.907
127	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.4215	3.5433	8.190
128	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.2824	4.4073	6.325
129	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	5.2424	2.9271	9.568
130	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	5.2003	3.0383	8.776
131	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	5.1465	4.1068	6.489
132	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.0901	4.6214	5.624
133	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.0772	4.3497	5.967
134	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.9992	4.5375	5.527
135	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.8938	4.4726	5.352
136	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.8292	4.6065	5.068
137	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.8183	4.0563	5.751
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.6692	3.6322	6.013
139	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	4.5924	3.6137	5.844
140	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	4.5814	2.6966	7.932
141	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.5551	4.1778	4.978
142	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	4.4969	3.8172	5.309
143	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4.3973	3.9914	4.832
144	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.3668	3.4228	5.583
145	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.3305	3.0205	6.171
146	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.3060	3.1897	5.835
147	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4.2936	3.8845	4.735
148	Uruguay`URY`South America	4.2113	3.6291	4.872
149	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.0331	2.3476	6.961
150	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3.9651	3.3996	4.651
151	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.9444	3.5407	4.400
152	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3.9126	3.4716	4.397
153	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.7839	3.1615	4.513
154	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.6188	2.9993	4.377
155	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.5220	2.9038	4.276
156	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	3.4689	3.1424	3.834
157	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.4646	3.1147	3.857
158	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.3079	2.6497	4.108
159	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3.1661	2.4178	4.135
160	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.1590	2.7132	3.677
161	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.0947	2.7284	3.485
162	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.0830	2.7921	3.395
163	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.9823	2.5298	3.509
164	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.9617	2.7070	3.240
165	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.8700	2.3161	3.515
166	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.8386	2.6795	3.013
167	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.8378	2.4301	3.330
168	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.8268	2.4988	3.191
169	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.8262	2.2640	3.538
170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	2.8129	2.4491	3.245
171	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.7527	2.3021	3.273
172	Chile`CHL`South America	2.7500	2.4484	3.073
173	United States`USA`Northern America	2.6805	2.4529	2.926
174	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.5861	2.1313	3.148
175	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.5792	2.3154	2.866
176	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.5576	2.2048	2.960
177	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.5442	2.1866	2.942
178	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.5092	2.2861	2.760
179	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.5003	2.1413	2.912
180	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2.4796	2.2407	2.740
181	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.4755	2.1794	2.816
182	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.3545	2.2070	2.520
183	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.3513	1.9558	2.820
184	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	2.3094	1.5540	3.451
185	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	2.3044	2.0796	2.542
186	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.2447	2.0291	2.490
187	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.1687	1.9553	2.402
188	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.1515	1.9045	2.425
189	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.1059	1.6921	2.628
190	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	2.0595	1.3165	3.209
191	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.0417	1.5987	2.591
192	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.0159	1.7620	2.289
193	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.9828	1.7406	2.247
194	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.9694	1.5996	2.438
195	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.9679	1.7570	2.206
196	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.8736	1.5432	2.272
197	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.8195	1.4678	2.249
198	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.6876	1.4982	1.905
199	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.6552	1.5664	1.750
200	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	1.1799	0.6602	2.158

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

1Somalia34.8992
2Central African Republic32.2962
3Djibouti29.7497
4Ethiopia29.7097
5Guinea-Bissau29.1358

Lowest

200Monaco1.1799
199Japan1.6552
198South Korea1.6876
197Singapore1.8195
196Estonia1.8736

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 8.1635. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Lower bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestDjibouti25.8553
LowestMonaco0.6602
Middle country: 5.3797
Upper bound (90% uncertainty)
HighestSomalia61.882
LowestJapan1.750
Middle country: 12.098

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

+0 / −0countries joined / left
200values changed, of 200 in both
23 · 177rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon9.2528 → 9.4563+0.2035
Cuba8.8787 → 8.9939+0.1153
Slovakia3.3729 → 3.4689+0.0959
Germany2.8734 → 2.9617+0.0883
Venezuela10.2642 → 10.3357+0.0715

Fell most

Central African Republic34.4288 → 32.2962−2.1326
Kenya17.0416 → 16.2635−0.7781
India12.3841 → 11.8088−0.5753
Pakistan28.0583 → 27.5548−0.5035
Uzbekistan7.4366 → 7.0400−0.3967

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