Infant mortality rate by country

• Europe

  3.118

  the middle country, of 43 measured · 49 members

  ↑San Marino1.214

  ↓Moldova15.104

  Lowest and highest reading in Europe.

• Americas

  11.090

  the middle country, of 39 measured · 48 members

  ↑Turks and Caicos Islands3.048

  ↓Haiti38.986

  Lowest and highest reading in Americas.

• Asia

  11.981

  the middle country, of 48 measured · 52 members

  ↑Japan1.817

  ↓Afghanistan48.315

  Lowest and highest reading in Asia.

• Oceania

  16.442

  the middle country, of 16 measured · 21 members

  ↑Australia3.090

  ↓Kiribati38.810

  Lowest and highest reading in Oceania.

• Africa

  35.482

  the middle country, of 54 measured · 55 members

  ↑Libya7.890

  ↓South Sudan71.870

  Lowest and highest reading in Africa.

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Showing 25 of 200 countries

1. 1 of 200South SudanEastern Africa71.870range 18.490–209.984=−0.000
2. 2 of 200NigeriaWestern Africa69.771range 59.635–82.163=−0.359
3. 3 of 200NigerWestern Africa65.622range 49.107–87.459▲ 1−1.277
4. 4 of 200SomaliaEastern Africa65.399range 30.029–144.185▼ 1−1.857
5. 5 of 200LiberiaWestern Africa63.246range 48.403–79.347=−0.379
6. 6 of 200ZimbabweEastern Africa62.436range 42.459–90.026=+0.240
7. 7 of 200GuineaWestern Africa59.819range 44.688–80.783=−1.608
8. 8 of 200Central African RepublicMiddle Africa58.826range 42.512–80.674=−1.932
9. 9 of 200DR CongoMiddle Africa56.424range 44.278–73.448▲ 2−0.747
10. 10 of 200LesothoSouthern Africa56.338range 39.752–77.935▼ 1−2.088
11. 11 of 200ChadMiddle Africa56.263range 36.604–85.372▼ 1−1.703
12. 12 of 200Sierra LeoneWestern Africa54.596range 41.037–72.504=−1.706
13. 13 of 200AfghanistanSouthern Asia48.315range 36.149–65.016=−1.611
14. 14 of 200PakistanSouthern Asia48.214range 37.925–60.622=−1.517
15. 15 of 200Equatorial GuineaMiddle Africa47.603range 24.518–89.714▲ 1−1.576
16. 16 of 200MaliWestern Africa47.518range 39.926–55.883▼ 1−1.784
17. 17 of 200BeninWestern Africa45.185range 33.331–61.692=−1.295
18. 18 of 200Côte d’IvoireWestern Africa44.823range 35.146–56.838=−1.331
19. 19 of 200MozambiqueEastern Africa43.720range 34.076–56.110=−1.203
20. 20 of 200Burkina FasoWestern Africa43.634range 27.268–69.375=−1.231
21. 21 of 200DjiboutiEastern Africa42.999range 22.348–81.488▲ 1−1.399
22. 22 of 200MadagascarEastern Africa42.967range 33.014–56.440▲ 2−0.723
23. 23 of 200SudanNorthern Africa42.913range 27.185–67.102=−1.115
24. 24 of 200EswatiniSouthern Africa42.217range 26.706–68.009▼ 3−2.447
25. 25 of 200Guinea-BissauWestern Africa42.073range 22.982–73.441=−1.309

Values for 2024. The change column compares 2024 with 2023 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.

• the middle country
• the middle half of countries
• the middle of the 82 countries measured every time
• each continent’s middle country

200 countries were measured in both 2023 and 2024.