Countries by Infant mortality rate (2024)

Infant mortality rate in 2024: highest in South Sudan (71.9 per 1000), lowest in San Marino (1.2 per 1000), median 12.4 per 1000 across the 196 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Infant mortality rate (measured in per 1000) across 240 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: per 1000240 countries and regionsSource: World Bank

Data updated:8 Oct 2026Last checked:12 Nov 2026Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1960–2024

Highest Infant mortality rate, 2024

1.South Sudan71.9 per 1000
2.Nigeria69.8 per 1000
3.Niger65.6 per 1000
4.Somalia65.4 per 1000
5.Liberia63.2 per 1000
6.Zimbabwe62.4 per 1000
7.Guinea59.8 per 1000
8.Central African Republic58.8 per 1000
9.DR Congo56.4 per 1000
10.Lesotho56.3 per 1000

Lowest Infant mortality rate, 2024

187.Norway2 per 1000
188.Sweden2 per 1000
189.Finland1.9 per 1000
190.Luxembourg1.9 per 1000
191.Montenegro1.9 per 1000
192.Belarus1.8 per 1000
193.Japan1.8 per 1000
194.Slovenia1.8 per 1000
195.Estonia1.5 per 1000
196.San Marino1.2 per 1000

All 196 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Infant mortality rate trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

South SudanRank 1 of 196 NigeriaRank 2 of 196 NigerRank 3 of 196 SomaliaRank 4 of 196 LiberiaRank 5 of 196 ZimbabweRank 6 of 196 GuineaRank 7 of 196 Central African RepublicRank 8 of 196 DR CongoRank 9 of 196 LesothoRank 10 of 196 ChadRank 11 of 196 Sierra LeoneRank 12 of 196 AfghanistanRank 13 of 196 PakistanRank 14 of 196 Equatorial GuineaRank 15 of 196 MaliRank 16 of 196 BeninRank 17 of 196 Cote d'IvoireRank 18 of 196 MozambiqueRank 19 of 196 Burkina FasoRank 20 of 196 DjiboutiRank 21 of 196 MadagascarRank 22 of 196 SudanRank 23 of 196 EswatiniRank 24 of 196 Guinea-BissauRank 25 of 196 CameroonRank 26 of 196 HaitiRank 27 of 196 KiribatiRank 28 of 196 MalawiRank 29 of 196 NamibiaRank 30 of 196 UgandaRank 31 of 196 ComorosRank 32 of 196 TogoRank 33 of 196 Timor-LesteRank 34 of 196 ZambiaRank 35 of 196 EthiopiaRank 36 of 196 KenyaRank 37 of 196 YemenRank 38 of 196 DominicaRank 39 of 196 MyanmarRank 40 of 196 The GambiaRank 41 of 196 AngolaRank 42 of 196 BotswanaRank 43 of 196 Papua New GuineaRank 44 of 196 BurundiRank 45 of 196 TurkmenistanRank 46 of 196 MauritaniaRank 47 of 196 RwandaRank 48 of 196 SenegalRank 49 of 196 TanzaniaRank 50 of 196 Dominican RepublicRank 51 of 196 GhanaRank 52 of 196 Lao PDRRank 53 of 196 Republic of the CongoRank 54 of 196 GabonRank 55 of 196 EritreaRank 56 of 196 BangladeshRank 57 of 196 South AfricaRank 58 of 196 FijiRank 59 of 196 TajikistanRank 60 of 196 IndiaRank 61 of 196 GuyanaRank 62 of 196 Marshall IslandsRank 63 of 196 NepalRank 64 of 196 PhilippinesRank 65 of 196 VenezuelaRank 66 of 196 EgyptRank 67 of 196 MicronesiaRank 68 of 196 IraqRank 69 of 196 AlgeriaRank 70 of 196 PalauRank 71 of 196 Syrian Arab RepublicRank 72 of 196 GuatemalaRank 73 of 196 West Bank and GazaRank 74 of 196 Trinidad and TobagoRank 75 of 196 TuvaluRank 76 of 196 GrenadaRank 77 of 196 JamaicaRank 78 of 196 CambodiaRank 79 of 196 Solomon IslandsRank 80 of 196 St. LuciaRank 81 of 196 LebanonRank 82 of 196 IndonesiaRank 83 of 196 MoldovaRank 84 of 196 Kyrgyz RepublicRank 85 of 196 SurinameRank 86 of 196 MoroccoRank 87 of 196 ParaguayRank 88 of 196 VanuatuRank 89 of 196 BoliviaRank 90 of 196 St. Kitts and NevisRank 91 of 196 MauritiusRank 92 of 196 BhutanRank 93 of 196 North KoreaRank 94 of 196 SeychellesRank 95 of 196 HondurasRank 96 of 196 UzbekistanRank 97 of 196 AzerbaijanRank 98 of 196 BrazilRank 99 of 196 SamoaRank 100 of 196 MexicoRank 101 of 196 JordanRank 102 of 196 PanamaRank 103 of 196 VietnamRank 104 of 196 British Virgin IslandsRank 105 of 196 MongoliaRank 106 of 196 The BahamasRank 107 of 196 PeruRank 108 of 196 EcuadorRank 109 of 196 BelizeRank 110 of 196 Cabo VerdeRank 111 of 196 ColombiaRank 112 of 196 IranRank 113 of 196 St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 114 of 196 TunisiaRank 115 of 196 NicaraguaRank 116 of 196 Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 117 of 196 BarbadosRank 118 of 196 Costa RicaRank 119 of 196 El SalvadorRank 120 of 196 Brunei DarussalamRank 121 of 196 ArmeniaRank 122 of 196 AlbaniaRank 123 of 196 OmanRank 124 of 196 ArgentinaRank 125 of 196 TurkeyRank 126 of 196 KosovoRank 127 of 196 LibyaRank 128 of 196 TongaRank 129 of 196 NauruRank 130 of 196 ThailandRank 131 of 196 UkraineRank 132 of 196 GeorgiaRank 133 of 196 KazakhstanRank 134 of 196 BahrainRank 135 of 196 Antigua and BarbudaRank 136 of 196 KuwaitRank 137 of 196 MalaysiaRank 138 of 196 CubaRank 139 of 196 UruguayRank 140 of 196 RomaniaRank 141 of 196 ChileRank 142 of 196 Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 143 of 196 United StatesRank 144 of 196 SlovakiaRank 145 of 196 Sri LankaRank 146 of 196 QatarRank 147 of 196 CanadaRank 148 of 196 MaldivesRank 149 of 196 MaltaRank 150 of 196 Saudi ArabiaRank 151 of 196 BulgariaRank 152 of 196 SerbiaRank 153 of 196 ChinaRank 154 of 196 CyprusRank 155 of 196 United KingdomRank 156 of 196 CroatiaRank 157 of 196 RussiaRank 158 of 196 New ZealandRank 159 of 196 United Arab EmiratesRank 160 of 196 PolandRank 161 of 196 DenmarkRank 162 of 196 SwitzerlandRank 163 of 196 FranceRank 164 of 196 IrelandRank 165 of 196 NetherlandsRank 166 of 196 GreeceRank 167 of 196 AustraliaRank 168 of 196 BelgiumRank 169 of 196 GermanyRank 170 of 196 HungaryRank 171 of 196 Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 172 of 196 AustriaRank 173 of 196 LithuaniaRank 174 of 196 IsraelRank 175 of 196 PortugalRank 176 of 196 SpainRank 177 of 196 North MacedoniaRank 178 of 196 AndorraRank 179 of 196 ItalyRank 180 of 196 South KoreaRank 181 of 196 LatviaRank 182 of 196 MonacoRank 183 of 196 SingaporeRank 184 of 196 Czech RepublicRank 185 of 196 IcelandRank 186 of 196 NorwayRank 187 of 196 SwedenRank 188 of 196 FinlandRank 189 of 196 LuxembourgRank 190 of 196 MontenegroRank 191 of 196 BelarusRank 192 of 196 JapanRank 193 of 196 SloveniaRank 194 of 196 EstoniaRank 195 of 196 San MarinoRank 196 of 196

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Countries by Infant mortality rate (2024)

Highest Infant mortality rate, 2024

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All 196 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

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