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Countries by Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births) (2023)

Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births) in 2023: highest in Somalia (34.9), lowest in Monaco (1.2), median 8.15 across the 196 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births) across 236 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.

236 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:2000–2023

Highest Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births), 2023

  1. 1.Somalia34.9
  2. 2.Central African Republic32.3
  3. 3.Djibouti29.7
  4. 4.Ethiopia29.7
  5. 5.Guinea-Bissau29.1
  6. 6.Chad28.4
  7. 7.Afghanistan28
  8. 8.Pakistan27.6
  9. 9.South Sudan27.6
  10. 10.DR Congo25.9

Lowest Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births), 2023

  1. 187.Denmark2
  2. 188.Spain2
  3. 189.Finland2
  4. 190.Iceland2
  5. 191.Norway2
  6. 192.Estonia1.9
  7. 193.Singapore1.8
  8. 194.Japan1.7
  9. 195.South Korea1.7
  10. 196.Monaco1.2

All 196 ranked countries, 2023— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

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

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Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births) Data Coverage

This page lists 236 countries with available Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.