Health > Infant mortality rate > Female: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Angola | 163.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
2 | Afghanistan | 145.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
3 | Niger | 107.1 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
4 | Mali | 104.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
5 | Somalia | 96.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
6 | Central African Republic | 91.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
7 | Chad | 89.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
8 | Guinea-Bissau | 86.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
9 | Nigeria | 85.31 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
10 | Malawi | 76.9 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
11 | Mozambique | 76.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
12 | Equatorial Guinea | 76.19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
13 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 74.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
14 | Burkina Faso | 73.69 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 71.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
15 | Western Sahara | 71.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
16 | Congo, Republic of the | 70.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
17 | Liberia | 69.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
18 | Sierra Leone | 69.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 69.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
19 | Sudan | 67.34 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
20 | Ethiopia | 65.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
21 | The Gambia | 65.87 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
22 | Zambia | 61.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 60.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
23 | Rwanda | 60.32 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
24 | Tanzania | 59.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
25 | Pakistan | 59.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
26 | Swaziland | 58.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
27 | Uganda | 58.77 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
28 | Benin | 58.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 57.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
30 | Guinea | 57.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
31 | Burundi | 57.1 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
32 | Cameroon | 56.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
33 | Mauritania | 55.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
34 | Comoros | 54.73 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
35 | Laos | 53.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 52.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 51.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
37 | Lesotho | 50.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
38 | Yemen | 50.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
39 | Haiti | 49.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
40 | Senegal | 49.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
41 | Kenya | 49.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
42 | India | 49.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=43 | Cambodia | 48.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=43 | Bangladesh | 48.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
45 | Djibouti | 47.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
46 | Madagascar | 46.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
47 | Ghana | 45.01 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
48 | Azerbaijan | 44.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
49 | Nepal | 44.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
50 | Togo | 44.32 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
51 | Vanuatu | 44.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
52 | Bhutan | 43.69 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 42.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
53 | Namibia | 42.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
54 | Burma | 41.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
55 | Gabon | 41.8 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
56 | Iran | 41.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 41.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 40.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
57 | Papua New Guinea | 39.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
58 | South Africa | 39.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 38.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
59 | Bolivia | 38.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
60 | Kiribati | 37.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
61 | Iraq | 37.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 36.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
62 | Eritrea | 35.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 34.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
63 | Mongolia | 34.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
64 | Turkmenistan | 33.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
65 | Tajikistan | 33.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 33.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
66 | Guyana | 32.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
67 | East Timor | 31.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
68 | Tuvalu | 31.33 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 31.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
69 | Zimbabwe | 26.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
70 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26.41 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
71 | Maldives | 24.84 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
72 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
73 | North Korea | 24.05 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
74 | Guatemala | 23.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
75 | Egypt | 23.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
76 | Indonesia | 23.03 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
77 | Cape Verde | 22.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
78 | Turkey | 22.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
79 | Algeria | 22.67 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
80 | Morocco | 22.51 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
81 | Tunisia | 21.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
82 | Federated States of Micronesia | 21.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 21.37 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
83 | Marshall Islands | 20.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 20.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
84 | Vietnam | 20.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
85 | Dominican Republic | 20.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
86 | Peru | 19.77 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 19.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
87 | Kazakhstan | 19.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
88 | Belize | 19.35 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
89 | Nicaragua | 19.19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
90 | Montserrat | 19.1 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
91 | Paraguay | 18.91 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 18.91 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
92 | Samoa | 18.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
93 | El Salvador | 18.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
94 | Libya | 18.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
95 | Gaza Strip | 17.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
96 | Uzbekistan | 17.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
97 | Honduras | 17.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
98 | Brazil | 17.53 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
99 | Venezuela | 16.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 16.76 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
100 | Philippines | 16.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 16.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
101 | China | 16.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 16.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
102 | Ecuador | 16.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 15.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
103 | Jordan | 15.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
104 | Lebanon | 15.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Densely populated countries average (profile) | 15.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
105 | Mayotte | 15.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
106 | Mexico | 15.36 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
107 | Thailand | 15.35 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
108 | Solomon Islands | 15.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
109 | Oman | 15.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
110 | Saint Helena | 14.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
111 | West Bank | 14.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
112 | Suriname | 14.2 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
113 | Jamaica | 14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
114 | Armenia | 13.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 13.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
115 | The Bahamas | 13.69 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
116 | Saudi Arabia | 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
117 | Saint Lucia | 13.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
118 | Bulgaria | 13.25 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
119 | Tonga | 13.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
120 | Syria | 13.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=121 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=121 | Georgia | 13.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
124 | Albania | 12.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
125 | Colombia | 12.65 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
126 | Malaysia | 12.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
127 | Grenada | 12.41 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.29 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
129 | Cook Islands | 12.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
130 | British Virgin Islands | 11.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
131 | Qatar | 11.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
132 | Moldova | 10.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
133 | French Guiana | 10.89 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
134 | Panama | 10.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
135 | Palau | 10.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
136 | Botswana | 10.51 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 10.41 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 10.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
137 | Barbados | 10.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 10.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
=138 | United Arab Emirates | 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=138 | Fiji | 9.82 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
140 | Romania | 9.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
141 | Argentina | 9.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
142 | Martinique | 9.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
143 | Mauritius | 9.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
144 | Brunei | 9.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
145 | Bahrain | 9.14 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
146 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.77 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=147 | Sri Lanka | 8.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=147 | Aruba | 8.68 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
149 | Netherlands Antilles | 8.64 deaths/1,000 live births | 2008 | ||
150 | Uruguay | 8.61 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
151 | Seychelles | 8.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
152 | Costa Rica | 8.56 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
153 | Greenland | 8.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
154 | Russia | 8.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
155 | Kuwait | 8.39 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
156 | Dominica | 8.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
157 | Cyprus | 7.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
159 | Puerto Rico | 7.26 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
160 | Guadeloupe | 7.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
Tourist destinations average (profile) | 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
161 | Reunion | 6.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2006 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 6.72 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
162 | American Samoa | 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
163 | Nauru | 6.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
164 | Chile | 6.55 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
165 | Latvia | 6.53 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
166 | Virgin Islands | 6.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
167 | Ukraine | 6.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=168 | French Polynesia | 6.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=168 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 6.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
170 | Croatia | 6.08 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
171 | Gibraltar | 5.87 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
172 | Estonia | 5.85 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 5.83 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
=173 | Poland | 5.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=173 | Faroe Islands | 5.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
175 | Cayman Islands | 5.65 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
176 | Serbia and Montenegro | 5.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
177 | Slovakia | 5.43 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
178 | Guam | 5.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=179 | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=179 | United States | 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
181 | Belarus | 5.19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
182 | Hungary | 5.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
183 | Lithuania | 4.99 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
184 | European Union | 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2010 | ||
185 | Taiwan | 4.88 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 4.79 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
186 | New Caledonia | 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
187 | Canada | 4.56 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=188 | San Marino | 4.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=188 | Cuba | 4.52 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Southern Europe average (profile) | 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
190 | Greece | 4.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=191 | Wallis and Futuna | 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=191 | Luxembourg | 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
193 | Australia | 4.27 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=194 | Portugal | 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=194 | Denmark | 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
196 | New Zealand | 4.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
197 | United Kingdom | 4.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
198 | Netherlands | 4.07 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 3.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
199 | Israel | 3.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
200 | South Korea | 3.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
201 | Andorra | 3.84 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
202 | Belgium | 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
203 | Jersey | 3.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 3.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
204 | Switzerland | 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
205 | Slovenia | 3.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
Western Europe average (profile) | 3.45 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | |||
206 | Ireland | 3.44 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
207 | Czech Republic | 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
208 | Austria | 3.35 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
209 | Malta | 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=210 | Guernsey | 3.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
=210 | Germany | 3.21 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
212 | Norway | 3.17 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
213 | Italy | 3.16 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
214 | Finland | 3.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
215 | Iceland | 3.05 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
216 | Spain | 3.03 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
217 | Macau | 3.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
218 | Anguilla | 3.01 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
219 | France | 2.96 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
220 | Liechtenstein | 2.92 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
221 | Hong Kong | 2.71 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
222 | Japan | 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
223 | Sweden | 2.57 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
224 | Bermuda | 2.36 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
225 | Singapore | 2.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 | ||
226 | Monaco | 1.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2011 |