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WORLD INFANT MORTALITY REPORT!

Infant Mortality Death Rates take a huge toll on World Life Expectancy rankings. It's true most of the problems are in Developing countries such as Africa, but there can be dramatic differences in places like India and China. For example the death rate is 30.4 per 1000 live births in India and only 6.2 per 1000 live births in China, which has greatly improved. In the Developed world there are dramatic differences as well. The United States death rate is 5.1 and Japan is 1.9 per 1000 live births. You can clear map and add colors one at a time to enhance your view of the rankings. Region rankings can be seen below the Map.

 
 
 
 
 
1 AFGHANISTAN 101.3
2 SOMALIA 83.6
3 CENTRAL AFRICA 80.5
4 EQU. GUINEA 77.4
5 SIERRA LEONE 71.2
6 NIGER 64.3
7 CHAD 62.5
8 SOUTH SUDAN 60.1
9 MOZAMBIQUE 58.2
10 DR CONGO 57.4
11 MALI 57.4
12 LIBERIA 55.7
13 ANGOLA 55.6
14 COMOROS 54.9
15 NIGERIA 53.7
16 BENIN 52.9
17 COTE D IVOIRE 52.5
18 PAKISTAN 51.5
19 MAURITANIA 48.9
20 BURKINA FASO 47.0
21 GUINEA 47.0
22 GUINEA-BISSAU 46.4
23 CAMEROON 46.1
24 LESOTHO 45.7
25 DJIBOUTI 45.2
26 YEMEN 44.6
27 SAO TOME 42.6
28 SUDAN 40.6
29 ERITREA 39.8
30 TOGO 38.4
31 MADAGASCAR 37.5
32 HAITI 36.8
33 SWAZILAND 36.7
34 TURKMENISTAN 35.9
35 BURUNDI 35.7
36 GAMBIA 35.7
37 ZAMBIA 35.6
38 LAOS 35.4
39 ZIMBABWE 33.4
40 ETHIOPIA 32.6
41 TIMOR-LESTE 32.2
42 MYANMAR 32.1
43 NEW GUINEA 32.0
44 MALAWI 31.9
45 KIRIBATI 31.5
46 GHANA 31.2
47 SENEGAL 31.1
48 CONGO 30.6
49 INDIA 30.4
50 SURINAME 29.6
51 TANZANIA 29.6
52 BANGLADESH 28.8
53 UGANDA 28.5
54 CAMBODIA 27.9
55 NAMIBIA 27.9
56 TUVALU 27.8
57 GABON 26.9
58 KENYA 26.1
59 GUATEMALA 25.0
60 RWANDA 24.9
61 KYRGYZSTAN 24.5
62 MALDIVES 24.4
63 BHUTAN 24.3
64 NEPAL 24.0
65 BOTSWANA 23.7
66 CAPE VERDE 22.4
67 BOLIVIA 22.3
68 PHILIPPINES 22.0
69 PARAGUAY 22.0
70 SOUTH AFRICA 21.9
71 GEORGIA 21.7
72 TAJIKISTAN 21.7
73 DOMINICAN REP. 21.7
74 GUYANA 21.1
75 MICRONESIA 20.9
76 MARSHALL ISL. 20.6
77 MONGOLIA 19.4
78 SOLOMON ISL. 19.1
79 INDONESIA 18.9
80 IRAQ 18.7
81 ALGERIA 18.7
82 TURKEY 18.4
83 MOROCCO 18.3
84 UZBEKISTAN 18.2
85 SAMOA 17.3
86 EGYPT 16.8
87 NORTH KOREA 15.4
88 HONDURAS 15.4
89 SYRIA 15.1
90 TRINIDAD/TOB. 15.1
91 COOK ISLANDS 15.1
92 NICARAGUA 14.4
93 IRAN 14.3
94 PANAMA 14.2
95 VIET NAM 14.1
96 OMAN 13.9
97 VENEZUELA 13.9
98 MOLDOVA 13.8
99 VANUATU 13.7
100 ANTIGUA/BAR. 13.6
101 JORDAN 13.2
102 BRAZIL 12.9
103 SAINT VINCENT 12.3
104 MEXICO 12.1
105 TONGA 11.8
106 COLOMBIA 11.7
107 SAUDI ARABIA 11.7
108 EL SALVADOR 11.7
109 MAURITIUS 11.6
110 ARMENIA 11.6
111 SAINT LUCIA 11.5
112 TUNISIA 11.3
113 BELIZE 11.3
114 ECUADOR 11.2
115 AZERBAIJAN 10.9
116 PERU 10.8
117 PALAU 10.8
118 LIBYA 10.7
119 DOMINICA 10.7
120 JAMAICA 10.7
121 ALBANIA 10.3
122 SEYCHELLES 10.2
123 BRUNEI 10.0
124 BAHRAIN 9.7
125 FIJI 9.7
126 BARBADOS 9.6
127 BAHAMAS 9.4
128 GRENADA 9.0
129 ARGENTINA 9.0
130 UKRAINE 8.7
131 CROATIA 8.4
132 CYPRUS 8.1
133 SAINT KITTS 8.0
134 URUGUAY 8.0
135 KAZAKHSTAN 8.0
136 BULGARIA 7.7
137 NAURU 7.6
138 KUWAIT 7.2
139 NO MACEDONIA 7.0
140 SRI LANKA 6.8
141 LEBANON 6.7
142 COSTA RICA 6.7
143 RUSSIA 6.5
144 QATAR 6.4
145 MALAYSIA 6.4
146 CHILE 6.3
147 THAILAND 6.3
148 SAN MARINO 6.2
149 CHINA 6.2
150 ROMANIA 5.5
151 UNITED STATES 5.1
152 SLOVAKIA 5.1
153 ARAB EMIRATES 5.0
154 BOSNIA/HERZEG. 5.0
155 POLAND 4.9
156 HUNGARY 4.7
157 LATVIA 4.7
158 SERBIA 4.5
159 MALTA 4.4
160 CANADA 4.3
161 CUBA 4.0
162 UNITED KINGDOM 3.8
163 NETHERLANDS 3.6
164 LITHUANIA 3.6
165 GREECE 3.4
166 NEW ZEALAND 3.3
167 IRELAND 3.3
168 ESTONIA 3.3
169 ANDORRA 3.3
170 AUSTRIA 3.2
171 MONTENEGRO 3.2
172 LUXEMBOURG 3.2
173 FRANCE 3.1
174 BELGIUM 3.1
175 ITALY 3.1
176 GERMANY 3.1
177 DENMARK 3.0
178 SWITZERLAND 3.0
179 AUSTRALIA 2.9
180 ISRAEL 2.8
181 SOUTH KOREA 2.8
182 CZECH REPUBLIC 2.6
183 SPAIN 2.4
184 PORTUGAL 2.4
185 SWEDEN 2.3
186 BELARUS 2.1
187 FINLAND 2.1
188 JAPAN 1.9
189 NORWAY 1.8
190 MONACO 1.7
191 ICELAND 1.6
192 SINGAPORE 1.5
193 SLOVENIA 1.5
WORLD INFANT MORTALITY MAP
Death rate per 1000 live births

Africa

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Somalia
83.60
2
2. Central Africa
80.50
3
3. Equ. Guinea
77.40
4
4. Sierra Leone
71.20
5
5. Niger
64.30
6
6. Chad
62.50
7
7. South Sudan
60.10
8
8. Mozambique
58.20
9
9. DR Congo
57.40
10
10. Mali
57.40
11
11. Liberia
55.70
12
12. Angola
55.60
13
13. Comoros
54.90
14
14. Nigeria
53.70
15
15. Benin
52.90
16
16. Cote d Ivoire
52.50
17
17. Mauritania
48.90
19
18. Burkina Faso
47.00
20
19. Guinea
47.00
21
20. Guinea-Bissau
46.40
22
21. Cameroon
46.10
23
22. Lesotho
45.70
24
23. Djibouti
45.20
25
24. Sao Tome
42.60
27
25. Sudan
40.60
28
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Eritrea
39.80
29
27. Togo
38.40
30
28. Madagascar
37.50
31
29. Swaziland
36.70
33
30. Burundi
35.70
36
31. Gambia
35.70
35
32. Zambia
35.60
37
33. Zimbabwe
33.40
39
34. Ethiopia
32.60
40
35. Malawi
31.90
44
36. Ghana
31.20
46
37. Senegal
31.10
47
38. Congo
30.60
48
39. Tanzania
29.60
51
40. Uganda
28.50
53
41. Namibia
27.90
54
42. Gabon
26.90
57
43. Kenya
26.10
58
44. Rwanda
24.90
60
45. Botswana
23.70
65
46. Cape Verde
22.40
66
47. South Africa
21.90
70
48. Mauritius
11.60
110
49. Seychelles
10.20
122

Asia

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Afghanistan
101.30
1
2. Pakistan
51.50
18
3. Turkmenistan
35.90
34
4. Laos
35.40
38
5. Timor-Leste
32.20
41
6. Myanmar
32.10
42
7. India
30.40
49
8. Bangladesh
28.80
52
9. Cambodia
27.90
55
10. Kyrgyzstan
24.50
61
11. Maldives
24.40
62
12. Bhutan
24.30
63
13. Nepal
24.00
64
14. Philippines
22.00
69
15. Georgia
21.70
72
16. Tajikistan
21.70
73
17. Mongolia
19.40
77
Region Rank Rate World Rank
18. Indonesia
18.90
79
19. Uzbekistan
18.20
84
20. North Korea
15.40
87
21. Viet Nam
14.10
95
22. Armenia
11.60
109
23. Azerbaijan
10.90
115
24. Brunei
10.00
123
25. Kazakhstan
8.00
134
26. Sri Lanka
6.80
140
27. Russia
6.50
143
28. Malaysia
6.40
144
29. Thailand
6.30
147
30. China
6.20
148
31. South Korea
2.80
180
32. Japan
1.90
188
33. Singapore
1.50
192

South America

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Suriname
29.60
50
2. Guatemala
25.00
59
3. Bolivia
22.30
67
4. Paraguay
22.00
68
5. Guyana
21.10
74
6. Honduras
15.40
88
7. Nicaragua
14.40
92
8. Panama
14.20
94
9. Venezuela
13.90
97
10. Brazil
12.90
102
Region Rank Rate World Rank
11. Colombia
11.70
108
12. El Salvador
11.70
107
13. Belize
11.30
113
14. Ecuador
11.20
114
15. Peru
10.80
117
16. Argentina
9.00
128
17. Uruguay
8.00
135
18. Costa Rica
6.70
141
19. Chile
6.30
146

North America

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Haiti
36.80
32
2. Dominican Rep.
21.70
71
3. Trinidad/Tob.
15.10
89
4. Antigua/Bar.
13.60
100
5. Saint Vincent
12.30
103
6. Mexico
12.10
104
7. Saint Lucia
11.50
111
8. Dominica
10.70
120
Region Rank Rate World Rank
9. Jamaica
10.70
118
10. Barbados
9.60
126
11. Bahamas
9.40
127
12. Grenada
9.00
129
13. Saint Kitts
8.00
133
14. United States
5.10
152
15. Canada
4.30
160
16. Cuba
4.00
161

Europe

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Moldova
13.80
98
2. Albania
10.30
121
3. Ukraine
8.70
130
4. Croatia
8.40
131
5. Cyprus
8.10
132
6. Bulgaria
7.70
136
7. No Macedonia
7.00
139
8. San Marino
6.20
149
9. Romania
5.50
150
10. Slovakia
5.10
151
11. Bosnia/Herzeg.
5.00
154
12. Poland
4.90
155
13. Hungary
4.70
156
14. Latvia
4.70
157
15. Serbia
4.50
158
16. Malta
4.40
159
17. United Kingdom
3.80
162
18. Netherlands
3.60
163
19. Lithuania
3.60
164
20. Greece
3.40
165
21. Ireland
3.30
167
Region Rank Rate World Rank
22. Estonia
3.30
168
23. Andorra
3.30
169
24. Austria
3.20
171
25. Montenegro
3.20
172
26. Luxembourg
3.20
170
27. France
3.10
175
28. Belgium
3.10
173
29. Italy
3.10
174
30. Germany
3.10
176
31. Denmark
3.00
177
32. Switzerland
3.00
178
33. Czech Republic
2.60
182
34. Spain
2.40
184
35. Portugal
2.40
183
36. Sweden
2.30
185
37. Belarus
2.10
186
38. Finland
2.10
187
39. Norway
1.80
189
40. Monaco
1.70
190
41. Iceland
1.60
191
42. Slovenia
1.50
193

Oceania

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. New Guinea
32.00
43
2. Kiribati
31.50
45
3. Tuvalu
27.80
56
4. Micronesia
20.90
75
5. Marshall Isl.
20.60
76
6. Solomon Isl.
19.10
78
7. Samoa
17.30
85
8. Cook Islands
15.10
90
Region Rank Rate World Rank
9. Vanuatu
13.70
99
10. Tonga
11.80
105
11. Palau
10.80
116
12. Fiji
9.70
124
13. Nauru
7.60
137
14. New Zealand
3.30
166
15. Australia
2.90
179

Middle East

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Yemen
44.60
26
2. Iraq
18.70
80
3. Algeria
18.70
81
4. Turkey
18.40
82
5. Morocco
18.30
83
6. Egypt
16.80
86
7. Syria
15.10
91
8. Iran
14.30
93
9. Oman
13.90
96
10. Jordan
13.20
101
Region Rank Rate World Rank
11. Saudi Arabia
11.70
106
12. Tunisia
11.30
112
13. Libya
10.70
119
14. Bahrain
9.70
125
15. Kuwait
7.20
138
16. Lebanon
6.70
142
17. Qatar
6.40
145
18. Arab Emirates
5.00
153
19. Israel
2.80
181
Data Source: CIA 2024