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Infant mortality
Deaths before age one per 1,000 live births. Vital-registration based on both sides; minor differences in birth-registration cutoffs.
Darker = better (lower), by rank · 193 countries · World Bank / UN IGME · tap a country to pin it here
Darker = better (lower), by rank · 51 states · CDC NCHS
Countries
193 · World Bank / UN IGME- 1stSan Marino1.2
- 2ndEstonia1.5
- 3rdBelarus1.8
- 3rdJapan1.8
- 3rdSlovenia1.8
- 6thFinland1.9
- 6thLuxembourg1.9
- 6thMontenegro1.9
- 9thNorway2
- 9thSweden2
- 11thCzechia2.1
- 11thIceland2.1
- 13thLatvia2.2
- 13thMonaco2.2
- 13thSingapore2.2
- 16thItaly2.3
- 16thSouth Korea2.3
- 18thAndorra2.4
- 19thNorth Macedonia2.5
- 20thSpain2.6
- 21stIsrael2.7
- 21stPortugal2.7
- 23rdAustria2.8
- 23rdLithuania2.8
- 25thAustralia3.1
- 25thBelgium3.1
- 25thGermany3.1
- 25thHungary3.1
- 29thGreece3.2
- 30thFrance3.4
- 30thIreland3.4
- 30thNetherlands3.4
- 30thSwitzerland3.4
- 34thDenmark3.5
- 35thPoland3.6
- 36thUnited Arab Emirates3.8
- 37thNew Zealand4
- 38thChina4.1
- 38thCroatia4.1
- 38thCyprus4.1
- 38thRussia4.1
- 38thUnited Kingdom4.1
- 43rdBulgaria4.6
- 43rdSerbia4.6
- 45thCanada4.7
- 45thMaldives4.7
- 45thMalta4.7
- 45thSaudi Arabia4.7
- 49thQatar4.8
- 50thSri Lanka5.2
- 51stSlovakia5.3
- 52ndBosnia and Herzegovina5.5
- 52ndUnited States5.5
- 54thChile5.8
- 55thRomania6
- 56thUruguay6.2
- 57thCuba6.8
- 58thAntigua and Barbuda7
- 58thKuwait7
- 58thMalaysia7
- 61stBahrain7.3
- 62ndKazakhstan7.4
- 63rdGeorgia7.5
- 64thUkraine7.6
- 65thNauru7.7
- 65thThailand7.7
- 67thTonga7.8
- 68thLibya7.9
- 69thArgentina8
- 69thKosovo8
- 69thTürkiye8
- 72ndAlbania8.3
- 72ndOman8.3
- 74thArmenia8.5
- 75thBrunei8.6
- 76thEl Salvador8.8
- 77thBarbados9.1
- 77thCosta Rica9.1
- 79thSão Tomé and Príncipe9.2
- 80thNicaragua9.4
- 81stTunisia9.7
- 82ndSaint Vincent and the Grenadines10.2
- 83rdIran10.3
- 84thColombia10.5
- 85thCape Verde10.6
- 86thBelize10.8
- 87thEcuador10.9
- 88thPeru11
- 89thBahamas11.1
- 90thMongolia11.2
- 91stJordan12
- 91stPanama12
- 91stVietnam12
- 94thMexico12.1
- 95thBrazil12.3
- 95thSamoa12.3
- 97thAzerbaijan12.5
- 98thHonduras12.8
- 98thUzbekistan12.8
- 100thSeychelles12.9
- 101stNorth Korea13.3
- 102ndBhutan13.7
- 103rdMauritius13.8
- 104thSaint Kitts and Nevis13.9
- 105thBolivia14.2
- 106thVanuatu14.4
- 107thParaguay14.5
- 108thMorocco14.7
- 109thKyrgyzstan14.8
- 109thSuriname14.8
- 111thMoldova15.1
- 112thIndonesia15.2
- 113thLebanon15.3
- 114thSaint Lucia15.8
- 115thCambodia16.4
- 115thGrenada16.4
- 115thJamaica16.4
- 115thSolomon Islands16.4
- 119thTuvalu16.5
- 120thTrinidad and Tobago17
- 121stGuatemala17.2
- 122ndSyria17.7
- 123rdPalau18.6
- 124thAlgeria19.5
- 125thIraq20.1
- 126thMicronesia20.3
- 127thEgypt20.8
- 128thVenezuela21.2
- 129thPhilippines21.7
- 130thNepal22.2
- 131stMarshall Islands22.7
- 132ndGuyana23.2
- 133rdIndia23.3
- 134thFiji23.5
- 134thTajikistan23.5
- 136thSouth Africa24.2
- 137thBangladesh24.4
- 138thEritrea24.7
- 139thGabon25.9
- 140thRepublic of the Congo27
- 141stLaos27.2
- 142ndGhana27.5
- 143rdDominican Republic27.7
- 144thTanzania28.7
- 145thSenegal28.9
- 146thRwanda29.4
- 147thMauritania30.2
- 148thTurkmenistan30.4
- 149thBurundi30.5
- 150thPapua New Guinea31.3
- 151stAngola32.1
- 151stBotswana32.1
- 153rdGambia32.7
- 154thMyanmar32.8
- 155thDominica33.3
- 156thYemen33.8
- 157thKenya34.2
- 158thEthiopia34.5
- 159thTimor-Leste34.6
- 159thZambia34.6
- 161stTogo34.8
- 162ndComoros35
- 163rdUganda35.9
- 164thNamibia36.4
- 165thMalawi38
- 166thKiribati38.8
- 167thHaiti39
- 168thCameroon40.2
- 169thGuinea-Bissau42.1
- 170thEswatini42.2
- 171stSudan42.9
- 172ndDjibouti43
- 172ndMadagascar43
- 174thBurkina Faso43.6
- 175thMozambique43.7
- 176thIvory Coast44.8
- 177thBenin45.2
- 178thMali47.5
- 179thEquatorial Guinea47.6
- 180thPakistan48.2
- 181stAfghanistan48.3
- 182ndSierra Leone54.6
- 183rdChad56.3
- 183rdLesotho56.3
- 185thDR Congo56.4
- 186thCentral African Republic58.8
- 187thGuinea59.8
- 188thZimbabwe62.4
- 189thLiberia63.2
- 190thSomalia65.4
- 191stNiger65.6
- 192ndNigeria69.8
- 193rdSouth Sudan71.9
US states
51 · CDC NCHS- 1stNew Hampshire3
- 2ndNew Jersey3.4
- 3rdMassachusetts3.5
- 4thNew York4
- 5thCalifornia4.2
- 6thRhode Island4.2
- 7thHawaii4.4
- 8thMaine4.5
- 9thIowa4.5
- 10thConnecticut4.5
- 11thColorado4.5
- 12thMinnesota4.6
- 12thWyoming4.6
- 14thIdaho4.7
- 15thWashington4.8
- 16thOregon4.9
- 17thNew Mexico5.2
- 17thUtah5.2
- 19thNevada5.3
- 20thArizona5.4
- 21stMaryland5.5
- 22ndVermont5.6
- 23rdPennsylvania5.7
- 24thTexas5.7
- 25thIllinois5.7
- 26thFlorida5.7
- 27thKansas5.9
- 28thKentucky5.9
- 29thWisconsin5.9
- 30thNorth Dakota5.9
- 31stVirginia6
- 32ndDistrict of Columbia6
- 33rdMontana6.2
- 34thNorth Carolina6.2
- 35thIndiana6.3
- 35thMichigan6.3
- 37thGeorgia6.4
- 38thTennessee6.4
- 39thMissouri6.4
- 40thNebraska6.5
- 41stWest Virginia6.6
- 42ndOhio6.7
- 43rdAlaska6.8
- 44thAlabama7.1
- 45thSouth Dakota7.3
- 46thOklahoma7.4
- 47thSouth Carolina7.5
- 48thLouisiana7.6
- 49thDelaware7.8
- 50thArkansas8.3
- 51stMississippi9.7
193 countries ranked and 51 US states.
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- Health coverageShare of population with health insurance or public coverage.
- Drug deathsDrug overdose deaths per 100,000 population.
- ObesityShare of adults with BMI ≥ 30.
- Suicide rateDeaths by intentional self-harm per 100,000 population.
- HappinessSelf-reported life satisfaction (Cantril ladder, 0–10), World Happiness Report.
Who leads the world
- Monacotops life expectancy86.5 years
- Singaporetops homicide rate0.1 per 100k
- Bulgariatops paid maternity leave59 weeks
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