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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

Countries

193 · World Bank / UN IGME
  1. 1stSan Marino1.2
  2. 2ndEstonia1.5
  3. 3rdBelarus1.8
  4. 3rdJapan1.8
  5. 3rdSlovenia1.8
  6. 6thFinland1.9
  7. 6thLuxembourg1.9
  8. 6thMontenegro1.9
  9. 9thNorway2
  10. 9thSweden2
  11. 11thCzechia2.1
  12. 11thIceland2.1
  13. 13thLatvia2.2
  14. 13thMonaco2.2
  15. 13thSingapore2.2
  16. 16thItaly2.3
  17. 16thSouth Korea2.3
  18. 18thAndorra2.4
  19. 19thNorth Macedonia2.5
  20. 20thSpain2.6
  21. 21stIsrael2.7
  22. 21stPortugal2.7
  23. 23rdAustria2.8
  24. 23rdLithuania2.8
  25. 25thAustralia3.1
  26. 25thBelgium3.1
  27. 25thGermany3.1
  28. 25thHungary3.1
  29. 29thGreece3.2
  30. 30thFrance3.4
  31. 30thIreland3.4
  32. 30thNetherlands3.4
  33. 30thSwitzerland3.4
  34. 34thDenmark3.5
  35. 35thPoland3.6
  36. 36thUnited Arab Emirates3.8
  37. 37thNew Zealand4
  38. 38thChina4.1
  39. 38thCroatia4.1
  40. 38thCyprus4.1
  41. 38thRussia4.1
  42. 38thUnited Kingdom4.1
  43. 43rdBulgaria4.6
  44. 43rdSerbia4.6
  45. 45thCanada4.7
  46. 45thMaldives4.7
  47. 45thMalta4.7
  48. 45thSaudi Arabia4.7
  49. 49thQatar4.8
  50. 50thSri Lanka5.2
  51. 51stSlovakia5.3
  52. 52ndBosnia and Herzegovina5.5
  53. 52ndUnited States5.5
  54. 54thChile5.8
  55. 55thRomania6
  56. 56thUruguay6.2
  57. 57thCuba6.8
  58. 58thAntigua and Barbuda7
  59. 58thKuwait7
  60. 58thMalaysia7
  61. 61stBahrain7.3
  62. 62ndKazakhstan7.4
  63. 63rdGeorgia7.5
  64. 64thUkraine7.6
  65. 65thNauru7.7
  66. 65thThailand7.7
  67. 67thTonga7.8
  68. 68thLibya7.9
  69. 69thArgentina8
  70. 69thKosovo8
  71. 69thTürkiye8
  72. 72ndAlbania8.3
  73. 72ndOman8.3
  74. 74thArmenia8.5
  75. 75thBrunei8.6
  76. 76thEl Salvador8.8
  77. 77thBarbados9.1
  78. 77thCosta Rica9.1
  79. 79thSão Tomé and Príncipe9.2
  80. 80thNicaragua9.4
  81. 81stTunisia9.7
  82. 82ndSaint Vincent and the Grenadines10.2
  83. 83rdIran10.3
  84. 84thColombia10.5
  85. 85thCape Verde10.6
  86. 86thBelize10.8
  87. 87thEcuador10.9
  88. 88thPeru11
  89. 89thBahamas11.1
  90. 90thMongolia11.2
  91. 91stJordan12
  92. 91stPanama12
  93. 91stVietnam12
  94. 94thMexico12.1
  95. 95thBrazil12.3
  96. 95thSamoa12.3
  97. 97thAzerbaijan12.5
  98. 98thHonduras12.8
  99. 98thUzbekistan12.8
  100. 100thSeychelles12.9
  101. 101stNorth Korea13.3
  102. 102ndBhutan13.7
  103. 103rdMauritius13.8
  104. 104thSaint Kitts and Nevis13.9
  105. 105thBolivia14.2
  106. 106thVanuatu14.4
  107. 107thParaguay14.5
  108. 108thMorocco14.7
  109. 109thKyrgyzstan14.8
  110. 109thSuriname14.8
  111. 111thMoldova15.1
  112. 112thIndonesia15.2
  113. 113thLebanon15.3
  114. 114thSaint Lucia15.8
  115. 115thCambodia16.4
  116. 115thGrenada16.4
  117. 115thJamaica16.4
  118. 115thSolomon Islands16.4
  119. 119thTuvalu16.5
  120. 120thTrinidad and Tobago17
  121. 121stGuatemala17.2
  122. 122ndSyria17.7
  123. 123rdPalau18.6
  124. 124thAlgeria19.5
  125. 125thIraq20.1
  126. 126thMicronesia20.3
  127. 127thEgypt20.8
  128. 128thVenezuela21.2
  129. 129thPhilippines21.7
  130. 130thNepal22.2
  131. 131stMarshall Islands22.7
  132. 132ndGuyana23.2
  133. 133rdIndia23.3
  134. 134thFiji23.5
  135. 134thTajikistan23.5
  136. 136thSouth Africa24.2
  137. 137thBangladesh24.4
  138. 138thEritrea24.7
  139. 139thGabon25.9
  140. 140thRepublic of the Congo27
  141. 141stLaos27.2
  142. 142ndGhana27.5
  143. 143rdDominican Republic27.7
  144. 144thTanzania28.7
  145. 145thSenegal28.9
  146. 146thRwanda29.4
  147. 147thMauritania30.2
  148. 148thTurkmenistan30.4
  149. 149thBurundi30.5
  150. 150thPapua New Guinea31.3
  151. 151stAngola32.1
  152. 151stBotswana32.1
  153. 153rdGambia32.7
  154. 154thMyanmar32.8
  155. 155thDominica33.3
  156. 156thYemen33.8
  157. 157thKenya34.2
  158. 158thEthiopia34.5
  159. 159thTimor-Leste34.6
  160. 159thZambia34.6
  161. 161stTogo34.8
  162. 162ndComoros35
  163. 163rdUganda35.9
  164. 164thNamibia36.4
  165. 165thMalawi38
  166. 166thKiribati38.8
  167. 167thHaiti39
  168. 168thCameroon40.2
  169. 169thGuinea-Bissau42.1
  170. 170thEswatini42.2
  171. 171stSudan42.9
  172. 172ndDjibouti43
  173. 172ndMadagascar43
  174. 174thBurkina Faso43.6
  175. 175thMozambique43.7
  176. 176thIvory Coast44.8
  177. 177thBenin45.2
  178. 178thMali47.5
  179. 179thEquatorial Guinea47.6
  180. 180thPakistan48.2
  181. 181stAfghanistan48.3
  182. 182ndSierra Leone54.6
  183. 183rdChad56.3
  184. 183rdLesotho56.3
  185. 185thDR Congo56.4
  186. 186thCentral African Republic58.8
  187. 187thGuinea59.8
  188. 188thZimbabwe62.4
  189. 189thLiberia63.2
  190. 190thSomalia65.4
  191. 191stNiger65.6
  192. 192ndNigeria69.8
  193. 193rdSouth Sudan71.9

US states

51 · CDC NCHS
  1. 1stNew Hampshire3
  2. 2ndNew Jersey3.4
  3. 3rdMassachusetts3.5
  4. 4thNew York4
  5. 5thCalifornia4.2
  6. 6thRhode Island4.2
  7. 7thHawaii4.4
  8. 8thMaine4.5
  9. 9thIowa4.5
  10. 10thConnecticut4.5
  11. 11thColorado4.5
  12. 12thMinnesota4.6
  13. 12thWyoming4.6
  14. 14thIdaho4.7
  15. 15thWashington4.8
  16. 16thOregon4.9
  17. 17thNew Mexico5.2
  18. 17thUtah5.2
  19. 19thNevada5.3
  20. 20thArizona5.4
  21. 21stMaryland5.5
  22. 22ndVermont5.6
  23. 23rdPennsylvania5.7
  24. 24thTexas5.7
  25. 25thIllinois5.7
  26. 26thFlorida5.7
  27. 27thKansas5.9
  28. 28thKentucky5.9
  29. 29thWisconsin5.9
  30. 30thNorth Dakota5.9
  31. 31stVirginia6
  32. 32ndDistrict of Columbia6
  33. 33rdMontana6.2
  34. 34thNorth Carolina6.2
  35. 35thIndiana6.3
  36. 35thMichigan6.3
  37. 37thGeorgia6.4
  38. 38thTennessee6.4
  39. 39thMissouri6.4
  40. 40thNebraska6.5
  41. 41stWest Virginia6.6
  42. 42ndOhio6.7
  43. 43rdAlaska6.8
  44. 44thAlabama7.1
  45. 45thSouth Dakota7.3
  46. 46thOklahoma7.4
  47. 47thSouth Carolina7.5
  48. 48thLouisiana7.6
  49. 49thDelaware7.8
  50. 50thArkansas8.3
  51. 51stMississippi9.7

193 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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