Lower middle income
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Within the “Lower middle income” group, Nigeria leads Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024 at 69.80, while Sao Tome and Principe sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 9.20. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.017.534.952.369.8NigeriaNigeria: 69.8069.8ZimbabweZimbabwe: 62.4062.4GuineaGuinea: 59.8059.8LesothoLesotho: 56.3056.3PakistanPakistan: 48.2048.2BeninBenin: 45.2045.2Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire: 44.8044.8DjiboutiDjibouti: 43.0043.0EswatiniEswatini: 42.2042.2CameroonCameroon: 40.2040.2HaitiHaiti: 39.0039.0KiribatiKiribati: 38.8038.8

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Nigeria 69.80
2 Zimbabwe 62.40
3 Guinea 59.80
4 Lesotho 56.30
5 Pakistan 48.20
6 Benin 45.20
7 Cote d'Ivoire 44.80
8 Djibouti 43.00
9 Eswatini 42.20
10 Cameroon 40.20
11 Haiti 39.00
12 Kiribati 38.80
13 Namibia 36.40
14 Comoros 35.00
15 Togo 34.80
16 Timor-Leste 34.60
17 Zambia 34.60
18 Kenya 34.20
19 Myanmar 32.80
20 Angola 32.10
21 Papua New Guinea 31.30
22 Mauritania 30.20
23 Senegal 28.90
24 Tanzania 28.70
25 Ghana 27.50
26 Lao PDR 27.20
27 Congo, Rep. 27.00
28 Bangladesh 24.40
29 Tajikistan 23.50
30 India 23.30
31 Nepal 22.20
32 Venezuela, RB 21.20
33 Egypt, Arab Rep. 20.80
34 West Bank and Gaza 17.00
35 Cambodia 16.40
36 Solomon Islands 16.40
37 Lebanon 15.30
38 Kyrgyz Republic 14.80
39 Morocco 14.70
40 Vanuatu 14.40
41 Bolivia 14.20
42 Bhutan 13.70
43 Honduras 12.80
44 Uzbekistan 12.80
45 Tunisia 9.70
46 Nicaragua 9.40
47 Sao Tome and Principe 9.20

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Lower middle income group for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, Nigeria leads with a gap of 7.40 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 47 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Sao Tome and Principe at 9.20.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.