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Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

For 2024, Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) is led by South Sudan at 71.90. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Countries ranked 196
Snapshot year 2024
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0.018.036.053.971.9South SudanSouth Sudan: 71.9071.9NigeriaNigeria: 69.8069.8NigerNiger: 65.6065.6Somalia, Fed. Rep.Somalia, Fed. Rep.: 65.4065.4LiberiaLiberia: 63.2063.2ZimbabweZimbabwe: 62.4062.4GuineaGuinea: 59.8059.8Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 58.8058.8Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 56.4056.4ChadChad: 56.3056.3LesothoLesotho: 56.3056.3Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 54.6054.6
Rank Country Value
101 Mexico 12.10
102 Jordan 12.00
103 Panama 12.00
104 Viet Nam 12.00
105 British Virgin Islands 11.40
106 Mongolia 11.20
107 Bahamas, The 11.10
108 Peru 11.00
109 Ecuador 10.90
110 Belize 10.80
111 Cabo Verde 10.60
112 Colombia 10.50
113 Iran, Islamic Rep. 10.30
114 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 10.20
115 Tunisia 9.70
116 Nicaragua 9.40
117 Sao Tome and Principe 9.20
118 Barbados 9.10
119 Costa Rica 9.10
120 El Salvador 8.80
121 Brunei Darussalam 8.60
122 Armenia 8.50
123 Albania 8.30
124 Oman 8.30
125 Argentina 8.00
126 Kosovo 8.00
127 Turkiye 8.00
128 Libya 7.90
129 Tonga 7.80
130 Naoero 7.70
131 Thailand 7.70
132 Ukraine 7.60
133 Georgia 7.50
134 Kazakhstan 7.40
135 Bahrain 7.30
136 Antigua and Barbuda 7.00
137 Kuwait 7.00
138 Malaysia 7.00
139 Cuba 6.80
140 Uruguay 6.20
141 Romania 6.00
142 Chile 5.80
143 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.50
144 United States 5.50
145 Slovak Republic 5.30
146 Sri Lanka 5.20
147 Qatar 4.80
148 Canada 4.70
149 Maldives 4.70
150 Malta 4.70
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.

Analytical takeaways

  • South Sudan sits at the top of the Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) distribution in 2024 at 71.90, with a lead of 2.10 over the next country.
  • The median country in the current global snapshot is Azerbaijan at 12.50, which helps frame the center of the distribution rather than only the leaders.
  • At the lower end of the current sample sits San Marino (1.20), and the page currently covers 196 countries.