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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
1 South Sudan 71.90
2 Nigeria 69.80
3 Niger 65.60
4 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 65.40
5 Liberia 63.20
6 Zimbabwe 62.40
7 Guinea 59.80
8 Central African Republic 58.80
9 Congo, Dem. Rep. 56.40
10 Chad 56.30
11 Lesotho 56.30
12 Sierra Leone 54.60
13 Afghanistan 48.30
14 Pakistan 48.20
15 Equatorial Guinea 47.60
16 Mali 47.50
17 Benin 45.20
18 Cote d'Ivoire 44.80
19 Mozambique 43.70
20 Burkina Faso 43.60
21 Djibouti 43.00
22 Madagascar 43.00
23 Sudan 42.90
24 Eswatini 42.20
25 Guinea-Bissau 42.10
26 Cameroon 40.20
27 Haiti 39.00
28 Kiribati 38.80
29 Malawi 38.00
30 Namibia 36.40
31 Uganda 35.90
32 Comoros 35.00
33 Togo 34.80
34 Timor-Leste 34.60
35 Zambia 34.60
36 Ethiopia 34.50
37 Kenya 34.20
38 Yemen, Rep. 33.80
39 Dominica 33.30
40 Myanmar 32.80
41 Gambia, The 32.70
42 Angola 32.10
43 Botswana 32.10
44 Papua New Guinea 31.30
45 Burundi 30.50
46 Turkmenistan 30.40
47 Mauritania 30.20
48 Rwanda 29.40
49 Senegal 28.90
50 Tanzania 28.70
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.