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East Asia & Pacific
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)

Within the “East Asia & Pacific” group, Kiribati leads Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024 at 38.80, while Japan sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 1.80. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.09.719.429.138.8KiribatiKiribati: 38.8038.8Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: 34.6034.6MyanmarMyanmar: 32.8032.8Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea: 31.3031.3Lao PDRLao PDR: 27.2027.2FijiFiji: 23.5023.5Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands: 22.7022.7PhilippinesPhilippines: 21.7021.7Micronesia, Fed. Sts.Micronesia, Fed. Sts.: 20.3020.3PalauPalau: 18.6018.6TuvaluTuvalu: 16.5016.5CambodiaCambodia: 16.4016.4

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Kiribati 38.80
2 Timor-Leste 34.60
3 Myanmar 32.80
4 Papua New Guinea 31.30
5 Lao PDR 27.20
6 Fiji 23.50
7 Marshall Islands 22.70
8 Philippines 21.70
9 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 20.30
10 Palau 18.60
11 Tuvalu 16.50
12 Cambodia 16.40
13 Solomon Islands 16.40
14 Indonesia 15.20
15 Vanuatu 14.40
16 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 13.30
17 Samoa 12.30
18 Viet Nam 12.00
19 Mongolia 11.20
20 Brunei Darussalam 8.60
21 Tonga 7.80
22 Naoero 7.70
23 Thailand 7.70
24 Malaysia 7.00
25 China 4.10
26 New Zealand 4.00
27 Australia 3.10
28 Korea, Rep. 2.30
29 Singapore 2.20
30 Japan 1.80

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the East Asia & Pacific group for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, Kiribati leads with a gap of 4.20 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 30 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Japan at 1.80.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.