Countries by Infant Mortality
Complete ranking of 195 countries • per 1,000 • Updated 2026
About Infant Mortality Per 1000 Rankings
South Sudan leads all 195 countries in Infant Mortality Per 1000 with a value of 72.6, while San Marino ranks last at 1.40. This represents a 52-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.
What Infant Mortality Per 1000 Measures
Infant Mortality Per 1000 is a demographic indicator published by the World Bank that captures important population characteristics. Demographic metrics like this one inform government planning, healthcare provisioning, urban development, and migration policy. They are among the most frequently searched country statistics globally.
Why This Ranking Matters
Tracking Infant Mortality Per 1000 across countries reveals global population trends, from aging societies in Europe and East Asia to young, rapidly growing populations in Sub-Saharan Africa. These patterns shape labor markets, education systems, pension sustainability, and geopolitical influence for decades to come.
Global Range
Values range from 1.40 (San Marino) to 72.6 (South Sudan) — a 52-fold difference across 195 countries.
Regional Patterns
African countries dominate this ranking, holding 18 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.
Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 5.00 to 29.9. The overall spread from 1.40 to 72.6 reflects significant global variation.
Notable Outliers
The top of the ranking is competitive: South Sudan and Somalia are separated by only 7%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.
Continental Leaders
Highest Ranked
The top five countries for Infant Mortality Per 1000 are South Sudan (72.6), Somalia (67.8), Niger (67.4), Guinea (61.5), and Central African Republic (60.4). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.
Lowest Ranked
At the other end of the spectrum, San Marino (1.40), Estonia (1.60), Singapore (1.70), Slovenia (1.80), and Japan (1.80) have the lowest values globally.
Data Source & Methodology
Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank, covering 195 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
Top 10 Countries
Full Rankings
| Percentile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |  South Sudan | 72.6 | Africa | 100% |
| 2nd |  Somalia | 67.8 | Africa | 99% |
| 3rd |  Niger | 67.4 | Africa | 99% |
| 4th |  Guinea | 61.5 | Africa | 98% |
| 5th |  Central African Republic | 60.4 | Africa | 98% |
| 6th |  Nigeria | 60.1 | Africa | 97% |
| 7th |  Chad | 58.7 | Africa | 97% |
| 8th |  Mali | 57.6 | Africa | 96% |
| 9th |  Sierra Leone | 56.2 | Africa | 96% |
| 10th |  Lesotho | 55.4 | Africa | 95% |
| 11th |  Liberia | 52.6 | Africa | 95% |
| 12th |  Afghanistan | 50.4 | Asia | 94% |
| 13th |  Pakistan | 50.1 | Asia | 94% |
| 14th |  Equatorial Guinea | 49.1 | Africa | 93% |
| 15th |  Côte d'Ivoire | 46.6 | Africa | 93% |
| 16th |  Benin | 46.4 | Africa | 92% |
| 17th |  Mozambique | 45.4 | Africa | 92% |
| 18th |  Burkina Faso | 44.8 | Africa | 91% |
| 19th |  Congo, Democratic Republic | 44.5 | Africa | 91% |
| 20th |  Djibouti | 44.4 | Africa | 90% |
| 21st |  Madagascar | 44.2 | Africa | 90% |
| 22nd |  Eswatini | 43.5 | Africa | 89% |
| 23rd |  Guinea-Bissau | 43.1 | Africa | 89% |
| 24th |  Cameroon | 41.2 | Africa | 88% |
| 25th |  Zimbabwe | 40.6 | Africa | 88% |
| 26th |  Haiti | 40.3 | North America | 87% |
| 27th |  Kiribati | 39.7 | Oceania | 87% |
| 28th |  Sudan | 39.2 | Africa | 86% |
| 29th |  Namibia | 38.4 | Africa | 86% |
| 30th |  Angola | 38.3 | Africa | 85% |
| 31st |  Botswana | 38.2 | Africa | 85% |
| 32nd |  Togo | 35.9 | Africa | 84% |
| 33rd |  Timor-Leste | 35.9 | Asia | 84% |
| 34th |  Ethiopia | 35.7 | Africa | 83% |
| 35th |  Comoros | 35.7 | Africa | 83% |
| 36th |  Laos | 35.2 | Asia | 82% |
| 37th |  Kenya | 34.7 | Africa | 82% |
| 38th |  Yemen | 34.7 | Asia | 81% |
| 39th |  Myanmar | 34.1 | Asia | 81% |
| 40th |  Gambia | 33.8 | Africa | 80% |
| 41st |  Dominica | 33.1 | North America | 79% |
| 42nd |  Papua New Guinea | 32 | Oceania | 79% |
| 43rd |  Burundi | 31.5 | Africa | 78% |
| 44th |  Turkmenistan | 31.2 | Asia | 78% |
| 45th |  Mauritania | 31 | Africa | 77% |
| 46th |  Zambia | 30.9 | Africa | 77% |
| 47th |  Rwanda | 30.5 | Africa | 76% |
| 48th |  Senegal | 30.2 | Africa | 76% |
| 49th |  Tanzania | 29.9 | Africa | 75% |
| 50th |  Malawi | 29.4 | Africa | 75% |
| 51st |  Dominican Republic | 28.4 | North America | 74% |
| 52nd |  Ghana | 28.2 | Africa | 74% |
| 53rd |  Congo | 27.6 | Africa | 73% |
| 54th |  Uganda | 27.6 | Africa | 73% |
| 55th |  Gabon | 26.5 | Africa | 72% |
| 56th |  Eritrea | 25.5 | Africa | 72% |
| 57th |  India | 24.5 | Asia | 71% |
| 58th |  Bangladesh | 24.4 | Asia | 71% |
| 59th |  South Africa | 24.4 | Africa | 70% |
| 60th |  Fiji | 23.8 | Oceania | 70% |
| 61st |  Guyana | 23.8 | North America | 69% |
| 62nd |  Marshall Islands | 23.5 | Oceania | 69% |
| 63rd |  Nepal | 23.3 | Asia | 68% |
| 64th |  Tajikistan | 22.9 | Asia | 68% |
| 65th |  Philippines | 22.1 | Asia | 67% |
| 66th |  Venezuela | 21.5 | North America | 67% |
| 67th |  Micronesia | 20.8 | Oceania | 66% |
| 68th |  Iraq | 20.8 | Asia | 66% |
| 69th |  Cambodia | 20.3 | Asia | 65% |
| 70th |  Bolivia | 20 | South America | 65% |
| 71st |  Algeria | 19.7 | Africa | 64% |
| 72nd |  Palau | 19.1 | Oceania | 64% |
| 73rd |  Syria | 19 | Asia | 63% |
| 74th |  Bhutan | 18.5 | Asia | 63% |
| 75th |  Jamaica | 18.3 | North America | 62% |
| 76th |  Guatemala | 17.9 | North America | 62% |
| 77th |  Trinidad and Tobago | 17.2 | North America | 61% |
| 78th |  Tuvalu | 17.1 | Oceania | 61% |
| 79th |  Indonesia | 17 | Asia | 60% |
| 80th |  Grenada | 16.7 | North America | 59% |
| 81st |  Solomon Islands | 16.5 | Oceania | 59% |
| 82nd |  Egypt | 16.1 | Africa | 58% |
| 83rd |  Lebanon | 16 | Asia | 58% |
| 84th |  Libya | 15.9 | Africa | 57% |
| 85th |  Morocco | 15.5 | Africa | 57% |
| 86th |  Suriname | 15.2 | North America | 56% |
| 87th |  Paraguay | 15.1 | South America | 56% |
| 88th |  Kyrgyzstan | 14.9 | Asia | 55% |
| 89th |  North Korea | 14.5 | Asia | 55% |
| 90th |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.3 | North America | 54% |
| 91st |  Saint Lucia | 14.3 | North America | 54% |
| 92nd |  Palestine | 14.3 | Asia | 53% |
| 93rd |  Vanuatu | 14.2 | Oceania | 53% |
| 94th |  Vietnam | 14 | Asia | 52% |
| 95th |  Moldova | 13.5 | Europe | 52% |
| 96th |  Mauritius | 13.5 | Africa | 51% |
| 97th |  Peru | 13.5 | South America | 51% |
| 98th |  Azerbaijan | 13.3 | Europe | 50% |
| 99th |  Honduras | 13.3 | North America | 50% |
| 100th |  Seychelles | 13.1 | Africa | 49% |
| 101st |  Samoa | 12.8 | Oceania | 49% |
| 102nd |  Uzbekistan | 12.7 | Asia | 48% |
| 103rd |  Brazil | 12.5 | South America | 48% |
| 104th |  Jordan | 12.2 | Asia | 47% |
| 105th |  British Virgin Islands | 11.6 | North America | 47% |
| 106th |  Bahamas | 11.4 | North America | 46% |
| 107th |  Mongolia | 11.4 | Asia | 46% |
| 108th |  Ecuador | 11.1 | South America | 45% |
| 109th |  Cabo Verde | 11 | Africa | 45% |
| 110th |  Colombia | 10.9 | North America | 44% |
| 111st |  Belize | 10.8 | North America | 44% |
| 112nd |  Mexico | 10.8 | North America | 43% |
| 113rd |  Iran | 10.7 | Asia | 43% |
| 114th |  Panama | 10.6 | North America | 42% |
| 115th |  Tunisia | 10.6 | Africa | 42% |
| 116th |  Nicaragua | 10.3 | North America | 41% |
| 117th |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.90 | North America | 41% |
| 118th |  Sao Tome and Principe | 9.40 | Africa | 40% |
| 119th |  Barbados | 9.30 | North America | 39% |
| 120th |  Costa Rica | 9.20 | North America | 39% |
| 121st |  El Salvador | 9.20 | North America | 38% |
| 122nd |  Turkey | 9.10 | Europe | 38% |
| 123rd |  Armenia | 8.90 | Europe | 37% |
| 124th |  Oman | 8.40 | Asia | 37% |
| 125th |  Albania | 8.30 | Europe | 36% |
| 126th |  Nauru | 8.30 | Oceania | 36% |
| 127th |  Argentina | 8.20 | South America | 35% |
| 128th |  Brunei | 8.20 | Asia | 35% |
| 129th |  Georgia | 8.00 | Europe | 34% |
| 130th |  Thailand | 8.00 | Asia | 34% |
| 131st |  Tonga | 8.00 | Oceania | 33% |
| 132nd |  Ukraine | 7.80 | Europe | 33% |
| 133rd |  Kuwait | 7.60 | Asia | 32% |
| 134th |  Kazakhstan | 7.60 | Asia | 32% |
| 135th |  Antigua and Barbuda | 7.30 | North America | 31% |
| 136th |  Bahrain | 7.20 | Asia | 31% |
| 137th |  Malaysia | 6.80 | Asia | 30% |
| 138th |  Cuba | 6.60 | North America | 30% |
| 139th |  Chile | 6.20 | South America | 29% |
| 140th |  United States | 5.50 | North America | 29% |
| 141st |  Uruguay | 5.50 | South America | 28% |
| 142nd |  Romania | 5.40 | Europe | 28% |
| 143rd |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.30 | Europe | 27% |
| 144th |  Sri Lanka | 5.30 | Asia | 27% |
| 145th |  Slovakia | 5.10 | Europe | 26% |
| 146th |  Bulgaria | 5.00 | Europe | 26% |
| 147th |  Maldives | 5.00 | Asia | 25% |
| 148th |  Qatar | 4.90 | Asia | 25% |
| 149th |  Saudi Arabia | 4.90 | Asia | 24% |
| 150th |  Malta | 4.80 | Europe | 24% |
| 151st |  China | 4.50 | Asia | 23% |
| 152nd |  Serbia | 4.50 | Europe | 23% |
| 153rd |  Canada | 4.40 | North America | 22% |
| 154th |  United Arab Emirates | 4.00 | Asia | 22% |
| 155th |  United Kingdom | 4.00 | Europe | 21% |
| 156th |  New Zealand | 4.00 | Oceania | 21% |
| 157th |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.00 | North America | 20% |
| 158th |  Croatia | 3.90 | Europe | 19% |
| 159th |  Poland | 3.70 | Europe | 19% |
| 160th |  Russia | 3.70 | Europe | 18% |
| 161st |  Switzerland | 3.50 | Europe | 18% |
| 162nd |  Netherlands | 3.50 | Europe | 17% |
| 163rd |  France | 3.40 | Europe | 17% |
| 164th |  Ireland | 3.40 | Europe | 16% |
| 165th |  Greece | 3.20 | Europe | 16% |
| 166th |  Hungary | 3.20 | Europe | 15% |
| 167th |  Australia | 3.10 | Oceania | 15% |
| 168th |  Germany | 3.10 | Europe | 14% |
| 169th |  Belgium | 3.00 | Europe | 14% |
| 170th |  Denmark | 3.00 | Europe | 13% |
| 171st |  Cyprus | 2.90 | Europe | 13% |
| 172nd |  Lithuania | 2.80 | Europe | 12% |
| 173rd |  North Macedonia | 2.80 | Europe | 12% |
| 174th |  Israel | 2.70 | Asia | 11% |
| 175th |  Austria | 2.60 | Europe | 11% |
| 176th |  Spain | 2.60 | Europe | 10% |
| 177th |  Portugal | 2.60 | Europe | 10% |
| 178th |  Andorra | 2.50 | Europe | 9% |
| 179th |  Latvia | 2.50 | Europe | 9% |
| 180th |  Italy | 2.30 | Europe | 8% |
| 181st |  South Korea | 2.30 | Asia | 8% |
| 182nd |  Monaco | 2.30 | Europe | 7% |
| 183rd |  Czechia | 2.10 | Europe | 7% |
| 184th |  Montenegro | 2.10 | Europe | 6% |
| 185th |  Luxembourg | 2.00 | Europe | 6% |
| 186th |  Sweden | 2.00 | Europe | 5% |
| 187th |  Belarus | 1.90 | Europe | 5% |
| 188th |  Iceland | 1.90 | Europe | 4% |
| 189th |  Norway | 1.90 | Europe | 4% |
| 190th |  Finland | 1.80 | Europe | 3% |
| 191st |  Japan | 1.80 | Asia | 3% |
| 192nd |  Slovenia | 1.80 | Europe | 2% |
| 193rd |  Singapore | 1.70 | Asia | 2% |
| 194th |  Estonia | 1.60 | Europe | 1% |
| 195th |  San Marino | 1.40 | Europe | 1% |