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Countries by Infant Mortality 2026

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone has the highest infant mortality rate in the world at 68.1 per 1,000 live births, while 🇸🇲 San Marino has the lowest at 1.0 per 1,000 live births. 237 countries ranked, UN World Population Prospects 2024 data.

Infant mortality counts deaths before the first birthday per 1,000 live births — one of the most sensitive indicators of healthcare quality and living conditions. The global range spans two orders of magnitude, from under 2 in the safest countries to over 50 in the most fragile.

Highest

68.1

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Median country

9.6

🇵🇪 Peru

Lowest

1.0

🇸🇲 San Marino

Countries ranked

237

2026 values

#	Country	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)	Population
1	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	68.1	8,996,744
2	🇳🇬 Nigeria	66.9	242,431,832
3	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	64.8	5,698,984
4	🇸🇴 Somalia	64.3	20,305,907
5	🇬🇳 Guinea	63.1	15,441,992
6	🇸🇸 South Sudan	62.2	12,436,037
7	🇹🇩 Chad	61.7	21,560,380
8	🇳🇪 Niger	61.0	28,814,878
9	🇲🇱 Mali	57.9	25,932,275
10	🇱🇷 Liberia	53.5	5,853,949
11	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	52.7	24,601,700
12	🇱🇸 Lesotho	51.3	2,389,336
13	🇧🇯 Benin	50.3	15,170,420
14	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	49.7	1,984,468
15	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	49.3	33,494,346
16	🇨🇩 DR Congo	47.4	116,452,162
17	🇲🇿 Mozambique	47.0	36,639,850
18	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	46.5	2,297,808
19	🇵🇰 Pakistan	46.5	259,299,792
20	🇦🇴 Angola	45.9	40,215,180
21	🇨🇲 Cameroon	43.6	30,640,817
22	🇭🇹 Haiti	42.6	12,037,506
23	🇲🇬 Madagascar	42.6	33,522,052
24	🇰🇮 Kiribati	41.3	138,445
25	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	40.0	45,047,068
26	🇹🇬 Togo	39.1	9,930,918
27	🇸🇿 Eswatini	36.0	1,269,859
28	🇸🇩 Sudan	36.0	53,282,719
29	🇿🇲 Zambia	35.7	22,521,915
30	🇩🇯 Djibouti	34.0	1,199,459
31	🇧🇮 Burundi	33.9	14,729,157
32	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	33.9	1,436,923
33	🇰🇲 Comoros	33.3	899,010
34	🇲🇲 Myanmar	31.6	55,184,819
35	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	30.8	10,947,848
36	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	30.5	17,273,580
37	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	29.9	138,902,185
38	🇾🇪 Yemen	29.9	42,961,653
39	🇧🇴 Bolivia	29.6	12,749,291
40	🇬🇭 Ghana	29.0	35,697,557
41	🇰🇪 Kenya	28.2	58,636,412
42	🇬🇲 Gambia	27.8	2,884,079
43	🇱🇦 Laos	27.8	7,974,018
44	🇲🇼 Malawi	27.6	22,785,535
45	🇲🇷 Mauritania	27.5	5,461,319
46	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	27.1	7,736,632
47	🇹🇿 Tanzania	26.9	72,563,780
48	🇨🇬 Congo	26.7	6,637,786
49	🇧🇼 Botswana	26.5	2,603,388
50	🇺🇬 Uganda	26.1	52,761,470
51	🇳🇦 Namibia	25.9	3,153,246
52	🇬🇦 Gabon	25.2	2,647,400
53	🇩🇲 Dominica	25.1	65,511
54	🇷🇼 Rwanda	24.6	14,889,693
55	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	24.2	11,609,500
56	🇪🇷 Eritrea	24.0	3,682,669
57	🇿🇦 South Africa	21.9	65,453,084
58	🇸🇳 Senegal	21.4	19,366,548
59	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	21.2	610,813
60	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	21.0	35,075
61	🇮🇳 India	20.9	1,476,625,576
62	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	19.8	10,978,598
63	🇳🇷 Nauru	19.5	12,101
64	🇵🇭 Philippines	19.1	117,724,472
65	🇳🇵 Nepal	18.6	29,629,410
66	🇳🇺 Niue	18.1	1,822
67	🇮🇶 Iraq	18.0	48,007,437
68	🇫🇲 Micronesia	18.0	114,182
69	🇰🇭 Cambodia	17.6	18,051,219
70	🇬🇾 Guyana	17.5	840,890
71	🇵🇼 Palau	16.9	17,614
72	🇧🇹 Bhutan	16.6	802,214
73	🇬🇹 Guatemala	16.4	18,967,978
74	🇩🇿 Algeria	15.8	48,028,334
75	🇮🇩 Indonesia	15.6	287,886,782
76	🇫🇯 Fiji	15.3	937,282
77	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	15.3	177,818,044
78	🇵🇾 Paraguay	15.2	7,095,279
79	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	15.1	9,362
80	🇯🇲 Jamaica	14.7	2,833,404
81	🇱🇧 Lebanon	14.6	5,897,467
82	🇻🇪 Venezuela	14.0	28,633,711
83	🇻🇳 Vietnam	14.0	102,177,431
84	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	13.3	10,454,855
85	🇸🇾 Syria	13.3	26,472,497
86	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	13.2	858,288
87	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	13.2	342,564
88	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	13.1	1,513,268
89	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	13.0	180,488
90	🇲🇦 Morocco	12.8	38,762,441
91	🇰🇵 North Korea	12.8	26,633,691
92	🇼🇸 Samoa	12.2	220,528
93	🇪🇬 Egypt	12.0	120,101,175
94	🇭🇳 Honduras	11.9	11,184,760
95	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.8	99,244
96	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	11.7	44,447
97	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	11.6	37,724,223
98	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.5	46,992
99	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	11.3	7,400,464
100	🇧🇷 Brazil	11.2	213,562,666
101	🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	11.2	5,148
102	🇬🇩 Grenada	11.1	117,362
103	🇲🇺 Mauritius	11.0	1,265,059
104	🇯🇴 Jordan	10.8	11,589,532
105	🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna	10.7	11,113
106	🇵🇸 Palestine	10.6	5,692,790
107	🇧🇧 Barbados	10.5	282,724
108	🇦🇼 Aruba	10.4	108,164
109	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	10.3	84,054
110	🇸🇷 Suriname	10.3	645,256
111	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	10.3	244,994
112	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	10.2	7,097,329
113	🇧🇸 Bahamas	10.1	404,628
114	🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands	10.1	31,913
115	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	10.1	39,936
116	🇵🇦 Panama	9.7	4,625,718
117	🇲🇽 Mexico	9.7	132,997,658
118	🇸🇨 Seychelles	9.7	134,959
119	🇵🇪 Peru	9.6	34,922,148
120	🇬🇺 Guam	9.4	170,185
121	🇲🇩 Moldova	9.3	2,961,253
122	🇪🇨 Ecuador	9.3	18,444,506
123	🇬🇱 Greenland	9.2	55,629
124	🇨🇴 Colombia	9.0	53,936,226
125	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	8.8	529,630
126	🇹🇳 Tunisia	8.7	12,415,138
127	🇸🇻 El Salvador	8.6	6,391,254
128	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	8.6	3,465
129	🇦🇲 Armenia	8.5	2,930,915
130	🇦🇷 Argentina	8.5	46,003,734
131	🇮🇷 Iran	8.5	93,168,497
132	🇬🇫 French Guiana	8.3	318,872
133	🇽🇰 Kosovo	8.3	1,666,992
134	🇧🇿 Belize	8.2	428,644
135	🇯🇪 Jersey	8.2	104,106
136	🇲🇳 Mongolia	8.1	3,556,798
137	🇹🇴 Tonga	8.1	103,291
138	🇹🇷 Türkiye	8.0	87,926,082
139	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	8.0	40,867
140	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	7.9	297,892
141	🇦🇸 American Samoa	7.9	45,318
142	🇾🇹 Mayotte	7.9	347,536
143	🇨🇼 Curaçao	7.8	185,440
144	🇴🇲 Oman	7.7	5,671,458
145	🇹🇭 Thailand	7.6	71,559,614
146	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	7.5	23,898
147	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7.4	5,513
148	🇧🇳 Brunei	7.3	469,775
149	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	7.0	94,626
150	🇱🇾 Libya	6.8	7,539,852
151	🇦🇱 Albania	6.7	2,751,025
152	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	6.3	21,083,626
153	🇬🇪 Georgia	6.2	3,804,642
154	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	6.2	372,453
155	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	6.0	5,174,789
156	🇰🇼 Kuwait	6.0	5,102,773
157	🇲🇶 Martinique	5.9	337,711
158	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	5.7	1,804,062
159	🇻🇦 Vatican City	5.7	506
160	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	5.6	35,165,787
161	🇺🇾 Uruguay	5.6	3,382,537
162	🇬🇬 Guernsey	5.5	64,610
163	🇶🇦 Qatar	5.4	3,173,559
164	🇨🇳 China	5.4	1,412,914,089
165	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	5.3	40,368
166	🇨🇱 Chile	5.2	19,945,850
167	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	5.1	56,526
168	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	5.0	12,826
169	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	4.9	11,550
170	🇧🇭 Bahrain	4.9	1,675,572
171	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	4.9	283,076
172	🇲🇸 Montserrat	4.9	4,328
173	🇦🇩 Andorra	4.9	83,753
174	🇷🇴 Romania	4.8	18,800,605
175	🇲🇾 Malaysia	4.8	36,385,115
176	🇺🇦 Ukraine	4.7	39,535,848
177	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	4.7	23,348,315
178	🇺🇸 United States	4.7	349,035,494
179	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	4.7	11,574,682
180	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	4.6	3,222,688
181	🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands	4.6	83,400
182	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	4.6	6,667,660
183	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	4.5	42,914
184	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.5	3,114,242
185	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	4.4	47,148
186	🇦🇮 Anguilla	4.4	14,817
187	🇲🇹 Malta	4.4	549,011
188	🇨🇺 Cuba	4.3	10,892,659
189	🇲🇻 Maldives	4.1	531,517
190	🇷🇪 Réunion	4.0	886,298
191	🇷🇺 Russia	3.9	143,394,458
192	🇨🇦 Canada	3.8	40,467,728
193	🇹🇰 Tokelau	3.8	2,691
194	🇸🇰 Slovakia	3.7	5,451,342
195	🇲🇨 Monaco	3.7	38,087
196	🇷🇸 Serbia	3.7	6,641,964
197	🇳🇿 New Zealand	3.5	5,287,479
198	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	3.4	69,931,528
199	🇭🇷 Croatia	3.2	3,822,345
200	🇵🇱 Poland	3.1	37,843,188
201	🇫🇷 France	3.0	66,746,401
202	🇨🇭 Switzerland	3.0	9,007,798
203	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2.9	23,011,292
204	🇱🇹 Lithuania	2.9	2,797,338
205	🇳🇱 Netherlands	2.9	18,448,775
206	🇮🇱 Israel	2.8	9,647,689
207	🇭🇺 Hungary	2.7	9,585,818
208	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	2.7	687,448
209	🇧🇪 Belgium	2.7	11,774,642
210	🇩🇰 Denmark	2.7	6,023,520
211	🇬🇷 Greece	2.6	9,897,116
212	🇩🇪 Germany	2.6	83,644,258
213	🇱🇻 Latvia	2.6	1,835,935
214	🇦🇺 Australia	2.5	27,227,096
215	🇮🇪 Ireland	2.5	5,356,950
216	🇦🇹 Austria	2.5	9,107,266
217	🇲🇴 Macau	2.4	723,188
218	🇨🇾 Cyprus	2.4	1,382,334
219	🇧🇾 Belarus	2.3	8,937,018
220	🇵🇹 Portugal	2.1	10,395,362
221	🇪🇸 Spain	2.1	47,850,793
222	🇮🇹 Italy	2.1	58,926,166
223	🇨🇿 Czechia	2.0	10,527,780
224	🇰🇷 South Korea	1.9	51,600,388
225	🇧🇲 Bermuda	1.8	64,459
226	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1.8	626,233
227	🇸🇪 Sweden	1.7	10,701,046
228	🇸🇬 Singapore	1.7	5,905,748
229	🇳🇴 Norway	1.7	5,652,989
230	🇫🇮 Finland	1.6	5,621,739
231	🇯🇵 Japan	1.6	122,427,731
232	🇪🇪 Estonia	1.6	1,331,062
233	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	1.4	7,378,602
234	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1.3	2,114,574
235	🇮🇸 Iceland	1.1	402,329
236	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	1.1	77,196
237	🇸🇲 San Marino	1.0	33,605

FAQ

Which country has the highest infant mortality rate in the world?

Sierra Leone has the highest infant mortality rate in the world at 68.1 per 1,000 live births (2026, UN World Population Prospects 2024).

Which country has the lowest infant mortality rate?

San Marino has the lowest infant mortality rate at 1.0 per 1,000 live births (2026).

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, 2026 values. Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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