World ranking · 2026
Infant mortality rate by country, 2026
Infant mortality counts babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive. The world’s rate is 25.9 in 2026; in rich countries it is under 5.
Highest
- 1. Sierra Leone68.1
- 2. Nigeria66.9
- 3. Central African Republic64.8
- 4. Somalia64.3
- 5. Guinea63.1
Lowest
- 49 countries of a million people or more lose fewer than 5 babies in 1,000.
- 24 still lose 40 or more, almost all in sub-Saharan Africa.
Highest and lowest among countries of a million people or more.
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Darker = more babies die before their first birthday.
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births
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All 237 countries and areas
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Côte d'Ivoire | 49.3 | 33,494,346 |
| 16 | DR Congo | 47.4 | 116,452,162 |
| 17 | Mozambique | 47.0 | 36,639,850 |
| 18 | Pakistan | 46.5 | 259,299,792 |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.5 | 2,297,808 |
| 20 | Angola | 45.9 | 40,215,180 |
| 21 | Cameroon | 43.6 | 30,640,817 |
| 22 | Madagascar | 42.6 | 33,522,052 |
| 23 | Haiti | 42.6 | 12,037,506 |
| 24 | Kiribati | 41.3 | 138,445 |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 40.0 | 45,047,068 |
| 26 | Togo | 39.1 | 9,930,918 |
| 27 | Sudan | 36.0 | 53,282,719 |
| 28 | Eswatini | 36.0 | 1,269,859 |
| 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 | Laos | 27.8 | 7,974,018 |
| 43 | Gambia | 27.8 | 2,884,079 |
| 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 | Bangladesh | 15.3 | 177,818,044 |
| 77 | Fiji | 15.3 | 937,282 |
| 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 | Vietnam | 14.0 | 102,177,431 |
| 83 | Venezuela | 14.0 | 28,633,711 |
| 84 | Syria | 13.3 | 26,472,497 |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 13.3 | 10,454,855 |
| 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 | 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 | Suriname | 10.3 | 645,256 |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 10.3 | 244,994 |
| 111 | Isle of Man | 10.3 | 84,054 |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 10.2 | 7,097,329 |
| 113 | Bahamas | 10.1 | 404,628 |
| 114 | British Virgin Islands | 10.1 | 39,936 |
| 115 | Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba | 10.1 | 31,913 |
| 116 | Mexico | 9.7 | 132,997,658 |
| 117 | Panama | 9.7 | 4,625,718 |
| 118 | Seychelles | 9.7 | 134,959 |
| 119 | Peru | 9.6 | 34,922,148 |
| 120 | Guam | 9.4 | 170,185 |
| 121 | Ecuador | 9.3 | 18,444,506 |
| 122 | Moldova | 9.3 | 2,961,253 |
| 123 | Greenland | 9.2 | 55,629 |
| 124 | Colombia | 9.0 | 53,936,226 |
| 125 | Cabo 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 | Iran | 8.5 | 93,168,497 |
| 130 | Argentina | 8.5 | 46,003,734 |
| 131 | Armenia | 8.5 | 2,930,915 |
| 132 | Kosovo | 8.3 | 1,666,992 |
| 133 | French Guiana | 8.3 | 318,872 |
| 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 | Turkey | 8.0 | 87,926,082 |
| 139 | Gibraltar | 8.0 | 40,867 |
| 140 | Mayotte | 7.9 | 347,536 |
| 141 | New Caledonia | 7.9 | 297,892 |
| 142 | American Samoa | 7.9 | 45,318 |
| 143 | Curacao | 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 | 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 | China | 5.4 | 1,412,914,089 |
| 164 | Qatar | 5.4 | 3,173,559 |
| 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 | Bahrain | 4.9 | 1,675,572 |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 4.9 | 283,076 |
| 171 | Andorra | 4.9 | 83,753 |
| 172 | Saint Barthelemy | 4.9 | 11,550 |
| 173 | Montserrat | 4.9 | 4,328 |
| 174 | Malaysia | 4.8 | 36,385,115 |
| 175 | Romania | 4.8 | 18,800,605 |
| 176 | United States | 4.7 | 349,035,494 |
| 177 | Ukraine | 4.7 | 39,535,848 |
| 178 | Sri Lanka | 4.7 | 23,348,315 |
| 179 | United Arab Emirates | 4.7 | 11,574,682 |
| 180 | Bulgaria | 4.6 | 6,667,660 |
| 181 | Puerto Rico | 4.6 | 3,222,688 |
| 182 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 4.6 | 83,400 |
| 183 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.5 | 3,114,242 |
| 184 | Northern Mariana Islands | 4.5 | 42,914 |
| 185 | Malta | 4.4 | 549,011 |
| 186 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.4 | 47,148 |
| 187 | Anguilla | 4.4 | 14,817 |
| 188 | Cuba | 4.3 | 10,892,659 |
| 189 | Maldives | 4.1 | 531,517 |
| 190 | Reunion | 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 | Serbia | 3.7 | 6,641,964 |
| 195 | Slovakia | 3.7 | 5,451,342 |
| 196 | Monaco | 3.7 | 38,087 |
| 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 | Netherlands | 2.9 | 18,448,775 |
| 205 | Lithuania | 2.9 | 2,797,338 |
| 206 | Israel | 2.8 | 9,647,689 |
| 207 | Belgium | 2.7 | 11,774,642 |
| 208 | Hungary | 2.7 | 9,585,818 |
| 209 | Denmark | 2.7 | 6,023,520 |
| 210 | Luxembourg | 2.7 | 687,448 |
| 211 | Germany | 2.6 | 83,644,258 |
| 212 | Greece | 2.6 | 9,897,116 |
| 213 | Latvia | 2.6 | 1,835,935 |
| 214 | Australia | 2.5 | 27,227,096 |
| 215 | Austria | 2.5 | 9,107,266 |
| 216 | Ireland | 2.5 | 5,356,950 |
| 217 | Cyprus | 2.4 | 1,382,334 |
| 218 | Macao | 2.4 | 723,188 |
| 219 | Belarus | 2.3 | 8,937,018 |
| 220 | Italy | 2.1 | 58,926,166 |
| 221 | Spain | 2.1 | 47,850,793 |
| 222 | Portugal | 2.1 | 10,395,362 |
| 223 | Czechia | 2.0 | 10,527,780 |
| 224 | South Korea | 1.9 | 51,600,388 |
| 225 | Montenegro | 1.8 | 626,233 |
| 226 | Bermuda | 1.8 | 64,459 |
| 227 | Sweden | 1.7 | 10,701,046 |
| 228 | Singapore | 1.7 | 5,905,748 |
| 229 | Norway | 1.7 | 5,652,989 |
| 230 | Japan | 1.6 | 122,427,731 |
| 231 | Finland | 1.6 | 5,621,739 |
| 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 |
Questions
Which country has the highest infant mortality rate?
Sierra Leone, with 68.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2026, then Nigeria (66.9), Central African Republic (64.8), Somalia (64.3).
Which country has the lowest infant mortality rate?
Slovenia, with 1.3 per 1,000 live births, then Hong Kong (1.4), Estonia (1.6), Finland (1.6).
What is the difference between infant and under-5 mortality?
Infant mortality counts deaths before age one; under-5 mortality counts deaths before age five. Both are per 1,000 live births, and the under-5 rate is always the higher of the two.
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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. 2026 figures are the medium-variant projection. Method