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WORLD INFANT MORTALITY REPORT!

Infant Mortality Death Rates take a huge toll on World Life Expectancy rankings. It's true most of the problems are in Developing countries such as Africa, but there can be dramatic differences in places like India and China. For example the death rate is 39.6 per 1000 live births in India and only 11.2 per 1000 live births in China, which has greatly improved. In the Developed world there are dramatic differences as well. The United States death rate is 5.2 and Japan is 1.9 per 1000 live births. You can clear map and add colors one at a time to enhance your view of the rankings. Region rankings can be seen below the Map.

 
 
 
 
 
1 AFGHANISTAN 106.8
2 SOMALIA 88.0
3 CENTRAL AFRICA 84.2
4 NIGER 68.1
5 CHAD 67.0
6 SIERRA LEONE 65.3
7 GAMBIA 65.0
8 SOUTH SUDAN 64.8
9 EQU. GUINEA 63.3
10 MOZAMBIQUE 63.0
11 DR CONGO 62.6
12 MALI 62.3
13 ANGOLA 60.6
14 NIGERIA 58.2
15 COMOROS 58.2
16 COTE D IVOIRE 57.4
17 BENIN 57.2
18 PAKISTAN 55.3
19 MAURITANIA 52.1
20 GUINEA 51.0
21 BURKINA FASO 50.7
22 GUINEA-BISSAU 50.4
23 LESOTHO 50.2
24 CAMEROON 50.1
25 LAOS 49.5
26 CONGO 49.3
27 DJIBOUTI 47.8
28 SENEGAL 47.7
29 YEMEN 47.6
30 LIBERIA 46.0
31 CAMBODIA 45.6
32 SAO TOME 45.3
33 SUDAN 43.2
34 TOGO 42.6
35 ERITREA 42.4
36 HAITI 41.3
37 SWAZILAND 41.2
38 NEW GUINEA 40.3
39 MADAGASCAR 39.8
40 INDIA 39.6
41 BOLIVIA 39.3
42 BURUNDI 39.0
43 TURKMENISTAN 38.5
44 ZAMBIA 37.9
45 BHUTAN 36.0
46 ETHIOPIA 34.6
47 TIMOR-LESTE 34.5
48 MALAWI 34.2
49 MYANMAR 33.7
50 KIRIBATI 33.7
51 GHANA 33.3
52 TAJIKISTAN 33.1
53 TANZANIA 31.5
54 UGANDA 31.5
55 BANGLADESH 31.1
56 NAMIBIA 30.4
57 GABON 29.5
58 ZIMBABWE 29.4
59 KENYA 28.8
60 RWANDA 27.2
61 SOUTH AFRICA 26.8
62 GUATEMALA 26.8
63 SURINAME 26.6
64 MALDIVES 26.4
65 KYRGYZSTAN 26.3
66 BOTSWANA 26.0
67 NEPAL 25.7
68 TRINIDAD/TOB. 24.6
69 AZERBAIJAN 24.1
70 CAPE VERDE 24.1
71 PARAGUAY 23.8
72 GUYANA 22.7
73 MICRONESIA 22.5
74 NORTH KOREA 22.4
75 VENEZUELA 22.2
76 DOMINICAN REP. 21.7
77 MONGOLIA 20.6
78 PHILIPPINES 20.6
79 SOLOMON ISL. 20.5
80 ALGERIA 20.2
81 INDONESIA 20.2
82 IRAQ 20.1
83 TURKEY 19.9
84 KAZAKHSTAN 19.6
85 NICARAGUA 19.6
86 UZBEKISTAN 19.4
87 PERU 19.4
88 MOROCCO 19.0
89 SAMOA 18.8
90 ECUADOR 18.6
91 BRAZIL 18.4
92 EGYPT 18.3
93 SYRIA 16.3
94 HONDURAS 15.4
95 IRAN 15.1
96 GEORGIA 15.1
97 VIET NAM 15.1
98 OMAN 14.8
99 VANUATU 14.7
100 ANTIGUA/BAR. 14.7
101 JORDAN 14.3
102 SAINT VINCENT 13.2
103 BAHAMAS 13.1
104 COLOMBIA 12.9
105 TONGA 12.7
106 SAUDI ARABIA 12.6
107 ARMENIA 12.5
108 EL SALVADOR 12.4
109 SAINT LUCIA 12.2
110 TUNISIA 12.2
111 MOLDOVA 11.8
112 MEXICO 11.6
113 LIBYA 11.5
114 JAMAICA 11.4
115 BELIZE 11.4
116 PANAMA 11.3
117 CHINA 11.2
118 ALBANIA 11.1
119 SEYCHELLES 10.8
120 MAURITIUS 10.8
121 BRUNEI 10.8
122 BAHRAIN 10.5
123 FIJI 10.3
124 BARBADOS 10.2
125 GRENADA 9.6
126 ARGENTINA 9.6
127 ROMANIA 9.4
128 CROATIA 8.9
129 CYPRUS 8.6
130 COSTA RICA 8.6
131 URUGUAY 8.5
132 SRI LANKA 8.4
133 BULGARIA 8.1
134 KUWAIT 7.6
135 UKRAINE 7.4
136 LEBANON 7.2
137 MALAYSIA 6.7
138 QATAR 6.7
139 CHILE 6.7
140 THAILAND 6.6
141 RUSSIA 6.5
142 SERBIA 5.7
143 BOSNIA/HERZEG. 5.3
144 ARAB EMIRATES 5.3
145 UNITED STATES 5.2
146 LATVIA 4.9
147 SLOVAKIA 4.9
148 HUNGARY 4.7
149 MALTA 4.6
150 CANADA 4.4
151 UNITED KINGDOM 4.3
152 POLAND 4.2
153 CUBA 4.2
154 LITHUANIA 3.7
155 SWITZERLAND 3.6
156 ISRAEL 3.6
157 GREECE 3.6
158 IRELAND 3.5
159 NEW ZEALAND 3.5
160 ESTONIA 3.5
161 NETHERLANDS 3.5
162 BELARUS 3.3
163 LUXEMBOURG 3.3
164 MONTENEGRO 3.3
165 AUSTRIA 3.3
166 BELGIUM 3.2
167 GERMANY 3.2
168 FRANCE 3.2
169 SPAIN 3.1
170 ITALY 3.1
171 DENMARK 3.1
172 AUSTRALIA 3.1
173 SOUTH KOREA 2.9
174 PORTUGAL 2.5
175 SWEDEN 2.5
176 CZECH REPUBLIC 2.4
177 NORWAY 2.3
178 FINLAND 2.2
179 JAPAN 1.9
180 ICELAND 1.7
181 SINGAPORE 1.6
182 SLOVENIA 1.5
WORLD INFANT MORTALITY MAP
Death rate per 1000 live births

Africa

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Somalia
88.03
2
2. Central Africa
84.22
3
3. Niger
68.12
4
4. Chad
67.02
5
5. Sierra Leone
65.34
6
6. Gambia
65.04
7
7. South Sudan
64.77
8
8. Equ. Guinea
63.25
9
9. Mozambique
63.03
10
10. DR Congo
62.63
11
11. Mali
62.31
12
12. Angola
60.58
13
13. Nigeria
58.23
14
14. Comoros
58.21
15
15. Cote d Ivoire
57.36
16
16. Benin
57.23
17
17. Mauritania
52.05
19
18. Guinea
50.99
20
19. Burkina Faso
50.71
21
20. Guinea-Bissau
50.44
22
21. Lesotho
50.23
23
22. Cameroon
50.09
24
23. Congo
49.28
26
24. Djibouti
47.78
27
25. Senegal
47.72
28
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Liberia
45.98
30
27. Sao Tome
45.30
32
28. Sudan
43.15
33
29. Togo
42.64
34
30. Eritrea
42.39
35
31. Swaziland
41.20
37
32. Madagascar
39.82
39
33. Burundi
38.96
42
34. Zambia
37.91
44
35. Ethiopia
34.62
46
36. Malawi
34.19
48
37. Ghana
33.33
51
38. Tanzania
31.51
53
39. Uganda
31.49
54
40. Namibia
30.38
56
41. Gabon
29.45
58
42. Zimbabwe
29.41
59
43. Kenya
28.81
60
44. Rwanda
27.16
61
45. South Africa
26.82
62
46. Botswana
25.97
67
47. Cape Verde
24.10
70
48. Seychelles
10.83
124
49. Mauritius
10.82
125

Asia

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Afghanistan
106.75
1
2. Pakistan
55.26
18
3. Laos
49.48
25
4. Cambodia
45.62
31
5. India
39.55
40
6. Turkmenistan
38.54
43
7. Bhutan
35.99
45
8. Timor-Leste
34.47
47
9. Myanmar
33.71
49
10. Tajikistan
33.05
52
11. Bangladesh
31.13
55
12. Maldives
26.40
65
13. Kyrgyzstan
26.26
66
14. Nepal
25.73
68
15. Azerbaijan
24.10
71
16. North Korea
22.42
75
17. Mongolia
20.60
79
Region Rank Rate World Rank
18. Philippines
20.55
80
19. Indonesia
20.16
83
20. Kazakhstan
19.59
86
21. Uzbekistan
19.42
88
22. Georgia
15.10
98
23. Viet Nam
15.09
100
24. Armenia
12.47
110
25. China
11.15
122
26. Brunei
10.79
126
27. Sri Lanka
8.36
138
28. Malaysia
6.70
145
29. Thailand
6.58
148
30. Russia
6.51
149
31. South Korea
2.91
182
32. Japan
1.92
188
33. Singapore
1.56
191

South America

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Bolivia
39.27
41
2. Guatemala
26.81
63
3. Suriname
26.60
64
4. Paraguay
23.83
72
5. Guyana
22.68
73
6. Venezuela
22.23
76
7. Nicaragua
19.57
87
8. Peru
19.37
89
9. Ecuador
18.55
92
10. Brazil
18.37
93
Region Rank Rate World Rank
11. Honduras
15.39
97
12. Colombia
12.88
107
13. El Salvador
12.38
111
14. Belize
11.40
120
15. Panama
11.25
121
16. Argentina
9.55
131
17. Costa Rica
8.59
135
18. Uruguay
8.48
137
19. Chile
6.68
146

North America

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Haiti
41.29
36
2. Trinidad/Tob.
24.55
69
3. Dominican Rep.
21.68
78
4. Antigua/Bar.
14.65
103
5. Saint Vincent
13.16
105
6. Bahamas
13.05
106
7. Saint Lucia
12.23
112
Region Rank Rate World Rank
8. Mexico
11.64
115
9. Jamaica
11.42
119
10. Barbados
10.23
129
11. Grenada
9.60
130
12. United States
5.22
153
13. Canada
4.44
158
14. Cuba
4.19
161

Europe

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Moldova
11.83
114
2. Albania
11.10
123
3. Romania
9.41
132
4. Croatia
8.91
133
5. Cyprus
8.61
134
6. Bulgaria
8.14
139
7. Ukraine
7.44
142
8. Serbia
5.67
150
9. Bosnia/Herzeg.
5.32
151
10. Latvia
4.93
154
11. Slovakia
4.90
155
12. Hungary
4.69
156
13. Malta
4.62
157
14. United Kingdom
4.27
159
15. Poland
4.22
160
16. Lithuania
3.66
162
17. Switzerland
3.64
163
18. Greece
3.61
165
19. Ireland
3.52
166
Region Rank Rate World Rank
20. Estonia
3.47
169
21. Netherlands
3.45
170
22. Belarus
3.31
171
23. Luxembourg
3.30
172
24. Montenegro
3.29
174
25. Austria
3.29
173
26. Belgium
3.24
176
27. Germany
3.24
175
28. France
3.19
177
29. Spain
3.14
179
30. Italy
3.14
178
31. Denmark
3.09
180
32. Portugal
2.53
183
33. Sweden
2.45
184
34. Czech Republic
2.42
185
35. Norway
2.34
186
36. Finland
2.15
187
37. Iceland
1.66
190
38. Slovenia
1.53
192

Oceania

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. New Guinea
40.33
38
2. Kiribati
33.66
50
3. Micronesia
22.45
74
4. Solomon Isl.
20.52
81
5. Samoa
18.75
91
Region Rank Rate World Rank
6. Vanuatu
14.69
102
7. Tonga
12.73
108
8. Fiji
10.27
128
9. New Zealand
3.50
167
10. Australia
3.05
181

Middle East

Death rate per 1000 live births
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Yemen
47.56
29
2. Algeria
20.23
82
3. Iraq
20.08
84
4. Turkey
19.87
85
5. Morocco
19.00
90
6. Egypt
18.25
94
7. Syria
16.27
96
8. Iran
15.10
99
9. Oman
14.76
101
10. Jordan
14.25
104
Region Rank Rate World Rank
11. Saudi Arabia
12.58
109
12. Tunisia
12.16
113
13. Libya
11.48
118
14. Bahrain
10.54
127
15. Kuwait
7.60
141
16. Lebanon
7.20
143
17. Qatar
6.70
144
18. Arab Emirates
5.25
152
19. Israel
3.62
164
Data Source: CIA 2021