Annual Infant Mortality Rate 2016

-5 year -1 year 2016 +1 year +5 year

In 2016, 🇮🇸Iceland was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 0.7359 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by 🇸🇲San Marino with a infant mortality rate of 1.5008, and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 1.8162 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 148.6084 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by 🇸🇱Sierra Leone with a infant mortality rate of 89.4685, and 🇨🇫Central African Republic with 84.7662 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

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Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 2016

Rank	Country	Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1	🇮🇸Iceland	0.7359
2	🇸🇲San Marino	1.5008
3	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.8162
4	🇫🇮Finland	1.8286
5	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.8815
6	🇯🇵Japan	1.9912
7	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	2.024
8	🇸🇬Singapore	2.0878
9	🇳🇴Norway	2.1412
10	🇪🇪Estonia	2.3134
11	🇸🇪Sweden	2.4679
12	🇪🇸Spain	2.6445
13	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	2.6489
14	🇨🇾Cyprus	2.6904
15	🇮🇹Italy	2.8036
16	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2.8246
17	🇨🇿Czechia	2.837
18	🇮🇱Israel	2.9927
19	🇧🇲Bermuda	3.0482
20	🇦🇺Australia	3.0552
21	🇧🇾Belarus	3.0608
22	🇮🇪Ireland	3.0697
23	🇧🇪Belgium	3.155
24	🇦🇹Austria	3.1658
25	🇩🇰Denmark	3.1944
26	🇵🇹Portugal	3.2475
27	🇲🇪Montenegro	3.4294
28	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.4598
29	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	3.476
30	🇩🇪Germany	3.5165
31	🇳🇿New Zealand	3.532
32	🇨🇭Switzerland	3.5585
33	🇫🇷France	3.6075
34	🇬🇷Greece	3.6377
35	🇱🇻Latvia	3.67
36	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3.7328
37	🇬🇧United Kingdom	3.8449
38	🇭🇺Hungary	3.9597
39	🇵🇱Poland	4.0959
40	🇭🇷Croatia	4.1049
41	🇲🇨Monaco	4.3048
42	🇱🇹Lithuania	4.4428
43	🇨🇦Canada	4.535
44	🇦🇩Andorra	5.0234
45	🇷🇸Serbia	5.0974
46	🇨🇺Cuba	5.2555
47	🇸🇰Slovakia	5.4224
48	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.489
49	🇷🇪Réunion	5.5293
50	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.5845
51	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.6978
52	🇺🇸United States of America	5.8323
53	🇷🇺Russian Federation	5.959
54	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	6.0338
55	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	6.0816
56	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	6.1107
57	🇦🇮Anguilla	6.1265
58	🇻🇦Holy See	6.1419
59	🇶🇦Qatar	6.1624
60	🇵🇫French Polynesia	6.2219
61	🇧🇭Bahrain	6.2864
62	🇬🇬Guernsey	6.3118
63	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	6.4261
64	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	6.4783
65	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	6.4862
66	🇧🇬Bulgaria	6.493
67	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	6.6237
68	🇲🇾Malaysia	6.6706
69	🇲🇸Montserrat	6.8156
70	🇷🇴Romania	6.8932
71	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	6.9317
72	🇨🇱Chile	7.0074
73	🇲🇶Martinique	7.051
74	🇨🇰Cook Islands	7.0761
75	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	7.0852
76	🇲🇹Malta	7.1948
77	🇺🇾Uruguay	7.315
78	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	7.3643
79	🇺🇦Ukraine	7.3912
80	🇲🇻Maldives	7.4736
81	🇨🇷Costa Rica	7.5878
82	🇰🇼Kuwait	7.7717
83	🇹🇭Thailand	7.9192
84	🇯🇪Jersey	8.0348
85	🇨🇳China	8.0413
86	🇾🇹Mayotte	8.1403
87	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	8.271
88	🇦🇱Albania	8.4075
89	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.6048
90	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	8.6458
91	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	8.7044
92	🇦🇸American Samoa	8.7935
93	🇬🇮Gibraltar	9.0798
94	🇴🇲Oman	9.1535
95	🇬🇪Georgia	9.1657
96	🇬🇱Greenland	9.3839
97	🇨🇼Curaçao	9.5149
98	🇬🇫French Guiana	9.6323
99	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	9.8666
100	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	9.8674
101	🇹🇴Tonga	10.2721
102	🇹🇷Türkiye	10.8075
103	🇦🇷Argentina	10.9588
104	🇳🇨New Caledonia	11.0448
105	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	11.0911
106	🇱🇾Libya	11.2311
107	🇬🇺Guam	11.2618
108	🇮🇲Isle of Man	11.3745
109	🇱🇧Lebanon	11.3865
110	🇧🇧Barbados	11.6339
111	🇲🇰North Macedonia	11.8425
112	🇧🇸Bahamas	11.9338
113	🇸🇨Seychelles	12.0322
114	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	12.0335
115	🇲🇺Mauritius	12.1204
116	🇦🇲Armenia	12.1974
117	🇪🇨Ecuador	12.2692
118	🇸🇻El Salvador	12.3082
119	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	12.3378
120	🇬🇩Grenada	12.4049
121	🇨🇴Colombia	12.4214
122	🇧🇿Belize	12.4669
123	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	12.6292
124	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	12.9854
125	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	13.0014
126	🇲🇽Mexico	13.062
127	🇵🇦Panama	13.205
128	🇵🇪Peru	13.3361
129	🇸🇭Saint Helena	13.4005
130	🇦🇼Aruba	13.54
131	🇧🇷Brazil	13.6909
132	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	13.6934
133	🇹🇳Tunisia	13.9598
134	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	14.2858
135	🇯🇴Jordan	14.5501
136	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	14.8056
137	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	15.0112
138	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15.103
139	🇲🇳Mongolia	15.1517
140	🇵🇸State of Palestine	15.185
141	🇼🇸Samoa	15.2819
142	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	15.3967
143	🇳🇮Nicaragua	15.5357
144	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	15.5671
145	🇯🇲Jamaica	15.6674
146	🇻🇳Viet Nam	16.2581
147	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	16.3596
148	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	16.4758
149	🇭🇳Honduras	16.4869
150	🇻🇺Vanuatu	17.2345
151	🇸🇷Suriname	17.3613
152	🇵🇾Paraguay	17.6788
153	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	17.6894
154	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	17.8462
155	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	17.9771
156	🇵🇼Palau	17.9959
157	🇫🇯Fiji	18.2336
158	🇪🇬Egypt	18.3659
159	🇲🇦Morocco	18.9223
160	🇹🇻Tuvalu	20.3536
161	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	20.4494
162	🇩🇿Algeria	20.7701
163	🇵🇭Philippines	21.2517
164	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	21.3604
165	🇮🇩Indonesia	21.882
166	🇬🇹Guatemala	22.3343
167	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	23.3771
168	🇩🇲Dominica	23.6836
169	🇮🇶Iraq	23.771
170	🇳🇺Niue	24.0913
171	🇧🇹Bhutan	24.6326
172	🇳🇷Nauru	25.1996
173	🇰🇭Cambodia	25.2263
174	🇿🇦South Africa	26.1516
175	🇬🇾Guyana	26.4184
176	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	27.1637
177	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	28.0987
178	🇳🇵Nepal	29.5617
179	🇪🇭Western Sahara	29.8231
180	🇹🇯Tajikistan	29.9622
181	🇧🇩Bangladesh	30.1927
182	🇸🇳Senegal	32.0544
183	🇳🇦Namibia	32.5092
184	🇮🇳India	33.0146
185	🇪🇷Eritrea	33.135
186	🇰🇪Kenya	33.8464
187	🇷🇼Rwanda	34.0992
188	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	34.1968
189	🇧🇼Botswana	34.8435
190	🇬🇦Gabon	34.9374
191	🇨🇬Congo	35.8315
192	🇬🇲Gambia	37.262
193	🇾🇪Yemen	37.6617
194	🇲🇷Mauritania	37.7771
195	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	37.8859
196	🇬🇭Ghana	37.9557
197	🇺🇬Uganda	38.1203
198	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	38.2737
199	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	39.6974
200	🇲🇼Malawi	39.7622
201	🇲🇲Myanmar	39.896
202	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	40.1972
203	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	40.3944
204	🇪🇹Ethiopia	42.0106
205	🇸🇩Sudan	43.4989
206	🇩🇯Djibouti	43.6021
207	🇧🇮Burundi	44.7493
208	🇲🇬Madagascar	45.2566
209	🇿🇲Zambia	45.6208
210	🇰🇮Kiribati	46.0174
211	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	46.0624
212	🇰🇲Comoros	46.2368
213	🇸🇿Eswatini	46.9385
214	🇹🇬Togo	50.5894
215	🇭🇹Haiti	52.6985
216	🇦🇫Afghanistan	54.4866
217	🇨🇲Cameroon	58.571
218	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	60.2326
219	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	60.551
220	🇵🇰Pakistan	60.6622
221	🇲🇿Mozambique	61.0359
222	🇧🇯Benin	61.5812
223	🇦🇴Angola	61.9244
224	🇱🇸Lesotho	62.7079
225	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	62.9971
226	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	64.0994
227	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	65.6812
228	🇱🇷Liberia	66.2141
229	🇳🇪Niger	68.7443
230	🇲🇱Mali	72.057
231	🇬🇳Guinea	75.0383
232	🇹🇩Chad	78.3069
233	🇳🇬Nigeria	80.223
234	🇸🇴Somalia	81.0261
235	🇨🇫Central African Republic	84.7662
236	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	89.4685
237	🇸🇸South Sudan	148.6084

How is Infant Mortality Rate calculated?

The infant mortality rate or IMR for short is the number of children that die under one year of age in a given year, per 1,000 live births. Thus, infant mortality rates are calculated as the number of deaths in the first year of life divided by the number of live births, multiplied by 1000.

Infant Mortality Rate Formula

Infant Mortality Rate = deaths under 1 year / live births * 1000

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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