Annual Infant Mortality Rate 2017

In 2017, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 1.1382 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR with a infant mortality rate of 1.3469, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 1.8435 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone with 82.1143 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia with a infant mortality rate of 79.833, and ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria with 79.3825 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 2017

Rank Country Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 1.1382
2 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 1.3469
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 1.8435
4 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 1.9067
5 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 1.9507
6 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 2.0103
7 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 2.2357
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 2.2543
9 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 2.3518
10 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 2.4301
11 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 2.5867
12 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 2.6083
13 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 2.6518
14 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 2.6758
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 2.7226
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 2.7329
17 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 2.7379
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 2.7431
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 2.7508
20 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 2.7521
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 2.7594
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 2.8632
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 2.9304
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 3.1304
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 3.1922
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 3.2327
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 3.2928
28 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 3.4801
29 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 3.5448
30 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 3.5521
31 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 3.5951
32 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 3.638
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 3.6545
34 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 3.7095
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 3.7156
36 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 3.7694
37 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 3.7743
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 3.785
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 3.8814
40 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 4.1122
41 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 4.1204
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 4.3103
43 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 4.3758
44 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 4.4505
45 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 4.4666
46 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 4.5126
47 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 4.6224
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 4.8051
49 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 5.3346
50 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 5.3541
51 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 5.4772
52 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 5.5218
53 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 5.7141
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 5.8206
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 5.9322
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 5.9416
57 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 5.9596
58 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 6.0345
59 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 6.1036
60 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 6.1382
61 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 6.1461
62 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 6.2402
63 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 6.2586
64 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 6.2848
65 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 6.2957
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 6.4702
67 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 6.5879
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 6.6256
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 6.6489
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 6.8689
71 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 6.8698
72 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 6.9071
73 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 7.0026
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 7.0674
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 7.0748
76 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 7.0945
77 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 7.1429
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 7.1445
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 7.4075
80 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 7.4383
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 7.4845
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 7.5003
83 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 7.5573
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 7.5636
85 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 7.6147
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 7.6199
87 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 7.6392
88 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 8.0901
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 8.1426
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 8.4337
91 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 8.4428
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 8.4473
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 8.6696
94 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 8.7082
95 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 8.8747
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 8.9129
97 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 9.0734
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 9.4365
99 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 9.5484
100 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 9.7285
101 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 9.8051
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 9.9232
103 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 10.0407
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 10.3908
105 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 10.4063
106 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 10.4263
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 10.9336
108 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 11.113
109 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 11.289
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 11.3964
111 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 11.4946
112 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 11.6406
113 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 11.6413
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 11.6441
115 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 11.6774
116 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 12.097
117 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 12.1503
118 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 12.1709
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 12.2003
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 12.2391
121 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 12.3818
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 12.4237
123 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 12.4676
124 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 12.5048
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 12.6209
126 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 12.6701
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 12.8377
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 13.0145
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 13.1949
130 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.3461
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 13.5694
132 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 13.6969
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 13.7114
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 14.0365
135 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 14.1831
136 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 14.3423
137 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 14.4598
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 14.8388
139 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 14.9559
140 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 15.0575
141 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 15.1054
142 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 15.1616
143 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 15.1686
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 15.2506
145 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 15.3131
146 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 15.4449
147 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15.7974
148 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 16.2403
149 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 16.7941
150 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 16.8988
151 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 17.0184
152 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 17.1485
153 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 17.5293
154 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 17.824
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 17.825
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 17.941
157 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 17.9533
158 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 18.235
159 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 18.504
160 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 20.1689
161 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 20.2118
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 20.4878
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 21.2116
164 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 21.255
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 21.7482
166 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 22.31
167 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 22.3395
168 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 22.6354
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 22.9929
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 23.4053
171 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 23.8827
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 24.2146
173 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 25.3715
174 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 25.5558
175 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 26.5544
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 27.2633
177 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 27.9607
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 28.2942
179 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 28.4926
180 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 28.8069
181 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 29.533
182 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 30.4357
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 31.0591
184 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 31.5693
185 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 32.1774
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 32.565
187 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 32.7463
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 32.9909
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 33.7025
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 34.5317
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 35.0031
192 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 35.4372
193 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 35.7934
194 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 36.1583
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 36.1994
196 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 36.5404
197 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 37.2778
198 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 38.0007
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 38.1024
200 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 38.6174
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 38.7236
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 39.2072
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 39.264
204 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 39.6044
205 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 42.77
206 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 42.7719
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 42.8567
208 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 43.0694
209 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 43.4416
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 44.5139
211 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 46.1061
212 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 47.2614
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 49.3769
214 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 49.6003
215 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 50.1622
216 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 50.349
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 51.3413
218 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 54.8387
219 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 54.9271
220 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 55.0428
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 57.4875
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 58.3044
223 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 58.6321
224 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 58.7625
225 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 60.6306
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 62.0845
227 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 63.5385
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 63.719
229 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 63.8645
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 64.0887
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 70.0207
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 70.065
233 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 76.2684
234 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 79.3004
235 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 79.3825
236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 79.833
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 82.1143

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 2022.

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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