Annual Infant Mortality Rate 2018

-5 year -1 year 2018 +1 year +5 year

In 2018, 🇸🇲San Marino was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 1.3576 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by 🇪🇪Estonia with a infant mortality rate of 1.6073, and 🇲🇪Montenegro with 1.6168 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 84.2594 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by 🇸🇱Sierra Leone with a infant mortality rate of 83.8844, and 🇸🇴Somalia with 83.6974 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

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Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 2018

Rank	Country	Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1	🇸🇲San Marino	1.3576
2	🇪🇪Estonia	1.6073
3	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.6168
4	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.6531
5	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.6538
6	🇮🇸Iceland	1.6834
7	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.7778
8	🇯🇵Japan	1.879
9	🇸🇬Singapore	1.9852
10	🇸🇪Sweden	2.0118
11	🇫🇮Finland	2.025
12	🇳🇴Norway	2.2943
13	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	2.4832
14	🇨🇿Czechia	2.5484
15	🇪🇸Spain	2.6135
16	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	2.6553
17	🇧🇾Belarus	2.6762
18	🇦🇹Austria	2.692
19	🇧🇲Bermuda	2.7016
20	🇨🇾Cyprus	2.7685
21	🇮🇪Ireland	2.8117
22	🇮🇹Italy	2.84
23	🇮🇱Israel	2.9975
24	🇱🇻Latvia	3.0417
25	🇦🇺Australia	3.1381
26	🇩🇪Germany	3.174
27	🇭🇺Hungary	3.2426
28	🇵🇹Portugal	3.3123
29	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	3.3226
30	🇨🇭Switzerland	3.3245
31	🇱🇹Lithuania	3.3555
32	🇳🇱Netherlands	3.4243
33	🇬🇷Greece	3.5985
34	🇩🇰Denmark	3.6261
35	🇳🇿New Zealand	3.6449
36	🇧🇪Belgium	3.7222
37	🇬🇧United Kingdom	3.791
38	🇫🇷France	3.8063
39	🇵🇱Poland	3.8469
40	🇲🇨Monaco	4.0812
41	🇭🇷Croatia	4.2611
42	🇱🇺Luxembourg	4.3423
43	🇨🇦Canada	4.7477
44	🇷🇸Serbia	4.8334
45	🇸🇰Slovakia	4.8941
46	🇷🇺Russian Federation	4.9968
47	🇹🇰Tokelau	5.0152
48	🇦🇩Andorra	5.1694
49	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	5.3532
50	🇷🇪Réunion	5.5144
51	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	5.5303
52	🇶🇦Qatar	5.5326
53	🇲🇹Malta	5.5567
54	🇨🇺Cuba	5.5597
55	🇺🇸United States of America	5.5708
56	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.6232
57	🇧🇬Bulgaria	5.652
58	🇲🇰North Macedonia	5.674
59	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	5.6972
60	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	5.7423
61	🇦🇮Anguilla	5.7447
62	🇻🇦Holy See	5.8413
63	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	5.8586
64	🇵🇫French Polynesia	5.929
65	🇷🇴Romania	5.9697
66	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	6.0026
67	🇧🇭Bahrain	6.0192
68	🇬🇬Guernsey	6.1565
69	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	6.2264
70	🇨🇱Chile	6.2291
71	🇲🇻Maldives	6.3513
72	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	6.359
73	🇲🇸Montserrat	6.3627
74	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	6.3711
75	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	6.4618
76	🇺🇾Uruguay	6.5815
77	🇨🇰Cook Islands	6.5882
78	🇲🇾Malaysia	6.6319
79	🇺🇦Ukraine	6.8451
80	🇨🇳China	6.9578
81	🇲🇶Martinique	7.1048
82	🇨🇷Costa Rica	7.233
83	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	7.333
84	🇹🇭Thailand	7.3813
85	🇰🇼Kuwait	7.5726
86	🇦🇱Albania	8.1581
87	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	8.2564
88	🇯🇪Jersey	8.3158
89	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	8.3436
90	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.5036
91	🇾🇹Mayotte	8.5091
92	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	8.5906
93	🇦🇸American Samoa	8.7499
94	🇬🇪Georgia	8.7658
95	🇬🇮Gibraltar	8.7996
96	🇴🇲Oman	8.9732
97	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	9.0188
98	🇨🇼Curaçao	9.0871
99	🇬🇫French Guiana	9.4116
100	🇬🇱Greenland	9.4703
101	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	9.8128
102	🇹🇷Türkiye	9.8136
103	🇹🇴Tonga	9.9574
104	🇱🇾Libya	10.185
105	🇦🇷Argentina	10.3384
106	🇳🇨New Caledonia	10.528
107	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10.648
108	🇧🇧Barbados	11.037
109	🇦🇲Armenia	11.0565
110	🇮🇲Isle of Man	11.1136
111	🇧🇿Belize	11.3056
112	🇪🇨Ecuador	11.3799
113	🇬🇺Guam	11.3908
114	🇸🇻El Salvador	11.407
115	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	11.4194
116	🇨🇴Colombia	11.64
117	🇧🇸Bahamas	11.6648
118	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	11.7397
119	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	12.0839
120	🇸🇨Seychelles	12.1157
121	🇱🇧Lebanon	12.1448
122	🇲🇽Mexico	12.224
123	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	12.5326
124	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	12.5774
125	🇸🇭Saint Helena	12.5947
126	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	12.5959
127	🇬🇩Grenada	12.6686
128	🇹🇳Tunisia	12.6688
129	🇵🇪Peru	12.8152
130	🇦🇼Aruba	13.0781
131	🇧🇷Brazil	13.1824
132	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13.2409
133	🇲🇺Mauritius	13.3187
134	🇲🇳Mongolia	13.6259
135	🇯🇴Jordan	13.679
136	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	13.7471
137	🇵🇦Panama	13.8867
138	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	14.0083
139	🇵🇸State of Palestine	14.222
140	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	14.4933
141	🇳🇮Nicaragua	14.5008
142	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	14.6624
143	🇼🇸Samoa	14.815
144	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	14.8189
145	🇭🇳Honduras	15.3728
146	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	15.4316
147	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	15.6343
148	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	15.6402
149	🇯🇲Jamaica	15.8191
150	🇻🇳Viet Nam	15.9677
151	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	16.1879
152	🇸🇷Suriname	16.4305
153	🇵🇾Paraguay	16.5588
154	🇻🇺Vanuatu	16.6186
155	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	16.9067
156	🇪🇬Egypt	17.0769
157	🇲🇦Morocco	17.2621
158	🇵🇼Palau	18.5988
159	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	18.9501
160	🇹🇻Tuvalu	19.0127
161	🇫🇯Fiji	19.4295
162	🇩🇿Algeria	20.0105
163	🇮🇩Indonesia	20.3957
164	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	20.5775
165	🇬🇹Guatemala	20.8807
166	🇵🇭Philippines	21.1971
167	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	21.9988
168	🇮🇶Iraq	22.3455
169	🇳🇺Niue	22.6436
170	🇧🇹Bhutan	22.8575
171	🇰🇭Cambodia	23.1241
172	🇳🇷Nauru	23.7835
173	🇬🇾Guyana	24.9082
174	🇩🇲Dominica	24.9554
175	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	25.7522
176	🇿🇦South Africa	26.0829
177	🇳🇵Nepal	27.0405
178	🇧🇩Bangladesh	27.6892
179	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	27.7381
180	🇪🇭Western Sahara	27.8442
181	🇹🇯Tajikistan	28.3681
182	🇸🇳Senegal	29.3507
183	🇮🇳India	29.5615
184	🇳🇦Namibia	31.0333
185	🇪🇷Eritrea	31.3328
186	🇷🇼Rwanda	32.0075
187	🇰🇪Kenya	32.5281
188	🇬🇦Gabon	32.5441
189	🇧🇼Botswana	32.7474
190	🇨🇬Congo	33.7073
191	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	34.1335
192	🇬🇲Gambia	34.7497
193	🇺🇬Uganda	34.8258
194	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	35.334
195	🇬🇭Ghana	35.5744
196	🇲🇷Mauritania	35.6651
197	🇲🇼Malawi	35.909
198	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	36.1746
199	🇾🇪Yemen	36.636
200	🇲🇲Myanmar	37.2362
201	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	37.6046
202	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	37.6457
203	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	37.6684
204	🇪🇹Ethiopia	38.9251
205	🇸🇩Sudan	41.315
206	🇩🇯Djibouti	41.4265
207	🇧🇮Burundi	41.501
208	🇰🇲Comoros	43.366
209	🇿🇲Zambia	43.5154
210	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	43.6251
211	🇸🇿Eswatini	44.2288
212	🇲🇬Madagascar	45.2326
213	🇰🇮Kiribati	46.001
214	🇹🇬Togo	47.7877
215	🇭🇹Haiti	49.651
216	🇦🇫Afghanistan	50.0616
217	🇨🇲Cameroon	54.9546
218	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	56.7863
219	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	56.9281
220	🇲🇿Mozambique	57.1936
221	🇵🇰Pakistan	57.279
222	🇦🇴Angola	57.3082
223	🇧🇯Benin	58.9815
224	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	59.4872
225	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	60.3567
226	🇱🇸Lesotho	61.0701
227	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	61.807
228	🇱🇷Liberia	63.1572
229	🇳🇪Niger	67.6961
230	🇲🇱Mali	68.7523
231	🇬🇳Guinea	72.4821
232	🇹🇩Chad	74.1455
233	🇳🇬Nigeria	77.8029
234	🇨🇫Central African Republic	80.9298
235	🇸🇴Somalia	83.6974
236	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	83.8844
237	🇸🇸South Sudan	84.2594

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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