Annual Infant Mortality Rate 2022

In 2022, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro was the country with the lowest infant mortality rate of 1.2045 deaths per 1000 live births. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR with a infant mortality rate of 1.3795, and ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland with 1.4157 infant deaths per 1000 live births. The country with the highest infant mortality rate for the year was ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria with 71.871 deaths per 1000 live births. Followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone with a infant mortality rate of 69.962, and ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho with 69.0136 infant deaths per 1000 live births.

Annual Population Infant Mortality Rate Data By Country in 2022

Rank Country Infant Mortality Rate (deaths per 1000 births)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ชMontenegro 1.2045
2 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐChina, Hong Kong SAR 1.3795
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland 1.4157
4 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎSlovenia 1.4177
5 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎFinland 1.628
6 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌSingapore 1.6569
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan 1.6811
8 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ชEstonia 1.7805
9 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden 1.8274
10 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway 1.8564
11 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พBelarus 1.868
12 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒBermuda 2.1097
13 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พCyprus 2.1276
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡นItaly 2.1361
15 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธSpain 2.1769
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR 2.2358
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ทRepublic of Korea 2.2896
18 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟCzechia 2.355
19 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino 2.3892
20 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡นPortugal 2.4084
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ชIreland 2.4513
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡นAustria 2.4953
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡นLithuania 2.8076
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บAustralia 2.8123
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ปLatvia 2.8492
26 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ชBelgium 2.8668
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑIsrael 2.9278
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐDenmark 2.9332
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ชGermany 2.9612
30 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands 3.0046
31 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ทCroatia 3.044
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บLuxembourg 3.0506
33 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญSwitzerland 3.0974
34 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผChina, Taiwan Province of China 3.1463
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡งUnited Kingdom 3.2144
36 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ทFrance 3.2975
37 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บHungary 3.3128
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ทGreece 3.3673
39 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑPoland 3.3805
40 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟNew Zealand 3.4962
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco 3.6243
42 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡นMayotte 3.7386
43 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆCanada 3.9355
44 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บRussian Federation 4.0073
45 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บCuba 4.017
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ตGuadeloupe 4.3836
47 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธSerbia 4.4199
48 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐSlovakia 4.6759
49 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐTokelau 4.7222
50 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ชRรฉunion 4.7494
51 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆBosnia and Herzegovina 4.871
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐNorth Macedonia 4.9349
53 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑChile 4.947
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌAntigua and Barbuda 4.9533
55 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆQatar 4.9661
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎLiechtenstein 4.9896
57 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธUnited States of America 5.0351
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชUnited Arab Emirates 5.1783
59 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌBulgaria 5.2622
60 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎUnited States Virgin Islands 5.3046
61 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands 5.324
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡นMalta 5.3408
63 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Polynesia 5.3548
64 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra 5.3557
65 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆHoly See 5.3635
66 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญBahrain 5.3854
67 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ดRomania 5.4259
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐSri Lanka 5.4672
69 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆSaudi Arabia 5.5174
70 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐCook Islands 5.6616
71 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พUruguay 5.7735
72 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณChina 5.8803
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พMalaysia 5.9089
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ตNorthern Mariana Islands 5.9128
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ปMaldives 6.0054
76 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎAnguilla 6.0817
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡งLebanon 6.1575
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey 6.1581
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐKosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 6.1737
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถMartinique 6.246
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผKuwait 6.6815
82 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ทPuerto Rico 6.8428
83 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ทCosta Rica 6.8449
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธAmerican Samoa 7.0377
85 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆUkraine 7.0908
86 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญThailand 7.0971
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พCayman Islands 7.3359
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ชJersey 7.48
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซFrench Guiana 7.5528
90 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑSaint Barthรฉlemy 7.5672
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซSaint Martin (French part) 7.6956
92 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ทTรผrkiye 7.7224
93 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒSaint Pierre and Miquelon 7.7723
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณSaint Kitts and Nevis 7.8252
95 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผCuraรงao 7.8496
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒArmenia 8.0522
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ชGeorgia 8.1566
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑAlbania 8.1864
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟKazakhstan 8.4946
100 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒOman 8.5855
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑGreenland 8.5888
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ทArgentina 8.8252
103 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณMongolia 8.8355
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎGibraltar 8.9171
105 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐFalkland Islands (Malvinas) 9.0468
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พLibya 9.1203
107 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ดTonga 9.1821
108 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณBrunei Darussalam 9.3006
109 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จNew Caledonia 9.3839
110 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ชPeru 9.7046
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บGuam 9.7047
112 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซWallis and Futuna Islands 9.7788
113 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ปEl Salvador 9.8953
114 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟBelize 10.0752
115 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธBahamas 10.109
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ทIran (Islamic Republic of) 10.2922
117 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธMontserrat 10.3207
118 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒIsle of Man 10.3966
119 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡งBarbados 10.4046
120 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จEcuador 10.6901
121 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ดColombia 10.886
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝMexico 10.8873
123 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญSaint Helena 11.0936
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒJamaica 11.2786
125 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ปCabo Verde 11.3803
126 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จTurks and Caicos Islands 11.3894
127 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จSeychelles 11.4127
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒDominica 11.4203
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จSaint Lucia 11.9337
130 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ทBrazil 12.2558
131 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎNicaragua 12.2711
132 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉGrenada 12.2868
133 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟUzbekistan 12.3966
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉRepublic of Moldova 12.4163
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ดJordan 12.444
136 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จSaint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.467
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผAruba 12.5536
138 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡นSao Tome and Principe 12.5886
139 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆPanama 12.7112
140 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณHonduras 12.7628
141 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถBonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 12.8121
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌKyrgyzstan 13.1281
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บMauritius 13.391
144 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณTunisia 13.5369
145 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea 13.567
146 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌBritish Virgin Islands 13.7326
147 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธState of Palestine 13.882
148 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝSint Maarten (Dutch part) 13.94
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆMorocco 14.4023
150 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผPalau 14.6285
151 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ชVenezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14.7606
152 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡นTrinidad and Tobago 14.9572
153 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณViet Nam 14.988
154 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธSamoa 15.0759
155 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ทNauru 15.3369
156 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡งSolomon Islands 15.5666
157 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌEgypt 16.016
158 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ทSuriname 16.1175
159 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พSyrian Arab Republic 16.3489
160 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พParaguay 16.3578
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟAzerbaijan 16.4091
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟAlgeria 16.6462
163 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ปTuvalu 17.6097
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถIraq 17.6457
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉIndonesia 17.7291
166 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏFiji 17.9314
167 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บVanuatu 18.8289
168 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒMicronesia (Fed. States of) 18.9212
169 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บNiue 19.4406
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡นGuatemala 19.8249
171 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ตNepal 20.3316
172 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉBangladesh 20.3749
173 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญCambodia 20.5856
174 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡นBhutan 20.6577
175 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณSenegal 21.0327
176 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญPhilippines 21.5864
177 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏTajikistan 23.4193
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พGuyana 23.5595
179 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญWestern Sahara 23.7116
180 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ดDominican Republic 24.3508
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญMarshall Islands 24.5097
182 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ดBolivia (Plurinational State of) 24.9386
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณIndia 26.3083
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผMalawi 27.5097
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ชKenya 27.9712
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒGambia 27.9935
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆSouth Africa 28.0822
188 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผRwanda 28.295
189 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ทEritrea 28.5778
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆGabon 29.4654
191 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆNamibia 29.7716
192 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌUganda 30.4157
193 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆLao People's Democratic Republic 30.5569
194 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste 30.8514
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญGhana 31.6016
196 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟUnited Republic of Tanzania 31.8215
197 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡นEthiopia 31.8892
198 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌMadagascar 32.5846
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒMyanmar 32.7382
200 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒTurkmenistan 32.9211
201 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผBotswana 33.0999
202 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌPapua New Guinea 33.8369
203 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎBurundi 36.3491
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏDjibouti 36.506
205 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌCongo 36.6971
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe 37.4211
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎKiribati 37.4267
208 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉSudan 37.4961
209 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒZambia 38.1508
210 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini 39.165
211 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ชNiger 40.0884
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan 40.8024
213 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡นHaiti 43.3752
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ทMauritania 43.5658
215 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌTogo 43.8895
216 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒComoros 45.5175
217 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒCameroon 45.7513
218 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ชYemen 46.7894
219 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซBurkina Faso 47.4196
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ดAngola 48.2084
221 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉDemocratic Republic of the Congo 49.9998
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผGuinea-Bissau 50.0957
223 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐPakistan 51.7906
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟMozambique 52.8071
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali 53.2765
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถEquatorial Guinea 53.7851
227 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏBenin 54.396
228 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎCรดte d'Ivoire 56.7582
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ทLiberia 57.3112
230 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan 60.7076
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณGuinea 63.9293
232 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉChad 65.4661
233 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia 66.165
234 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซCentral African Republic 67.6984
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho 69.0136
236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑSierra Leone 69.962
237 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌNigeria 71.871

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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