Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) by country

See the United States's strengths and weaknesses

United States: 5.5 in 2024, 33rd of 38 OECD members (lowest first). 54th of all 196 with data.

Highest: South Sudan (71.9, 2024) · Lowest: San Marino (1.2, 2024) · 196 countries and territories with data.

Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.

Ranking

Latest value for each country (within 5 years).

Over time

United States: rank over time

Rank among the countries with data in each year (lowest first).

World ranking (lowest first)

RankCountryValueYear
1San Marino1.22024
2Estonia1.52024
3Belarus1.82024
4Japan1.82024
5Slovenia1.82024
6Finland1.92024
7Luxembourg1.92024
8Montenegro1.92024
9Norway2.02024
10Sweden2.02024
11Czechia2.12024
12Iceland2.12024
13Latvia2.22024
14Monaco2.22024
15Singapore2.22024
16Italy2.32024
17South Korea2.32024
18Andorra2.42024
19North Macedonia2.52024
20Spain2.62024
21Israel2.72024
22Portugal2.72024
23Austria2.82024
24Lithuania2.82024
25Turks and Caicos Islands3.02024
26Australia3.12024
27Belgium3.12024
28Germany3.12024
29Hungary3.12024
30Greece3.22024
31Switzerland3.42024
32France3.42024
33Ireland3.42024
34Netherlands3.42024
35Denmark3.52024
36Poland3.62024
37United Arab Emirates3.82024
38New Zealand4.02024
39China4.12024
40Cyprus4.12024
41United Kingdom4.12024
42Croatia4.12024
43Russia4.12024
44Bulgaria4.62024
45Serbia4.62024
46Canada4.72024
47Maldives4.72024
48Malta4.72024
49Saudi Arabia4.72024
50Qatar4.82024
51Sri Lanka5.22024
52Slovakia5.32024
53Bosnia and Herzegovina5.52024
54United States5.52024
55Chile5.82024
56Romania6.02024
57Uruguay6.22024
58Cuba6.82024
59Antigua and Barbuda7.02024
60Kuwait7.02024
61Malaysia7.02024
62Bahrain7.32024
63Kazakhstan7.42024
64Georgia7.52024
65Ukraine7.62024
66Nauru7.72024
67Thailand7.72024
68Tonga7.82024
69Libya7.92024
70Argentina8.02024
71Türkiye8.02024
72Kosovo8.02024
73Albania8.32024
74Oman8.32024
75Armenia8.52024
76Brunei8.62024
77El Salvador8.82024
78Barbados9.12024
79Costa Rica9.12024
80São Tomé and Príncipe9.22024
81Nicaragua9.42024
82Tunisia9.72024
83St. Vincent and the Grenadines10.22024
84Iran10.32024
85Colombia10.52024
86Cabo Verde10.62024
87Belize10.82024
88Ecuador10.92024
89Peru11.02024
90Bahamas11.12024
91Mongolia11.22024
92British Virgin Islands11.42024
93Jordan12.02024
94Panama12.02024
95Vietnam12.02024
96Mexico12.12024
97Brazil12.32024
98Samoa12.32024
99Azerbaijan12.52024
100Honduras12.82024
101Uzbekistan12.82024
102Seychelles12.92024
103North Korea13.32024
104Bhutan13.72024
105Mauritius13.82024
106St. Kitts and Nevis13.92024
107Bolivia14.22024
108Vanuatu14.42024
109Paraguay14.52024
110Morocco14.72024
111Kyrgyzstan14.82024
112Suriname14.82024
113Moldova15.12024
114Indonesia15.22024
115Lebanon15.32024
116St. Lucia15.82024
117Grenada16.42024
118Jamaica16.42024
119Cambodia16.42024
120Solomon Islands16.42024
121Tuvalu16.52024
122West Bank and Gaza17.02024
123Trinidad and Tobago17.02024
124Guatemala17.22024
125Syria17.72024
126Palau18.62024
127Algeria19.52024
128Iraq20.12024
129Micronesia20.32024
130Egypt20.82024
131Venezuela21.22024
132Philippines21.72024
133Nepal22.22024
134Marshall Islands22.72024
135Guyana23.22024
136India23.32024
137Fiji23.52024
138Tajikistan23.52024
139South Africa24.22024
140Bangladesh24.42024
141Eritrea24.72024
142Gabon25.92024
143Republic of the Congo27.02024
144Laos27.22024
145Ghana27.52024
146Dominican Republic27.72024
147Tanzania28.72024
148Senegal28.92024
149Rwanda29.42024
150Mauritania30.22024
151Turkmenistan30.42024
152Burundi30.52024
153Papua New Guinea31.32024
154Angola32.12024
155Botswana32.12024
156Gambia32.72024
157Myanmar32.82024
158Dominica33.32024
159Yemen33.82024
160Kenya34.22024
161Ethiopia34.52024
162Timor-Leste34.62024
163Zambia34.62024
164Togo34.82024
165Comoros35.02024
166Uganda35.92024
167Namibia36.42024
168Malawi38.02024
169Kiribati38.82024
170Haiti39.02024
171Cameroon40.22024
172Guinea-Bissau42.12024
173Eswatini42.22024
174Sudan42.92024
175Djibouti43.02024
176Madagascar43.02024
177Burkina Faso43.62024
178Mozambique43.72024
179Côte d'Ivoire44.82024
180Benin45.22024
181Mali47.52024
182Equatorial Guinea47.62024
183Pakistan48.22024
184Afghanistan48.32024
185Sierra Leone54.62024
186Lesotho56.32024
187Chad56.32024
188DR Congo56.42024
189Central African Republic58.82024
190Guinea59.82024
191Zimbabwe62.42024
192Liberia63.22024
193Somalia65.42024
194Niger65.62024
195Nigeria69.82024
196South Sudan71.92024

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.

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