Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) - Gender Statistics

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Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Rank	Country	Value
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) - Gender Statistics (2009)
1	Afghanistan	133.70
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	125.80
3	Chad	124
4	Sierra Leone	122.80
5	Guinea-Bissau	115.20
6	Central African Republic	112
7	Somalia	108.50
8	Burundi	101.30
9	Mali	100.50
10	Angola	98.10
11	Mozambique	95.90
12	Cameroon	94.60
13	Burkina Faso	90.80
14	Equatorial Guinea	88.10
15	Guinea	87.80
16	Zambia	86.30
17	Nigeria	85.80
18	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	84.19
19	Ivory Coast	83.10
20	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	80.77
21	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	80.77
22	Republic of the Congo	80.50
23	Liberia	79.90
24	Uganda	79.40
25	Gambia	78.40
26	Least developed countries: UN classification	77.76
27	Niger	75.70
28	Low income	75.65
29	Djibouti	75
30	Benin	74.80
31	Comoros	74.80
32	Mauritania	74.30
33	Pakistan	70.50
34	Rwanda	70.40
35	Sudan	69.30
36	Malawi	68.80
37	Tanzania	68.40
38	Cambodia	68
39	Ethiopia	67.10
40	Togo	64.30
41	Haiti	63.70
42	Lesotho	61
43	Zimbabwe	56.30
44	Kenya	54.80
45	South Asia	54.62
46	Burma	53.80
47	Bhutan	52.40
48	Swaziland	52
49	Papua New Guinea	52
50	Sao Tome and Principe	52
51	Tajikistan	51.80
52	Gabon	51.50
53	Yemen	50.80
54	Senegal	50.70
55	India	50.30
56	Timor-Leste	48.10
57	Low & middle income	46.94
58	Ghana	46.70
59	Laos	45.80
60	South Africa	43.10
61	Lower middle income	42.65
62	Botswana	42.60
63	Turkmenistan	41.50
64	Bangladesh	41.20
65	Madagascar	40.50
66	Bolivia	39.70
67	Eritrea	39.10
68	Nepal	38.60
69	Middle income	38.44
70	Kiribati	37.30
71	Arab World	36.74
72	Iraq	35.40
73	Namibia	33.60
74	Morocco	33.20
75	Guatemala	32.60
76	Kyrgyzstan	32.10
77	Uzbekistan	31.80
78	Micronesia	31.60
79	Trinidad and Tobago	31.10
80	Indonesia	29.80
81	Azerbaijan	29.60
82	Solomon Islands	29.60
83	Marshall Islands	29.30
84	Tuvalu	29.10
85	Algeria	29
86	Guyana	28.90
87	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	27.35
88	Dominican Republic	26.70
89	Philippines	26.20
90	Georgia	26
91	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	25.91
92	Jamaica	25.90
93	Iran	25.90
94	Kazakhstan	25.60
95	Honduras	25
96	West Bank and Gaza	24.50
97	Mongolia	24.30
98	Suriname	23.60
99	Cape Verde	23.30
100	Nicaragua	21.80
101	Jordan	21.50
102	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	21.43
103	Western Samoa	21.30
104	Ecuador	20.40
105	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	20.38
106	Armenia	19.60
107	Vietnam	19.50
108	Peru	19.40
109	Paraguay	19.40
110	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	18.98
111	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	18.92
112	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	18.91
113	St. Lucia	18.80
114	Upper middle income	18.78
115	Turkey	18.50
116	Egypt	18.20
117	Saudi Arabia	18.20
118	Tunisia	17.90
119	Brazil	17.30
120	Libya	16.80
121	Tonga	16.60
122	China	16.60
123	Colombia	16.20
124	Panama	15.90
125	Belize	15.70
126	Fiji	15.40
127	Mauritius	15.40
128	Venezuela	15.30
129	Mexico	14.70
130	Moldova	14.60
131	El Salvador	14.60
132	Vanuatu	14.30
133	Syria	14.20
134	Albania	13.50
135	Ukraine	13.30
136	Palau	13.20
137	St. Kitts and Nevis	13.20
138	Argentina	13
139	Grenada	12.80
140	Sri Lanka	12.70
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.50
142	Thailand	12
143	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	11.84
144	Uruguay	11.30
145	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	11.20
146	Russia	11.10
147	Lebanon	11.10
148	Seychelles	11.10
149	Maldives	10.90
150	Belarus	10.90
151	Antigua and Barbuda	10.50
152	Romania	10
153	Macedonia	9.80
154	Barbados	9.80
155	Qatar	9.70
156	Costa Rica	9.60
157	Bahrain	9.50
158	Oman	9.10
159	Bahamas	8.50
160	Bulgaria	8.30
161	Kuwait	8.20
162	Dominica	8.10
163	Montenegro	7.80
164	OECD members	7.43
165	Latvia	7
166	Chile	7
167	United States	6.80
168	United Arab Emirates	6.80
169	North America	6.69
170	Serbia	6.20
171	Malta	6.10
172	Slovakia	5.80
173	High income	5.78
174	Malaysia	5.70
175	Poland	5.60
176	Brunei Darussalam	5.40
177	Canada	5.30
178	Hungary	5.10
179	Lithuania	5
180	High income: OECD	4.88
181	New Zealand	4.80
182	United Kingdom	4.60
183	South Korea	4.50
184	North Korea	4.50
185	Croatia	4.50
186	Cuba	4.40
187	Estonia	4.40
188	Australia	4.30
189	European Union	4.11
190	Switzerland	4
191	Belgium	3.80
192	Netherlands	3.70
193	Germany	3.50
194	Ireland	3.50
195	Spain	3.50
196	Euro area	3.41
197	Cyprus	3.40
198	Israel	3.40
199	Italy	3.40
200	Monaco	3.40
201	Denmark	3.30
202	Austria	3.30
203	France	3.20
204	Portugal	3
205	Andorra	2.90
206	Greece	2.80
207	Czech Republic	2.80
208	Norway	2.80
209	Finland	2.50
210	Japan	2.40
211	Sweden	2.30
212	Slovenia	2.30
213	Singapore	2.30
214	Iceland	1.80
215	Liechtenstein	1.80
216	Luxembourg	1.50
217	San Marino	0.90

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Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) - Gender Statistics

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