Which country has the lowest Infant Mortality Rate CIA?

Slovenia has the lowest Infant Mortality Rate CIA in 2024, at 1.5 deaths per 1k births.

What is the median Infant Mortality Rate CIA across countries?

The median is 11.6 deaths per 1k births across the 223 countries with data in 2024.

Where does this infant mortality rate by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Infant mortality rate - CIA The World Factbook; UNICEF Data warehouse - UNICEF; List of countries by infant and under-five mortality rates - Wiki.

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Infant Mortality Rate by Country

Name: Infant Mortality Rate by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Afghanistan has the highest Infant Mortality Rate CIA in 2024 (101.3 deaths per 1k births), followed by Somalia (83.6 deaths per 1k births) and Central African Republic (80.5 deaths per 1k births). Slovenia has the lowest (1.5 deaths per 1k births).

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Median

11.6 deaths per 1k births

Middle half 5.6 deaths per 1k births – 27.4 deaths per 1k births

Average

18.8 deaths per 1k births

223 countries

Lowest (best)

1.5 deaths per 1k births

Singapore

Highest (worst)

101.3 deaths per 1k births

Afghanistan

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223 countries · # = rank by Infant Mortality Rate CIA

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1	Singapore	1.5 deaths per 1k births
1	Slovenia	1.5 deaths per 1k births
3	Iceland	1.6 deaths per 1k births
4	Monaco	1.7 deaths per 1k births
5	Norway	1.8 deaths per 1k births
6	Japan	1.9 deaths per 1k births
7	Belarus	2.1 deaths per 1k births
7	Finland	2.1 deaths per 1k births
7	Bermuda	2.1 deaths per 1k births
10	Sweden	2.3 deaths per 1k births
11	Spain	2.4 deaths per 1k births
11	Portugal	2.4 deaths per 1k births
13	Hong Kong	2.5 deaths per 1k births
14	Czechia	2.6 deaths per 1k births
15	South Korea	2.8 deaths per 1k births
15	Israel	2.8 deaths per 1k births
17	Australia	2.9 deaths per 1k births
18	Switzerland	3.0 deaths per 1k births
18	Denmark	3.0 deaths per 1k births
18	Anguilla	3.0 deaths per 1k births
21	Germany	3.1 deaths per 1k births
21	France	3.1 deaths per 1k births
21	Italy	3.1 deaths per 1k births
21	Belgium	3.1 deaths per 1k births
25	Austria	3.2 deaths per 1k births
25	Luxembourg	3.2 deaths per 1k births
25	Montenegro	3.2 deaths per 1k births
28	Ireland	3.3 deaths per 1k births
28	New Zealand	3.3 deaths per 1k births
28	Estonia	3.3 deaths per 1k births
28	Andorra	3.3 deaths per 1k births
28	Guernsey	3.3 deaths per 1k births
33	Greece	3.4 deaths per 1k births
34	Netherlands	3.6 deaths per 1k births
34	Lithuania	3.6 deaths per 1k births
36	Jersey	3.7 deaths per 1k births
37	United Kingdom	3.8 deaths per 1k births
37	Taiwan	3.8 deaths per 1k births
39	Liechtenstein	3.9 deaths per 1k births
39	Wallis and Futuna	3.9 deaths per 1k births
41	Cuba	4.0 deaths per 1k births
42	Isle of Man	4.1 deaths per 1k births
43	Canada	4.3 deaths per 1k births
43	French Polynesia	4.3 deaths per 1k births
45	Macau	4.4 deaths per 1k births
45	Malta	4.4 deaths per 1k births
47	Serbia	4.5 deaths per 1k births
48	Hungary	4.7 deaths per 1k births
48	Latvia	4.7 deaths per 1k births
50	New Caledonia	4.8 deaths per 1k births
51	Poland	4.9 deaths per 1k births
52	United Arab Emirates	5.0 deaths per 1k births
52	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.0 deaths per 1k births
54	United States	5.1 deaths per 1k births
54	Slovakia	5.1 deaths per 1k births
56	Romania	5.5 deaths per 1k births
57	Faroe Islands	5.7 deaths per 1k births
58	Puerto Rico	5.8 deaths per 1k births
59	Gibraltar	6.0 deaths per 1k births
60	China	6.2 deaths per 1k births
60	San Marino	6.2 deaths per 1k births
62	Thailand	6.3 deaths per 1k births
62	Chile	6.3 deaths per 1k births
64	Malaysia	6.4 deaths per 1k births
64	Qatar	6.4 deaths per 1k births
66	Russia	6.5 deaths per 1k births
66	Saint Barthelemy	6.5 deaths per 1k births
68	Lebanon	6.7 deaths per 1k births
68	Costa Rica	6.7 deaths per 1k births
70	Sri Lanka	6.8 deaths per 1k births
71	North Macedonia	7.0 deaths per 1k births
72	Kuwait	7.2 deaths per 1k births
73	United States Virgin Islands	7.3 deaths per 1k births
73	Cayman Islands	7.3 deaths per 1k births
75	Curacao	7.5 deaths per 1k births
76	Sint Maarten	7.6 deaths per 1k births
76	Nauru	7.6 deaths per 1k births
78	Bulgaria	7.7 deaths per 1k births
79	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7.8 deaths per 1k births
80	Kazakhstan	8.0 deaths per 1k births
80	Uruguay	8.0 deaths per 1k births
80	Saint Kitts and Nevis	8.0 deaths per 1k births
83	Cyprus	8.1 deaths per 1k births
84	Croatia	8.4 deaths per 1k births
85	Greenland	8.5 deaths per 1k births
86	Ukraine	8.7 deaths per 1k births
87	Argentina	9.0 deaths per 1k births
87	Grenada	9.0 deaths per 1k births
89	Bahamas	9.4 deaths per 1k births
90	Barbados	9.6 deaths per 1k births
91	Bahrain	9.7 deaths per 1k births
91	Fiji	9.7 deaths per 1k births
91	American Samoa	9.7 deaths per 1k births
91	Montserrat	9.7 deaths per 1k births
95	Brunei	10.0 deaths per 1k births
96	Seychelles	10.2 deaths per 1k births
97	Albania	10.3 deaths per 1k births
98	Libya	10.7 deaths per 1k births
98	Jamaica	10.7 deaths per 1k births
98	Dominica	10.7 deaths per 1k births
101	Peru	10.8 deaths per 1k births
101	Palau	10.8 deaths per 1k births
103	Azerbaijan	10.9 deaths per 1k births
103	Guam	10.9 deaths per 1k births
105	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.1 deaths per 1k births
106	Ecuador	11.2 deaths per 1k births
107	Tunisia	11.3 deaths per 1k births
107	Belize	11.3 deaths per 1k births
109	Saint Lucia	11.5 deaths per 1k births
109	Aruba	11.5 deaths per 1k births
111	Armenia	11.6 deaths per 1k births
111	Mauritius	11.6 deaths per 1k births
113	Colombia	11.7 deaths per 1k births
113	Saudi Arabia	11.7 deaths per 1k births
113	El Salvador	11.7 deaths per 1k births
116	Tonga	11.8 deaths per 1k births
117	Northern Mariana Islands	11.9 deaths per 1k births
118	Mexico	12.1 deaths per 1k births
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.3 deaths per 1k births
120	Brazil	12.9 deaths per 1k births
121	Jordan	13.2 deaths per 1k births
122	British Virgin Islands	13.4 deaths per 1k births
123	Antigua and Barbuda	13.6 deaths per 1k births
124	Vanuatu	13.7 deaths per 1k births
125	Moldova	13.8 deaths per 1k births
126	Venezuela	13.9 deaths per 1k births
126	Oman	13.9 deaths per 1k births
128	Vietnam	14.1 deaths per 1k births
129	Panama	14.2 deaths per 1k births
130	Iran	14.3 deaths per 1k births
131	Nicaragua	14.4 deaths per 1k births
132	Syria	15.1 deaths per 1k births
132	Palestine	15.1 deaths per 1k births
132	Trinidad and Tobago	15.1 deaths per 1k births
132	Cook Islands	15.1 deaths per 1k births
136	North Korea	15.4 deaths per 1k births
136	Honduras	15.4 deaths per 1k births
138	Egypt	16.8 deaths per 1k births
139	Samoa	17.3 deaths per 1k births
140	Uzbekistan	18.2 deaths per 1k births
141	Morocco	18.3 deaths per 1k births
142	Turkey	18.4 deaths per 1k births
143	Algeria	18.7 deaths per 1k births
143	Iraq	18.7 deaths per 1k births
145	Indonesia	18.9 deaths per 1k births
146	Solomon Islands	19.1 deaths per 1k births
147	Mongolia	19.4 deaths per 1k births
148	Marshall Islands	20.6 deaths per 1k births
149	Micronesia	20.9 deaths per 1k births
150	Guyana	21.1 deaths per 1k births
151	Dominican Republic	21.7 deaths per 1k births
151	Tajikistan	21.7 deaths per 1k births
151	Georgia	21.7 deaths per 1k births
154	South Africa	21.9 deaths per 1k births
155	Philippines	22.0 deaths per 1k births
155	Paraguay	22.0 deaths per 1k births
157	Bolivia	22.3 deaths per 1k births
158	Cape Verde	22.4 deaths per 1k births
159	Botswana	23.7 deaths per 1k births
160	Nepal	24.0 deaths per 1k births
161	Bhutan	24.3 deaths per 1k births
162	Maldives	24.4 deaths per 1k births
163	Kyrgyzstan	24.5 deaths per 1k births
164	Rwanda	24.9 deaths per 1k births
165	Guatemala	25.0 deaths per 1k births
166	Kenya	26.1 deaths per 1k births
167	Gabon	26.9 deaths per 1k births
168	Tuvalu	27.8 deaths per 1k births
169	Cambodia	27.9 deaths per 1k births
169	Namibia	27.9 deaths per 1k births
171	Uganda	28.5 deaths per 1k births
172	Bangladesh	28.8 deaths per 1k births
173	Tanzania	29.6 deaths per 1k births
173	Suriname	29.6 deaths per 1k births
175	India	30.4 deaths per 1k births
176	Republic of the Congo	30.6 deaths per 1k births
177	Senegal	31.1 deaths per 1k births
178	Ghana	31.2 deaths per 1k births
179	Kiribati	31.5 deaths per 1k births
180	Malawi	31.9 deaths per 1k births
181	Papua New Guinea	32.0 deaths per 1k births
182	Myanmar	32.1 deaths per 1k births
183	Timor-Leste	32.2 deaths per 1k births
184	Ethiopia	32.6 deaths per 1k births
185	Zimbabwe	33.4 deaths per 1k births
186	Laos	35.4 deaths per 1k births
187	Zambia	35.6 deaths per 1k births
188	Burundi	35.7 deaths per 1k births
188	Gambia	35.7 deaths per 1k births
190	Turkmenistan	35.9 deaths per 1k births
191	Eswatini	36.7 deaths per 1k births
192	Haiti	36.8 deaths per 1k births
193	Madagascar	37.5 deaths per 1k births
194	Togo	38.4 deaths per 1k births
195	Eritrea	39.8 deaths per 1k births
196	Sudan	40.6 deaths per 1k births
197	Sao Tome and Principe	42.6 deaths per 1k births
198	Yemen	44.6 deaths per 1k births
199	Djibouti	45.2 deaths per 1k births
200	Lesotho	45.7 deaths per 1k births
201	Cameroon	46.1 deaths per 1k births
202	Guinea-Bissau	46.4 deaths per 1k births
203	Burkina Faso	47.0 deaths per 1k births
203	Guinea	47.0 deaths per 1k births
205	Mauritania	48.9 deaths per 1k births
206	Pakistan	51.5 deaths per 1k births
207	Ivory Coast	52.5 deaths per 1k births
208	Benin	52.9 deaths per 1k births
209	Nigeria	53.7 deaths per 1k births
210	Comoros	54.9 deaths per 1k births
211	Angola	55.6 deaths per 1k births
212	Liberia	55.7 deaths per 1k births
213	DR Congo	57.4 deaths per 1k births
213	Mali	57.4 deaths per 1k births
215	Mozambique	58.2 deaths per 1k births
216	South Sudan	60.1 deaths per 1k births
217	Chad	62.5 deaths per 1k births
218	Niger	64.3 deaths per 1k births
219	Sierra Leone	71.2 deaths per 1k births
220	Equatorial Guinea	77.4 deaths per 1k births
221	Central African Republic	80.5 deaths per 1k births
222	Somalia	83.6 deaths per 1k births
223	Afghanistan	101.3 deaths per 1k births

What correlates with Infant Mortality Rate CIA (2024)?

Pearson r against 1,305 other country metrics sharing at least 134 countries. Correlation is not causation.

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Places that have a higher Infant Mortality Rate CIA tend to score higher on these

Neonatal Mortality RateNeonatal Mortality Rate by Country
r = +0.90 · very strong · n = 193
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Infant Deaths per 1,000 BirthsHealth Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.90 · very strong · n = 195
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Still Birth RateStillbirth Rates by Country
r = +0.88 · very strong · n = 193
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Crude Birth Rate (UN)Birth Rate by Country
r = +0.87 · very strong · n = 219
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Crude Birth Rate (CIA)Birth Rate by Country
r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 221
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Births per WomanHealth Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.86 · very strong · n = 214
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Infant Mortality Rate CIA tend to score lower on these

LPI Health ScoreBest Healthcare in the World
r = −0.89 · very strong · n = 167
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Life ExpectancyPast Life Expectancy by Country
r = −0.88 · very strong · n = 194
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GDI Female Human DevelopmentGender Development Index by Country
r = −0.88 · very strong · n = 183
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Nutrition & Medical CareSocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.87 · very strong · n = 172
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Social Progress IndexSocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.87 · very strong · n = 168
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Human Development IndexStandard of Living by Country
r = −0.86 · very strong · n = 193
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Infant Mortality Rate CIA?: Afghanistan has the highest Infant Mortality Rate CIA in 2024, at 101.3 deaths per 1k births, followed by Somalia (83.6 deaths per 1k births) and Central African Republic (80.5 deaths per 1k births).
Which country has the lowest Infant Mortality Rate CIA?: Slovenia has the lowest Infant Mortality Rate CIA in 2024, at 1.5 deaths per 1k births.
What is the median Infant Mortality Rate CIA across countries?: The median is 11.6 deaths per 1k births across the 223 countries with data in 2024.
Where does this infant mortality rate by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Infant mortality rate - CIA The World Factbook; UNICEF Data warehouse - UNICEF; List of countries by infant and under-five mortality rates - Wiki.