Based on a comparison of 172 countries in 2019, Central African Republic ranked the highest in infant mortality per 1,000 live births with 81.0 followed by Sierra Leone and Nigeria. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 1.60, Slovenia with 1.70 and Cyprus with 1.80.
Average infant mortality per 1,000 live births reached 28.2 in 2019 in the World according to World Bank / WHO. This is 2.76 % more than in the previous year and -36.9 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average infant mortality per 1,000 live births reached an all time high of 121 in 1960 and an all time low of 28.2 in 2019. The average annual growth amounted to -2.40 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) indicator page.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Benin | 66.8 | 65.5 | 64.3 | 63.0 | 61.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 94.6 | 92.1 | 89.7 | 87.4 | 85.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 79.3 | 77.7 | 76.1 | 74.4 | 72.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 77.7 | 75.7 | 73.8 | 71.8 | 69.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 72.4 | 70.3 | 68.1 | 66.1 | 64.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 70.8 | 69.8 | 68.7 | 67.4 | 66.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 68.9 | 67.0 | 65.3 | 63.9 | 62.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 72.1 | 71.6 | 71.9 | 72.3 | 71.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 68.0 | 67.4 | 66.1 | 65.2 | 64.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 70.6 | 68.7 | 67.0 | 65.2 | 63.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 81.2 | 80.4 | 79.5 | 78.5 | 77.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 65.4 | 63.8 | 62.1 | 60.5 | 58.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 97.0 | 94.9 | 94.2 | 88.6 | 85.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 87.9 | 85.3 | 82.8 | 80.4 | 78.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 62.7 | 62.4 | 62.4 | 62.4 | 62.4 |
Helgi Analytics 
