Based on a comparison of 172 countries in 2020, Sierra Leone ranked the highest in infant mortality per 1,000 live births with 80.1 followed by Central African Republic and Somalia. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 1.50, Estonia with 1.70 and Japan with 1.80.
Average infant mortality per 1,000 live births reached 27.4 in 2020 in the World according to World Bank / WHO. This is 5.47 % less than in the previous year and -34.7 % 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 27.4 in 2020. The average annual growth amounted to -2.45 % 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 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Benin | 64.4 | 63.2 | 61.9 | 60.6 | 59.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | 90.5 | 87.9 | 85.6 | 83.8 | 81.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chad | 77.3 | 75.7 | 74.1 | 72.4 | 70.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 75.0 | 73.0 | 71.1 | 69.1 | 67.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 69.9 | 67.6 | 65.6 | 63.6 | 61.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 69.5 | 68.4 | 67.1 | 66.0 | 64.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 67.3 | 65.7 | 64.4 | 62.9 | 61.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 71.9 | 72.6 | 72.9 | 73.1 | 72.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 66.0 | 64.4 | 63.1 | 62.0 | 60.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 68.7 | 66.8 | 65.1 | 63.4 | 61.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 80.1 | 79.3 | 78.3 | 77.1 | 75.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | 63.8 | 62.1 | 60.5 | 58.9 | 57.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | 95.6 | 95.1 | 89.7 | 87.3 | 84.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 85.9 | 83.6 | 81.4 | 79.1 | 76.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 | 63.3 |
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