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Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births)

Based on a comparison of 172 countries in 2017, Central African Republic ranked the highest in infant mortality per 1,000 live births with 87.6 followed by Sierra Leone and Somalia. On the other end of the scale was Iceland with 1.60, Slovenia with 1.70 and Japan with 1.90.

Average infant mortality per 1,000 live births reached 29.4 in 2017 in the World according to World Bank / WHO. This is 3.06% less than in the previous year and 41.5% 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 29.4 in 2017. The average annual growth amounted to -2.46% since 1960.

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Country	Unit	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Afghanistan																																	63.2	60.9	58.7	56.7	54.9
Albania																																	10.1	9.50	9.00	8.60	8.30
Algeria																																	22.9	22.4	22.1	21.8	21.4
Angola																																	71.9	67.8	64.1	60.9	58.2
Argentina																																	12.5	11.9	11.3	10.7	10.2
Armenia																																	15.3	14.5	13.8	13.1	12.5
Australia																																	3.80	3.60	3.50	3.30	3.20
Austria																																	3.50	3.30	3.20	3.10	3.00
Azerbaijan		...	...																														30.6	28.6	26.8	25.1	23.4
Bahamas																																	8.70	8.10	7.50	6.90	6.40
Bahrain																																	7.00	6.80	6.70	6.60	6.50
Bangladesh																																	36.9	35.0	33.2	31.5	29.8
Belarus																																	3.90	3.60	3.40	3.20	3.10
Belgium																																	3.60	3.50	3.40	3.30	3.20
Belize																																	15.8	15.3	14.7	14.1	13.4
Benin																																	71.3	70.4	69.3	68.0	66.6
Bhutan																																	32.5	31.1	29.8	28.6	27.6
Bolivia																																	34.7	33.4	32.2	31.1	30.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina		...	...	...	...																												5.90	5.70	5.50	5.40	5.20
Botswana																																	38.9	36.8	34.8	34.4	33.1
Brazil																																	16.0	15.4	14.9	14.5	14.0
Brunei		...	...																														8.90	8.90	8.90	9.00	9.00
Bulgaria																																	8.70	8.30	7.80	7.40	7.00
Burkina Faso																																	63.2	60.6	58.2	56.1	54.3
Burundi																																	56.1	53.1	50.5	48.0	45.9
Cambodia																																	35.1	32.6	30.6	28.9	27.5
Cameroon																																	66.8	64.4	62.1	60.3	58.2
Canada																																	4.80	4.80	4.80	4.70	4.70
Central African Republic																																	99.9	98.0	96.3	93.9	91.6
Chad																																	83.4	81.7	80.1	78.4	76.7
Chile																																	7.20	7.20	7.10	6.90	6.70
China																																	12.6	11.6	10.8	10.0	9.20
Colombia																																	15.4	14.9	14.4	14.0	13.5
Comoros																																	60.9	59.5	57.9	56.4	54.9
Congo																																	42.0	40.5	39.2	38.0	36.9
Costa Rica																																	8.60	8.50	8.40	8.30	8.20
Croatia		...																															4.50	4.50	4.30	4.20	4.10
Cuba																																	4.50	4.50	4.40	4.30	4.30
Cyprus																																	2.80	2.70	2.50	2.40	2.30
Czech Republic		...																															2.60	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50
Dem. People's Republic of Korea		...	...	...	...	...																											21.5	19.8	18.3	17.0	16.0
Dem. Republic of the Congo																																	82.5	80.4	78.3	76.1	74.1
Denmark																																	3.50	3.50	3.50	3.60	3.60
Djibouti																																	60.9	59.3	57.7	56.1	54.5
Dominican Republic																																	28.0	27.7	27.2	26.8	26.2
East Timor		...	...	...																													50.0	48.2	46.5	44.9	43.6
Ecuador																																	15.0	14.4	13.8	13.4	13.0
Egypt																																	23.3	22.4	21.6	20.9	20.1
El Salvador																																	15.8	15.1	14.5	13.9	13.4
Equatorial Guinea		...	...																														78.2	76.0	73.8	71.5	69.4
Eritrea																																	38.0	36.8	35.8	34.7	33.9
Estonia																																	3.30	3.10	2.90	2.60	2.50
Ethiopia																																	52.7	50.4	48.2	46.1	44.2
European Union																																	3.95	3.84	3.74	3.65	3.60
Fiji																																	20.3	20.4	20.4	20.6	20.8
Finland																																	2.40	2.30	2.20	2.10	2.00
France																																	3.50	3.40	3.40	3.40	3.50
Gabon																																	41.7	40.4	39.3	38.5	37.4
Gambia																																	47.6	46.4	45.4	44.2	43.3
Georgia																																	13.8	13.0	12.2	11.5	10.8
Germany																																	3.40	3.30	3.30	3.30	3.30
Ghana																																	46.9	44.8	42.8	40.7	38.9
Greece																																	3.20	3.30	3.50	3.60	3.90
Guatemala																																	28.2	27.2	26.3	25.5	24.7
Guinea																																	67.4	65.4	63.5	61.6	59.8
Guinea Bissau		...	...																														69.1	66.2	63.6	61.4	59.3
Guyana																																	30.1	29.5	28.9	28.3	27.5
Haiti																																	59.6	58.8	57.9	57.0	56.1
Honduras																																	19.3	18.6	18.0	17.3	16.7
Hungary																																	4.90	4.80	4.70	4.50	4.30
Iceland																																	2.00	1.90	1.80	1.80	1.70
India																																	43.2	41.1	39.1	37.2	35.3
Indonesia																																	26.4	25.4	24.5	23.7	22.9
Iraq																																	29.5	28.9	28.1	27.4	26.7
Iran																																	16.1	15.4	14.9	14.3	13.8
Ireland																																	3.40	3.40	3.30	3.20	3.10
Israel																																	3.50	3.40	3.30	3.20	3.00
Italy																																	3.30	3.20	3.10	3.00	3.00
Ivory Coast																																	75.1	73.1	71.2	69.5	67.8
Jamaica																																	15.6	15.2	14.8	14.3	13.9
Japan																																	2.40	2.20	2.10	2.10	2.10
Jordan																																	17.5	17.0	16.5	16.0	15.5
Kazakhstan																																	16.4	14.6	13.1	11.8	10.7
Kenya																																	38.9	38.3	37.4	36.3	35.1
Kuwait																																	8.90	8.50	8.20	7.80	7.50
Kyrgyzstan																																	24.6	23.2	22.0	20.9	19.8
Laos																																	57.8	56.0	54.5	53.0	51.5
Latvia																																	6.20	5.70	5.20	4.70	4.30
Lebanon																																	8.40	8.10	7.70	7.40	7.20
Lesotho																																	73.0	72.8	72.0	70.9	70.5
Liberia																																	67.8	65.4	63.2	61.2	59.3
Libya																																	13.9	12.9	12.3	11.8	11.4
Lithuania																																	4.50	4.20	4.00	4.00	4.00
Luxembourg																																	2.40	2.30	2.30	2.20	2.20
Macedonia		...																															9.10	9.20	9.50	10.0	10.7
Madagascar																																	40.9	39.0	37.4	36.1	34.9
Malawi																																	52.9	49.2	46.4	44.1	42.0
Malaysia																																	6.50	6.40	6.40	6.40	6.50
Maldives																																	10.2	9.30	8.60	8.00	7.50
Mali																																	76.9	74.7	72.8	71.0	69.2
Malta																																	5.80	5.80	5.80	5.80	5.70
Mauritania																																	61.0	59.7	58.4	57.0	55.8
Mauritius																																	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.0	12.8
Mexico																																	14.5	14.1	13.7	13.2	12.7
Moldova																																	14.6	14.4	14.2	14.0	13.8
Monaco		...	...	...	...	...																											3.20	3.10	3.00	2.90	2.80
Mongolia																																	20.5	19.1	17.9	16.9	16.1
Montenegro		...	...	...	...																												5.60	5.10	4.60	4.20	3.80
Morocco																																	26.3	25.1	24.0	22.9	21.8
Mozambique																																	66.9	63.5	60.9	58.9	57.0
Myanmar																																	47.3	45.6	44.1	42.5	41.1
Namibia																																	37.9	38.2	37.0	36.1	34.8
Nepal																																	35.8	34.2	32.6	31.2	29.9
Netherlands																																	3.60	3.60	3.50	3.50	3.40
New Zealand																																	5.00	5.00	4.90	4.70	4.60
Nicaragua																																	18.4	17.7	17.0	16.4	15.9
Niger																																	59.9	57.6	55.5	53.5	51.6
Nigeria																																	78.3	75.7	73.3	71.0	68.7
Norway																																	2.50	2.40	2.30	2.30	2.20
Oman																																	9.90	9.80	9.70	9.60	9.60
Pakistan																																	71.3	69.7	68.1	66.4	64.6
Palestine																																	19.6	19.4	19.1	18.9	18.6
Panama																																	16.7	16.2	15.7	15.3	14.8
Papua New Guinea																																	49.4	48.3	46.9	45.7	44.4
Paraguay																																	21.4	20.8	20.2	19.6	19.0
Peru																																	15.1	14.4	13.7	13.1	12.6
Philippines																																	24.2	23.9	23.6	23.3	23.0
Poland																																	4.80	4.60	4.50	4.30	4.20
Portugal																																	3.10	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Qatar																																	7.60	7.40	7.30	7.10	6.90
Romania																																	9.60	9.40	9.00	8.40	7.80
Russia																																	8.70	8.40	8.10	7.80	7.30
Rwanda																																	40.4	37.5	35.0	33.0	31.4
Saudi Arabia																																	9.60	9.00	8.40	7.80	7.20
Senegal																																	40.9	39.3	37.7	36.3	34.9
Serbia		...	...	...	...																												6.50	6.20	6.00	5.80	5.50
Seychelles																																	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sierra Leone																																	104	99.8	95.8	91.8	88.1
Singapore																																	2.20	2.20	2.10	2.10	2.10
Slovakia		...																															5.60	5.50	5.30	5.10	5.00
Slovenia		...																															2.40	2.30	2.20	2.00	1.90
Somalia		...	...																														94.1	91.6	89.0	86.6	84.3
South Africa																																	37.3	36.1	34.2	32.5	31.8
South Korea																																	3.40	3.30	3.20	3.10	3.00
South Sudan																																	65.7	63.7	62.8	62.5	62.5
Spain																																	3.10	3.00	2.90	2.80	2.70
Sri Lanka																																	9.60	9.30	8.90	8.50	8.20
Sudan																																	50.2	49.2	48.1	47.0	45.9
Suriname		...	...	...																													21.2	20.5	19.8	19.2	18.7
Swaziland																																	56.4	51.3	48.7	46.5	42.5
Sweden																																	2.50	2.50	2.40	2.40	2.40
Switzerland																																	3.90	3.90	3.80	3.80	3.80
Syria																																	13.8	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0
Tajikistan																																	35.5	34.3	33.2	32.2	31.3
Tanzania																																	46.2	44.8	43.5	42.4	41.0
Thailand																																	10.9	10.4	9.90	9.40	9.00
Togo																																	57.6	56.1	54.7	53.3	51.9
Trinidad and Tobago																																	27.1	26.5	25.8	25.2	24.5
Tunisia																																	14.2	13.6	13.0	12.5	12.0
Turkey																																	15.3	14.3	13.3	12.4	11.6
Turkmenistan																																	48.4	47.1	45.7	44.4	43.0
Uganda																																	48.3	45.1	42.9	41.0	39.0
Ukraine																																	9.60	9.20	8.80	8.40	8.10
United Arab Emirates																																	7.10	7.00	7.10	7.20	7.50
United Kingdom																																	4.20	4.10	3.90	3.80	3.80
USA																																	6.10	6.10	6.00	5.90	5.80
Uruguay																																	8.80	8.50	8.20	8.00	7.60
Uzbekistan																																	29.6	27.8	26.0	24.3	22.7
Venezuela																																	14.3	14.6	15.4	16.9	19.2
Vietnam																																	18.1	17.9	17.7	17.5	17.3
Yemen																																	43.3	43.2	43.2	43.2	43.2
Zambia																																	51.5	49.6	48.3	46.3	44.2
Zimbabwe																																	52.2	48.4	45.4	42.3	40.2
World																																	35.8	34.5	33.3	32.2	31.2

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