Table 1.3 Infant Mortality Rate Per 1,000 Live Births, 2018 Rank Region Country INFMRT Source 1 DME Monaco 1.00 18(WB) 2 DME San Marino 1.70 18(WB) 3 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 1.80 18(WIKI) 5.5 USR Estonia 1.90 18(WB) 5.5 DME Finland 1.90 18(WB) 5.5 DME Japan 1.90 18(WB) 5.5 EEU Slovenia 1.90 18(WB) 8.5 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 2.00 18(WIKI) 8.5 DME Norway 2.00 18(WB) 11 DME Iceland 2.10 18(WB) 11 DME Madeira (Port Home) 2.10 18(WIKI) 11 SEA Singapore 2.10 18(WB) 13 DME Sweden 2.20 18(WB) 14.5 MEA Cyprus 2.30 18(WB) 14.5 DME Luxembourg 2.30 18(WB) 17 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 2.40 18(WIKI) 17 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 2.40 18(WIKI) 17 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 2.40 18(WIKI) 20.5 USR Belarus 2.50 18(WB) 20.5 DME Bermuda (UK) 2.50 18(CIA) 20.5 EEU Czechia 2.50 18(WB) 20.5 EEU Montenegro 2.50 18(WB) 24 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 2.70 18(CIA) 24 DME Italy 2.70 18(WB) 24 DME Spain 2.70 18(WB) 26 DME Svalbard (Norw) 2.71 (REG) 27 SEA Korea, South 2.80 18(WB) 30 DME Andorra 2.90 18(WB) 30 DME Austria 2.90 18(WB) 30 DME Ireland 2.90 18(WB) 30 DME Israel 2.90 18(WB) 30 DME Portugal 2.90 18(WB) 33.5 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 3.10 18(WIKI) 33.5 SEA Macao (Ch) 3.10 18(CIA) 36 DME Australia 3.20 18(WB) 36 DME Germany 3.20 18(WB) 36 DME Scotland (UK Home) 3.20 18(WIKI) 38 DME Falkland Is (UK) 3.22 (REG) 40.5 LAM Anguilla (UK) 3.30 18(CIA) 40.5 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 3.30 18(WIKI) 40.5 DME Denmark 3.30 18(WB) 40.5 USR Lithuania 3.30 18(WB) 44.5 DME Belgium 3.40 18(WB) 44.5 DME France 3.40 18(WB) 44.5 DME Guernsey (UK) 3.40 18(CIA) 44.5 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 3.40 18(WIKI) 48 EEU Hungary 3.50 18(WB) 48 DME Netherlands 3.50 18(WB) 48 DME Wales (UK Home) 3.50 18(WIKI) 50.5 USR Latvia 3.60 18(WB) 50.5 DME Switzerland 3.60 18(WB) 53 DME Greece 3.70 18(WB) 53 DME Jersey (UK) 3.70 18(CIA) 53 DME Trento (It Home) 3.70 18(WIKI) 55 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 3.77 19(WIKI) 56 DME United Kingdom 3.80 18(WB) 57 EEU Poland 3.90 18(WB) 59 DME Azores (Port Home) 4.00 18(WIKI) 59 EEU Croatia 4.00 18(WB) 59 DME Isle of Man (UK) 4.00 18(CIA) 61 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 4.03 (REG) 62.5 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 4.10 18(WIKI) 62.5 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 4.10 18(WB) 64 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 4.14 (REG) 66.5 LAM Cuba 4.20 18(WB) 66.5 DME Liechtenstein 4.20 18(CIA) 66.5 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 4.20 18(WIKI) 66.5 DME New Zealand 4.20 18(WB) 70 DME Quebec (Can Home) 4.30 18(WIKI) 70 SEA Taiwan 4.30 18(CIA) 70 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 4.30 18(CIA) 72 DME Holy See 4.57 (REG) 73.5 DME Canada 4.60 18(WB) 73.5 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 4.60 18(CIA) 75 EEU Slovakia 4.90 18(WB) 76 EEU Serbia 5.00 18(WB) 77 USR Russia 5.10 18(WB) 78.5 EEU Bosnia 5.20 18(WB) 78.5 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 5.20 18(CIA) 80 DME Faroe Is (Den) 5.30 18(CIA) 81.5 DME Malta 5.50 18(WB) 81.5 MEA Qatar 5.50 18(WB) 83 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 5.64 (REG) 84 DME United States 5.67 18(WB) 85.5 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 5.70 18(WB) 85.5 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 5.70 18(CIA) 87.5 EEU Bulgaria 5.80 18(WB) 87.5 DME Gibraltar (UK) 5.80 18(CIA) 89 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 5.97 (REG) 90 MEA United Arab Emirates 6.00 18(WB) 92 MEA Bahrain 6.10 18(WB) 92 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 6.10 18(WIKI) 92 EEU Romania 6.10 18(WB) 94 DME Alaska (US Home) 6.25 18(WIKI) 95 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) 6.29 17(WIKI) 97 LAM Chile 6.30 18(WB) 97 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 6.30 18(CIA) 97 LAM Uruguay 6.30 18(WB) 99 DME South US (US Home) 6.34 18(WIKI) 100 CPA China 6.40 18(WB) 101.5 SAS Maldives 6.50 18(WB) 101.5 SAS Sri Lanka 6.50 18(WB) 103 MEA Saudi Arabia 6.60 18(WB) 104 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 6.70 18(WIKI) 105 DME Hawaii (US Home) 6.78 18(WIKI) 106.5 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 6.90 18(WIKI) 106.5 SEA Malaysia 6.90 18(WB) 108 EEU North Macedonia 7.10 18(WB) 109 LAM St Martin (Fr) 7.10 21(CIA) 110 LAM Curacao (Neth) 7.30 18(CIA) 111.5 LAM Costa Rica 7.40 18(WB) 111.5 USR Ukraine 7.40 18(WB) 113.5 MEA Kuwait 7.60 18(WB) 113.5 MEA Lebanon 7.60 18(WB) 115 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 7.70 18(CIA) 116 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) 7.88 20(WIKI) 117.5 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 7.90 18(WIKI) 117.5 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 7.90 18(CIA) 119 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 7.98 (REG) 120 SEA Thailand 8.10 18(WB) 121 EEU Albania 8.30 18(WB) 122 LAM Argentina 8.40 18(WB) 123 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 8.67 18(WIKI) 124.5 DME Greenland (Den) 8.70 18(CIA) 124.5 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 8.70 18(WIKI) 126 USR Georgia 8.80 18(WB) 127 USR Kazakhstan 9.10 18(WB) 128 MEA Turkiye 9.20 18(WB) 129.5 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 9.30 18(WIKI) 129.5 MEA Oman 9.30 18(WB) 131 SEA Brunei 9.40 18(WB) 132 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) 9.80 18(WIKI) 133.5 MEA Libya 10.20 18(WB) 133.5 SEA Tonga 10.20 18(WB) 135 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) 10.25 (REG) 136 LAM Aruba (Neth) 10.40 18(CIA) 137.5 EEU Kosovo 10.80 18(WB) 137.5 SEA Samoa, American (US) 10.80 18(CIA) 139 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 10.90 18(WB) 140 USR Armenia 11.10 18(WB) 141 LAM Belize 11.20 18(WB) 142 LAM Bahamas 11.70 18(WB) 143 LAM Jamaica 11.80 18(WB) 145 LAM El Salvador 11.90 18(WB) 145 LAM Montserrat (UK) 11.90 18(CIA) 145 LAM Peru 11.90 18(WB) 147.5 LAM Ecuador 12.00 18(WB) 147.5 MEA Iran 12.00 18(WB) 149 LAM Barbados 12.10 18(WB) 150 LAM Colombia 12.20 18(WB) 151 SEA Guam (US) 12.38 17(CIA) 152 SEA Northern Mariana Is 12.48 17(CIA) 153 AFR Seychelles 12.50 18(WB) 154.5 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 12.60 18(CIA) 154.5 LAM Mexico 12.60 18(WB) 156 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) 12.74 (REG) 157 AFR St Helena (UK) 12.80 18(CIA) 158 USR Moldova 12.90 18(WB) 159 SEA Niue (NZ) 13.04 94(CIA) 160 LAM Panama 13.20 18(WB) 161 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 13.30 18(WB) 162 LAM Brazil 13.50 18(WB) 163.5 LAM Nicaragua 13.60 18(WB) 163.5 MEA West Bank 13.60 18(CIA) 167 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 13.70 18(WIKI) 167 AFR Cabo Verde 13.70 18(WB) 167 CPA Korea, North 13.70 18(WB) 167 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 13.70 18(WIKI) 167 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 13.70 18(WIKI) 170.5 MEA Jordan 13.80 18(WB) 170.5 AFR Mauritius 13.80 18(WB) 172 LAM Saint Vincent 13.90 18(WB) 173.5 CPA Mongolia 14.40 18(WB) 173.5 USR Uzbekistan 14.40 18(WB) 175 AFR Sao Tome & Principe 14.50 18(WB) 176.5 LAM Grenada 14.60 18(WB) 176.5 MEA Tunisia 14.60 18(WB) 178 SEA Samoa 15.30 18(WB) 179 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) 15.48 (REG) 180 LAM Honduras 15.80 18(WB) 181.5 MEA Gaza Strip 16.00 18(CIA) 181.5 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 16.00 18(WB) 183 SEA Palau 16.60 18(WB) 184 LAM Suriname 16.80 18(WB) 185.5 USR Kyrgyzstan 17.00 18(WB) 185.5 CPA Vietnam 17.00 18(WB) 187 LAM Paraguay 17.10 18(WB) 188 MEA Morocco 17.50 18(WB) 189 SEA Solomon Islands 17.70 18(WB) 190 MEA Egypt 17.90 18(WB) 191.5 USR Azerbaijan 19.20 18(WB) 191.5 MEA Syria 19.20 18(WB) 193 SEA Tuvalu 20.00 18(WB) 194 MEA Algeria 20.60 18(WB) 195 SEA Indonesia 20.80 18(WB) 196 LAM Venezuela 21.10 18(WB) 197 LAM Saint Lucia 21.20 18(WB) 198 SEA Vanuatu 21.40 18(WB) 199 LAM Guatemala 21.50 18(WB) 200 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) 22.00 18(WIKI) 201 SEA Fiji 22.10 18(WB) 202 SEA Philippines 22.20 18(WB) 203 LAM Bolivia 22.60 18(WB) 204 MEA Iraq 22.70 18(WB) 205 USR Donetsk People's Rep 22.99 (REG) 206 SEA Micronesia (US) 23.00 18(WB) 207 USR Transnistria 23.86 (REG) 208 CPA Cambodia 23.90 18(WB) 209 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) 24.15 (REG) 210 SAS Bhutan 24.70 18(WB) 211 USR South Ossetia 25.26 (REG) 212 LAM Guyana 25.30 18(WB) 213 SEA Nauru 25.40 18(WB) 214 SAS Nepal 25.50 18(WB) 215 SAS Bangladesh 26.70 18(WB) 216 SEA Marshall Islands 27.10 18(WB) 217 AFR South Africa 27.80 18(WB) 218 USR Abkhazia 27.86 (REG) 219 LAM Dominican Republic 28.60 18(WB) 220 USR Luhansk People's Rep 29.66 (REG) 221 SAS India 29.80 18(WB) 222 USR Tajikistan 30.20 18(WB) 223 SEA Tokelau (NZ) 30.40 01(CIA) 224 AFR Kenya 30.60 18(WB) 225 LAM Dominica 30.70 18(WB) 226 AFR Botswana 30.90 18(WB) 227 AFR Eritrea 31.40 18(WB) 228 AFR Namibia 31.50 18(WB) 229 AFR Senegal 31.90 18(WB) 230 AFR Rwanda 32.10 18(WB) 231 AFR Gabon 32.20 18(WB) 232 AFR Malawi 34.20 18(WB) 233 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) 34.31 (REG) 234 AFR Uganda 34.40 18(WB) 235 AFR Mauritania 34.70 18(WB) 236 AFR Congo, Republic 34.80 18(WB) 237 AFR Ghana 35.60 18(WB) 238 AFR Gambia 36.70 18(WB) 239 AFR Tanzania 36.80 18(WB) 240 CPA Myanmar 37.00 18(WB) 241 USR Turkmenistan 37.20 18(WB) 242 SEA Papua New Guinea 37.30 18(WB) 243 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) 37.67 (REG) 244 CPA Laos 37.70 18(WB) 245.5 AFR Ethiopia 38.00 18(WB) 245.5 AFR Zimbabwe 38.00 18(WB) 247 AFR Burundi 41.30 18(WB) 248 SEA Kiribati 41.50 18(WB) 249 AFR Sudan 42.00 18(WB) 250 AFR Comoros 42.90 18(WB) 251 AFR Zambia 43.60 18(WB) 252 AFR Madagascar 45.20 18(WB) 253 AFR Eswatini 45.40 18(WB) 254 MEA Yemen 46.60 18(WB) 255 AFR Togo 46.80 18(WB) 256 SEA Timor-Leste 47.10 18(WB) 257 SAS Afghanistan 47.80 18(WB) 258 LAM Haiti 49.20 18(WB) 259 AFR Djibouti 50.30 18(WB) 260 AFR W Sahara (Mor) 50.50 18(CIA) 261 AFR Cameroon 51.50 18(WB) 262 AFR Angola 52.00 18(WB) 263 AFR Guinea-Bissau 54.60 18(WB) 264 AFR Mozambique 55.20 18(WB) 265 AFR Burkina Faso 55.60 18(WB) 266 SAS Pakistan 57.40 18(WB) 267 AFR Benin 59.50 18(WB) 268 AFR Niger 60.40 18(WB) 269 AFR Lesotho 60.80 18(WB) 270 AFR Liberia 60.90 18(WB) 271 AFR Cote d'Ivore 61.00 18(WB) 272 AFR Equatorial Guinea 62.20 18(WB) 273 AFR South Sudan 63.80 18(WB) 274 AFR Mali 65.90 18(WB) 275 AFR Congo, Dem Republic 67.60 18(WB) 276 AFR Guinea 68.00 18(WB) 277 AFR Chad 71.00 18(WB) 278 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) 72.14 14(WIKI) 279 AFR Nigeria 75.50 18(WB) 280 AFR Somalia 77.10 18(WB) 281 AFR Central African Rep 80.30 18(WB) 282 AFR Sierra Leone 85.20 18(WB)