Infant mortality rate
Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
Key facts
- Infant mortality rate in the World was 27.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to the World Bank.
- Infant mortality rate in the United States was 5.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to the World Bank.
- South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate of 195 countries in 2024, at 71.9 per 1,000 live births, and San Marino the lowest, at 1.2 per 1,000 live births. Source: the World Bank.
- Published for 196 places, with figures from 1960 to 2024.
Rankings
Countries by infant mortality rate, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- India
- China
- United States
- Indonesia
- Pakistan
- Nigeria
- Brazil
- Bangladesh
- Russia
- Ethiopia
- Latvia
- Moldova
- Cambodia
- Italy
- Switzerland
- Andorra
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest infant mortality rate? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"infant_mortality_rate","level":"country"}
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