Countries with Highest Infant Mortality (2026)

South Sudan has the highest infant mortality rate at 72.6 deaths per 1,000 live births. Infant mortality is one of the most important indicators of a nation's healthcare system quality and overall development level.

#1

South Sudan

72.6 per 1,000

#2

Somalia

67.8 per 1,000

#3

Niger

67.4 per 1,000

Countries with Highest Infant Mortality - 196 countries ranked by Infant Mortality

Rank	Country	Infant Mortality	Population	Region
1	South Sudan	72.6 per 1,000	11,943,408	Africa
2	Somalia	67.8 per 1,000	19,009,151	Africa
3	Niger	67.4 per 1,000	27,032,412	Africa
4	Guinea	61.5 per 1,000	14,754,785	Africa
5	Central African Republic	60.4 per 1,000	5,330,690	Africa
6	Nigeria	60.1 per 1,000	232,679,478	Africa
7	Chad	58.7 per 1,000	20,299,123	Africa
8	Mali	57.6 per 1,000	24,478,595	Africa
9	Sierra Leone	56.2 per 1,000	8,642,022	Africa
10	Lesotho	55.4 per 1,000	2,337,423	Africa
11	Liberia	52.6 per 1,000	5,612,817	Africa
12	Afghanistan	50.4 per 1,000	42,647,492	Asia
13	Pakistan	50.1 per 1,000	251,269,164	Asia
14	Equatorial Guinea	49.1 per 1,000	1,892,516	Africa
15	Ivory Coast	46.6 per 1,000	31,934,230	Africa
16	Benin	46.4 per 1,000	14,462,724	Africa
17	Mozambique	45.4 per 1,000	34,631,766	Africa
18	Burkina Faso	44.8 per 1,000	23,548,781	Africa
19	DR Congo	44.5 per 1,000	109,276,265	Africa
20	Djibouti	44.4 per 1,000	1,168,722	Africa
21	Madagascar	44.2 per 1,000	31,964,956	Africa
22	Eswatini	43.5 per 1,000	1,242,822	Africa
23	Guinea-Bissau	43.1 per 1,000	2,201,352	Africa
24	Cameroon	41.2 per 1,000	29,123,744	Africa
25	Zimbabwe	40.6 per 1,000	16,634,373	Africa
26	Haiti	40.3 per 1,000	11,772,557	Americas
27	Kiribati	39.7 per 1,000	134,518	Oceania
28	Sudan	39.2 per 1,000	50,448,963	Africa
29	Namibia	38.4 per 1,000	3,030,131	Africa
30	Angola	38.3 per 1,000	37,885,849	Africa
31	Botswana	38.2 per 1,000	2,521,139	Africa
32	Togo	35.9 per 1,000	9,515,236	Africa
33	Timor-Leste	35.9 per 1,000	1,400,638	Asia
34	Ethiopia	35.7 per 1,000	132,059,767	Africa
35	Comoros	35.7 per 1,000	866,628	Africa
36	Laos	35.2 per 1,000	7,769,819	Asia
37	Kenya	34.7 per 1,000	56,432,944	Africa
38	Yemen	34.7 per 1,000	40,583,164	Asia
39	Myanmar	34.1 per 1,000	54,500,091	Asia
40	Gambia	33.8 per 1,000	2,759,988	Africa
41	Dominica	33.1 per 1,000	66,205	Americas
42	Papua New Guinea	32.0 per 1,000	10,576,502	Oceania
43	Burundi	31.5 per 1,000	14,047,786	Africa
44	Turkmenistan	31.2 per 1,000	7,494,498	Asia
45	Mauritania	31.0 per 1,000	5,169,395	Africa
46	Zambia	30.9 per 1,000	21,314,956	Africa
47	Rwanda	30.5 per 1,000	14,256,567	Africa
48	Senegal	30.2 per 1,000	18,501,984	Africa
49	Tanzania	29.9 per 1,000	68,560,157	Africa
50	Malawi	29.4 per 1,000	21,655,286	Africa
51	Dominican Republic	28.4 per 1,000	11,427,557	Americas
52	Ghana	28.2 per 1,000	34,427,414	Africa
53	Uganda	27.6 per 1,000	50,015,092	Africa
54	Republic of the Congo	27.6 per 1,000	6,332,961	Africa
55	Gabon	26.5 per 1,000	2,538,952	Africa
56	Eritrea	25.5 per 1,000	3,535,603	Africa
57	India	24.5 per 1,000	1,450,935,791	Asia
58	Bangladesh	24.4 per 1,000	173,562,364	Asia
59	South Africa	24.4 per 1,000	64,007,187	Africa
60	Fiji	23.8 per 1,000	928,784	Oceania
61	Guyana	23.8 per 1,000	831,087	Americas
62	Marshall Islands	23.5 per 1,000	37,548	Oceania
63	Nepal	23.3 per 1,000	29,651,054	Asia
64	Tajikistan	22.9 per 1,000	10,590,927	Asia
65	Philippines	22.1 per 1,000	115,843,670	Asia
66	Venezuela	21.5 per 1,000	28,405,543	Americas
67	Iraq	20.8 per 1,000	46,042,015	Asia
68	Micronesia	20.8 per 1,000	113,160	Oceania
69	Cambodia	20.3 per 1,000	17,638,801	Asia
70	Bolivia	20.0 per 1,000	12,413,315	Americas
71	Algeria	19.7 per 1,000	46,814,308	Africa
72	Palau	19.1 per 1,000	17,695	Oceania
73	Syria	19.0 per 1,000	24,672,760	Asia
74	Bhutan	18.5 per 1,000	791,524	Asia
75	Jamaica	18.3 per 1,000	2,839,175	Americas
76	Guatemala	17.9 per 1,000	18,406,359	Americas
77	Trinidad and Tobago	17.2 per 1,000	1,368,333	Americas
78	Tuvalu	17.1 per 1,000	9,646	Oceania
79	Indonesia	17.0 per 1,000	283,487,931	Asia
80	Grenada	16.7 per 1,000	117,207	Americas
81	Solomon Islands	16.5 per 1,000	819,198	Oceania
82	Egypt	16.1 per 1,000	116,538,258	Africa
83	Lebanon	16.0 per 1,000	5,805,962	Asia
84	Libya	15.9 per 1,000	7,381,023	Africa
85	Morocco	15.5 per 1,000	38,081,173	Africa
86	Suriname	15.2 per 1,000	634,431	Americas
87	Paraguay	15.1 per 1,000	6,929,153	Americas
88	Kyrgyzstan	14.9 per 1,000	7,221,868	Asia
89	North Korea	14.5 per 1,000	26,498,823	Asia
90	Palestine	14.3 per 1,000	5,289,152	Asia
91	Saint Lucia	14.3 per 1,000	179,744	Americas
92	Saint Kitts and Nevis	14.3 per 1,000	46,843	Americas
93	Vanuatu	14.2 per 1,000	327,777	Oceania
94	Vietnam	14.0 per 1,000	100,987,686	Asia
95	Peru	13.5 per 1,000	34,217,848	Americas
96	Moldova	13.5 per 1,000	2,402,306	Europe
97	Mauritius	13.5 per 1,000	1,245,779	Africa
98	Honduras	13.3 per 1,000	10,825,703	Americas
99	Azerbaijan	13.3 per 1,000	10,202,830	Asia
100	Seychelles	13.1 per 1,000	121,354	Africa
101	Samoa	12.8 per 1,000	218,019	Oceania
102	Uzbekistan	12.7 per 1,000	36,361,859	Asia
103	Brazil	12.5 per 1,000	211,998,573	Americas
104	Jordan	12.2 per 1,000	11,552,876	Asia
105	British Virgin Islands	11.6 per 1,000	39,471	Americas
106	Mongolia	11.4 per 1,000	3,524,788	Asia
107	Bahamas	11.4 per 1,000	401,283	Americas
108	Ecuador	11.1 per 1,000	18,135,478	Americas
109	Cape Verde	11.0 per 1,000	524,877	Africa
110	Colombia	10.9 per 1,000	52,886,363	Americas
111	Mexico	10.8 per 1,000	130,861,007	Americas
112	Belize	10.8 per 1,000	417,072	Americas
113	Iran	10.7 per 1,000	91,567,738	Asia
114	Tunisia	10.6 per 1,000	12,277,109	Africa
115	Panama	10.6 per 1,000	4,515,577	Americas
116	Nicaragua	10.3 per 1,000	6,916,140	Americas
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9.9 per 1,000	100,616	Americas
118	São Tomé and Príncipe	9.4 per 1,000	235,536	Africa
119	Barbados	9.3 per 1,000	282,467	Americas
120	El Salvador	9.2 per 1,000	6,338,193	Americas
121	Costa Rica	9.2 per 1,000	5,129,910	Americas
122	Turkey	9.1 per 1,000	85,518,661	Asia
123	Armenia	8.9 per 1,000	3,033,500	Asia
124	Oman	8.4 per 1,000	5,281,538	Asia
125	Albania	8.3 per 1,000	2,377,128	Europe
126	Kosovo	8.3 per 1,000	1,594,353	Europe
127	Nauru	8.3 per 1,000	11,947	Oceania
128	Argentina	8.2 per 1,000	45,696,159	Americas
129	Brunei	8.2 per 1,000	462,721	Asia
130	Thailand	8.0 per 1,000	71,668,011	Asia
131	Georgia	8.0 per 1,000	3,699,557	Asia
132	Tonga	8.0 per 1,000	104,175	Oceania
133	Ukraine	7.8 per 1,000	37,860,221	Europe
134	Kazakhstan	7.6 per 1,000	20,592,571	Asia
135	Kuwait	7.6 per 1,000	4,897,263	Asia
136	Antigua and Barbuda	7.3 per 1,000	93,772	Americas
137	Bahrain	7.2 per 1,000	1,588,670	Asia
138	Malaysia	6.8 per 1,000	35,557,673	Asia
139	Cuba	6.6 per 1,000	10,979,783	Americas
140	Chile	6.2 per 1,000	19,764,771	Americas
141	United States	5.5 per 1,000	340,110,988	Americas
142	Uruguay	5.5 per 1,000	3,386,588	Americas
143	Romania	5.4 per 1,000	19,051,804	Europe
144	Sri Lanka	5.3 per 1,000	21,916,000	Asia
145	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.3 per 1,000	3,164,253	Europe
146	Slovakia	5.1 per 1,000	5,422,069	Europe
147	Bulgaria	5.0 per 1,000	6,441,421	Europe
148	Maldives	5.0 per 1,000	527,799	Asia
149	Saudi Arabia	4.9 per 1,000	35,300,280	Asia
150	Qatar	4.9 per 1,000	2,857,822	Asia
151	Malta	4.8 per 1,000	568,847	Europe
152	China	4.5 per 1,000	1,408,975,000	Asia
153	Serbia	4.5 per 1,000	6,586,476	Europe
154	Canada	4.4 per 1,000	41,288,599	Americas
155	United Kingdom	4.0 per 1,000	69,226,000	Europe
156	United Arab Emirates	4.0 per 1,000	10,986,400	Asia
157	New Zealand	4.0 per 1,000	5,287,500	Oceania
158	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.0 per 1,000	46,535	Americas
159	Croatia	3.9 per 1,000	3,866,200	Europe
160	Russia	3.7 per 1,000	143,533,851	Europe
161	Poland	3.7 per 1,000	36,559,233	Europe
162	Netherlands	3.5 per 1,000	17,993,485	Europe
163	Switzerland	3.5 per 1,000	9,005,582	Europe
164	France	3.4 per 1,000	68,551,653	Europe
165	Ireland	3.4 per 1,000	5,395,790	Europe
166	Greece	3.2 per 1,000	10,405,134	Europe
167	Hungary	3.2 per 1,000	9,562,065	Europe
168	Germany	3.1 per 1,000	83,516,593	Europe
169	Australia	3.1 per 1,000	27,196,812	Oceania
170	Belgium	3.0 per 1,000	11,858,610	Europe
171	Denmark	3.0 per 1,000	5,976,992	Europe
172	Cyprus	2.9 per 1,000	1,358,282	Europe
173	Lithuania	2.8 per 1,000	2,888,278	Europe
174	North Macedonia	2.8 per 1,000	1,824,359	Europe
175	Israel	2.7 per 1,000	9,974,400	Asia
176	Spain	2.6 per 1,000	48,848,840	Europe
177	Portugal	2.6 per 1,000	10,694,681	Europe
178	Austria	2.6 per 1,000	9,177,982	Europe
179	Latvia	2.5 per 1,000	1,866,124	Europe
180	Andorra	2.5 per 1,000	81,938	Europe
181	Italy	2.3 per 1,000	58,952,704	Europe
182	South Korea	2.3 per 1,000	51,751,065	Asia
183	Monaco	2.3 per 1,000	38,631	Europe
184	Czechia	2.1 per 1,000	10,905,028	Europe
185	Montenegro	2.1 per 1,000	623,525	Europe
186	Sweden	2.0 per 1,000	10,569,709	Europe
187	Luxembourg	2.0 per 1,000	677,012	Europe
188	Belarus	1.9 per 1,000	9,132,629	Europe
189	Norway	1.9 per 1,000	5,572,279	Europe
190	Iceland	1.9 per 1,000	386,506	Europe
191	Japan	1.8 per 1,000	123,975,371	Asia
192	Finland	1.8 per 1,000	5,619,911	Europe
193	Slovenia	1.8 per 1,000	2,127,400	Europe
194	Singapore	1.7 per 1,000	6,036,860	Asia
195	Estonia	1.6 per 1,000	1,372,341	Europe
196	San Marino	1.4 per 1,000	33,977	Europe