Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) - Country Ranking

Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Sierra Leone 86.40 2020
2 Central African Republic 83.70 2020
3 Nigeria 78.60 2020
4 Somalia 78.10 2020
5 Lesotho 76.60 2020
6 Chad 73.50 2020
7 Dem. Rep. Congo 69.50 2020
8 Guinea 67.80 2020
9 Côte d'Ivoire 64.50 2020
10 Mali 64.00 2020
11 Equatorial Guinea 63.70 2020
12 Liberia 63.60 2020
13 Benin 61.90 2020
14 Pakistan 59.00 2020
15 Burkina Faso 57.50 2020
16 Guinea-Bissau 56.90 2020
17 Mozambique 56.70 2020
18 Mauritania 54.10 2020
19 Angola 53.40 2020
20 Cameroon 53.20 2020
21 Comoros 51.60 2020
22 Djibouti 51.40 2020
23 Haiti 51.30 2020
24 Niger 49.80 2020
24 Yemen 49.80 2020
26 Togo 48.60 2020
27 Afghanistan 48.10 2020
28 Zambia 45.30 2020
29 Sudan 44.30 2020
30 Kiribati 43.10 2020
31 Burundi 42.80 2020
32 Zimbabwe 42.00 2020
33 Eswatini 41.40 2020
34 Turkmenistan 41.10 2020
35 Ethiopia 40.20 2020
36 Madagascar 40.00 2020
37 Timor-Leste 39.80 2020
38 Botswana 39.50 2020
39 Lao PDR 39.30 2020
40 The Gambia 38.90 2020
41 Myanmar 38.70 2020
42 Papua New Guinea 38.20 2020
43 Tanzania 37.70 2020
44 Ghana 36.60 2020
45 Congo 36.40 2020
46 Uganda 35.10 2020
47 Gabon 34.30 2020
47 Kenya 34.30 2020
49 Dominica 34.00 2020
50 Eritrea 33.80 2020
51 Namibia 33.20 2020
51 Rwanda 33.20 2020
53 Malawi 32.30 2020
54 Senegal 32.10 2020
55 Tajikistan 31.80 2020
56 Dominican Republic 30.30 2020
57 South Africa 27.80 2020
58 India 27.20 2020
59 Guyana 26.80 2020
60 Nauru 26.30 2020
61 Bangladesh 25.90 2020
62 Nepal 25.70 2020
63 Bhutan 25.30 2020
64 Fiji 24.90 2020
65 Cambodia 24.60 2020
66 St. Lucia 23.90 2020
67 Iraq 23.40 2020
68 Philippines 23.20 2020
69 Bolivia 22.90 2020
70 Venezuela 22.80 2020
71 Vanuatu 22.70 2020
72 Guatemala 22.30 2020
73 Indonesia 21.70 2020
74 Tuvalu 20.90 2020
75 Algeria 20.70 2020
76 Syrian Arab Republic 20.20 2020
77 Azerbaijan 19.00 2020
78 Vietnam 18.90 2020
79 Solomon Islands 18.10 2020
80 Egypt 17.80 2020
80 Paraguay 17.80 2020
82 Morocco 17.70 2020
83 Suriname 17.60 2020
84 Kyrgyz Republic 17.40 2020
84 Palau 17.40 2020
86 Mauritius 16.40 2020
87 Trinidad and Tobago 16.30 2020
88 Samoa 16.10 2020
89 Grenada 15.70 2020
90 Tunisia 15.60 2020
91 Honduras 15.50 2020
92 Nicaragua 15.40 2020
93 Mongolia 14.70 2020
94 Brazil 14.60 2020
95 Jordan 14.10 2020
95 Uzbekistan 14.10 2020
95 São Tomé and Principe 14.10 2020
98 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 14.00 2020
99 St. Kitts and Nevis 13.80 2020
99 Moldova 13.80 2020
101 Panama 13.60 2020
102 Cabo Verde 13.40 2020
103 Dem. People's Rep. Korea 12.90 2020
103 Mexico 12.90 2020
105 Seychelles 12.80 2020
106 Jamaica 12.70 2020
107 Colombia 12.60 2020
108 Ecuador 12.40 2020
108 Barbados 12.40 2020
110 El Salvador 12.20 2020
111 Iran 11.80 2020
112 The Bahamas 11.20 2020
113 Belize 11.00 2020
114 Peru 10.90 2020
114 Tonga 10.90 2020
116 Armenia 10.70 2020
117 Brunei 10.50 2020
117 Libya 10.50 2020
119 Oman 10.40 2020
120 Kazakhstan 10.10 2020
121 Albania 9.70 2020
122 Georgia 9.20 2020
123 Turkey 8.70 2020
124 Argentina 8.60 2020
125 Kuwait 8.30 2020
126 Thailand 8.10 2020
127 Malaysia 8.00 2020
128 Ukraine 7.60 2020
129 Costa Rica 7.20 2020
130 Sri Lanka 6.50 2020
131 Chile 6.30 2020
132 Lebanon 6.20 2020
132 Saudi Arabia 6.20 2020
132 United Arab Emirates 6.20 2020
135 Malta 6.10 2020
135 Romania 6.10 2020
137 Bahrain 6.00 2020
138 Uruguay 5.90 2020
138 United States 5.90 2020
140 Antigua and Barbuda 5.80 2020
140 China 5.80 2020
142 Bulgaria 5.60 2020
143 North Macedonia 5.50 2020
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.40 2020
144 Serbia 5.40 2020
146 Qatar 5.30 2020
147 Slovak Republic 5.10 2020
148 Russia 4.80 2020
149 Canada 4.70 2020
150 Cuba 4.50 2020
151 New Zealand 4.30 2020
152 Croatia 4.20 2020
153 Poland 4.00 2020
154 United Kingdom 3.90 2020
154 Netherlands 3.90 2020
156 Switzerland 3.80 2020
156 Belgium 3.80 2020
156 Greece 3.80 2020
156 France 3.80 2020
160 Hungary 3.70 2020
160 Latvia 3.70 2020
162 Australia 3.40 2020
162 Denmark 3.40 2020
164 Germany 3.30 2020
165 Austria 3.20 2020
166 Israel 3.10 2020
167 Spain 3.00 2020
167 Portugal 3.00 2020
169 Lithuania 2.90 2020
170 Ireland 2.80 2020
170 Korea 2.80 2020
172 Italy 2.70 2020
172 Monaco 2.70 2020
174 Czech Republic 2.60 2020
174 Andorra 2.60 2020
176 Luxembourg 2.50 2020
177 Cyprus 2.40 2020
177 Belarus 2.40 2020
179 Sweden 2.30 2020
180 Montenegro 2.10 2020
181 Finland 2.00 2020
181 Singapore 2.00 2020
181 Norway 2.00 2020
184 Slovenia 1.90 2020
184 Japan 1.90 2020
186 Estonia 1.80 2020
187 Iceland 1.70 2020
187 San Marino 1.70 2020

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Development Relevance: Mortality rates for different age groups (infants, children, and adults) and overall mortality indicators (life expectancy at birth or survival to a given age) are important indicators of health status in a country. Because data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. And they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries.

Limitations and Exceptions: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The main sources of mortality data are vital registration systems and direct or indirect estimates based on sample surveys or censuses. A "complete" vital registration system - covering at least 90 percent of vital events in the population - is the best source of age-specific mortality data. Estimates of neonatal, infant, and child mortality tend to vary by source and method for a given time and place. Years for available estimates also vary by country, making comparisons across countries and over time difficult. To make neonatal, infant, and child mortality estimates comparable and to ensure consistency across estimates by different agencies, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), which comprises the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank, the United Nations Population Division, and other universities and research institutes, developed and adopted a statistical method that uses all available information to reconcile differences. The method uses statistical models to obtain a best estimate trend line by fitting a country-specific regression model of mortality rates against their reference dates.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development ac