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Population, Health and Human Well-being — Children's Health: Infant mortality rate Units: Deaths per 1,000 live births

Reverse years

		2005	2000	1995	1990	1980	1970	1960
World
World		52	58	62	65	79	96	122
		2005	2000	1995	1990	1980	1970	1960
Region/Classification
Central America & Caribbean {1}		26	30	35	43	62	86	103
Middle East & North Africa {2}		43	49	55	59	91	128	158
South America {3}		26	30	35	43	62	86	103
Sub-Saharan Africa {4}		101	105	111	112	120	144	166
Developed Countries {5}		5	6	7	9	13	21	32
Developing Countries {6}		57	63	68	71	88	108	141
	ISO	2005	2000	1995	1990	1980	1970	1960
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	165	165	165	168	185	215	245
Albania	ALB	16	22	29	37	55	78	105
Algeria	DZA	34	37	43	54	94	143	166
Andorra	AND	3	6	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	AGO	154	154	154	154	158	180	208
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	11	13	18	..	..	..	..
Argentina	ARG	15	17	23	26	36	59	61
Armenia	ARM	26	33	44	46	71	..	..
Australia	AUS	5	6	6	8	11	17	20
Austria	AUT	4	5	6	8	14	26	37
Azerbaijan	AZE	74	77	80	84	95	..	..
Bahamas	BHS	13	14	20	22	28	38	51
Bahrain	BHR	9	10	13	15	23	55	94
Bangladesh	BGD	54	66	83	100	129	145	149
Barbados	BRB	11	12	14	15	22	40	74
Belarus	BLR	10	11	15	16	21	22	37
Belgium	BEL	4	5	7	8	12	21	31
Belize	BLZ	15	34	36	34	54	..	..
Benin	BEN	89	95	102	111	127	149	176
Bhutan	BTN	65	77	93	107	135	156	175
Bolivia	BOL	52	63	76	89	115	147	152
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	13	14	16	18	31	60	105
Botswana	BWA	87	74	50	45	62	99	118
Brazil	BRA	31	35	41	50	67	95	115
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	8	8	8	10	19	58	63
Bulgaria	BGR	12	13	15	15	20	28	49
Burkina Faso	BFA	96	100	107	113	135	166	181
Burundi	BDI	114	114	114	114	116	138	148
Cambodia	KHM	98	95	88	80	110	..	..
Cameroon	CMR	87	88	89	85	105	127	151
Canada	CAN	5	5	6	7	11	19	28
Cape Verde	CPV	26	31	37	45	61	..	..
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	118	115	110	103	114	158	195
Central African Rep	CAF	115	115	107	102	115	145	196
Chad	TCD	124	117	117	120	130	..	..
Chile	CHL	8	9	12	18	35	78	118
China	CHN	23	33	37	38	49	85	150
Colombia	COL	17	20	24	26	39	69	79
Comoros	COM	53	61	74	88	120	159	200
Congo	COG	81	81	81	83	88	100	143
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	129	129	129	129	133	148	174
Cook Islands	COK	17	20	24	26	28	..	..
Costa Rica	CRI	11	13	14	16	26	62	87
Croatia	HRV	6	7	9	11	20	34	70
Cuba	CUB	6	7	9	11	22	34	37
Cyprus	CYP	4	6	9	10	18	29	30
Czech Rep	CZE	3	4	8	11	17	21	22
Denmark	DNK	4	4	5	8	9	14	22
Djibouti	DJI	88	107	114	116	136	..	..
Dominica	DMA	13	13	14	15	..	..	..
Dominican Rep	DOM	26	33	42	50	71	91	102
Ecuador	ECU	22	27	34	43	64	87	107
Egypt	EGY	28	40	56	76	118	157	186
El Salvador	SLV	23	29	37	47	84	111	129
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	123	120	112	103	..	..	..
Eritrea	ERI	50	61	74	88	116	143	..
Estonia	EST	6	8	15	12	20	21	40
Ethiopia	ETH	109	116	123	131	143	160	180
Fiji	FJI	16	18	21	19	34	50	71
Finland	FIN	3	4	4	6	8	13	22
France	FRA	4	5	6	7	10	18	29
Gabon	GAB	60	60	60	60	73	..	..
Gambia	GMB	97	92	96	103	144	183	207
Georgia	GEO	41	41	41	43	..	..	..
Germany	DEU	4	5	5	7	13	22	34
Ghana	GHA	68	68	67	75	96	111	127
Greece	GRC	4	5	8	10	20	38	53
Grenada	GRD	17	21	26	30	..	..	..
Guatemala	GTM	32	39	49	60	97	115	136
Guinea	GIN	98	112	129	145	175	197	215
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	124	132	143	153	173	..	..
Guyana	GUY	47	52	58	64	77	..	..
Haiti	HTI	84	81	91	102	132	148	169
Honduras	HND	31	33	37	44	75	116	137
Hungary	HUN	7	9	11	15	24	36	51
Iceland	ISL	2	3	4	6	8	13	17
India	IND	56	68	74	84	113	127	146
Indonesia	IDN	28	36	48	60	79	104	128
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	31	36	43	54	92	122	164
Iraq	IRQ	102	102	100	40	63	90	117
Ireland	IRL	5	6	6	8	12	20	31
Israel	ISR	5	6	7	10	16	24	32
Italy	ITA	4	5	6	9	15	30	44
Jamaica	JAM	17	17	17	17	28	49	56
Japan	JPN	3	3	4	5	8	14	31
Jordan	JOR	22	25	29	33	52	77	97
Kazakhstan	KAZ	63	63	57	53	72	..	..
Kenya	KEN	79	77	72	64	73	96	122
Kiribati	KIR	48	52	57	65	..	..	..
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	42	42	42	42	32	52	85
Korea, Rep	KOR	5	5	6	8	16	43	90
Kuwait	KWT	9	9	11	14	29	49	89
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	58	60	63	68	90	104	..
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	62	77	99	120	135	145	155
Latvia	LVA	9	10	19	14	21	21	35
Lebanon	LBN	27	28	30	32	38	45	65
Lesotho	LSO	102	67	75	81	105	128	136
Liberia	LBR	157	157	157	157	157	180	190
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	18	20	25	35	55	105	159
Liechtenstein	LIE	3	5	7	9	..	..	..
Lithuania	LTU	7	9	13	10	19	23	52
Luxembourg	LUX	4	5	6	7	12	19	33
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	15	16	23	33	52	85	120
Madagascar	MDG	74	84	95	103	106	109	112
Malawi	MWI	79	117	133	131	157	189	205
Malaysia	MYS	10	11	13	16	31	46	72
Maldives	MDV	33	45	63	79	115	157	180
Mali	MLI	120	124	131	140	176	225	285
Malta	MLT	5	6	8	9	14	25	37
Marshall Islands	MHL	51	55	59	63	..	..	..
Mauritania	MRT	78	79	81	85	108	151	182
Mauritius	MUS	13	18	19	21	33	64	67
Mexico	MEX	22	25	30	37	56	79	94
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	34	20	22	45	..	..	..
Moldova, Rep	MDA	14	29	34	29	41	46	64
Monaco	MCO	4	5	6	7	..	..	..
Mongolia	MNG	39	50	64	78	102	..	..
Morocco	MAR	36	45	56	69	99	119	132
Mozambique	MOZ	100	122	145	158	149	168	183
Myanmar	MMR	75	78	83	91	94	122	169
Namibia	NAM	46	50	55	60	71	85	102
Nauru	NRU	25	25	25	..	..	..	..
Nepal	NPL	56	69	84	100	133	165	212
Netherlands	NLD	4	5	6	7	9	13	18
New Zealand	NZL	5	6	7	8	13	17	22
Nicaragua	NIC	30	34	41	52	82	113	130
Niger	NER	150	159	176	191	191	197	211
Nigeria	NGA	100	107	120	120	117	140	165
Norway	NOR	3	4	4	7	9	13	19
Oman	OMN	10	12	15	25	73	126	164
Pakistan	PAK	79	85	93	100	110	120	139
Palau	PLW	10	24	26	18	32	..	..
Palestinian Territories		21	24	28	34	55	..	..
Panama	PAN	19	20	23	27	34	46	58
Papua New Guinea	PNG	55	70	72	69	80	106	143
Paraguay	PRY	20	23	28	33	46	58	68
Peru	PER	23	33	46	58	89	115	142
Philippines	PHL	25	30	35	41	50	56	69
Poland	POL	6	8	14	19	21	32	62
Portugal	PRT	4	6	8	11	25	53	81
Qatar	QAT	18	19	20	21	25	45	94
Romania	ROU	16	19	21	27	29	46	69
Russian Federation	RUS	14	20	24	21	28	29	48
Rwanda	RWA	118	118	124	103	130	124	122
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	18	21	25	30	..	..	..
Samoa	WSM	24	28	33	40	56	73	92
San Marino	SMR	3	5	8	13	..	..	..
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	75	75	75	75	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	SAU	21	23	27	35	65	118	150
Senegal	SEN	77	80	84	90	128	164	172
Serbia and Montenegro {7}	YUG	12	14	17	24	36	54	86
Seychelles	SYC	12	13	14	17	27	46	62
Sierra Leone	SLE	165	167	171	175	192	206	220
Singapore	SGP	3	3	4	7	11	22	31
Slovakia	SVK	7	9	11	12	20	25	33
Slovenia	SVN	3	5	6	8	16	25	37
Solomon Islands	SLB	24	36	37	31	43	71	120
Somalia	SOM	133	133	133	133	133	..	..
South Africa	ZAF	55	50	45	45	64	..	..
Spain	ESP	4	4	6	8	13	27	46
Sri Lanka	LKA	12	16	21	26	36	65	83
St. Lucia	LCA	12	17	18	20	..	..	..
St. Vincent & Grenadines	VCT	17	21	18	22	..	..	..
Sudan	SDN	62	65	69	74	86	104	123
Suriname	SUR	30	31	33	35	40	..	..
Swaziland	SWZ	110	98	78	78	99	132	150
Sweden	SWE	3	3	4	6	7	11	16
Switzerland	CHE	4	5	5	7	9	15	22
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	14	19	26	31	55	90	134
Tajikistan	TJK	59	93	95	91	114	..	..
Tanzania	TZA	76	88	100	102	106	129	142
Thailand	THA	18	19	23	31	45	74	103
Timor-Leste	TMP	52	80	113	133	..	..	..
Togo	TGO	78	80	83	88	106	128	158
Tonga	TON	20	22	24	26	32	40	50
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	17	20	24	28	36	49	57
Tunisia	TUN	20	25	32	41	72	135	170
Turkey	TUR	26	38	52	67	103	150	163
Turkmenistan	TKM	81	77	72	80	113	..	..
Uganda	UGA	79	85	92	93	107	100	133
Ukraine	UKR	13	18	22	19	22	22	41
United Arab Emirates	ARE	8	8	10	13	23	61	149
United Kingdom	GBR	5	6	6	8	12	18	23
United States	USA	6	7	8	9	13	20	26
Uruguay	URY	14	14	20	21	37	48	48
Uzbekistan	UZB	57	59	62	65	73	83	..
Vanuatu	VUT	31	38	40	48	77	107	141
Venezuela	VEN	18	17	21	27	34	47	56
Viet Nam	VNM	16	23	32	38	44	55	70
Yemen	YEM	76	84	89	98	135	202	225
Zambia	ZMB	102	102	102	101	90	109	126
Zimbabwe	ZWE	81	73	60	53	69	86	97

Footnotes

1 - Central America & Caribbean

Figure is for combined South America and Central America. Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

2 - Middle East & North Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

3 - South America

Figure is for combined South America and Central America. Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

4 - Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

5 - Developed Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

6 - Developing Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

7 - Serbia and Montenegro

Due to the cession in June 2006 of Montenegro from the State Union of Serbia and Montenego, and its subsequent admission to the UN on 28 June 2006, disaggregated data for Montenego and Serbia as separate States are not yet available. Aggregated data presented are for Serbia and Montenego pre-cession

Source

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2006. The State of the World's Children 2007: The Double Dividend of Gender Equality. Table 1. New York: UNICEF. Available online at: http://www.unicef.org/sowc07/. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2006. Childinfo.org: Monitoring the Situation of Children and Women. Child Mortality statistical database. New York: UNICEF. Available online at: http://www.childinfo.org.