Probability that a newborn will die in the first year of life by sex by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
6.57
Sierra Leone
Lowest
0.0403
Iceland
Median
0.9483
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,722
What the numbers show
Probability that a newborn will die in the first year of life by sex is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 6.57 in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 0.0403 in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.9483, and the mean is 1.52.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 163.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 216 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 44.1%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 85.0%).
Probability that a newborn will die in the first year of life by sex: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 6.57 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 1 | Niue | 1.72 | 2023 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Nigeria | 6.41 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 2 | Saint Helena | 0.9447 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 6.27 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 3 | Mayotte | 0.7676 | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Somalia | 6.11 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 4 | Montserrat | 0.5423 | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Niger | 6.07 | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 0.5291 | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Guinea | 5.97 | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 6 | Anguilla | 0.3239 | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 7 | South Sudan | 5.93 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 7 | Tokelau | 0.3091 | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Chad | 5.88 | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 9 | Mali | 5.62 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 10 | Lesotho | 5.11 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 11 | Liberia | 5.08 | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 4.83 | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 13 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.79 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 4.76 | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 15 | Mozambique | 4.56 | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 16 | Pakistan | 4.51 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 17 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.51 | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.42 | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.4 | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 4.38 | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 21 | Cameroon | 4.28 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 22 | Madagascar | 4.08 | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 4.01 | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 24 | Haiti | 3.88 | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 25 | Kiribati | 3.83 | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 26 | Togo | 3.71 | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 27 | Comoros | 3.45 | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 28 | Zambia | 3.43 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 29 | Eswatini | 3.4 | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 30 | East Timor | 3.35 | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Sudan | 3.27 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 32 | Djibouti | 3.26 | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 33 | Burundi | 3.2 | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 2.97 | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 35 | Papua New Guinea | 2.92 | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 36 | Bolivia | 2.9 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 37 | Yemen | 2.89 | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 2.86 | 2023 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 39 | Myanmar | 2.82 | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 40 | Laos | 2.77 | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 41 | Mauritania | 2.74 | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 42 | Ghana | 2.72 | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 2.69 | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 44 | Kenya | 2.63 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 45 | Tanzania | 2.59 | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 46 | Malawi | 2.59 | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 47 | Gambia | 2.58 | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 48 | Botswana | 2.58 | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 49 | Dominica | 2.57 | 2023 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Congo | 2.57 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 51 | South Africa | 2.57 | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 52 | Uganda | 2.54 | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 53 | Rwanda | 2.49 | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 54 | Gabon | 2.43 | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 55 | Namibia | 2.41 | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 56 | Eritrea | 2.34 | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 2.29 | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 58 | India | 2.25 | 2023 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 2.11 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 60 | Senegal | 2.1 | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 2.08 | 2023 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Western Sahara | 2.05 | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Fiji | 2.03 | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Nepal | 1.99 | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Marshall Islands | 1.91 | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 66 | Guyana | 1.85 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 67 | Nauru | 1.84 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 68 | Philippines | 1.81 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 69 | Bhutan | 1.72 | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Iraq | 1.69 | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Cambodia | 1.67 | 2023 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Algeria | 1.62 | 2023 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Micronesia (country) | 1.61 | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Palau | 1.59 | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Guatemala | 1.55 | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Indonesia | 1.53 | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Libya | 1.52 | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Syria | 1.49 | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.44 | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Lebanon | 1.43 | 2023 | up 44.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Tuvalu | 1.4 | 2023 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Jamaica | 1.39 | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Venezuela | 1.38 | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 1.37 | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Egypt | 1.33 | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 1.33 | 2023 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Lucia | 1.3 | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Solomon Islands | 1.29 | 2023 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 89 | North Korea | 1.28 | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Palestine | 1.27 | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.27 | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Morocco | 1.26 | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.25 | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Paraguay | 1.23 | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 95 | Suriname | 1.23 | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Vietnam | 1.22 | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.21 | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Grenada | 1.18 | 2023 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritius | 1.18 | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Samoa | 1.17 | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Panama | 1.16 | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 1.15 | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.12 | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.08 | 2023 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Aruba | 1.08 | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Seychelles | 1.08 | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 1.07 | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Guam | 1.06 | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Brazil | 1.06 | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.05 | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Jordan | 1.04 | 2023 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Peru | 1.03 | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Moldova | 1.02 | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 1.01 | 2023 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Bahamas | 0.9996 | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.9895 | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Isle of Man | 0.9519 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 118 | Iran | 0.9283 | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Mexico | 0.9264 | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Mongolia | 0.924 | 2023 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 121 | British Virgin Islands | 0.9066 | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Falkland Islands | 0.8869 | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Malta | 0.8862 | 2023 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Cape Verde | 0.8769 | 2023 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 125 | Greenland | 0.8742 | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Colombia | 0.8647 | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Barbados | 0.8493 | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 128 | El Salvador | 0.8482 | 2023 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Ecuador | 0.8453 | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Turkey | 0.8452 | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Jersey | 0.8403 | 2023 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 132 | Argentina | 0.8259 | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Tunisia | 0.8056 | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Tonga | 0.7862 | 2023 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 135 | American Samoa | 0.7826 | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 0.7757 | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Belize | 0.7726 | 2023 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Armenia | 0.7699 | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Oman | 0.76 | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Brunei | 0.7481 | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Albania | 0.7437 | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Georgia | 0.7123 | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Kazakhstan | 0.6948 | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Curacao | 0.6859 | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Gibraltar | 0.6749 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.6685 | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.6623 | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Martinique | 0.6564 | 2023 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Kuwait | 0.6477 | 2023 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 150 | French Guiana | 0.6336 | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Costa Rica | 0.5999 | 2023 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.5932 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 153 | Guadeloupe | 0.5887 | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Vatican | 0.5755 | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Malaysia | 0.5703 | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Liechtenstein | 0.5616 | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Thailand | 0.5482 | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Ukraine | 0.5458 | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Guernsey | 0.5444 | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 160 | Uruguay | 0.5263 | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Bahrain | 0.5109 | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Andorra | 0.5099 | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Reunion | 0.4889 | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Puerto Rico | 0.4889 | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Faroe Islands | 0.4884 | 2023 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4879 | 2023 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 167 | French Polynesia | 0.4851 | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4797 | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 169 | United States | 0.4783 | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 170 | China | 0.4709 | 2023 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.4667 | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.4514 | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Sri Lanka | 0.4476 | 2023 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Romania | 0.445 | 2023 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 175 | New Zealand | 0.431 | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Bulgaria | 0.4301 | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 177 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.4287 | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4278 | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.4163 | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 180 | North Macedonia | 0.4136 | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Slovakia | 0.4002 | 2023 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Qatar | 0.385 | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Maldives | 0.3844 | 2023 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Canada | 0.3755 | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Monaco | 0.3749 | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Chile | 0.372 | 2023 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Serbia | 0.3699 | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Cuba | 0.3512 | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 189 | United Kingdom | 0.3267 | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 190 | Russia | 0.3206 | 2023 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Croatia | 0.3175 | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 192 | France | 0.3103 | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 193 | Netherlands | 0.3089 | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 194 | Poland | 0.3082 | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Australia | 0.3059 | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Switzerland | 0.3053 | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Greece | 0.3041 | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 198 | Latvia | 0.2946 | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 199 | Belgium | 0.2928 | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 200 | Cyprus | 0.2884 | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 201 | Hungary | 0.2808 | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Luxembourg | 0.2782 | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 203 | Germany | 0.2693 | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 204 | Taiwan | 0.2661 | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 205 | Ireland | 0.264 | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 206 | Denmark | 0.2566 | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 207 | Austria | 0.2372 | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 208 | Portugal | 0.235 | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 209 | Israel | 0.2342 | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 210 | Lithuania | 0.2221 | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 211 | Spain | 0.2167 | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 212 | Italy | 0.2087 | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 213 | Czechia | 0.1944 | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 214 | Finland | 0.1836 | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 215 | South Korea | 0.1832 | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 216 | Sweden | 0.1683 | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 217 | Belarus | 0.1631 | 2023 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 218 | Singapore | 0.161 | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 219 | Japan | 0.1559 | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 220 | Norway | 0.153 | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 221 | Slovenia | 0.1413 | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 222 | Macao | 0.1312 | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 223 | Montenegro | 0.1268 | 2023 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 224 | Hong Kong | 0.1225 | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 225 | Bermuda | 0.1073 | 2023 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 226 | San Marino | 0.0959 | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 227 | Cayman Islands | 0.0926 | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 228 | Estonia | 0.0797 | 2023 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 229 | Iceland | 0.0403 | 2023 | down 85.0% | volatile |