U.S. Infant Mortality Rate 1960-2025

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Population Growth Rate Density Urban Rural Life Expectancy Birth Rate Death Rate Infant Mortality Rate Fertility Rate

U.S. infant mortality rate for 2022 was 5.40, a 0% increase from 2021.

U.S. infant mortality rate for 2021 was 5.40, a 1.82% decline from 2020.
U.S. infant mortality rate for 2020 was 5.50, a 0% increase from 2019.
U.S. infant mortality rate for 2019 was 5.50, a 1.79% decline from 2018.

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

Country Rankings
Country Name	Per 1000 Live Births
Sierra Leone	76.00
Central African Republic	73.50
Nigeria	68.50
Somalia	68.00
Chad	64.10
South Sudan	63.80
Guinea	62.20
Niger	60.30
Democratic Republic of Congo	60.10
Mali	60.10
Lesotho	56.40
Equatorial Guinea	55.10
Liberia	54.90
Benin	53.60
Pakistan	51.00
Burkina Faso	50.10
Mozambique	48.70
Guinea-Bissau	48.60
Cameroon	47.00
Angola	45.70
Madagascar	45.10
Afghanistan	44.80
Djibouti	44.10
Haiti	44.00
Kiribati	43.90
Togo	42.10
Timor-Leste	41.50
Eswatini	39.70
Zambia	39.00
Comoros	38.20
Sudan	37.00
Burundi	36.40
Turkmenistan	35.00
Zimbabwe	34.60
Ethiopia	33.90
Papua New Guinea	33.40
Yemen	33.10
Gambia	32.80
Lao PDR	32.70
Myanmar	32.50
Ghana	31.60
Mauritania	31.40
Botswana	31.20
Republic of Congo	31.20
Dominica	30.80
Kenya	30.50
Uganda	30.20
Malawi	30.10
Tanzania	30.00
Gabon	28.80
Rwanda	28.80
Namibia	28.60
Senegal	28.20
Eritrea	28.00
South Africa	27.70
Dominican Republic	26.80
Tajikistan	26.70
India	25.50
Bangladesh	24.10
Marshall Islands	24.00
Fiji	23.60
Nepal	23.00
Guyana	22.30
Nauru	22.30
Palau	22.10
Philippines	21.80
Venezuela	21.20
Micronesia	20.50
Cambodia	20.30
Bhutan	20.10
Iraq	20.00
Bolivia	19.60
Guatemala	18.80
Algeria	18.70
Indonesia	18.10
Syrian Arab Republic	17.80
Tuvalu	17.40
Vietnam	16.20
Azerbaijan	16.10
Jamaica	16.10
St. Lucia	16.00
Solomon Islands	15.70
Vanuatu	15.60
Egypt	15.50
Kyrgyz Republic	15.40
Paraguay	15.00
Lebanon	14.90
Morocco	14.80
Suriname	14.80
Grenada	14.40
Samoa	13.90
Honduras	13.80
Trinidad and Tobago	13.80
North Korea	13.60
Mauritius	13.40
St. Kitts and Nevis	13.30
Nicaragua	13.10
Brazil	12.50
Seychelles	12.50
West Bank and Gaza	12.30
Jordan	12.20
Moldova	12.20
Uzbekistan	11.90
Peru	11.70
British Virgin Islands	11.60
Mongolia	11.50
Panama	11.40
Sao Tome and Principe	11.30
Bahamas	11.20
Mexico	11.00
Colombia	10.60
Cabo Verde	10.60
Ecuador	10.50
Iran	10.30
El Salvador	10.20
Barbados	10.10
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10.10
Tunisia	9.90
Belize	9.40
Tonga	9.40
Armenia	9.20
Oman	9.00
Libya	8.90
Kazakhstan	8.70
Kosovo	8.70
Brunei	8.50
Albania	8.40
Argentina	8.40
Georgia	8.30
Turkey	8.30
Antigua and Barbuda	8.10
Kuwait	7.40
Thailand	7.00
Ukraine	7.00
Costa Rica	6.90
Malaysia	6.70
Cuba	6.20
Bahrain	5.60
Sri Lanka	5.60
Uruguay	5.60
Romania	5.50
Saudi Arabia	5.50
Chile	5.40
United States	5.40
Bosnia	5.20
Bulgaria	5.00
Malta	4.90
Slovak Republic	4.90
China	4.80
Maldives	4.80
Qatar	4.50
Serbia	4.40
UAE	4.30
Canada	4.30
North Macedonia	4.10
Turks and Caicos Islands	4.10
Croatia	3.90
New Zealand	3.90
Poland	3.80
Russia	3.80
United Kingdom	3.60
Switzerland	3.50
Netherlands	3.40
France	3.30
Greece	3.30
Hungary	3.30
Australia	3.20
Belgium	3.10
Denmark	3.10
Germany	3.00
Euro Area	2.92
Lithuania	2.90
Latvia	2.80
Cyprus	2.70
Ireland	2.70
Israel	2.70
Andorra	2.60
Austria	2.60
Portugal	2.60
Spain	2.50
South Korea	2.40
Monaco	2.30
Montenegro	2.30
Italy	2.20
Luxembourg	2.20
Czech Republic	2.10
Iceland	2.00
Sweden	2.00
Belarus	1.90
Finland	1.90
Slovenia	1.90
Norway	1.80
Singapore	1.80
Japan	1.70
Estonia	1.50
San Marino	1.30