Number of infant deaths, female by country
Number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
257,082
India
Lowest
0
San Marino
Median
624
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
13,304
What the numbers show
Number of infant deaths, female is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 257,082 in India; the lowest is 0 in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 624, and the mean is 8,176.
Over the past decade 18 countries rose and 171 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 100.0%).
Number of infant deaths, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 257,082 | 2024 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 2 | Nigeria | 231,292 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 3 | Pakistan | 142,446 | 2024 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 108,968 | 2024 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 5 | Ethiopia | 58,159 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 6 | Bangladesh | 38,357 | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Niger | 32,490 | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 31,864 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 9 | Sudan | 31,271 | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 10 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 29,834 | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 11 | Indonesia | 29,289 | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Uganda | 26,984 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 13 | Mozambique | 24,982 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 14 | Somalia | 23,148 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 15 | Kenya | 22,689 | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 22,592 | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 20,807 | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 18 | Yemen | 20,390 | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 19 | Mali | 20,296 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 20 | Angola | 19,424 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 21 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19,131 | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 22 | Madagascar | 18,870 | 2024 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 23 | Philippines | 16,922 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 24 | Cameroon | 16,905 | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 25 | China (People’s Republic of) | 16,227 | 2024 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 13,991 | 2024 | down 26.0% | flat |
| 27 | Brazil | 13,695 | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 13,603 | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 29 | South Africa | 12,865 | 2024 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 30 | Myanmar | 12,689 | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 31 | Guinea | 12,637 | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 32 | Malawi | 11,083 | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 33 | South Sudan | 10,897 | 2024 | down 53.6% | flat |
| 34 | Mexico | 10,789 | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Zambia | 10,622 | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 36 | Ghana | 10,518 | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 37 | Iraq | 10,270 | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 38 | Benin | 9,425 | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 39 | United States | 8,970 | 2024 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Algeria | 7,693 | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Viet Nam | 6,806 | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Senegal | 6,604 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 6,254 | 2024 | down 26.6% | flat |
| 44 | Central African Republic | 6,203 | 2024 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 45 | Burundi | 6,140 | 2024 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 46 | Nepal | 5,594 | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 5,502 | 2024 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 48 | Rwanda | 5,141 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 4,967 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 50 | Liberia | 4,694 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 51 | Togo | 4,460 | 2024 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 52 | Haiti | 4,388 | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 53 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,219 | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 54 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 4,017 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 55 | Morocco | 4,016 | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Türkiye | 3,824 | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 3,494 | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 58 | Colombia | 3,206 | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Guatemala | 2,815 | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 2,655 | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 61 | Peru | 2,600 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Cambodia | 2,516 | 2024 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 2,480 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 64 | Russia | 2,307 | 2024 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Mauritania | 2,293 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 66 | Congo | 2,262 | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 1,971 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 68 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 1,960 | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Thailand | 1,951 | 2024 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,861 | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 71 | Argentina | 1,757 | 2024 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1,625 | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Lesotho | 1,369 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 74 | Malaysia | 1,340 | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Honduras | 1,289 | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 1,272 | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Namibia | 1,255 | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 78 | Ecuador | 1,242 | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Jordan | 1,237 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 80 | United Kingdom | 1,223 | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Saudi Arabia | 1,190 | 2024 | down 41.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,174 | 2024 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 83 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,161 | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 84 | Gambia | 1,149 | 2024 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 85 | Palestine, State of | 1,133 | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 86 | Eritrea | 1,046 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 87 | Germany | 1,010 | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 88 | France | 975 | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 946 | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 90 | Paraguay | 868 | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 91 | Botswana | 858 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 92 | Gabon | 770 | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 93 | Canada | 754 | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Tunisia | 733 | 2024 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 723 | 2024 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Ukraine | 693 | 2024 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 674 | 2024 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Japan | 639 | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Lebanon | 624 | 2024 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 545 | 2024 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Eswatini | 543 | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 102 | Poland | 491 | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Romania | 484 | 2024 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Djibouti | 459 | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 105 | Chile | 456 | 2024 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Timor-Leste | 453 | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Libya | 424 | 2024 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Australia | 419 | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Italy | 393 | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Spain | 387 | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 111 | El Salvador | 385 | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Comoros | 381 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 113 | Panama | 377 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 114 | Oman | 318 | 2024 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Mongolia | 313 | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Cuba | 276 | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Netherlands | 254 | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Korea | 243 | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Jamaica | 229 | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Republic of Moldova | 211 | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Costa Rica | 210 | 2024 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Israel | 205 | 2024 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 123 | United Arab Emirates | 177 | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 124 | Fiji | 168 | 2024 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 125 | Guyana | 164 | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 126 | Solomon Islands | 156 | 2024 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 127 | Kuwait | 154 | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Georgia | 142 | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 129 | Belgium | 138 | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Armenia | 130 | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Switzerland | 128 | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Bulgaria | 127 | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Trinidad and Tobago | 120 | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Slovak Republic | 119 | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Serbia | 116 | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Hungary | 114 | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 137 | New Zealand | 107 | 2024 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Greece | 104 | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Albania | 102 | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Portugal | 101 | 2024 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Austria | 96 | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Denmark | 92 | 2024 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Uruguay | 88 | 2024 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Sweden | 85 | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Czechia | 82 | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Ireland | 82 | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Mauritius | 71 | 2024 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Kosovo | 70 | 2024 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 70 | 2024 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Suriname | 69 | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 151 | Bahrain | 67 | 2024 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Qatar | 65 | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 153 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 60 | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Bhutan | 59 | 2024 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Vanuatu | 58 | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 156 | Croatia | 57 | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Kiribati | 57 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 158 | Belarus | 50 | 2024 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Singapore | 48 | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Norway | 46 | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Finland | 37 | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Belize | 35 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 163 | Cape Verde | 30 | 2024 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Samoa | 29 | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Lithuania | 28 | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Cyprus | 26 | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 26 | 2024 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 168 | Brunei Darussalam | 24 | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Bahamas | 22 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 170 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 21 | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 171 | North Macedonia | 19 | 2024 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 14 | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Latvia | 14 | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Slovenia | 14 | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Barbados | 13 | 2024 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Maldives | 12 | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Dominica | 11 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | Grenada | 10 | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Seychelles | 10 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 180 | Malta | 9 | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Marshall Islands | 8 | 2024 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 181 | Tonga | 8 | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Estonia | 7 | 2024 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Luxembourg | 6 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 184 | Montenegro | 6 | 2024 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | 2024 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Iceland | 4 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Palau | 2 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 190 | Tuvalu | 2 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 190 | British Virgin Islands | 2 | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Monaco | 1 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Naoero | 1 | 2024 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 196 | Andorra | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | San Marino | 0 | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- IDA & IBRD total 1.59 million
- Low & middle income 1.59 million
- Middle income 1.09 million
- Lower middle income 947,329
- Sub-Saharan Africa 864,785
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 864,785
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 864,775
- Pre-demographic dividend 802,154
- Early-demographic dividend 729,580
- Least developed countries 649,582
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 587,823
- Africa Eastern and Southern 440,239
About this data
Number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age.