Number of infant deaths, male, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of infant deaths, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
25 % change on previous year
Antigua and Barbuda
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
San Marino
Median
-2.06 % change on previous year
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,043
What the numbers show
Number of infant deaths, male, annual growth rate is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 25 % change on previous year in Antigua and Barbuda; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is -2.06 % change on previous year, and the mean is -3.6 % change on previous year.
Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 1,986.7%), and the largest decrease in Dominican Republic (down 4,132.7%).
Number of infant deaths, male, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Cyprus | 10 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Singapore | 9.43 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Oman | 5.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Romania | 5.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 172.7% | volatile |
| 6 | South Sudan | 4.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Cuba | 4.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 461.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.89 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Norway | 3.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 189.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 3.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 164.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Lebanon | 2.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 2.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Belize | 2.27 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 234.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Canada | 2.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 288.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Ireland | 2.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 133.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Malaysia | 1.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Chad | 1.82 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 1,986.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Denmark | 1.8 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 1.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 135.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Portugal | 1.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 137.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Republic of Moldova | 1.45 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 128.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1.02 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 0.9009 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Panama | 0.8439 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 173.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Niger | 0.736 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Slovakia | 0.6452 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 137.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Liberia | 0.6376 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 141.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 0.6115 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 112.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Zambia | 0.4803 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 120.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Malawi | 0.4763 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 114.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Nigeria | 0.4669 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Palestine, State of | 0.3005 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Uganda | 0.1514 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 106.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Andorra | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Bahrain | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Switzerland | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Dominica | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Estonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Fiji | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Croatia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Iceland | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Lithuania | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Montenegro | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Naoero | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Palau | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Qatar | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Slovenia | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Tonga | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Tuvalu | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 36 | British Virgin Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Bangladesh | -0.153 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Kenya | -0.3031 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Madagascar | -0.3595 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 143.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Spain | -0.6073 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 87.9% | volatile |
| 64 | South Africa | -0.6076 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia | -0.6369 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Germany | -0.7276 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 170.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.8092 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Japan | -0.8219 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Uruguay | -0.8475 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 76.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Angola | -0.8712 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Egypt | -0.9162 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 233.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Somalia | -0.9211 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 379.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Eritrea | -0.9749 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Congo | -1 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 66.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Mozambique | -1.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 189.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Australia | -1.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 76.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Mauritania | -1.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,308.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Argentina | -1.16 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Cameroon | -1.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Netherlands | -1.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | -1.32 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Vanuatu | -1.37 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 83 | Yemen | -1.4 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 173.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Philippines | -1.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Rwanda | -1.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 86 | United States of America | -1.44 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | -1.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 164.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | -1.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Benin | -1.55 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 577.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Iraq | -1.59 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Mali | -1.61 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Tanzania, United Republic of | -1.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 652.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Poland | -1.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Côte d'Ivoire | -1.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Burundi | -1.84 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Guinea | -1.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 229.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Afghanistan | -2.02 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Djibouti | -2.05 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Togo | -2.06 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Senegal | -2.08 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Finland | -2.17 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 102 | New Zealand | -2.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Armenia | -2.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Guinea-Bissau | -2.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Comoros | -2.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Gambia | -2.31 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Ecuador | -2.35 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Guatemala | -2.39 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Sudan | -2.41 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Ghana | -2.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Sierra Leone | -2.51 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Cape Verde | -2.56 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 72.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | -2.61 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | -2.64 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Jordan | -2.65 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Brazil | -2.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Israel | -2.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 170.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Pakistan | -2.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Haiti | -2.9 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Albania | -2.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Honduras | -2.93 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Greece | -2.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Kuwait | -3.09 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 312.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Peru | -3.13 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Suriname | -3.19 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 38.3% | flat |
| 126 | France | -3.2 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 535.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Georgia | -3.21 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 102.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Mauritius | -3.23 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Timor-Leste | -3.24 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Tajikistan | -3.26 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 897.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Brunei Darussalam | -3.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 132 | Gabon | -3.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,925.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Namibia | -3.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,047.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Dominican Republic | -3.46 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 4,132.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Paraguay | -3.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 154.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Jamaica | -3.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 137 | Mexico | -3.52 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 138 | Bahamas | -3.7 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 31.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Myanmar | -3.71 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Lesotho | -3.72 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 171.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Italy | -3.74 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 142 | Bhutan | -3.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Colombia | -3.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 144 | Botswana | -3.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 104.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Kiribati | -3.85 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 146 | El Salvador | -3.92 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Algeria | -3.96 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 451.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Austria | -4.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 190.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Indonesia | -4.04 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -4.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Thailand | -4.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 31.3% | falling |
| 152 | Sri Lanka | -4.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | -4.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Guyana | -4.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 232.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Kazakhstan | -4.36 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Morocco | -4.38 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Mongolia | -4.49 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 3,183.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Republic of Korea | -4.57 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 159 | Cambodia | -4.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 160 | India | -4.62 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Russian Federation | -4.68 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | -4.79 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 990.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Turkmenistan | -4.88 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 250.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Samoa | -5 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago | -5.03 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Czechia | -5.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 913.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Nepal | -5.28 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Bulgaria | -5.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Viet Nam | -5.75 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 429.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Hungary | -5.77 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Chile | -5.95 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 144.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Kosovo | -6.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 172 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | -6.12 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 174 | Sweden | -6.14 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Eswatini | -6.22 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 811.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Belgium | -6.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 160.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Maldives | -6.25 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Grenada | -7.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Seychelles | -7.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Ukraine | -7.86 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Malta | -8.33 % change on previous year | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Azerbaijan | -8.6 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Ethiopia | -8.73 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 171.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | -9.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Tunisia | -9.07 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 1,884.5% | volatile |
| 186 | China | -10.47 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Barbados | -11.76 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 170.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Belarus | -12 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 212.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -14.29 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 128.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Marshall Islands | -16.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Türkiye | -17.69 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 990.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Latvia | -20 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 470.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Nicaragua | -22.11 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 263.6% | volatile |
| 194 | North Macedonia | -26.67 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 966.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Libya | -50.37 % change on previous year | 2024 | down 2,932.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Monaco | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 196 | San Marino | -100 % change on previous year | 2006 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central -0.1199 % change on previous year
- Pre-demographic dividend -0.184 % change on previous year
- Low income -0.1978 % change on previous year
- Central Europe and the Baltics -0.4036 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) -0.8562 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa -0.857 % change on previous year
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) -0.857 % change on previous year
- North America -1.18 % change on previous year
- High income -1.3 % change on previous year
- Least developed countries -1.45 % change on previous year
- Post-demographic dividend -1.52 % change on previous year
- European Union -1.53 % change on previous year
- Africa Eastern and Southern -1.54 % change on previous year
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) -1.59 % change on previous year
- Pacific island small states -1.64 % change on previous year
- Arab World -1.87 % change on previous year
- Euro area -2.03 % change on previous year
- Lower middle income -2.05 % change on previous year
- World -2.07 % change on previous year
- IDA & IBRD total -2.08 % change on previous year
- Low & middle income -2.08 % change on previous year
- Middle income -2.4 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan -2.47 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) -2.5 % change on previous year
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) -2.51 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean -2.94 % change on previous year
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) -2.95 % change on previous year
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) -2.97 % change on previous year
- Small states -3.22 % change on previous year
- Other small states -3.47 % change on previous year
- Caribbean Small States -3.8 % change on previous year
- Early-demographic dividend -3.82 % change on previous year
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) -4.04 % change on previous year
- South Asia -4.04 % change on previous year
- OECD members -4.24 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) -4.65 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific -4.7 % change on previous year
- Upper middle income -4.71 % change on previous year
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) -4.74 % change on previous year
- Europe & Central Asia -5.28 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of infant deaths, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Number of infant deaths, male Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Number of infant deaths, male. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.