Number of infant deaths, male, per capita by country
Number of infant deaths, male divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
0.0015 units per person
Somalia
Lowest
0 units per person
San Marino
Median
0.0001 units per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
13,290
What the numbers show
Number of infant deaths, male, per capita is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 0.0015 units per person in Somalia; the lowest is 0 units per person in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 units per person, and the mean is 0.0003 units per person.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 189 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 94.7%), and the largest decrease in Monaco (down 100.0%).
Number of infant deaths, male, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 0.0015 units per person | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 0.0015 units per person | 2024 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 3 | Niger | 0.0015 units per person | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 4 | Chad | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 5 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.0013 units per person | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 6 | Nigeria | 0.0012 units per person | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 7 | Guinea | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 8 | South Sudan | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 9 | Liberia | 0.0011 units per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 11 | Mali | 0.001 units per person | 2024 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 14 | Mozambique | 0.0009 units per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 15 | Benin | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 16 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Sudan | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 18 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 0.0008 units per person | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 21 | Pakistan | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 22 | Cameroon | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 23 | Lesotho | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 24 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 25 | Uganda | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 26 | Togo | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 27 | Angola | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 28 | Malawi | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Yemen | 0.0007 units per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Zambia | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 32 | Mauritania | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 33 | Burundi | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 34 | Eswatini | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Kiribati | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.0006 units per person | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 38 | Comoros | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Namibia | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 40 | Kenya | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 41 | Djibouti | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 42 | Haiti | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Senegal | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Rwanda | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Congo | 0.0005 units per person | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 46 | Botswana | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Timor-Leste | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Ghana | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Eritrea | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Gabon | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 0.0004 units per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Myanmar | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Iraq | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Marshall Islands | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Guyana | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 61 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Palestine, State of | 0.0003 units per person | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 63 | South Africa | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Solomon Islands | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Fiji | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Egypt | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Nepal | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Vanuatu | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Tuvalu | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Algeria | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Guatemala | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Philippines | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Dominica | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 75 | India | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Cambodia | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Samoa | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Paraguay | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 0.0002 units per person | 2024 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 85 | Suriname | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Jordan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Morocco | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Lebanon | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Indonesia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Mongolia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Palau | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Belize | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Jamaica | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Panama | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Tonga | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Mexico | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Grenada | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Saint Lucia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Seychelles | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Bhutan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Peru | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Viet Nam | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Ecuador | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Brazil | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Naoero | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Colombia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 114 | El Salvador | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Oman | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Libya | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Mauritius | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Tunisia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Bahamas | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Kosovo | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Armenia | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Albania | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Türkiye | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Barbados | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 131 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Costa Rica | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Argentina | 0.0001 units per person | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Malaysia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Georgia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Bahrain | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Kuwait | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Thailand | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Uruguay | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Cuba | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 143 | United States of America | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Romania | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Slovakia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Maldives | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Chile | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Qatar | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Israel | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Bulgaria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 151 | New Zealand | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Cyprus | 0 units per person | 2024 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Ukraine | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Serbia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 156 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Canada | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Russian Federation | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Malta | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Australia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Denmark | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Croatia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Ireland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Netherlands | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 167 | France | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Poland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Switzerland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Hungary | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Belgium | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Germany | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 173 | China | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 79.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Austria | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Iceland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Montenegro | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 177 | Greece | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 178 | Andorra | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Portugal | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 180 | North Macedonia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 82.7% | volatile |
| 181 | Lithuania | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Norway | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Luxembourg | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Sweden | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Spain | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Czechia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Singapore | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Slovenia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 189 | Latvia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Italy | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Finland | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Estonia | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Belarus | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 69.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Republic of Korea | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Japan | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Monaco | 0 units per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 196 | San Marino | 0 units per person | 2024 | — | 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 0.001 units per person
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.0009 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.0009 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0009 units per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0009 units per person
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.0008 units per person
- Low income 0.0007 units per person
- Africa Eastern and Southern 0.0007 units per person
- Least developed countries 0.0007 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.0004 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.0004 units per person
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.0004 units per person
- Lower middle income 0.0004 units per person
- Arab World 0.0003 units per person
- Low & middle income 0.0003 units per person
- IDA & IBRD total 0.0003 units per person
- Early-demographic dividend 0.0003 units per person
- World 0.0002 units per person
- Pacific island small states 0.0002 units per person
- Middle income 0.0002 units per person
- Other small states 0.0002 units per person
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 0.0002 units per person
- South Asia 0.0002 units per person
- Small states 0.0002 units per person
- Caribbean Small States 0.0001 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.0001 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.0001 units per person
- Upper middle income 0.0001 units per person
- East Asia & Pacific 0.0001 units per person
- Europe & Central Asia 0 units per person
- Late-demographic dividend 0 units per person
- OECD members 0 units per person
- North America 0 units per person
- High income 0 units per person
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0 units per person
How this figure is calculated
Number of infant deaths, male divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of infant deaths, male ÷ Population, total
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
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Number of infant deaths, male divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.