Countries ranked by child mortality rate

Every country ranked by child mortality rate, highest to lowest. Nigeria tops the list at 11.6%; San Marino is lowest at 0.1%.

See it on the interactive mappublic

Highest

1Nigeria11.6%
2Niger11.1%
3Somalia10.1%
4South Sudan9.7%
5Chad9.7%

Lowest

200San Marino0.1%
199Sweden0.2%
198Slovenia0.2%
197Norway0.2%
196Montenegro0.2%

Full ranking — all 200 countries

#	Country	Child mortality rate
1	Nigeria	11.6%
2	Niger	11.1%
3	Somalia	10.1%
4	South Sudan	9.7%
5	Chad	9.7%
6	Guinea	9.2%
7	Sierra Leone	9.1%
8	Central African Republic	9.0%
9	Democratic Republic of Congo	9.0%
10	Liberia	8.6%
11	Benin	7.5%
12	Burkina Faso	7.5%
13	Mali	7.3%
14	Equatorial Guinea	6.8%
15	Guinea-Bissau	6.7%
16	Cote d'Ivoire	6.5%
17	Cameroon	6.5%
18	Zimbabwe	6.5%
19	Madagascar	6.2%
20	Sudan	6.2%
21	Lesotho	6.0%
22	Mozambique	5.9%
23	Pakistan	5.6%
24	Togo	5.6%
25	Afghanistan	5.3%
26	Haiti	5.3%
27	Kiribati	5.3%
28	Angola	4.9%
29	Djibouti	4.9%
30	Malawi	4.9%
31	Uganda	4.9%
32	East Timor	4.8%
33	Zambia	4.8%
34	Burundi	4.7%
35	Ethiopia	4.5%
36	Eswatini	4.5%
37	Gambia	4.2%
38	Namibia	4.0%
39	Congo	3.9%
40	Comoros	3.9%
41	Kenya	3.9%
42	Papua New Guinea	3.9%
43	Turkmenistan	3.9%
44	Palestine	3.8%
45	Rwanda	3.8%
46	Yemen	3.8%
47	Myanmar	3.7%
48	Mauritania	3.7%
49	Tanzania	3.7%
50	Dominica	3.6%
51	Ghana	3.6%
52	Senegal	3.6%
53	South Africa	3.5%
54	Eritrea	3.4%
55	Botswana	3.3%
56	Gabon	3.3%
57	Dominican Republic	3.1%
58	Bangladesh	3.0%
59	Fiji	2.9%
60	Laos	2.9%
61	Tajikistan	2.8%
62	India	2.7%
63	Marshall Islands	2.7%
64	Philippines	2.6%
65	Guyana	2.5%
66	Nepal	2.5%
67	Niue	2.4%
68	Venezuela	2.4%
69	Algeria	2.2%
70	Egypt	2.2%
71	Micronesia (country)	2.2%
72	Iraq	2.2%
73	Palau	2.1%
74	Guatemala	2.0%
75	Solomon Islands	2.0%
76	Trinidad and Tobago	1.9%
77	Tuvalu	1.9%
78	Azerbaijan	1.8%
79	Grenada	1.8%
80	Indonesia	1.8%
81	Jamaica	1.8%
82	Cambodia	1.8%
83	Lebanon	1.8%
84	Syria	1.8%
85	Bhutan	1.7%
86	Kyrgyzstan	1.7%
87	Saint Lucia	1.7%
88	North Korea	1.7%
89	Vietnam	1.7%
90	Vanuatu	1.7%
91	Bolivia	1.6%
92	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.6%
93	Morocco	1.6%
94	Moldova	1.6%
95	Paraguay	1.6%
96	Suriname	1.6%
97	Honduras	1.5%
98	Mauritius	1.5%
99	Panama	1.5%
100	Samoa	1.5%
101	Brazil	1.4%
102	Sao Tome and Principe	1.4%
103	Seychelles	1.4%
104	Belize	1.3%
105	Cook Islands	1.3%
106	Ecuador	1.3%
107	Jordan	1.3%
108	Mexico	1.3%
109	Mongolia	1.3%
110	Peru	1.3%
111	Uzbekistan	1.3%
112	Bahamas	1.2%
113	Tunisia	1.2%
114	British Virgin Islands	1.2%
115	Colombia	1.1%
116	Cape Verde	1.1%
117	Iran	1.1%
118	Nicaragua	1.1%
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.1%
120	Armenia	1.0%
121	Barbados	1.0%
122	Brunei	1.0%
123	Costa Rica	1.0%
124	Libya	1.0%
125	Oman	1.0%
126	El Salvador	1.0%
127	Turkey	1.0%
128	Albania	0.9%
129	Argentina	0.9%
130	Antigua and Barbuda	0.9%
131	Bahrain	0.9%
132	Cuba	0.9%
133	Georgia	0.9%
134	Kazakhstan	0.9%
135	Thailand	0.9%
136	Tonga	0.9%
137	Kuwait	0.8%
138	Malaysia	0.8%
139	Nauru	0.8%
140	Ukraine	0.8%
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.7%
142	Chile	0.7%
143	Romania	0.7%
144	Uruguay	0.7%
145	United States	0.7%
146	Anguilla	0.6%
147	Bulgaria	0.6%
148	China	0.6%
149	Croatia	0.6%
150	Sri Lanka	0.6%
151	Montserrat	0.6%
152	Qatar	0.6%
153	Saudi Arabia	0.6%
154	Slovakia	0.6%
155	United Arab Emirates	0.5%
156	Canada	0.5%
157	Cyprus	0.5%
158	United Kingdom	0.5%
159	Maldives	0.5%
160	Malta	0.5%
161	New Zealand	0.5%
162	Russia	0.5%
163	Serbia	0.5%
164	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.5%
165	Taiwan	0.5%
166	Australia	0.4%
167	Belgium	0.4%
168	Switzerland	0.4%
169	Germany	0.4%
170	Denmark	0.4%
171	France	0.4%
172	Greece	0.4%
173	Hungary	0.4%
174	Ireland	0.4%
175	Netherlands	0.4%
176	Poland	0.4%
177	Austria	0.3%
178	Czechia	0.3%
179	Spain	0.3%
180	Iceland	0.3%
181	Israel	0.3%
182	Italy	0.3%
183	South Korea	0.3%
184	Lithuania	0.3%
185	Monaco	0.3%
186	North Macedonia	0.3%
187	Portugal	0.3%
188	Singapore	0.3%
189	Andorra	0.2%
190	Belarus	0.2%
191	Estonia	0.2%
192	Finland	0.2%
193	Japan	0.2%
194	Luxembourg	0.2%
195	Latvia	0.2%
196	Montenegro	0.2%
197	Norway	0.2%
198	Slovenia	0.2%
199	Sweden	0.2%
200	San Marino	0.1%

Common questions

Which country has the highest child mortality rate?

Nigeria, at 11.6% — the highest of all 200 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest child mortality rate?

San Marino, at 0.1%, ranks lowest among the 200 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

200 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

UN IGME (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: UN IGME (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive child mortality rate map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.