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Asia Power Index
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Infant mortality

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per thousand live births (2024)

This chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for infant mortality. Embed

Infant mortality

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per thousand live births (2024)

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rank
Year
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 +1 100.0 — Singapore
    2 2023
  • 2 −1 99.8 — Japan
    2 2023
  • 3 98.9 — South Korea
    2 2023
  • 4 97.5 — Australia
    3 2023
  • 5 96.4 — Russia
    4 2023
  • 6 −1 96.2 — Taiwan
    4 2024
  • 7 95.9 — New Zealand
    4 2023
  • 8 95.0 China
    5 2023
  • 9 +1 93.5 Sri Lanka
    5 2023
  • 10 −1 93.2 — United States
    6 2023
  • 11 90.8 — Malaysia
    7 2023
  • 12 88.6 Thailand
    8 2023
  • 13 88.3 Brunei
    8 2023
  • 14 82.5 — Mongolia
    11 2023
  • 15 +1 77.8 Vietnam
    14 2023
  • 16 −1 76.9 North Korea
    15 2023
  • 17 72.4 Indonesia
    17 2023
  • 18 66.5 — Cambodia
    20 2023
  • 19 63.2 Philippines
    22 2023
  • 20 61.1 Nepal
    23 2023
  • 21 59.1 Bangladesh
    24 2023
  • 22 58.9 India
    25 2023
  • 23 +2 45.4 Papua New Guinea
    32 2023
  • 24 −1 41.6 Myanmar
    34 2023
  • 25 −1 39.6 Laos
    35 2023
  • 26 38.4 Timor-Leste
    36 2023
  • 27 12.8 Pakistan
    50 2023
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