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Infant mortality

Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per thousand live births (2018)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis 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 (2018)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — Japan
    2 2018
  • 2 99.1 — Singapore
    2 2018
  • 3 98.4 — South Korea
    3 2018
  • 4 97.7 — Australia
    3 2018
  • 5 95.7 — Taiwan
    4* 2019
  • 6 94.8 New Zealand
    5 2018
  • 7 93.1 — United States
    6 2018
  • 8 92.2 — Russia
    6 2018
  • 9 +1 91.7 Sri Lanka
    6 2018
  • 10 −1 91.2 Malaysia
    7 2018
  • 11 89.9 — China
    7 2018
  • 12 89.2 — Thailand
    8 2018
  • 13 85.6 Brunei
    10 2018
  • 14 78.5 — North Korea
    14 2018
  • 15 78.0 — Mongolia
    14 2018
  • 16 73.5 Vietnam
    17 2018
  • 17 65.2 Indonesia
    21 2018
  • 18 62.6 Philippines
    23 2018
  • 19 59.9 Cambodia
    24 2018
  • 20 57.9 — Bangladesh
    25 2018
  • 21 55.1 Nepal
    27 2018
  • 22 49.3 — India
    30 2018
  • 23 36.8 Myanmar
    37 2018
  • 24 35.4 Laos
    38 2018
  • 25 34.7 — Papua New Guinea
    38 2018
  • 26 0.0 — Pakistan
    57 2018
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