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Botswana - Infant Mortality Rate 2021

Name: Botswana Infant Mortality Rate 2021
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

40.3 −1.2 from 2020 Global rank: 165th

Botswana's infant mortality rate was 40.3 in 2021, decreased +1.2 from 41.5 in 2020. This was the 165th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	1.5	0.0%
2nd	Estonia	1.8	0.0%
3rd	Finland	1.8	0.0%
4th	Japan	1.8	0.0%
5th	Norway	1.9	0.0%
6th	Singapore	1.9	0.0%
7th	Slovenia	1.9	0.0%
8th	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
9th	Belarus	2.1	-4.5%
10th	Luxembourg	2.1	0.0%
11th	Sweden	2.1	0.0%
12th	Czechia	2.3	-4.2%
13th	Montenegro	2.3	-8.0%
14th	Korea	2.4	-4.0%
15th	Monaco	2.4	-4.0%
16th	Italy	2.5	0.0%
17th	Spain	2.6	0.0%
18th	Andorra	2.7	0.0%
19th	Cyprus	2.7	3.8%
20th	Portugal	2.7	0.0%
21st	Austria	2.8	-3.4%
22nd	Israel	2.8	0.0%
23rd	Latvia	2.9	-9.4%
24th	Lithuania	3.0	-3.2%
25th	Germany	3.1	0.0%
26th	Australia	3.2	0.0%
27th	Belgium	3.2	0.0%
28th	Denmark	3.2	0.0%
29th	Ireland	3.2	3.2%
30th	European Union	3.2	-0.2%
31st	Greece	3.3	-2.9%
32nd	Hungary	3.3	-2.9%
33rd	France	3.4	3.0%
34th	Switzerland	3.5	0.0%
35th	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
36th	Poland	3.8	0.0%
37th	United Kingdom	3.9	0.0%
38th	Croatia	3.9	-2.5%
39th	Russian Federation	4.1	-6.8%
40th	New Zealand	4.2	0.0%
41st	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.2	-2.3%
42nd	United Arab Emirates	4.4	-6.4%
43rd	North Macedonia	4.4	-15.4%
44th	Canada	4.5	0.0%
45th	Serbia	4.6	-2.1%
46th	Slovak Republic	5.0	2.0%
47th	China	5.1	-7.3%
48th	Malta	5.1	-1.9%
49th	Qatar	5.1	-1.9%
50th	Bulgaria	5.2	-3.7%
51st	Romania	5.3	-1.9%
52nd	Saudi Arabia	5.3	-3.6%
53rd	United States	5.5	0.0%
54th	Maldives	5.6	-6.7%
55th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.7	-1.7%
56th	Chile	5.8	-1.7%
57th	Sri Lanka	5.8	-3.3%
58th	Uruguay	5.8	-3.3%
59th	Cuba	6.0	5.3%
60th	Malaysia	6.7	0.0%
61st	Bahrain	6.8	3.0%
62nd	Kuwait	7.6	-1.3%
63rd	Antigua and Barbuda	7.7	-1.3%
64th	Kazakhstan	7.9	-1.3%
65th	Ukraine	8.0	-1.2%
66th	Albania	8.2	1.2%
67th	Georgia	8.2	0.0%
68th	Brunei Darussalam	8.4	-1.2%
69th	Tonga	8.4	-3.4%
70th	Türkiye	8.4	-3.4%
71st	Argentina	8.5	-2.3%
72nd	Costa Rica	8.5	3.7%
73rd	Thailand	8.5	-3.4%
74th	Oman	8.6	0.0%
75th	Libya	8.7	-3.3%
76th	Kosovo	9.1	-5.2%
77th	Nauru	9.5	-7.8%
78th	Armenia	9.7	-4.9%
79th	El Salvador	9.8	-3.9%
80th	Barbados	9.9	-2.9%
81st	São Tomé and Principe	10.2	-4.7%
82nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	10.8	-5.3%
83rd	Belize	11.0	-0.9%
84th	Nicaragua	11.1	-4.3%
85th	Ecuador	11.3	-1.7%
86th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	11.4	-2.6%
87th	Mexico	11.5	-2.5%
88th	Colombia	11.6	-3.3%
89th	Panama	11.6	-4.9%
90th	Bahamas, The	11.7	-0.8%
91st	Mongolia	11.8	-3.3%
92nd	Cabo Verde	12.0	-4.0%
93rd	British Virgin Islands	12.3	-3.1%
94th	Tunisia	12.5	-7.4%
95th	Brazil	12.7	-0.8%
96th	West Bank and Gaza	12.8	-3.0%
97th	Jordan	12.9	-3.0%
98th	Samoa	13.4	-2.9%
99th	Seychelles	13.5	-0.7%
100th	Moldova	13.6	-0.7%
101st	Uzbekistan	13.7	-3.5%
102nd	Mauritius	14.0	-0.7%
103rd	Peru	14.0	-0.7%
104th	Honduras	14.1	-3.4%
105th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	14.1	0.0%
106th	Lebanon	14.3	5.9%
107th	Viet Nam	14.5	-1.4%
108th	St. Lucia	14.6	-1.4%
109th	Vanuatu	14.6	-1.4%
110th	Azerbaijan	14.8	-5.1%
111th	St. Kitts and Nevis	15.1	-2.6%
112th	Kyrgyz Republic	15.3	-1.9%
113th	Paraguay	16.2	-3.0%
114th	Suriname	16.2	-2.4%
115th	Morocco	16.6	-4.0%
116th	Grenada	17.0	0.0%
117th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	17.2	-3.4%
118th	Solomon Islands	17.5	-2.2%
119th	Indonesia	18.0	-3.2%
120th	Jamaica	18.1	0.6%
121st	Trinidad and Tobago	18.1	-2.7%
122nd	Tuvalu	18.2	-3.2%
123rd	Guatemala	19.0	-3.6%
124th	Palau	19.7	-1.0%
125th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.7	-3.4%
126th	Bhutan	19.8	-2.5%
127th	Algeria	20.2	-1.0%
128th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	21.4	-3.6%
129th	Cambodia	21.9	-3.1%
130th	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.2	-3.1%
131st	Iraq	22.2	-3.1%
132nd	Philippines	22.7	-0.4%
133rd	Fiji	22.9	4.6%
134th	Tajikistan	23.2	0.0%
135th	Bangladesh	24.5	-1.6%
136th	South Africa	24.7	-1.2%
137th	Marshall Islands	25.0	-3.1%
138th	Nepal	25.1	-3.8%
139th	Guyana	25.3	-3.4%
140th	India	26.8	-5.0%
141st	Eritrea	27.2	-2.5%
142nd	Gabon	28.1	-1.4%
143rd	Congo, Republic of	29.3	-3.0%
144th	Uganda	29.5	-3.6%
145th	Dominican Republic	29.8	-2.0%
146th	Ghana	30.2	-3.8%
147th	Rwanda	31.1	-1.3%
148th	Malawi	31.4	-2.8%
149th	Dominica	32.1	2.2%
150th	Tanzania	32.4	-3.3%
151st	Turkmenistan	32.6	-1.8%
152nd	Senegal	32.7	-3.5%
153rd	Mauritania	32.9	-2.7%
154th	Burundi	33.4	-3.2%
155th	Zambia	33.4	-3.2%
156th	Papua New Guinea	34.1	-2.8%
157th	Gambia, The	36.0	-3.2%
158th	Kenya	36.4	-1.4%
159th	Myanmar	36.4	-3.2%
160th	Yemen, Republic of	36.7	-1.9%
161st	Lao PDR	37.7	-3.3%
162nd	Comoros	37.8	-2.3%
163rd	Timor-Leste	37.9	-2.6%
164th	Togo	38.0	-2.8%
165th	Botswana	40.3	-2.9%
166th	Angola	40.9	-3.3%
167th	Kiribati	41.3	-1.4%
168th	Namibia	41.6	-3.5%
169th	Sudan	41.6	-2.8%
170th	Haiti	42.5	-3.0%
171st	Zimbabwe	43.6	-2.9%
172nd	Cameroon	43.8	-3.3%
173rd	Madagascar	44.9	0.4%
174th	Guinea-Bissau	45.7	-2.8%
175th	Eswatini	45.8	-2.8%
176th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	47.1	-2.7%
177th	Burkina Faso	47.3	-2.9%
178th	Djibouti	47.3	-3.1%
179th	Mozambique	47.7	-2.9%
180th	Benin	49.1	-2.6%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	49.2	-3.3%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	52.6	-3.1%
183rd	Pakistan	53.4	-3.1%
184th	Afghanistan	53.6	-3.1%
185th	Liberia	55.4	-2.5%
186th	Lesotho	59.8	-2.3%
187th	Sierra Leone	60.0	-3.1%
188th	Mali	60.5	-2.6%
189th	Chad	61.9	-2.7%
190th	Nigeria	63.2	-2.3%
191st	Guinea	64.6	-2.1%
192nd	Niger	69.0	-0.6%
193rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	71.8	-2.6%
194th	South Sudan	72.6	0.0%
195th	Central African Republic	93.6	25.6%

FAQ

What was Botswana's infant mortality rate in 2021?▾

Botswana's infant mortality rate in 2021 was 40.3. This ranked 165th globally.

How did Botswana's infant mortality rate change in 2021?▾

Botswana's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.9% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2021?▾

Central African Republic had the highest infant mortality rate in 2021 at 93.6.

What is the infant mortality rate of Botswana in 2021?▾

The infant mortality rate of Botswana in 2021 was 40.3. This ranked 165th globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Botswana's infant mortality rate?▾

Botswana's infant mortality rate went from 41.5 in 2020 to 40.3 in 2021, a 2.9% decrease.

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