Sri Lanka - Infant Mortality Rate 2009
13.0
+3.3 from 2008
Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate was 13.0 in 2009, increased +3.3 from 9.7 in 2008. This was the 74th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Iceland | 2.1 | -4.5% |
| 2nd | Singapore | 2.2 | -4.3% |
| 3rd | Japan | 2.4 | -4.0% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 2.4 | -4.0% |
| 5th | Finland | 2.6 | -3.7% |
| 6th | Sweden | 2.6 | 0.0% |
| 7th | San Marino | 2.7 | -3.6% |
| 8th | Czechia | 2.8 | -6.7% |
| 9th | Norway | 2.8 | -3.4% |
| 10th | Slovenia | 2.8 | -3.4% |
| 11th | Cyprus | 2.9 | -6.5% |
| 12th | France | 3.1 | -3.1% |
| 13th | Portugal | 3.1 | -3.1% |
| 14th | Spain | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 15th | Greece | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 16th | Monaco | 3.3 | -2.9% |
| 17th | Italy | 3.4 | -2.9% |
| 18th | Korea | 3.4 | -5.6% |
| 19th | Germany | 3.5 | -2.8% |
| 20th | Denmark | 3.6 | -2.7% |
| 21st | Austria | 3.7 | -2.6% |
| 22nd | Ireland | 3.7 | -2.6% |
| 23rd | Belgium | 3.8 | 0.0% |
| 24th | Israel | 3.8 | -2.6% |
| 25th | Estonia | 3.9 | -9.3% |
| 26th | Netherlands | 3.9 | -2.5% |
| 27th | Switzerland | 4.0 | 0.0% |
| 28th | European Union | 4.1 | -3.6% |
| 29th | Australia | 4.2 | -4.5% |
| 30th | Andorra | 4.4 | -6.4% |
| 31st | Belarus | 4.6 | -9.8% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | 4.6 | -4.2% |
| 33rd | Croatia | 4.8 | -4.0% |
| 34th | Canada | 5.0 | -2.0% |
| 35th | Cuba | 5.0 | -2.0% |
| 36th | New Zealand | 5.2 | -1.9% |
| 37th | Hungary | 5.3 | -3.6% |
| 38th | Lithuania | 5.4 | -10.0% |
| 39th | Poland | 5.4 | -5.3% |
| 40th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.6 | -1.8% |
| 41st | Slovak Republic | 5.9 | -3.3% |
| 42nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.0 | -1.6% |
| 43rd | Malta | 6.0 | 0.0% |
| 44th | Montenegro | 6.3 | -10.0% |
| 45th | United States | 6.4 | -1.5% |
| 46th | Malaysia | 6.5 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Serbia | 6.7 | -2.9% |
| 48th | Latvia | 6.9 | -5.5% |
| 49th | United Arab Emirates | 7.2 | -1.4% |
| 50th | Bahrain | 7.4 | -5.1% |
| 51st | Chile | 7.6 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Qatar | 7.7 | -2.5% |
| 53rd | Brunei Darussalam | 8.0 | 0.0% |
| 54th | Russian Federation | 8.6 | -4.4% |
| 55th | Bulgaria | 9.3 | -3.1% |
| 56th | Costa Rica | 9.3 | -1.1% |
| 57th | Kuwait | 9.3 | -2.1% |
| 58th | Oman | 9.6 | -2.0% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | 9.7 | -3.0% |
| 60th | North Macedonia | 9.7 | -5.8% |
| 61st | Uruguay | 9.7 | -4.9% |
| 62nd | Albania | 10.4 | -6.3% |
| 63rd | Tonga | 10.8 | -2.7% |
| 64th | Romania | 11.1 | -6.7% |
| 65th | Saudi Arabia | 11.2 | -6.7% |
| 66th | Lebanon | 11.4 | -2.6% |
| 67th | Ukraine | 11.9 | -4.8% |
| 68th | Seychelles | 12.5 | 0.8% |
| 69th | Thailand | 12.6 | -3.8% |
| 70th | Argentina | 12.8 | -3.0% |
| 71st | Georgia | 12.8 | -9.2% |
| 72nd | Maldives | 12.8 | -7.9% |
| 73rd | Barbados | 12.9 | -1.5% |
| 74th | Sri Lanka | 13.0 | 34.0% |
| 75th | Mauritius | 13.0 | -1.5% |
| 76th | China | 13.6 | -8.1% |
| 77th | Grenada | 13.6 | 2.3% |
| 78th | Bahamas, The | 13.7 | -2.1% |
| 79th | Libya | 13.8 | -6.1% |
| 80th | British Virgin Islands | 13.9 | 0.0% |
| 81st | Panama | 15.1 | -3.2% |
| 82nd | Moldova | 15.6 | -2.5% |
| 83rd | Türkiye | 15.7 | -7.1% |
| 84th | Belize | 15.9 | -1.9% |
| 85th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 16.1 | 0.0% |
| 86th | St. Lucia | 16.1 | 0.0% |
| 87th | El Salvador | 16.4 | -4.7% |
| 88th | Brazil | 16.7 | -5.1% |
| 89th | Ecuador | 16.7 | -4.0% |
| 90th | Colombia | 16.8 | -2.9% |
| 91st | Mexico | 16.8 | -2.9% |
| 92nd | Palau | 16.8 | -1.8% |
| 93rd | Viet Nam | 16.8 | -1.2% |
| 94th | Tunisia | 16.9 | -1.7% |
| 95th | Fiji | 17.1 | -1.7% |
| 96th | Armenia | 17.2 | -5.0% |
| 97th | Samoa | 17.4 | 14.5% |
| 98th | Jordan | 17.5 | -2.8% |
| 99th | Peru | 17.5 | -4.4% |
| 100th | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.6 | 0.0% |
| 101st | Jamaica | 17.9 | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Vanuatu | 17.9 | -3.2% |
| 103rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 18.1 | -5.7% |
| 104th | Kazakhstan | 18.5 | -9.3% |
| 105th | Nicaragua | 19.4 | -4.9% |
| 106th | West Bank and Gaza | 19.7 | -3.4% |
| 107th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.7 | -1.5% |
| 108th | Kosovo | 19.8 | -7.9% |
| 109th | Honduras | 20.9 | -3.2% |
| 110th | Solomon Islands | 21.4 | -1.4% |
| 111th | Suriname | 21.6 | -2.3% |
| 112th | Dominica | 21.7 | 3.3% |
| 113th | Mongolia | 22.5 | -7.8% |
| 114th | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.6 | -1.7% |
| 115th | Paraguay | 23.3 | -2.5% |
| 116th | Philippines | 23.4 | -1.7% |
| 117th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 23.9 | -3.2% |
| 118th | Cabo Verde | 24.3 | -0.4% |
| 119th | Algeria | 25.1 | -3.1% |
| 120th | São Tomé and Principe | 25.2 | -7.7% |
| 121st | Nauru | 26.0 | -5.5% |
| 122nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 26.7 | -3.6% |
| 123rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 27.4 | -6.5% |
| 124th | Tuvalu | 27.8 | -4.1% |
| 125th | Indonesia | 28.2 | -3.8% |
| 126th | Guatemala | 29.3 | -3.6% |
| 127th | Morocco | 29.7 | -5.4% |
| 128th | Uzbekistan | 30.4 | -7.9% |
| 129th | Dominican Republic | 30.7 | -0.3% |
| 130th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 30.8 | -1.3% |
| 131st | Tajikistan | 31.5 | -5.7% |
| 132nd | Azerbaijan | 31.6 | -6.2% |
| 133rd | Iraq | 31.8 | -2.8% |
| 134th | Marshall Islands | 32.2 | -0.9% |
| 135th | Bhutan | 33.6 | -6.4% |
| 136th | Guyana | 34.6 | -1.7% |
| 137th | Turkmenistan | 35.9 | -3.5% |
| 138th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 36.8 | -5.2% |
| 139th | South Africa | 37.7 | -7.1% |
| 140th | Bangladesh | 38.4 | -4.2% |
| 141st | Eritrea | 38.6 | -3.0% |
| 142nd | Gabon | 40.0 | -1.7% |
| 143rd | Cambodia | 40.6 | -7.3% |
| 144th | Nepal | 41.8 | -3.7% |
| 145th | Kenya | 41.9 | -1.2% |
| 146th | Kiribati | 42.5 | -1.2% |
| 147th | Congo, Republic of | 42.9 | -5.3% |
| 148th | Senegal | 43.0 | -4.2% |
| 149th | Namibia | 43.1 | 5.9% |
| 150th | Mauritania | 43.4 | -3.1% |
| 151st | Rwanda | 45.4 | -7.0% |
| 152nd | Papua New Guinea | 47.1 | -2.3% |
| 153rd | Madagascar | 47.4 | -2.9% |
| 154th | Ghana | 47.5 | -3.5% |
| 155th | Comoros | 48.3 | -2.8% |
| 156th | Yemen, Republic of | 48.5 | -4.2% |
| 157th | India | 48.7 | -4.1% |
| 158th | Botswana | 49.3 | 0.6% |
| 159th | Tanzania | 50.5 | -5.1% |
| 160th | Zambia | 50.7 | -4.2% |
| 161st | Uganda | 52.4 | -4.9% |
| 162nd | Gambia, The | 53.5 | -3.4% |
| 163rd | Timor-Leste | 54.3 | -4.2% |
| 164th | Togo | 54.6 | -2.7% |
| 165th | Malawi | 55.5 | -3.1% |
| 166th | Sudan | 55.7 | -2.3% |
| 167th | Myanmar | 56.4 | -20.3% |
| 168th | Haiti | 56.8 | -1.9% |
| 169th | Burundi | 58.3 | -5.7% |
| 170th | Lao PDR | 61.3 | -4.4% |
| 171st | Mozambique | 63.7 | -4.9% |
| 172nd | Benin | 65.1 | -2.0% |
| 173rd | Eswatini | 65.5 | -4.4% |
| 174th | Cameroon | 66.3 | -2.4% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 66.6 | -2.2% |
| 176th | Burkina Faso | 68.2 | -3.9% |
| 177th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 68.3 | -3.4% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 70.7 | -1.4% |
| 179th | Côte d'Ivoire | 70.9 | -2.9% |
| 180th | Guinea-Bissau | 71.1 | -4.6% |
| 181st | Niger | 72.3 | -3.0% |
| 182nd | Liberia | 72.9 | -3.4% |
| 183rd | Angola | 73.7 | -6.4% |
| 184th | Pakistan | 74.8 | -2.0% |
| 185th | Guinea | 75.3 | -1.4% |
| 186th | Nigeria | 75.4 | -2.2% |
| 187th | Equatorial Guinea | 77.9 | -3.6% |
| 188th | Lesotho | 78.3 | -5.8% |
| 189th | Mali | 79.1 | -2.5% |
| 190th | Afghanistan | 80.0 | -4.0% |
| 191st | South Sudan | 82.1 | -4.0% |
| 192nd | Chad | 84.9 | -2.4% |
| 193rd | Sierra Leone | 94.7 | -3.9% |
| 194th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 98.9 | -2.1% |
| 195th | Central African Republic | 234.9 | 181.0% |
FAQ
What was Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate in 2009?▾
Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate in 2009 was 13.0. This ranked 74th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate change in 2009?▾
Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate increased by 34.0% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2009?▾
Central African Republic had the highest infant mortality rate in 2009 at 234.9.
What is the infant mortality rate of Sri Lanka in 2009?▾
The infant mortality rate of Sri Lanka in 2009 was 13.0. This ranked 74th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate?▾
Sri Lanka's infant mortality rate went from 9.7 in 2008 to 13.0 in 2009, a 34.0% increase.
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