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United States - Infant Mortality Rate 1960

Name: United States Infant Mortality Rate 1960
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

25.9 Global rank: 13th

United States's infant mortality rate was 25.9 in 1960. This was the 13th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1960▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1960
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sweden	16.3	-
2nd	Netherlands	16.4	-
3rd	Iceland	17.3	-
4th	Norway	18.4	-
5th	Australia	20.4	-
6th	Czechia	21.2	-
7th	Denmark	21.3	-
8th	Switzerland	21.7	-
9th	Finland	21.9	-
10th	New Zealand	22.6	-
11th	United Kingdom	22.9	-
12th	France	23.7	-
13th	United States	25.9	-
14th	Canada	27.8	-
15th	Belgium	29.6	-
16th	Ireland	30.4	-
17th	Japan	30.4	-
18th	Slovak Republic	30.6	-
19th	Luxembourg	31.7	-
20th	Singapore	35.4	-
21st	Malta	35.8	-
22nd	Russian Federation	36.3	-
23rd	Cuba	36.5	-
24th	Belarus	36.9	-
25th	Austria	37.2	-
26th	Israel	38.4	-
27th	Greece	38.6	-
28th	Italy	44.2	-
29th	Bulgaria	45.0	-
30th	Spain	46.8	-
31st	Hungary	48.0	-
32nd	Uruguay	56.6	-
33rd	Sri Lanka	57.2	-
34th	Poland	58.0	-
35th	Brunei Darussalam	59.4	-
36th	Grenada	60.9	-
37th	Philippines	60.9	-
38th	Fiji	61.0	-
39th	Antigua and Barbuda	62.0	-
40th	Trinidad and Tobago	62.1	-
41st	Paraguay	62.4	-
42nd	Jamaica	63.7	-
43rd	Lebanon	65.0	-
44th	Panama	65.7	-
45th	Mauritius	67.8	-
46th	Malaysia	68.3	-
47th	Barbados	70.3	-
48th	Guyana	70.5	-
49th	British Virgin Islands	70.6	-
50th	Costa Rica	70.9	-
51st	Seychelles	71.7	-
52nd	Korea	73.5	-
53rd	Romania	74.6	-
54th	Samoa	78.4	-
55th	Zimbabwe	79.4	-
56th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	81.8	-
57th	Dominica	81.9	-
58th	Portugal	84.2	-
59th	Marshall Islands	88.7	-
60th	St. Lucia	89.1	-
61st	Sudan	91.6	-
62nd	Congo, Republic of	95.2	-
63rd	Colombia	95.4	-
64th	Micronesia, Federated States of	96.5	-
65th	Zambia	99.1	-
66th	Dominican Republic	102.9	-
67th	Syrian Arab Republic	105.2	-
68th	Mexico	105.3	-
69th	Jordan	109.6	-
70th	Vanuatu	111.4	-
71st	Gabon	111.6	-
72nd	Cabo Verde	112.3	-
73rd	Kenya	112.7	-
74th	Thailand	112.8	-
75th	Kuwait	117.2	-
76th	Solomon Islands	117.2	-
77th	Botswana	117.6	-
78th	Tanzania	121.5	-
79th	Ghana	121.8	-
80th	Chile	124.0	-
81st	Rwanda	124.4	-
82nd	Uganda	124.8	-
83rd	El Salvador	125.5	-
84th	Senegal	126.1	-
85th	Brazil	126.4	-
86th	Ecuador	128.8	-
87th	Mauritania	130.1	-
88th	Togo	133.9	-
89th	Nicaragua	134.0	-
90th	Tuvalu	135.3	-
91st	Eswatini	135.4	-
92nd	Iraq	137.7	-
93rd	Lesotho	137.7	-
94th	Honduras	141.2	-
95th	Chad	142.0	-
96th	Kiribati	144.6	-
97th	Indonesia	144.9	-
98th	United Arab Emirates	145.4	-
99th	Papua New Guinea	145.6	-
100th	Morocco	149.2	-
101st	India	150.6	-
102nd	Peru	152.0	-
103rd	Guatemala	155.5	-
104th	Gambia, The	156.4	-
105th	Central African Republic	158.2	-
106th	Bahrain	160.0	-
107th	Benin	161.4	-
108th	Algeria	161.8	-
109th	Sierra Leone	165.3	-
110th	Pakistan	167.0	-
111th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	168.7	-
112th	Burkina Faso	171.4	-
113th	Cameroon	175.8	-
114th	Bangladesh	178.6	-
115th	Türkiye	179.1	-
116th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	187.4	-
117th	Guinea	191.2	-
118th	Haiti	193.2	-
119th	Libya	193.8	-
120th	South Sudan	196.7	-
121st	Liberia	200.6	-
122nd	Côte d'Ivoire	208.3	-
123rd	Nepal	217.3	-
124th	Oman	240.0	-
125th	Afghanistan	251.2	-
126th	Yemen, Republic of	272.8	-

FAQ

What was United States's infant mortality rate in 1960?▾

United States's infant mortality rate in 1960 was 25.9. This ranked 13th globally.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1960?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest infant mortality rate in 1960 at 272.8.

What is the infant mortality rate of United States in 1960?▾

The infant mortality rate of United States in 1960 was 25.9. This ranked 13th globally.

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