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United States - Infant Mortality Rate 1987

Name: United States Infant Mortality Rate 1987
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

10.1 −0.3 from 1986 Global rank: 23rd

United States's infant mortality rate was 10.1 in 1987, decreased +0.3 from 10.4 in 1986. This was the 23rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1987▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1987
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Japan	5.0	-3.8%
2nd	Iceland	5.7	-3.4%
3rd	Finland	6.0	0.0%
4th	Sweden	6.3	0.0%
5th	Switzerland	7.1	-1.4%
6th	Monaco	7.3	-3.9%
7th	Canada	7.5	-2.6%
8th	Netherlands	7.5	-2.6%
9th	Singapore	7.8	-6.0%
10th	Denmark	8.0	0.0%
11th	France	8.1	-2.4%
12th	Norway	8.2	-1.2%
13th	Germany	8.3	-4.6%
14th	Spain	8.4	-4.5%
15th	Ireland	8.4	-2.3%
16th	Luxembourg	8.6	-4.4%
17th	Australia	8.8	-3.3%
18th	United Kingdom	9.1	-3.2%
19th	Belgium	9.2	-3.2%
20th	Austria	9.4	-6.0%
21st	Italy	9.5	-4.0%
22nd	Andorra	9.7	-2.0%
23rd	United States	10.1	-2.9%
24th	Cyprus	10.4	-5.5%
25th	Antigua and Barbuda	10.5	1.0%
26th	New Zealand	10.6	-3.6%
27th	Brunei Darussalam	10.8	-3.6%
28th	Slovenia	10.8	-6.9%
29th	Israel	11.0	-5.2%
30th	Greece	11.3	-6.6%
31st	Malta	11.3	-3.4%
32nd	Czechia	11.6	-2.5%
33rd	Lithuania	11.9	-7.0%
34th	Latvia	11.9	-4.0%
35th	Cuba	12.7	-5.2%
36th	Belarus	13.2	-3.6%
37th	Croatia	13.8	-6.8%
38th	San Marino	14.1	-8.4%
39th	United Arab Emirates	14.2	-7.2%
40th	Slovak Republic	14.3	-4.7%
41st	Bulgaria	14.4	-3.4%
42nd	Seychelles	14.4	-4.0%
43rd	Estonia	14.5	-1.4%
44th	Portugal	14.5	-6.5%
45th	Malaysia	14.7	-5.8%
46th	Dominica	15.4	-1.9%
47th	Korea	15.9	-9.1%
48th	Poland	16.6	-3.5%
49th	Costa Rica	17.0	-5.6%
50th	Kuwait	17.2	-6.0%
51st	Hungary	17.5	-5.4%
52nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	17.6	-6.4%
53rd	Barbados	18.2	-3.2%
54th	Chile	18.5	-1.1%
55th	St. Lucia	18.5	-3.1%
56th	Montenegro	18.5	-8.9%
57th	Russian Federation	18.8	-3.1%
58th	Sri Lanka	18.9	-6.4%
59th	Ukraine	19.4	-3.0%
60th	Tonga	19.9	-2.5%
61st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.4	-7.7%
62nd	Bahrain	20.7	-2.4%
63rd	Grenada	20.9	-4.6%
64th	Qatar	21.1	-5.4%
65th	British Virgin Islands	21.9	-4.4%
66th	Bahamas, The	22.3	-3.0%
67th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	22.4	-6.7%
68th	Uruguay	23.1	-4.5%
69th	Fiji	24.1	-4.0%
70th	Mauritius	24.1	-0.4%
71st	Argentina	25.0	-1.6%
72nd	Samoa	25.2	-3.4%
73rd	Panama	26.3	-3.3%
74th	Romania	26.8	3.5%
75th	Jamaica	26.9	-2.5%
76th	St. Kitts and Nevis	28.1	-4.7%
77th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	29.6	2.1%
78th	Solomon Islands	30.8	-2.8%
79th	Serbia	30.9	-4.6%
80th	Trinidad and Tobago	31.1	-2.2%
81st	Moldova	31.2	-4.3%
82nd	Palau	31.4	-2.2%
83rd	Albania	32.3	-6.6%
84th	Colombia	32.6	-3.8%
85th	Vanuatu	32.8	-5.7%
86th	Jordan	34.5	-3.9%
87th	Syrian Arab Republic	35.2	-3.8%
88th	Thailand	36.4	-4.7%
89th	Belize	36.9	-5.1%
90th	Libya	37.2	-5.1%
91st	Georgia	39.2	-1.3%
92nd	Suriname	40.2	-2.2%
93rd	Lebanon	40.8	7.9%
94th	Marshall Islands	41.1	-3.1%
95th	Tunisia	41.7	-4.6%
96th	Viet Nam	41.7	-2.8%
97th	Paraguay	41.9	-3.2%
98th	Botswana	42.0	-4.8%
99th	Oman	42.1	-9.7%
100th	North Macedonia	42.5	-4.7%
101st	China	43.1	0.2%
102nd	Mexico	43.2	-4.2%
103rd	Algeria	44.4	-9.2%
104th	Philippines	45.1	-3.8%
105th	Micronesia, Federated States of	45.3	-2.4%
106th	West Bank and Gaza	45.6	-5.6%
107th	Tuvalu	45.6	-0.9%
108th	Iraq	47.0	-2.3%
109th	Kazakhstan	48.0	-3.6%
110th	Cabo Verde	48.3	-4.7%
111th	Ecuador	49.0	-4.7%
112th	Honduras	51.0	-4.7%
113th	Saudi Arabia	51.3	-7.6%
114th	Armenia	51.7	-4.1%
115th	Dominican Republic	53.1	-3.3%
116th	Zimbabwe	54.8	-3.7%
117th	El Salvador	55.2	-5.3%
118th	Guyana	55.6	-1.2%
119th	Congo, Republic of	56.1	-0.9%
120th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	56.9	-5.2%
121st	Brazil	58.1	-3.3%
122nd	Nicaragua	59.6	-3.7%
123rd	Namibia	60.3	-2.9%
124th	South Africa	60.8	-5.0%
125th	Gabon	61.5	-1.9%
126th	Eswatini	61.8	-4.2%
127th	São Tomé and Principe	62.1	-3.7%
128th	Kyrgyz Republic	62.5	-4.7%
129th	Kenya	63.0	0.6%
130th	Uzbekistan	64.0	-4.2%
131st	Nauru	67.6	-4.2%
132nd	Guatemala	68.5	-3.9%
133rd	Papua New Guinea	68.5	-1.7%
134th	Peru	68.7	-4.8%
135th	Indonesia	71.7	-3.0%
136th	Türkiye	71.9	-5.3%
137th	Morocco	73.1	-4.1%
138th	Turkmenistan	76.4	-4.5%
139th	Azerbaijan	76.9	-1.7%
140th	Kiribati	77.0	-3.1%
141st	Mauritania	77.6	-3.6%
142nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	78.1	-6.0%
143rd	Lesotho	79.1	-2.7%
144th	Senegal	79.4	-4.1%
145th	Ghana	80.4	-3.0%
146th	Tajikistan	80.5	-4.6%
147th	Mongolia	81.2	-3.0%
148th	Cameroon	83.3	-2.8%
149th	Maldives	84.1	-5.1%
150th	Rwanda	85.8	-2.3%
151st	Cambodia	86.3	0.1%
152nd	Eritrea	86.5	-35.6%
153rd	Sudan	86.9	-0.7%
154th	Togo	88.2	-1.2%
155th	Burundi	90.2	-0.7%
156th	India	90.8	-2.5%
157th	Djibouti	92.1	-1.6%
158th	Myanmar	94.6	-1.3%
159th	Zambia	96.5	2.8%
160th	Madagascar	98.4	-1.6%
161st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	99.3	-2.9%
162nd	Côte d'Ivoire	100.9	-0.5%
163rd	Comoros	102.9	-3.1%
164th	Benin	103.3	-1.6%
165th	Nigeria	104.4	0.6%
166th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	105.4	-0.9%
167th	Yemen, Republic of	105.9	-3.8%
168th	Haiti	106.7	-2.8%
169th	Burkina Faso	106.9	-2.0%
170th	Gambia, The	107.0	-2.6%
171st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	107.3	0.7%
172nd	Bangladesh	107.7	-3.5%
173rd	Tanzania	108.0	-0.4%
174th	Bhutan	108.4	-3.9%
175th	Kosovo	109.9	-6.2%
176th	Central African Republic	110.0	-0.2%
177th	Uganda	111.6	-1.7%
178th	Nepal	114.9	-3.8%
179th	Pakistan	118.0	-1.3%
180th	Equatorial Guinea	120.3	-0.8%
181st	Lao PDR	120.4	-1.7%
182nd	Chad	120.9	-1.2%
183rd	Angola	122.1	-0.2%
184th	Guinea-Bissau	128.3	-1.4%
185th	Mali	131.6	-2.2%
186th	Sierra Leone	136.5	-0.4%
187th	Malawi	138.0	1.0%
188th	Guinea	142.0	-1.7%
189th	Niger	148.5	0.5%
190th	Mozambique	149.4	-0.6%
191st	Liberia	159.8	2.0%
192nd	South Sudan	171.2	14.3%
193rd	Afghanistan	176.9	-2.3%
194th	Timor-Leste	180.7	-6.8%

FAQ

What was United States's infant mortality rate in 1987?▾

United States's infant mortality rate in 1987 was 10.1. This ranked 23rd globally.

How did United States's infant mortality rate change in 1987?▾

United States's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.9% in 1987 compared to 1986.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1987?▾

Timor-Leste had the highest infant mortality rate in 1987 at 180.7.

What is the infant mortality rate of United States in 1987?▾

The infant mortality rate of United States in 1987 was 10.1. This ranked 23rd globally.

How does 1987 compare to 1986 for United States's infant mortality rate?▾

United States's infant mortality rate went from 10.4 in 1986 to 10.1 in 1987, a 2.9% decrease.

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