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United States - Infant Mortality Rate 2015

Name: United States Infant Mortality Rate 2015
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

5.8 +0.0 from 2014 Global rank: 46th

United States's infant mortality rate was 5.8 in 2015, increased +0.0 from 5.8 in 2014. This was the 46th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	1.9	-5.0%
2nd	Finland	2.0	0.0%
3rd	Iceland	2.0	0.0%
4th	Japan	2.0	-4.8%
5th	Slovenia	2.1	-4.5%
6th	Luxembourg	2.2	0.0%
7th	Norway	2.2	-4.3%
8th	Singapore	2.2	0.0%
9th	Sweden	2.3	-4.2%
10th	Cyprus	2.4	0.0%
11th	Estonia	2.5	-3.8%
12th	Czechia	2.6	4.0%
13th	Spain	2.7	-3.6%
14th	Korea	2.9	0.0%
15th	Monaco	2.9	-3.3%
16th	Portugal	2.9	0.0%
17th	Italy	3.0	-3.2%
18th	Austria	3.1	-3.1%
19th	Belarus	3.1	-6.1%
20th	Israel	3.1	-3.1%
21st	France	3.2	3.2%
22nd	Ireland	3.2	-3.0%
23rd	Australia	3.3	-2.9%
24th	Germany	3.3	0.0%
25th	Andorra	3.4	-2.9%
26th	Belgium	3.4	0.0%
27th	Denmark	3.5	0.0%
28th	Montenegro	3.5	-7.9%
29th	Netherlands	3.5	0.0%
30th	European Union	3.5	-1.6%
31st	Greece	3.6	0.0%
32nd	Switzerland	3.7	-2.6%
33rd	United Kingdom	3.9	0.0%
34th	Lithuania	4.1	-2.4%
35th	Croatia	4.2	0.0%
36th	Hungary	4.2	-6.7%
37th	Poland	4.2	-2.3%
38th	Latvia	4.3	-6.5%
39th	Canada	4.7	0.0%
40th	New Zealand	4.7	-2.1%
41st	Cuba	4.8	0.0%
42nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.9	-2.0%
43rd	Slovak Republic	5.1	-1.9%
44th	Serbia	5.4	-5.3%
45th	Malta	5.8	-1.7%
46th	United States	5.8	0.0%
47th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.9	0.0%
48th	United Arab Emirates	6.1	-3.2%
49th	Bahrain	6.3	-1.6%
50th	Qatar	6.4	-4.5%
51st	Malaysia	6.6	0.0%
52nd	Russian Federation	6.6	-8.3%
53rd	Bulgaria	6.8	-6.8%
54th	Chile	6.8	-2.9%
55th	Sri Lanka	7.4	-3.9%
56th	Saudi Arabia	7.4	-6.3%
57th	Uruguay	7.5	-5.1%
58th	Albania	7.6	-2.6%
59th	Romania	7.7	-7.2%
60th	Costa Rica	7.8	-2.5%
61st	Kuwait	7.8	-2.5%
62nd	China	8.2	-7.9%
63rd	Brunei Darussalam	8.5	0.0%
64th	Maldives	8.5	-6.6%
65th	Antigua and Barbuda	8.6	-2.3%
66th	Georgia	8.9	-3.3%
67th	Oman	9.1	0.0%
68th	Ukraine	9.2	-3.2%
69th	Kazakhstan	9.5	-9.5%
70th	Tonga	9.6	-2.0%
71st	North Macedonia	9.9	1.0%
72nd	Argentina	10.0	-3.8%
73rd	Thailand	10.3	-2.8%
74th	Libya	10.6	-3.6%
75th	Türkiye	11.0	-4.3%
76th	Lebanon	11.2	1.8%
77th	Barbados	11.8	-1.7%
78th	Bahamas, The	12.3	-0.8%
79th	El Salvador	12.5	-4.6%
80th	Armenia	12.8	-4.5%
81st	Ecuador	12.9	-3.7%
82nd	Mauritius	13.0	0.0%
83rd	Kosovo	13.0	-6.5%
84th	Belize	13.1	-3.7%
85th	Seychelles	13.2	0.8%
86th	Panama	13.6	-0.7%
87th	Brazil	13.7	-2.1%
88th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	13.9	-3.5%
89th	Mexico	13.9	-2.8%
90th	Colombia	14.0	-2.8%
91st	British Virgin Islands	14.0	-0.7%
92nd	Moldova	14.2	-1.4%
93rd	Nicaragua	14.6	-4.6%
94th	Peru	14.7	-2.0%
95th	Samoa	14.8	-0.7%
96th	Jordan	15.0	-2.6%
97th	São Tomé and Principe	15.1	-8.5%
98th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	15.4	-5.5%
99th	Vanuatu	15.4	-1.9%
100th	St. Lucia	15.6	-1.3%
101st	Viet Nam	15.6	-1.3%
102nd	Mongolia	15.7	-4.8%
103rd	Grenada	15.8	2.6%
104th	West Bank and Gaza	15.8	-10.2%
105th	Tunisia	16.0	-0.6%
106th	Nauru	16.2	-8.5%
107th	Fiji	16.3	1.9%
108th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.9	0.0%
109th	Honduras	17.2	-3.4%
110th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	17.2	-5.5%
111th	Cabo Verde	17.6	-7.4%
112th	Jamaica	17.6	-0.6%
113th	Palau	18.2	3.4%
114th	Uzbekistan	18.6	-7.0%
115th	Suriname	19.0	-2.1%
116th	Kyrgyz Republic	19.4	-4.9%
117th	Paraguay	19.5	-3.5%
118th	Solomon Islands	19.6	-1.5%
119th	Trinidad and Tobago	20.4	-1.9%
120th	Azerbaijan	21.1	-6.2%
121st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	21.2	-3.6%
122nd	Morocco	21.6	-4.8%
123rd	Algeria	21.9	-1.8%
124th	Philippines	22.2	-0.4%
125th	Indonesia	22.3	-3.9%
126th	Tuvalu	22.3	-3.5%
127th	Guatemala	23.3	-3.3%
128th	Bhutan	24.4	-3.9%
129th	Tajikistan	24.7	-2.8%
130th	Syrian Arab Republic	25.6	3.6%
131st	Micronesia, Federated States of	26.5	-2.9%
132nd	Iraq	26.7	-2.9%
133rd	Dominica	26.8	3.5%
134th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	27.1	-4.6%
135th	Cambodia	27.7	-4.8%
136th	Marshall Islands	29.3	-2.3%
137th	South Africa	29.7	-3.9%
138th	Bangladesh	30.0	-4.5%
139th	Guyana	30.3	-2.9%
140th	Dominican Republic	31.2	0.6%
141st	Eritrea	32.4	-3.0%
142nd	Nepal	32.6	-4.4%
143rd	Gabon	33.5	-3.2%
144th	Rwanda	33.7	-2.6%
145th	Turkmenistan	33.8	0.6%
146th	Congo, Republic of	35.0	-3.0%
147th	India	36.6	-4.9%
148th	Senegal	37.3	-1.6%
149th	Ghana	37.7	-3.6%
150th	Uganda	38.4	-4.7%
151st	Mauritania	38.5	-2.0%
152nd	Kenya	39.1	-2.5%
153rd	Malawi	39.3	-5.1%
154th	Papua New Guinea	40.4	-2.7%
155th	Tanzania	41.1	-2.8%
156th	Yemen, Republic of	41.3	-0.5%
157th	Burundi	41.8	-5.0%
158th	Kiribati	42.2	0.7%
159th	Comoros	42.5	-1.6%
160th	Zambia	42.5	-1.8%
161st	Gambia, The	43.8	-3.1%
162nd	Madagascar	43.8	-0.2%
163rd	Timor-Leste	43.8	-2.9%
164th	Myanmar	44.6	-3.7%
165th	Togo	45.4	-3.0%
166th	Lao PDR	47.1	-4.3%
167th	Botswana	47.2	-2.5%
168th	Namibia	47.5	1.3%
169th	Sudan	49.0	-2.2%
170th	Haiti	50.0	-2.3%
171st	Angola	51.1	-4.7%
172nd	Zimbabwe	52.8	-2.8%
173rd	Cameroon	53.2	-4.0%
174th	Mozambique	53.8	-1.8%
175th	Eswatini	54.9	-5.2%
176th	Guinea-Bissau	55.3	-3.3%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	56.2	-3.1%
178th	Burkina Faso	56.3	-2.9%
179th	Djibouti	56.6	-2.9%
180th	Benin	57.0	-2.2%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	59.0	-3.0%
182nd	Liberia	63.3	-4.8%
183rd	Equatorial Guinea	63.4	-3.2%
184th	Pakistan	64.1	-2.9%
185th	Afghanistan	64.2	-3.3%
186th	Lesotho	69.3	-2.7%
187th	Niger	69.3	0.3%
188th	Mali	69.4	-2.0%
189th	Nigeria	70.2	-0.8%
190th	Guinea	71.6	-0.8%
191st	Central African Republic	72.4	-27.7%
192nd	Chad	72.8	-2.7%
193rd	Sierra Leone	76.9	-1.0%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	84.1	-2.5%
195th	South Sudan	148.5	26.2%

FAQ

What was United States's infant mortality rate in 2015?▾

United States's infant mortality rate in 2015 was 5.8. This ranked 46th globally.

How did United States's infant mortality rate change in 2015?▾

United States's infant mortality rate increased by 0.0% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2015?▾

South Sudan had the highest infant mortality rate in 2015 at 148.5.

What is the infant mortality rate of United States in 2015?▾

The infant mortality rate of United States in 2015 was 5.8. This ranked 46th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for United States's infant mortality rate?▾

United States's infant mortality rate went from 5.8 in 2014 to 5.8 in 2015, a 0.0% increase.

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