Viet Nam - Infant Mortality Rate 2021
14.5
−0.2 from 2020
Viet Nam's infant mortality rate was 14.5 in 2021, decreased +0.2 from 14.7 in 2020. This was the 107th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 Viet Nam's infant mortality rate in 2021?▾
Viet Nam's infant mortality rate in 2021 was 14.5. This ranked 107th globally.
How did Viet Nam's infant mortality rate change in 2021?▾
Viet Nam's infant mortality rate decreased by 1.4% 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 Viet Nam in 2021?▾
The infant mortality rate of Viet Nam in 2021 was 14.5. This ranked 107th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Viet Nam's infant mortality rate?▾
Viet Nam's infant mortality rate went from 14.7 in 2020 to 14.5 in 2021, a 1.4% decrease.
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