Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Infant mortality rate > Total
DEFINITION:
This entry is derived from People > Infant mortality rate, which gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Mali | 106.49 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
2 | Somalia | 101.91 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
3 | Central African Republic | 95.04 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
4 | Guinea-Bissau | 92.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
5 | Chad | 91.94 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
6 | Niger | 87.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
7 | Angola | 81.75 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
8 | Burkina Faso | 78.3 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
9 | Malawi | 76.98 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
10 | Sierra Leone | 74.95 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 74.87 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
12 | Mozambique | 74.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
13 | Equatorial Guinea | 73.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
14 | Nigeria | 72.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
15 | Liberia | 70.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
16 | South Sudan | 69.97 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
17 | Zambia | 68.58 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
18 | The Gambia | 67.63 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
19 | Comoros | 67.12 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
20 | Uganda | 62.47 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
21 | Cote d'Ivoire | 61.66 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
22 | Rwanda | 61.03 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
23 | Burundi | 58.86 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
24 | Benin | 58.54 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
25 | Cameroon | 58.51 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
26 | Ethiopia | 58.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
27 | Mauritania | 57.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
28 | Swaziland | 57.19 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
29 | Guinea | 57.11 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
30 | Sudan | 54.23 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
31 | Senegal | 53.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
32 | Lesotho | 51.93 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
33 | Djibouti | 51.77 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 50.48 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
35 | Togo | 48.28 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
36 | Gabon | 48.02 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
37 | Madagascar | 46.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
38 | Namibia | 45.62 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
39 | Tanzania | 45.1 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
40 | Kenya | 42.18 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
41 | South Africa | 42.15 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
42 | Ghana | 39.7 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
43 | Eritrea | 39.38 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
44 | Zimbabwe | 27.25 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
45 | Cape Verde | 25.13 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
46 | Seychelles | 11.06 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
47 | Mauritius | 10.89 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 | ||
48 | Botswana | 9.9 deaths/1,000 live births | 2013 |
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Interesting observations about People > Infant mortality rate > Total
- Afghanistan ranked first for infant mortality rate > total globally in 2013.
- Mali ranked first for infant mortality rate > total amongst Hot countries in 2013.
- Central African Republic ranked first for infant mortality rate > total amongst Christian countries in 2013.
- Somalia ranked first for infant mortality rate > total amongst Former British colonies in 2013.
- Azerbaijan ranked first for infant mortality rate > total amongst Europe in 2013.
- Nepal ranked first for infant mortality rate > total amongst Cold countries in 2013.
- Chile ranked first for infant mortality rate > total amongst High income OECD countries in 2013.
- Malawi ranked first for infant mortality rate > total amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2013.
- Laos ranked first for infant mortality rate > total amongst East Asia and Pacific in 2013.
- Equatorial Guinea ranked first for infant mortality rate > total amongst Catholic countries in 2013.
- Pakistan ranked first for infant mortality rate > total amongst Emerging markets in 2013.