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25 countries in the world with the highest infant mortality

25 countries, each one drawn on a satellite globe. Name it when it lights up, find it when you are given its name, tell its flag from three others, or type every one you can remember in Name all.

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The countries

  1. 1South Sudan71.9 per 1,000
  2. 2Nigeria69.8 per 1,000
  3. 3Niger65.6 per 1,000
  4. 4Somalia65.4 per 1,000
  5. 5Liberia63.2 per 1,000
  6. 6Zimbabwe62.4 per 1,000
  7. 7Guinea59.8 per 1,000
  8. 8Central African Republic58.8 per 1,000
  9. 9Democratic Republic of the Congo56.4 per 1,000
  10. 10Chad56.3 per 1,000
  11. 11Lesotho56.3 per 1,000
  12. 12Sierra Leone54.6 per 1,000
  13. 13Afghanistan48.3 per 1,000
  14. 14Pakistan48.2 per 1,000
  15. 15Equatorial Guinea47.6 per 1,000
  16. 16Mali47.5 per 1,000
  17. 17Benin45.2 per 1,000
  18. 18Côte d'Ivoire44.8 per 1,000
  19. 19Mozambique43.7 per 1,000
  20. 20Burkina Faso43.6 per 1,000
  21. 21Djibouti43 per 1,000
  22. 22Madagascar43 per 1,000
  23. 23Sudan42.9 per 1,000
  24. 24Eswatini42.2 per 1,000
  25. 25Guinea-Bissau42.1 per 1,000

Infant mortality: babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 live births (World Bank WDI SP.DYN.IMRT.IN, from the UN’s inter-agency estimates, 2024). Each item names its year; a country without a recent figure is left out. Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), Natural Earth 1:50m admin-0.

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Map of 25 countries in the world with the highest infant mortality, 25 countries: each one marked on the globe

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