Infant mortality rate

(deaths per thousand live births)

Sierra Leone is the top country by infant mortality rate in the world. As of 2021, infant mortality rate in Sierra Leone was 78.3 deaths per thousand live births. The top 5 countries also includes Central African Republic, Somalia, Nigeria, and Chad.

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What is infant mortality rate?

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.