Africa Rankings

Infant Deaths

per 1000 live births

Rank		Country	per 1000 live births
Current	Previous	Country	per 1000 live births
1	1	Nigeria	69.8
2	3	Niger	65.6
3	2	Somalia	65.4
4	4	Liberia	63.2
5	5	Zimbabwe	62.4
6	6	Guinea	59.8
7	7	Central African Republic	58.8
8	10	Democratic Republic of the Congo	56.4
9	8	Lesotho	56.3
9	9	Chad	56.3
11	11	Sierra Leone	54.6
12	13	Equatorial Guinea	47.6
13	12	Mali	47.5
14	14	Benin	45.2
15	15	Ivory Coast	44.8
16	16	Mozambique	43.7
17	16	Burkina Faso	43.6
18	19	Djibouti	43
18	21	Madagascar	43
20	20	Sudan	42.9
21	18	Swaziland	42.2
22	22	Guinea-Bissau	42.1
23	23	Cameroon	40.2
24	25	Malawi	38
25	26	Namibia	36.4
26	27	Uganda	35.9
27	28	Comoros	35
28	29	Togo	34.8
29	30	Zambia	34.6
30	24	Ethiopia	34.5
31	31	Kenya	34.2
32	32	Gambia	32.7
33	33	Botswana	32.1
34	34	Burundi	30.5
35	35	Mauritania	30.2
36	36	Rwanda	29.4
37	37	Senegal	28.9
38	38	Tanzania	28.7
39	39	Ghana	27.5
40	40	Republic of the Congo	27
41	41	Gabon	25.9
42	42	Eritrea	24.7
43	43	South Africa	24.2
44	44	Egypt	20.8
45	45	Algeria	19.5
46	47	Morocco	14.7
47	48	Mauritius	13.8
48	49	Seychelles	12.9
49	50	Cape Verde	10.6
50	51	Tunisia	9.7
51	52	Sao Tome and Principe	9.2
52	46	Libya	7.9