Africa Rankings

Infant Deaths

per 1000 live births

Rank		Country	per 1000 live births
Current	Previous	Country	per 1000 live births
1	2	Somalia	67.8
2	3	Niger	67.4
3	4	Guinea	61.5
4	1	Central African Republic	60.4
5	5	Nigeria	60.1
6	6	Chad	58.7
7	7	Mali	57.6
8	8	Sierra Leone	56.2
9	9	Lesotho	55.4
10	10	Liberia	52.6
11	11	Equatorial Guinea	49.1
12	12	Ivory Coast	46.6
13	13	Benin	46.4
14	14	Mozambique	45.4
15	15	Burkina Faso	44.8
16	17	Democratic Republic of the Congo	44.5
17	16	Djibouti	44.4
18	18	Madagascar	44.2
19	19	Swaziland	43.5
20	20	Guinea-Bissau	43.1
21	21	Cameroon	41.2
22	22	Zimbabwe	40.6
23	23	Sudan	39.2
24	24	Namibia	38.4
25	25	Botswana	38.2
26	27	Togo	35.9
27	28	Comoros	35.7
27	26	Ethiopia	35.7
29	29	Kenya	34.7
30	30	Gambia	33.8
31	31	Burundi	31.5
32	33	Mauritania	31
33	32	Zambia	30.9
34	36	Rwanda	30.5
35	34	Senegal	30.2
36	35	Tanzania	29.9
37	37	Malawi	29.4
38	38	Ghana	28.2
39	40	Republic of the Congo	27.6
39	39	Uganda	27.6
41	41	Gabon	26.5
42	42	Eritrea	25.5
43	43	South Africa	24.4
44	44	Algeria	19.7
45	45	Egypt	16.1
46	52	Libya	15.9
47	46	Morocco	15.5
48	47	Mauritius	13.5
49	48	Seychelles	13.1
50	49	Cape Verde	11
51	49	Tunisia	10.6
52	51	Sao Tome and Principe	9.4