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08Inequalities in maternal and child health
Infant mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births)Excel

HDI Rank Country
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway ..
3 Australia ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Sweden ..
7 Switzerland ..
8 Japan ..
9 Netherlands ..
10 France ..
11 Finland ..
12 United States ..
13 Spain ..
14 Denmark ..
15 Austria ..
16 United Kingdom ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand ..
20 Italy ..
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany ..
23 Israel ..
24 Greece ..
25 Singapore ..
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Slovenia ..
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados ..
32 Czech Republic ..
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary ..
37 Poland ..
38 Argentina ..
39 United Arab Emirates ..
40 Chile ..
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia ..
43 Lithuania ..
44 Estonia ..
45 Latvia ..
46 Uruguay ..
47 Croatia ..
48 Costa Rica ..
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles ..
51 Cuba ..
52 Mexico ..
53 Bulgaria ..
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ..
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago ..
60 Romania ..
61 Saudi Arabia ..
62 Panama ..
63 Malaysia ..
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius ..
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina ..
67 Russian Federation ..
68 Albania ..
69 Macedonia (TFYR) ..
70 Brazil 29
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan 42
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ..
75 Colombia 14
76 Ukraine ..
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand ..
79 Dominican Republic 23
80 Belize ..
81 China ..
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 14
84 Turkey 30
85 Suriname ..
86 Jordan 23
87 Peru 6
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador ..
90 Philippines 19
91 Tunisia ..
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) ..
95 Paraguay 16
96 Georgia ..
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan ..
99 Sri Lanka ..
100 Maldives ..
101 Jamaica ..
102 Cape Verde ..
103 El Salvador ..
104 Algeria ..
105 Viet Nam 14
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 23
108 Syrian Arab Republic ..
109 Turkmenistan 58
110 Nicaragua 16
111 Moldova 16
112 Egypt 23
113 Uzbekistan 46
114 Mongolia ..
115 Honduras ..
116 Kyrgyzstan 46
117 Bolivia 27 1
118 Guatemala 39
119 Gabon 36
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 17
122 Tajikistan ..
123 Sao Tome and Principe ..
124 Botswana ..
125 Namibia 23
126 Morocco 24
127 Equatorial Guinea ..
128 India 38
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic ..
131 Cambodia 34
132 Myanmar ..
133 Bhutan ..
134 Comoros 65
135 Ghana 64
136 Pakistan 63
137 Mauritania 62
138 Lesotho 70
139 Congo 56
140 Bangladesh 65
141 Swaziland ..
142 Nepal 53
143 Madagascar 33
144 Cameroon 51
145 Papua New Guinea ..
146 Haiti 45
147 Sudan ..
148 Kenya 62
149 Djibouti ..
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 44
152 Togo 66
153 Yemen 60
154 Uganda 60
155 Gambia ..
156 Senegal 41
157 Eritrea 38
158 Nigeria 52
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 92
160 Guinea 68
161 Rwanda 73
162 Angola ..
163 Benin 50
164 Malawi 86
165 Zambia 57
166 Côte d'Ivoire 79
167 Burundi ..
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) ..
169 Ethiopia 60
170 Chad 101
171 Central African Republic 54
172 Mozambique 71
173 Mali 90
174 Niger 67
175 Guinea-Bissau ..
176 Burkina Faso 78
177 Sierra Leone 108

Notes :
This table presents data for developing countries based on data from DHS conducted since 1990. Quintiles are defined by socioeconomic status in terms of assets or wealth, rather than in terms of income or consumption. For details, see Macro International. 2007b.
1 - Data pertain to 5-year period preceding the survey.

Source :
Macro International. 2007. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) website download or direct correspondence on DHS reports. [http://www.measuredhs.com/]. June 2007. Calverton, MD.