Stillbirth rate by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
3.49
Somalia
Lowest
0.118
Monaco
Median
0.82
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,776
What the numbers show
Stillbirth rate is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 3.49 in Somalia; the lowest is 0.118 in Monaco.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.82, and the mean is 0.9971.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 175 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 41.9%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 54.9%).
Stillbirth rate (Our World): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 3.49 | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 3.23 | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 3 | Djibouti | 2.97 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 2.97 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.91 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 6 | Chad | 2.84 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 2.8 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 8 | South Sudan | 2.76 | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 9 | Pakistan | 2.76 | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.59 | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 11 | Liberia | 2.42 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 2.39 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 2.27 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea | 2.27 | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 2.27 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.26 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 2.15 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 18 | Niger | 2.14 | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 19 | Comoros | 2.1 | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 20 | Yemen | 2.08 | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 2.04 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 2.02 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 23 | Angola | 1.99 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 1.96 | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 1.94 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 26 | Ghana | 1.94 | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 27 | Tanzania | 1.93 | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 1.92 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 1.89 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 30 | South Africa | 1.87 | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 31 | Benin | 1.86 | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 32 | Gambia | 1.85 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 33 | Madagascar | 1.84 | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 34 | Cameroon | 1.83 | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 35 | Mozambique | 1.83 | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 36 | Burundi | 1.8 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 1.8 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 38 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.78 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 39 | Haiti | 1.78 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 40 | Mauritania | 1.69 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 41 | Kenya | 1.63 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 42 | Namibia | 1.62 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 43 | Rwanda | 1.62 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 44 | Malawi | 1.58 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 45 | Eritrea | 1.52 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 46 | East Timor | 1.48 | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 47 | Uganda | 1.45 | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 48 | Congo | 1.45 | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 49 | Laos | 1.43 | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 50 | Zambia | 1.4 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 51 | Botswana | 1.39 | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 52 | Jamaica | 1.37 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 53 | Eswatini | 1.36 | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 54 | Nepal | 1.35 | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 55 | Cambodia | 1.33 | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 56 | Gabon | 1.29 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 57 | Myanmar | 1.28 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 58 | Dominica | 1.25 | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 59 | Guyana | 1.24 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 60 | Guatemala | 1.23 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 61 | Morocco | 1.23 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 62 | India | 1.18 | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 63 | Syria | 1.17 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 64 | Philippines | 1.17 | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 1.15 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 66 | Micronesia (country) | 1.12 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 67 | Solomon Islands | 1.1 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 1.08 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 69 | Bahamas | 1.04 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 70 | Venezuela | 1.03 | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 71 | Suriname | 1.03 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 1.02 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 | 2023 | down 24.6% | flat |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 1.01 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 1.01 | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 76 | Marshall Islands | 0.998 | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 77 | Nicaragua | 0.949 | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 78 | Grenada | 0.9458 | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 79 | Lebanon | 0.9456 | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 80 | Armenia | 0.9431 | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 81 | Ecuador | 0.9361 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 82 | Montserrat | 0.925 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 83 | Niue | 0.9199 | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 84 | Tunisia | 0.9188 | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 85 | Palestine | 0.9132 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.913 | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 87 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.9113 | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 88 | Paraguay | 0.9022 | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 89 | Cuba | 0.8994 | 2023 | up 41.9% | falling |
| 90 | Mauritius | 0.8901 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 91 | Algeria | 0.8807 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 92 | Tuvalu | 0.8709 | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 93 | Kiribati | 0.858 | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 94 | Bhutan | 0.8437 | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 95 | Samoa | 0.8435 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 96 | Egypt | 0.8428 | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 97 | Palau | 0.8419 | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 98 | Indonesia | 0.8328 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 99 | Bolivia | 0.8266 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 100 | North Korea | 0.82 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 101 | El Salvador | 0.8127 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 0.8123 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 103 | Honduras | 0.8002 | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 0.7992 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.7699 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 106 | Moldova | 0.7642 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 107 | Seychelles | 0.7474 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 0.7445 | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 109 | Fiji | 0.7327 | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 110 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.725 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 111 | Jordan | 0.7227 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 0.704 | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 113 | Tonga | 0.6965 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 114 | Libya | 0.6955 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 115 | Belize | 0.6798 | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 0.6629 | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 117 | Colombia | 0.6594 | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 118 | Cook Islands | 0.6594 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 119 | Vietnam | 0.6508 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 120 | British Virgin Islands | 0.6502 | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 121 | Peru | 0.6487 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 122 | Mexico | 0.6353 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.626 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 124 | Brazil | 0.6216 | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 125 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.6096 | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 0.5927 | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 127 | Iran | 0.5422 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 128 | Bahrain | 0.5282 | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 129 | Nauru | 0.5242 | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 130 | Kuwait | 0.52 | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 131 | Maldives | 0.5147 | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 132 | Argentina | 0.509 | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 133 | Oman | 0.5077 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 134 | Georgia | 0.4999 | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 135 | Bulgaria | 0.4894 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 136 | Malaysia | 0.4829 | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 137 | Ukraine | 0.4818 | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 138 | China | 0.4669 | 2023 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 139 | Anguilla | 0.4581 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 140 | Serbia | 0.4555 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 0.4497 | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 142 | Turkey | 0.4397 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 143 | Mongolia | 0.4367 | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 144 | Barbados | 0.433 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 145 | Brunei | 0.4306 | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 0.4294 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 147 | Uruguay | 0.4211 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 148 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4033 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 149 | Albania | 0.3965 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 150 | Thailand | 0.3944 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 151 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3913 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 152 | Montenegro | 0.3784 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 153 | North Macedonia | 0.3619 | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 154 | Hungary | 0.3522 | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 155 | Slovakia | 0.3469 | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 156 | Romania | 0.3465 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 157 | Luxembourg | 0.3308 | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 158 | Russia | 0.3166 | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 159 | Latvia | 0.3159 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 160 | Belgium | 0.3095 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 161 | France | 0.3083 | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 162 | Greece | 0.2982 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 163 | Germany | 0.2962 | 2023 | up 27.5% | flat |
| 164 | Cyprus | 0.287 | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 165 | Canada | 0.2839 | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 166 | Israel | 0.2838 | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 167 | Croatia | 0.2827 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 168 | Malta | 0.2826 | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 169 | Qatar | 0.2813 | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 170 | New Zealand | 0.2753 | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 171 | Chile | 0.275 | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 172 | United States | 0.2681 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 173 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2586 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 174 | Australia | 0.2579 | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 175 | Italy | 0.2558 | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 176 | Lithuania | 0.2544 | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 177 | Czechia | 0.2509 | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 178 | Slovenia | 0.25 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 179 | United Kingdom | 0.248 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 180 | Sweden | 0.2475 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 181 | Poland | 0.2354 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 182 | Ireland | 0.2351 | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 183 | Andorra | 0.2309 | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 184 | Switzerland | 0.2304 | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 185 | Austria | 0.2245 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 186 | Portugal | 0.2169 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 187 | Netherlands | 0.2151 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 188 | Belarus | 0.2106 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 189 | San Marino | 0.206 | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 190 | Iceland | 0.2042 | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 191 | Norway | 0.2016 | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 192 | Finland | 0.1983 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 193 | Denmark | 0.1969 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 194 | Spain | 0.1968 | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 195 | Estonia | 0.1874 | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 196 | Singapore | 0.1819 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 197 | South Korea | 0.1688 | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 198 | Japan | 0.1655 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 199 | Monaco | 0.118 | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |