Stillbirth rate by country
The estimated number of stillbirths, per 100 total births.
Countries reporting
196
Highest
3.49 deaths per 100 births
Somalia
Lowest
0.118 deaths per 100 births
Monaco
Median
0.8297 deaths per 100 births
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,776
What the numbers show
Stillbirth rate is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 3.49 deaths per 100 births in Somalia; the lowest is 0.118 deaths per 100 births in Monaco.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8297 deaths per 100 births, and the mean is 1.01 deaths per 100 births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 172 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 41.9%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 54.9%).
Stillbirth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 3.49 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 3.23 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 3 | Djibouti | 2.97 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 2.97 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.91 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 6 | Chad | 2.84 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 2.8 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 8 | South Sudan | 2.76 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 9 | Pakistan | 2.76 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.59 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 11 | Liberia | 2.42 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 2.39 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 2.27 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea | 2.27 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 15 | Lesotho | 2.27 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.26 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 2.15 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 18 | Niger | 2.14 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 19 | Comoros | 2.1 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 20 | Yemen | 2.08 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 2.04 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 2.02 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 23 | Angola | 1.99 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 1.96 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 1.94 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 26 | Ghana | 1.94 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 27 | Tanzania | 1.93 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 1.92 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 1.89 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 30 | South Africa | 1.87 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 31 | Benin | 1.86 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 32 | Gambia | 1.85 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 33 | Madagascar | 1.84 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 34 | Cameroon | 1.83 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 35 | Mozambique | 1.83 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 36 | Burundi | 1.8 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 37 | Senegal | 1.8 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 38 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.78 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 39 | Haiti | 1.78 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 40 | Mauritania | 1.69 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 41 | Kenya | 1.63 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 42 | Namibia | 1.62 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 43 | Rwanda | 1.62 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 44 | Malawi | 1.58 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 45 | Eritrea | 1.52 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 46 | East Timor | 1.48 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 47 | Uganda | 1.45 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 48 | Congo | 1.45 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 49 | Laos | 1.43 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 50 | Zambia | 1.4 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 51 | Botswana | 1.39 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 52 | Jamaica | 1.37 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 53 | Eswatini | 1.36 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 54 | Nepal | 1.35 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 55 | Cambodia | 1.33 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 56 | Gabon | 1.29 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 57 | Myanmar | 1.28 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 58 | Dominica | 1.25 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 59 | Guyana | 1.24 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 60 | Guatemala | 1.23 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 61 | Morocco | 1.23 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 62 | India | 1.18 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 63 | Syria | 1.17 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 64 | Philippines | 1.17 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 1.15 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 66 | Micronesia (country) | 1.12 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 67 | Solomon Islands | 1.1 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 1.08 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 69 | Bahamas | 1.04 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 70 | Venezuela | 1.03 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 71 | Suriname | 1.03 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 1.02 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.02 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 24.6% | flat |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 1.01 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 1.01 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 76 | Marshall Islands | 0.998 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 77 | Nicaragua | 0.949 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 78 | Grenada | 0.9458 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 79 | Lebanon | 0.9456 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 80 | Armenia | 0.9431 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 81 | Ecuador | 0.9361 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 82 | Montserrat | 0.925 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 83 | Niue | 0.9199 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 84 | Tunisia | 0.9188 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 85 | Palestine | 0.9132 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 86 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.913 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 87 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.9113 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 88 | Paraguay | 0.9022 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 89 | Cuba | 0.8994 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 41.9% | falling |
| 90 | Mauritius | 0.8901 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 91 | Algeria | 0.8807 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 92 | Tuvalu | 0.8709 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 93 | Kiribati | 0.858 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 94 | Bhutan | 0.8437 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 95 | Samoa | 0.8435 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 96 | Egypt | 0.8428 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 97 | Palau | 0.8419 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 98 | Indonesia | 0.8328 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 99 | Bolivia | 0.8266 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 100 | North Korea | 0.82 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 101 | El Salvador | 0.8127 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 0.8123 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 103 | Honduras | 0.8002 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 0.7992 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.7699 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 106 | Moldova | 0.7642 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 107 | Seychelles | 0.7474 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 0.7445 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 109 | Fiji | 0.7327 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 110 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.725 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 111 | Jordan | 0.7227 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 0.704 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 113 | Tonga | 0.6965 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 114 | Libya | 0.6955 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 115 | Belize | 0.6798 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 0.6629 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 117 | Colombia | 0.6594 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 118 | Cook Islands | 0.6594 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 119 | Vietnam | 0.6508 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 120 | British Virgin Islands | 0.6502 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 121 | Peru | 0.6487 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 122 | Mexico | 0.6353 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.626 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 124 | Brazil | 0.6216 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 125 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.6096 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 0.5927 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 127 | Iran | 0.5422 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 128 | Bahrain | 0.5282 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 129 | Nauru | 0.5242 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 130 | Kuwait | 0.52 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 131 | Maldives | 0.5147 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 132 | Argentina | 0.509 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 133 | Oman | 0.5077 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 134 | Georgia | 0.4999 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 135 | Bulgaria | 0.4894 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 136 | Malaysia | 0.4829 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 137 | Ukraine | 0.4818 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 138 | China | 0.4669 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 139 | Anguilla | 0.4581 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 140 | Serbia | 0.4555 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 0.4497 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 142 | Turkey | 0.4397 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 143 | Mongolia | 0.4367 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 144 | Barbados | 0.433 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 145 | Brunei | 0.4306 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 0.4294 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 147 | Uruguay | 0.4211 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 148 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4033 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 149 | Albania | 0.3965 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 150 | Thailand | 0.3944 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 151 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3913 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 152 | Montenegro | 0.3784 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 153 | North Macedonia | 0.3619 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 154 | Hungary | 0.3522 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 155 | Slovakia | 0.3469 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 156 | Romania | 0.3465 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 157 | Russia | 0.3166 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 158 | Latvia | 0.3159 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 159 | Belgium | 0.3095 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 160 | France | 0.3083 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 161 | Greece | 0.2982 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 162 | Germany | 0.2962 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 27.5% | flat |
| 163 | Cyprus | 0.287 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 164 | Canada | 0.2839 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 165 | Israel | 0.2838 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 166 | Croatia | 0.2827 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 167 | Qatar | 0.2813 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 168 | New Zealand | 0.2753 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 169 | Chile | 0.275 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 170 | United States | 0.2681 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 171 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2586 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 172 | Australia | 0.2579 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 173 | Italy | 0.2558 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 174 | Lithuania | 0.2544 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 175 | Czechia | 0.2509 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 176 | Slovenia | 0.25 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 177 | United Kingdom | 0.248 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 178 | Sweden | 0.2475 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 179 | Poland | 0.2354 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 180 | Andorra | 0.2309 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 181 | Switzerland | 0.2304 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 182 | Austria | 0.2245 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 183 | Portugal | 0.2169 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 184 | Netherlands | 0.2151 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 185 | Belarus | 0.2106 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 186 | San Marino | 0.206 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 187 | Iceland | 0.2042 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 188 | Norway | 0.2016 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 189 | Finland | 0.1983 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 190 | Denmark | 0.1969 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 191 | Spain | 0.1968 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 192 | Estonia | 0.1874 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 193 | Singapore | 0.1819 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 194 | South Korea | 0.1688 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 195 | Japan | 0.1655 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 196 | Monaco | 0.118 deaths per 100 births | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
About this data
The estimated number of stillbirths, per 100 total births.