Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births) by country
Stillbirth rate is the number of fetal deaths at 28 weeks or more of gestation per 1,000 total births. Total birth is the sum of stillbirths (as just defined) and live births.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
34.9 per 1,000 total births
Somalia
Lowest
1.2 per 1,000 total births
Monaco
Median
8.2 per 1,000 total births
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,736
What the numbers show
Stillbirth rate (per 1,000 total births) is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 34.9 per 1,000 total births in Somalia; the lowest is 1.2 per 1,000 total births in Monaco.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.2 per 1,000 total births, and the mean is 10.02 per 1,000 total births.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 29.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 170 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 42.9%), and the largest decrease in Qatar (down 54.8%).
Stillbirth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 34.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 32.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 3 | Djibouti | 29.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 29.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 5 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 6 | Chad | 28.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 7 | Afghanistan | 28 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 8 | Pakistan | 27.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 8 | South Sudan | 27.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 25.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 11 | Liberia | 24.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 12 | Nigeria | 23.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 13 | Guinea | 22.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 13 | Lesotho | 22.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 22.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 16 | Cote d'Ivoire | 22.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 21.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 18 | Niger | 21.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 19 | Comoros | 21 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 20 | Yemen | 20.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 20.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 20.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 23 | Angola | 19.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 19.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 25 | Ghana | 19.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 19.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 27 | Tanzania | 19.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 19.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 18.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 30 | South Africa | 18.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 31 | Benin | 18.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 32 | Gambia | 18.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 33 | Madagascar | 18.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 34 | Cameroon | 18.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 34 | Mozambique | 18.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 36 | Burundi | 18 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 36 | Senegal | 18 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 38 | Equatorial Guinea | 17.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 38 | Haiti | 17.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 40 | Mauritania | 16.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 41 | Kenya | 16.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 42 | Namibia | 16.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Rwanda | 16.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 44 | Malawi | 15.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 45 | Eritrea | 15.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 46 | East Timor | 14.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 47 | Congo | 14.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 47 | Uganda | 14.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 49 | Laos | 14.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 50 | Zambia | 14 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 51 | Botswana | 13.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 52 | Jamaica | 13.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 53 | Eswatini | 13.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 54 | Nepal | 13.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 55 | Cambodia | 13.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 56 | Gabon | 12.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 57 | Myanmar | 12.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 58 | Dominica | 12.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 59 | Guyana | 12.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 60 | Guatemala | 12.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 60 | Morocco | 12.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 62 | India | 11.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 63 | Philippines | 11.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 63 | Syria | 11.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 11.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 66 | Micronesia (country) | 11.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 67 | Solomon Islands | 11 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 68 | Iraq | 10.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 69 | Bahamas | 10.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 70 | Suriname | 10.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 70 | Venezuela | 10.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 72 | Saint Lucia | 10.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 72 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 24.4% | flat |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 10.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 10.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 76 | Marshall Islands | 10 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 77 | Grenada | 9.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 77 | Lebanon | 9.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 77 | Nicaragua | 9.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 80 | Armenia | 9.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 80 | Ecuador | 9.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 82 | Tunisia | 9.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 83 | Palestine | 9.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 83 | Sao Tome and Principe | 9.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 86 | Cuba | 9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 42.9% | falling |
| 86 | Paraguay | 9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 88 | Mauritius | 8.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 89 | Algeria | 8.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 90 | Tuvalu | 8.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 91 | Kiribati | 8.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 92 | Bhutan | 8.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 92 | Egypt | 8.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 92 | Palau | 8.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 92 | Samoa | 8.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 96 | Bolivia | 8.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 96 | Indonesia | 8.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 98 | North Korea | 8.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 99 | Cape Verde | 8.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 99 | El Salvador | 8.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 101 | Honduras | 8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 101 | Tajikistan | 8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 103 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 104 | Moldova | 7.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 105 | Seychelles | 7.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 7.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 107 | Fiji | 7.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 108 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 108 | Jordan | 7.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 110 | Libya | 7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 110 | Tonga | 7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 110 | Uzbekistan | 7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 113 | Belize | 6.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 114 | Colombia | 6.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 114 | Panama | 6.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 116 | Peru | 6.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 116 | British Virgin Islands | 6.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 116 | Vietnam | 6.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 119 | Mexico | 6.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 121 | Brazil | 6.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 122 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 5.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 124 | Iran | 5.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 125 | Bahrain | 5.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 126 | Kuwait | 5.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 126 | Nauru | 5.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 128 | Argentina | 5.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 128 | Maldives | 5.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 128 | Oman | 5.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 131 | Georgia | 5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 132 | Bulgaria | 4.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 133 | Malaysia | 4.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 133 | Ukraine | 4.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 135 | China | 4.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 136 | Serbia | 4.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 137 | Costa Rica | 4.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 138 | Mongolia | 4.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 138 | Turkey | 4.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 140 | Barbados | 4.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 140 | Brunei | 4.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 4.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 143 | Uruguay | 4.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 144 | Albania | 4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 144 | Saudi Arabia | 4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 146 | United Arab Emirates | 3.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 146 | Thailand | 3.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 148 | Montenegro | 3.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 149 | North Macedonia | 3.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 150 | Hungary | 3.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 150 | Romania | 3.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 150 | Slovakia | 3.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 3.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 154 | Latvia | 3.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 154 | Russia | 3.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 156 | Belgium | 3.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 156 | France | 3.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 158 | Germany | 3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 30.4% | flat |
| 158 | Greece | 3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 160 | Cyprus | 2.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 161 | Canada | 2.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 161 | Chile | 2.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 161 | Croatia | 2.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 161 | Israel | 2.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 161 | Malta | 2.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 161 | New Zealand | 2.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 161 | Qatar | 2.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 168 | United States | 2.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 169 | Australia | 2.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 169 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 169 | Italy | 2.6 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 172 | Czechia | 2.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 172 | United Kingdom | 2.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 172 | Lithuania | 2.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 172 | Slovenia | 2.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 172 | Sweden | 2.5 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 177 | Ireland | 2.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 177 | Poland | 2.4 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 179 | Andorra | 2.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 179 | Switzerland | 2.3 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 181 | Austria | 2.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 181 | Netherlands | 2.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 181 | Portugal | 2.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 184 | Belarus | 2.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 184 | San Marino | 2.1 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 186 | Denmark | 2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 186 | Spain | 2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 186 | Finland | 2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 186 | Iceland | 2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 186 | Norway | 2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 191 | Estonia | 1.9 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 192 | Singapore | 1.8 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 193 | Japan | 1.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 193 | South Korea | 1.7 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 195 | Monaco | 1.2 per 1,000 total births | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 23.3 per 1,000 total births
- Africa Western and Central 22.43 per 1,000 total births
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 22.32 per 1,000 total births
- Sub-Saharan Africa 22.2 per 1,000 total births
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 22.19 per 1,000 total births
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 22.19 per 1,000 total births
- Africa Eastern and Southern 22.03 per 1,000 total births
- Least developed countries: UN classification 21.98 per 1,000 total births
- Pre-demographic dividend 21.57 per 1,000 total births
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 19.09 per 1,000 total births
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 19.01 per 1,000 total births
- Lower middle income 16.3 per 1,000 total births
About this data
Stillbirth rate is the number of fetal deaths at 28 weeks or more of gestation per 1,000 total births. Total birth is the sum of stillbirths (as just defined) and live births.