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The 60 Countries with the World’s Highest Rates of Child Mortality

1. Afghanistan
2. Angola
3. Azerbaijan
4. Bangladesh
5. Benin
6. Botswana
7. Brazil
8. Burkina Faso
9. Burundi
10. Cambodia
11. Cameroon
12. Central African Republic
13. Chad
14. China
15. Congo
16. Congo, Democratic Republic
17. Côte d’Ivoire
18. Djibouti
19. Egypt
20. Equatorial Guinea

21. Ethiopia
22. Gabon
23. Gambia
24. Ghana
25. Guinea
26. Guinea-Bissau
27. Haiti
28. India
29. Indonesia
30. Iraq
31. Kenya
32. Liberia
33. Madagascar
34. Malawi
35. Mali
36. Mauritania
37. Mexico
38. Mozambique
39. Myanmar
40. Nepal

41. Niger
42. Nigeria
43. Pakistan
44. Papua New Guinea
45. Philippines
46. Rwanda
47. Senegal
48. Sierra Leone
49. Somalia
50. South Africa
51. Sudan
52. Swaziland
53. Tajikistan
54. Tanzania, United Republic
55. Togo
56. Turkmenistan
57. Uganda
58. Yemen
59. Zambia
60. Zimbabwe

Source:

Bryce et al. 2006. Countdown to 2015: tracking intervention coverage for child survival. The Lancet, 368:1067-1076. 2006.