The 2009 CIA World Factbook

Part 295

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Senegal agricultural and fish processing, phosphate mining, fertilizer production, petroleum refining; iron ore, zircon, and gold mining, construction materials, ship construction and repair

Serbia sugar, agricultural machinery, electrical and communication equipment, paper and pulp, lead, transportation equipment

Seychelles fishing, tourism, processing of coconuts and vanilla, coir (coconut fiber) rope, boat building, printing, furniture; beverages

Sierra Leone diamond mining; small-scale manufacturing (beverages, textiles, cigarettes, footwear); petroleum refining, small commercial ship repair

Singapore electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade

Slovakia metal and metal products; food and beverages; electricity, gas, coke, oil, nuclear fuel; chemicals and manmade fibers; machinery; paper and printing; earthenware and ceramics; transport vehicles; textiles; electrical and optical apparatus; rubber products

Slovenia ferrous metallurgy and aluminum products, lead and zinc smelting; electronics (including military electronics), trucks, automobiles, electric power equipment, wood products, textiles, chemicals, machine tools

Solomon Islands fish (tuna), mining, timber

Somalia a few light industries, including sugar refining, textiles, wireless communication

South Africa mining (world's largest producer of platinum, gold, chromium), automobile assembly, metalworking, machinery, textiles, iron and steel, chemicals, fertilizer, foodstuffs, commercial ship repair

Spain textiles and apparel (including footwear), food and beverages, metals and metal manufactures, chemicals, shipbuilding, automobiles, machine tools, tourism, clay and refractory products, footwear, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment

Sri Lanka processing of rubber, tea, coconuts, tobacco and other agricultural commodities; telecommunications, insurance, banking; clothing, textiles; cement, petroleum refining, information technology services

Sudan oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly

Suriname bauxite and gold mining, alumina production; oil, lumbering, food processing, fishing

Swaziland coal, wood pulp, sugar, soft drink concentrates, textiles and apparel

Sweden iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles

Switzerland machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments, tourism, banking, and insurance

Syria petroleum, textiles, food processing, beverages, tobacco, phosphate rock mining, cement, oil seeds crushing, car assembly

Taiwan electronics, petroleum refining, armaments, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing, vehicles, consumer products, pharmaceuticals

Tajikistan aluminum, zinc, lead; chemicals and fertilizers, cement, vegetable oil, metal-cutting machine tools, refrigerators and freezers

Tanzania agricultural processing (sugar, beer, cigarettes, sisal twine); diamond, gold, and iron mining, salt, soda ash; cement, oil refining, shoes, apparel, wood products, fertilizer

Thailand tourism, textiles and garments, agricultural processing, beverages, tobacco, cement, light manufacturing such as jewelry and electric appliances, computers and parts, integrated circuits, furniture, plastics, automobiles and automotive parts; world's second-largest tungsten producer and third-largest tin producer

Timor-Leste printing, soap manufacturing, handicrafts, woven cloth

Togo phosphate mining, agricultural processing, cement, handicrafts, textiles, beverages

Tokelau small-scale enterprises for copra production, woodworking, plaited craft goods; stamps, coins; fishing

Tonga tourism, construction, fishing

Trinidad and Tobago petroleum, chemicals, tourism, food processing, cement, beverage, cotton textiles

Tunisia petroleum, mining (particularly phosphate and iron ore), tourism, textiles, footwear, agribusiness, beverages

Turkey textiles, food processing, autos, electronics, mining (coal, chromite, copper, boron), steel, petroleum, construction, lumber, paper

Turkmenistan natural gas, oil, petroleum products, textiles, food processing

Turks and Caicos Islands tourism, offshore financial services

Tuvalu fishing, tourism, copra

Uganda sugar, brewing, tobacco, cotton textiles; cement, steel production

Ukraine coal, electric power, ferrous and nonferrous metals, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food processing (especially sugar)

United Arab Emirates petroleum and petrochemicals; fishing, aluminum, cement, fertilizers, commercial ship repair, construction materials, some boat building, handicrafts, textiles

United Kingdom machine tools, electric power equipment, automation equipment, railroad equipment, shipbuilding, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, electronics and communications equipment, metals, chemicals, coal, petroleum, paper and paper products, food processing, textiles, clothing, other consumer goods

United States leading industrial power in the world, highly diversified and technologically advanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining

Uruguay food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages

Uzbekistan textiles, food processing, machine building, metallurgy, gold, petroleum, natural gas, chemicals

Vanuatu food and fish freezing, wood processing, meat canning

Venezuela petroleum, construction materials, food processing, textiles; iron ore mining, steel, aluminum; motor vehicle assembly

Vietnam food processing, garments, shoes, machine-building; mining, coal, steel; cement, chemical fertilizer, glass, tires, oil, paper

Virgin Islands tourism, petroleum refining, watch assembly, rum distilling, construction, pharmaceuticals, textiles, electronics

Wallis and Futuna copra, handicrafts, fishing, lumber

West Bank cement, quarrying, textiles, soap, olive-wood carvings, and mother-of-pearl souvenirs; the Israelis have established some small-scale, modern industries in the settlements and industrial centers

Western Sahara phosphate mining, handicrafts

World dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces; the accelerated development of new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already grim environmental problems

Yemen crude oil production and petroleum refining; small-scale production of cotton textiles and leather goods; food processing; handicrafts; small aluminum products factory; cement; commercial ship repair

Zambia copper mining and processing, construction, foodstuffs, beverages, chemicals, textiles, fertilizer, horticulture

Zimbabwe mining (coal, gold, platinum, copper, nickel, tin, clay, numerous metallic and nonmetallic ores), steel; wood products, cement, chemicals, fertilizer, clothing and footwear, foodstuffs, beverages

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Field Listing :: Infant mortality rate

This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country. Country Comparison to the World Country

Infant mortality rate(deaths/1,000 live births)

Afghanistan total: 151.95 deaths/1,000 live births male: 156.01 deaths/1,000 live births female: 147.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Albania total: 18.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.05 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Algeria total: 27.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

American Samoa total: 10.18 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Andorra total: 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Angola total: 180.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 192.24 deaths/1,000 live births female: 167.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Anguilla total: 3.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda total: 16.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Argentina total: 11.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.76 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Armenia total: 20.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Aruba total: 13.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.22 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Australia total: 4.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Austria total: 4.42 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Azerbaijan total: 54.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bahamas, The total: 23.17 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bahrain total: 15.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bangladesh total: 59.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.12 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Barbados total: 12.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Belarus total: 6.43 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Belgium total: 4.44 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Belize total: 23.07 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Benin total: 64.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.07 deaths/1,000 live births female: 61.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bermuda total: 2.46 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bhutan total: 49.36 deaths/1,000 live births male: 50.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 48.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bolivia total: 44.66 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 40.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina total: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 10.44 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Botswana total: 12.59 deaths/1,000 live births male: 13.43 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Brazil total: 22.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.16 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

British Virgin Islands total: 14.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Brunei total: 12.27 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Bulgaria total: 17.87 deaths/1,000 live births male: 21.28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Burkina Faso total: 84.49 deaths/1,000 live births male: 92.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 76.66 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Burma total: 47.61 deaths/1,000 live births male: 53.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 41.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Burundi total: 59.64 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 52.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cambodia total: 54.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 61.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 47.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cameroon total: 63.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 58.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Canada total: 5.04 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cape Verde total: 41.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cayman Islands total: 6.94 deaths/1,000 live births male: 7.96 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Central African Republic total: 80.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 87.22 deaths/1,000 live births female: 73.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Chad total: 98.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 104.72 deaths/1,000 live births female: 92.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Chile total: 7.71 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.88 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

China total: 20.25 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.87 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Christmas Island total: NA male: NA female: NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands total: NA male: NA female: NA

Colombia total: 18.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 15.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Comoros total: 66.57 deaths/1,000 live births male: 74.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 58.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the total: 81.21 deaths/1,000 live births male: 89.11 deaths/1,000 live births female: 73.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Congo, Republic of the total: 79.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 85.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 74.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cook Islands total: 16.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Costa Rica total: 8.77 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire total: 68.06 deaths/1,000 live births male: 75.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 60.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Croatia total: 6.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.42 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cuba total: 5.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Cyprus total: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.14 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Czech Republic total: 3.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.13 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.43 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Denmark total: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Djibouti total: 97.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 104.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 89.82 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Dominica total: 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.34 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Dominican Republic total: 25.96 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Ecuador total: 20.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Egypt total: 27.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 28.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

El Salvador total: 21.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Equatorial Guinea total: 81.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 82.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 80.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Eritrea total: 43.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 37.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Estonia total: 7.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.48 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Ethiopia total: 80.8 deaths/1,000 live births male: 92.06 deaths/1,000 live births female: 69.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

European Union total: 5.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)

Faroe Islands total: 6.32 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Fiji total: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.74 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Finland total: 3.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.78 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

France total: 3.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.66 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

French Polynesia total: 7.55 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.67 deaths/1,000 live births female: 6.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Gabon total: 51.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 60.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 43.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Gambia, The total: 67.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 73.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 60.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Gaza Strip total: 18.35 deaths/1,000 live births male: 19.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Georgia total: 16.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 18.21 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Germany total: 3.99 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.41 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Ghana total: 51.09 deaths/1,000 live births male: 55.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 46.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Gibraltar total: 4.83 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Greece total: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.68 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Greenland total: 10.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.26 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Grenada total: 13.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guam total: 6.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.47 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guatemala total: 27.84 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.2 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guernsey total: 4.47 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guinea total: 65.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 68.7 deaths/1,000 live births female: 61.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guinea-Bissau total: 99.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 109.89 deaths/1,000 live births female: 89.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Guyana total: 29.65 deaths/1,000 live births male: 33.02 deaths/1,000 live births female: 26.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Haiti total: 59.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 66.18 deaths/1,000 live births female: 53.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Honduras total: 24.03 deaths/1,000 live births male: 26.97 deaths/1,000 live births female: 20.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Hong Kong total: 2.92 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Hungary total: 7.86 deaths/1,000 live births male: 8.57 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Iceland total: 3.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

India total: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.61 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Indonesia total: 29.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.93 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Iran total: 35.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 35.98 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Iraq total: 43.82 deaths/1,000 live births male: 49.38 deaths/1,000 live births female: 37.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Ireland total: 5.05 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Isle of Man total: 5.37 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.11 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Israel total: 4.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Italy total: 5.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 6.07 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Jamaica total: 15.22 deaths/1,000 live births male: 15.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.61 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Japan total: 2.79 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.99 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Jersey total: 4.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.09 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Jordan total: 14.97 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.91 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Kazakhstan total: 25.73 deaths/1,000 live births male: 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Kenya total: 54.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 57.56 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Kiribati total: 43.48 deaths/1,000 live births male: 48.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 38.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Korea, North total: 51.34 deaths/1,000 live births male: 58.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 43.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Korea, South total: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.02 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Kuwait total: 8.96 deaths/1,000 live births male: 9.94 deaths/1,000 live births female: 7.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)