Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Belgium

Infant mortality rate in Belgium in 2024 — 3.1 per 1,000. Ranked 26 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 89.5%.

2024 3.1 per 1,000 −3.13% vs 2023
World rank 26of 196
Period maximum 29.6 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Belgium, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 29.6 per 1,0001962: 27.1 per 1,0001964: 25 per 1,0001966: 23.3 per 1,0001968: 21.9 per 1,0001970: 20.5 per 1,0001972: 18.6 per 1,0001974: 16.6 per 1,0001976: 14.9 per 1,0001978: 13.4 per 1,0001980: 12.2 per 1,0001982: 11.1 per 1,0001984: 10.2 per 1,0001986: 9.5 per 1,0001988: 8.9 per 1,0001990: 8.3 per 1,0001992: 7.7 per 1,0001994: 6.8 per 1,0001996: 5.9 per 1,0001998: 5.3 per 1,0002000: 4.8 per 1,0002002: 4.5 per 1,0002004: 4.2 per 1,0002006: 4 per 1,0002008: 3.8 per 1,0002010: 3.7 per 1,0002012: 3.5 per 1,0002014: 3.4 per 1,0002016: 3.4 per 1,0002018: 3.3 per 1,0002020: 3.2 per 1,0002022: 3.2 per 1,0002024: 3.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −26.5 (−89.53%) Average annual rate: -3.46 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium

Belgium 3.1 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
Western Europe computed 3.2 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.1 −0.1 −3.13%
2023 3.2 +0 +0%
2022 3.2 +0 +0%
2021 3.2 +0 +0%
2020 3.2 −0.1 −3.03%
2019 3.3 +0 +0%
2018 3.3 +0 +0%
2017 3.3 −0.1 −2.94%
2016 3.4 +0 +0%
2015 3.4 +0 +0%
2014 3.4 −0.1 −2.86%
2013 3.5 +0 +0%
2012 3.5 −0.1 −2.78%
2011 3.6 −0.1 −2.7%
2010 3.7 −0.1 −2.63%
2009 3.8 +0 +0%
2008 3.8 −0.1 −2.56%
2007 3.9 −0.1 −2.5%
2006 4 −0.1 −2.44%
2005 4.1 −0.1 −2.38%
2004 4.2 −0.2 −4.55%
2003 4.4 −0.1 −2.22%
2002 4.5 −0.2 −4.26%
2001 4.7 −0.1 −2.08%
2000 4.8 −0.2 −4%
1999 5 −0.3 −5.66%
1998 5.3 −0.3 −5.36%
1997 5.6 −0.3 −5.08%
1996 5.9 −0.5 −7.81%
1995 6.4 −0.4 −5.88%
1994 6.8 −0.5 −6.85%
1993 7.3 −0.4 −5.19%
1992 7.7 −0.3 −3.75%
1991 8 −0.3 −3.61%
1990 8.3 −0.3 −3.49%
1989 8.6 −0.3 −3.37%
1988 8.9 −0.3 −3.26%
1987 9.2 −0.3 −3.16%
1986 9.5 −0.3 −3.06%
1985 9.8 −0.4 −3.92%
1984 10.2 −0.4 −3.77%
1983 10.6 −0.5 −4.5%
1982 11.1 −0.5 −4.31%
1981 11.6 −0.6 −4.92%
1980 12.2 −0.5 −3.94%
1979 12.7 −0.7 −5.22%
1978 13.4 −0.7 −4.96%
1977 14.1 −0.8 −5.37%
1976 14.9 −0.8 −5.1%
1975 15.7 −0.9 −5.42%
1974 16.6 −1 −5.68%
1973 17.6 −1 −5.38%
1972 18.6 −1 −5.1%
1971 19.6 −0.9 −4.39%
1970 20.5 −0.7 −3.3%
1969 21.2 −0.7 −3.2%
1968 21.9 −0.7 −3.1%
1967 22.6 −0.7 −3%
1966 23.3 −0.8 −3.32%
1965 24.1 −0.9 −3.6%
1964 25 −1 −3.85%
1963 26 −1.1 −4.06%
1962 27.1 −1.2 −4.24%
1961 28.3 −1.3 −4.39%
1960 29.6

Western Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.