Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Canada

Infant mortality rate in Canada in 2024 — 4.7 per 1,000. Ranked 46 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 83.1%.

2024 4.7 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 46of 196
Period maximum 27.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 4.5 per 1,0002017

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Canada, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 27.8 per 1,0001962: 26 per 1,0001964: 24.1 per 1,0001966: 22.1 per 1,0001968: 20.3 per 1,0001970: 18.5 per 1,0001972: 16.7 per 1,0001974: 15 per 1,0001976: 13.3 per 1,0001978: 11.7 per 1,0001980: 10.3 per 1,0001982: 9.2 per 1,0001984: 8.3 per 1,0001986: 7.7 per 1,0001988: 7.3 per 1,0001990: 6.8 per 1,0001992: 6.4 per 1,0001994: 6 per 1,0001996: 5.6 per 1,0001998: 5.4 per 1,0002000: 5.3 per 1,0002002: 5.3 per 1,0002004: 5.3 per 1,0002006: 5.2 per 1,0002008: 5.1 per 1,0002010: 5 per 1,0002012: 4.8 per 1,0002014: 4.7 per 1,0002016: 4.6 per 1,0002018: 4.5 per 1,0002020: 4.5 per 1,0002022: 4.6 per 1,0002024: 4.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −23.1 (−83.09%) Average annual rate: -2.74 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Canada 4.7 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
North America 5.4 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 4.7 +0 +0%
2023 4.7 +0.1 +2.17%
2022 4.6 +0 +0%
2021 4.6 +0.1 +2.22%
2020 4.5 +0 +0%
2019 4.5 +0 +0%
2018 4.5 +0 +0%
2017 4.5 −0.1 −2.17%
2016 4.6 +0 +0%
2015 4.6 −0.1 −2.13%
2014 4.7 −0.1 −2.08%
2013 4.8 +0 +0%
2012 4.8 −0.1 −2.04%
2011 4.9 −0.1 −2%
2010 5 +0 +0%
2009 5 −0.1 −1.96%
2008 5.1 −0.1 −1.92%
2007 5.2 +0 +0%
2006 5.2 +0 +0%
2005 5.2 −0.1 −1.89%
2004 5.3 +0 +0%
2003 5.3 +0 +0%
2002 5.3 +0 +0%
2001 5.3 +0 +0%
2000 5.3 +0 +0%
1999 5.3 −0.1 −1.85%
1998 5.4 −0.1 −1.82%
1997 5.5 −0.1 −1.79%
1996 5.6 −0.2 −3.45%
1995 5.8 −0.2 −3.33%
1994 6 −0.2 −3.23%
1993 6.2 −0.2 −3.13%
1992 6.4 −0.2 −3.03%
1991 6.6 −0.2 −2.94%
1990 6.8 −0.2 −2.86%
1989 7 −0.3 −4.11%
1988 7.3 −0.2 −2.67%
1987 7.5 −0.2 −2.6%
1986 7.7 −0.3 −3.75%
1985 8 −0.3 −3.61%
1984 8.3 −0.4 −4.6%
1983 8.7 −0.5 −5.43%
1982 9.2 −0.5 −5.15%
1981 9.7 −0.6 −5.83%
1980 10.3 −0.7 −6.36%
1979 11 −0.7 −5.98%
1978 11.7 −0.8 −6.4%
1977 12.5 −0.8 −6.02%
1976 13.3 −0.8 −5.67%
1975 14.1 −0.9 −6%
1974 15 −0.9 −5.66%
1973 15.9 −0.8 −4.79%
1972 16.7 −0.9 −5.11%
1971 17.6 −0.9 −4.86%
1970 18.5 −0.9 −4.64%
1969 19.4 −0.9 −4.43%
1968 20.3 −0.9 −4.25%
1967 21.2 −0.9 −4.07%
1966 22.1 −1 −4.33%
1965 23.1 −1 −4.15%
1964 24.1 −1 −3.98%
1963 25.1 −0.9 −3.46%
1962 26 −1 −3.7%
1961 27 −0.8 −2.88%
1960 27.8

Northern America, 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.