Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Denmark

Infant mortality rate in Denmark in 2024 — 3.5 per 1,000. Ranked 35 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 83.6%.

2024 3.5 per 1,000 +2.94% vs 2023
World rank 35of 196
Period maximum 21.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3.3 per 1,0002019

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Denmark, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 21.4 per 1,0001962: 20.3 per 1,0001964: 18.8 per 1,0001966: 17 per 1,0001968: 15.3 per 1,0001970: 14 per 1,0001972: 12.4 per 1,0001974: 10.9 per 1,0001976: 9.6 per 1,0001978: 8.8 per 1,0001980: 8.2 per 1,0001982: 7.9 per 1,0001984: 7.9 per 1,0001986: 8 per 1,0001988: 7.9 per 1,0001990: 7.3 per 1,0001992: 6.4 per 1,0001994: 5.7 per 1,0001996: 5.1 per 1,0001998: 4.8 per 1,0002000: 4.7 per 1,0002002: 4.5 per 1,0002004: 4.2 per 1,0002006: 3.9 per 1,0002008: 3.7 per 1,0002010: 3.5 per 1,0002012: 3.5 per 1,0002014: 3.5 per 1,0002016: 3.5 per 1,0002018: 3.4 per 1,0002020: 3.3 per 1,0002022: 3.3 per 1,0002024: 3.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −17.9 (−83.64%) Average annual rate: -2.79 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Denmark 3.5 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
Northern Europe computed 3.5 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.5 +0.1 +2.94%
2023 3.4 +0.1 +3.03%
2022 3.3 +0 +0%
2021 3.3 +0 +0%
2020 3.3 +0 +0%
2019 3.3 −0.1 −2.94%
2018 3.4 +0 +0%
2017 3.4 −0.1 −2.86%
2016 3.5 +0 +0%
2015 3.5 +0 +0%
2014 3.5 +0 +0%
2013 3.5 +0 +0%
2012 3.5 +0 +0%
2011 3.5 +0 +0%
2010 3.5 −0.1 −2.78%
2009 3.6 −0.1 −2.7%
2008 3.7 −0.1 −2.63%
2007 3.8 −0.1 −2.56%
2006 3.9 −0.2 −4.88%
2005 4.1 −0.1 −2.38%
2004 4.2 −0.2 −4.55%
2003 4.4 −0.1 −2.22%
2002 4.5 −0.1 −2.17%
2001 4.6 −0.1 −2.13%
2000 4.7 +0 +0%
1999 4.7 −0.1 −2.08%
1998 4.8 −0.2 −4%
1997 5 −0.1 −1.96%
1996 5.1 −0.3 −5.56%
1995 5.4 −0.3 −5.26%
1994 5.7 −0.3 −5%
1993 6 −0.4 −6.25%
1992 6.4 −0.5 −7.25%
1991 6.9 −0.4 −5.48%
1990 7.3 −0.4 −5.19%
1989 7.7 −0.2 −2.53%
1988 7.9 −0.1 −1.25%
1987 8 +0 +0%
1986 8 +0.1 +1.27%
1985 7.9 +0 +0%
1984 7.9 +0.1 +1.28%
1983 7.8 −0.1 −1.27%
1982 7.9 −0.1 −1.25%
1981 8 −0.2 −2.44%
1980 8.2 −0.2 −2.38%
1979 8.4 −0.4 −4.55%
1978 8.8 −0.4 −4.35%
1977 9.2 −0.4 −4.17%
1976 9.6 −0.6 −5.88%
1975 10.2 −0.7 −6.42%
1974 10.9 −0.7 −6.03%
1973 11.6 −0.8 −6.45%
1972 12.4 −0.8 −6.06%
1971 13.2 −0.8 −5.71%
1970 14 −0.6 −4.11%
1969 14.6 −0.7 −4.58%
1968 15.3 −0.7 −4.38%
1967 16 −1 −5.88%
1966 17 −0.9 −5.03%
1965 17.9 −0.9 −4.79%
1964 18.8 −0.8 −4.08%
1963 19.6 −0.7 −3.45%
1962 20.3 −0.6 −2.87%
1961 20.9 −0.5 −2.34%
1960 21.4

Northern 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.