Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Europe & Central Asia

Infant mortality rate in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 6.6 per 1,000. Since 1972, the indicator has fallen by 78.1%.

2024 6.6 per 1,000 −4.35% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 30.1 per 1,0001972
Period minimum 6.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1972–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Europe & Central Asia, 1972–202401020304019721978198419901996200220082014202020241972: 30.1 per 1,0001973: 29.2 per 1,0001974: 28.3 per 1,0001975: 27.6 per 1,0001976: 27 per 1,0001977: 26.5 per 1,0001978: 26.1 per 1,0001979: 26.8 per 1,0001980: 25.9 per 1,0001981: 25 per 1,0001982: 24.6 per 1,0001983: 23.8 per 1,0001984: 23.1 per 1,0001985: 22.6 per 1,0001986: 21.8 per 1,0001987: 21.1 per 1,0001988: 20.5 per 1,0001989: 19.8 per 1,0001990: 25.6 per 1,0001991: 25.3 per 1,0001992: 25 per 1,0001993: 24.7 per 1,0001994: 24 per 1,0001995: 23.3 per 1,0001996: 22.1 per 1,0001997: 21.1 per 1,0001998: 20 per 1,0001999: 18.9 per 1,0002000: 17.5 per 1,0002001: 16.6 per 1,0002002: 15.6 per 1,0002003: 14.6 per 1,0002004: 13.8 per 1,0002005: 13 per 1,0002006: 12.3 per 1,0002007: 11.6 per 1,0002008: 11 per 1,0002009: 10.4 per 1,0002010: 9.9 per 1,0002011: 9.4 per 1,0002012: 9.1 per 1,0002013: 8.8 per 1,0002014: 8.4 per 1,0002015: 8.1 per 1,0002016: 7.7 per 1,0002017: 7.4 per 1,0002018: 7.3 per 1,0002019: 7.1 per 1,0002020: 7 per 1,0002021: 6.9 per 1,0002022: 6.8 per 1,0002023: 6.9 per 1,0002024: 6.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −23.5 (−78.08%) Average annual rate: -2.88 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 6.6 −0.3 −4.35%
2023 6.9 +0.1 +1.47%
2022 6.8 −0.1 −1.45%
2021 6.9 −0.1 −1.43%
2020 7 −0.1 −1.41%
2019 7.1 −0.2 −2.74%
2018 7.3 −0.1 −1.35%
2017 7.4 −0.3 −3.9%
2016 7.7 −0.4 −4.94%
2015 8.1 −0.3 −3.57%
2014 8.4 −0.4 −4.55%
2013 8.8 −0.3 −3.3%
2012 9.1 −0.3 −3.19%
2011 9.4 −0.5 −5.05%
2010 9.9 −0.5 −4.81%
2009 10.4 −0.6 −5.45%
2008 11 −0.6 −5.17%
2007 11.6 −0.7 −5.69%
2006 12.3 −0.7 −5.38%
2005 13 −0.8 −5.8%
2004 13.8 −0.8 −5.48%
2003 14.6 −1 −6.41%
2002 15.6 −1 −6.02%
2001 16.6 −0.9 −5.14%
2000 17.5 −1.4 −7.41%
1999 18.9 −1.1 −5.5%
1998 20 −1.1 −5.21%
1997 21.1 −1 −4.52%
1996 22.1 −1.2 −5.15%
1995 23.3 −0.7 −2.92%
1994 24 −0.7 −2.83%
1993 24.7 −0.3 −1.2%
1992 25 −0.3 −1.19%
1991 25.3 −0.3 −1.17%
1990 25.6 +5.8 +29.53%
1989 19.8 −0.7 −3.53%
1988 20.5 −0.6 −3%
1987 21.1 −0.7 −3.17%
1986 21.8 −0.8 −3.37%
1985 22.6 −0.5 −2.35%
1984 23.1 −0.7 −2.77%
1983 23.8 −0.8 −3.37%
1982 24.6 −0.4 −1.62%
1981 25 −0.9 −3.42%
1980 25.9 −0.9 −3.39%
1979 26.8 +0.7 +2.68%
1978 26.1 −0.4 −1.38%
1977 26.5 −0.5 −1.93%
1976 27 −0.7 −2.38%
1975 27.6 −0.7 −2.44%
1974 28.3 −0.9 −2.98%
1973 29.2 −0.9 −2.98%
1972 30.1

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.