Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — European Union

Infant mortality rate in the European Union in 2024 — 3.2 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 92.2%.

2024 3.2 per 1,000 +0.03% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 41 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3.2 per 1,0002022

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — European Union, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 41 per 1,0001962: 36.7 per 1,0001964: 32.8 per 1,0001966: 30.4 per 1,0001968: 27.8 per 1,0001970: 25.4 per 1,0001972: 22.9 per 1,0001974: 20.6 per 1,0001976: 18.4 per 1,0001978: 16.4 per 1,0001980: 14.7 per 1,0001982: 13.4 per 1,0001984: 12.2 per 1,0001986: 11.4 per 1,0001988: 10.7 per 1,0001990: 10.1 per 1,0001992: 9.2 per 1,0001994: 8.2 per 1,0001996: 7.3 per 1,0001998: 6.5 per 1,0002000: 5.9 per 1,0002002: 5.4 per 1,0002004: 5 per 1,0002006: 4.7 per 1,0002008: 4.3 per 1,0002010: 4 per 1,0002012: 3.8 per 1,0002014: 3.6 per 1,0002016: 3.5 per 1,0002018: 3.4 per 1,0002020: 3.2 per 1,0002022: 3.2 per 1,0002024: 3.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −37.8 (−92.2%) Average annual rate: -3.91 %

Comparison, 2024

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

European Union 3.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.2 +0 +0.03%
2023 3.2 +0 +0.13%
2022 3.2 −0 −0.5%
2021 3.2 −0 −0.39%
2020 3.2 −0 −1%
2019 3.3 −0.1 −2.81%
2018 3.4 −0.1 −1.84%
2017 3.4 −0.1 −1.62%
2016 3.5 −0.1 −1.7%
2015 3.5 −0.1 −1.64%
2014 3.6 −0.1 −1.87%
2013 3.7 −0.1 −2.72%
2012 3.8 −0.1 −2.49%
2011 3.9 −0.1 −3.7%
2010 4 −0.1 −3.53%
2009 4.2 −0.2 −3.57%
2008 4.3 −0.2 −3.43%
2007 4.5 −0.2 −4.42%
2006 4.7 −0.2 −3.96%
2005 4.9 −0.2 −3.81%
2004 5 −0.2 −3.86%
2003 5.3 −0.2 −3.33%
2002 5.4 −0.2 −3.37%
2001 5.6 −0.3 −4.74%
2000 5.9 −0.3 −4.72%
1999 6.2 −0.3 −5.28%
1998 6.5 −0.3 −4.88%
1997 6.9 −0.4 −5.58%
1996 7.3 −0.5 −6.11%
1995 7.8 −0.5 −6.01%
1994 8.2 −0.5 −5.38%
1993 8.7 −0.5 −5.06%
1992 9.2 −0.5 −4.76%
1991 9.6 −0.4 −4.36%
1990 10.1 −0.2 −1.81%
1989 10.3 −0.4 −3.77%
1988 10.7 −0.4 −3.59%
1987 11.1 −0.3 −2.94%
1986 11.4 −0.4 −3.31%
1985 11.8 −0.4 −3.67%
1984 12.2 −0.5 −4.08%
1983 12.8 −0.6 −4.45%
1982 13.4 −0.7 −5%
1981 14.1 −0.7 −4.48%
1980 14.7 −0.8 −5.07%
1979 15.5 −0.9 −5.21%
1978 16.4 −1 −5.66%
1977 17.3 −1.1 −5.8%
1976 18.4 −1.1 −5.74%
1975 19.5 −1.1 −5.37%
1974 20.6 −1.1 −5.09%
1973 21.7 −1.2 −5.03%
1972 22.9 −1.2 −5.09%
1971 24.1 −1.3 −5.03%
1970 25.4 −1.3 −4.73%
1969 26.7 −1.1 −4.1%
1968 27.8 −1.9 −6.48%
1967 29.7 −0.7 −2.16%
1966 30.4 −1 −3.09%
1965 31.3 −1.5 −4.45%
1964 32.8 −1.8 −5.28%
1963 34.6 −2 −5.58%
1962 36.7 −2.2 −5.55%
1961 38.8 −2.2 −5.37%
1960 41

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.