Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — France

Infant mortality rate in France in 2024 — 3.4 per 1,000. Ranked 31 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 85.7%.

2024 3.4 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 31of 196
Period maximum 23.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3.1 per 1,0002009

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — France, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 23.7 per 1,0001962: 21.3 per 1,0001964: 19.4 per 1,0001966: 17.8 per 1,0001968: 16.5 per 1,0001970: 15.1 per 1,0001972: 13.7 per 1,0001974: 12.7 per 1,0001976: 11.8 per 1,0001978: 11 per 1,0001980: 10.1 per 1,0001982: 9.4 per 1,0001984: 8.8 per 1,0001986: 8.3 per 1,0001988: 7.9 per 1,0001990: 7.5 per 1,0001992: 6.7 per 1,0001994: 5.7 per 1,0001996: 4.9 per 1,0001998: 4.4 per 1,0002000: 4.1 per 1,0002002: 3.8 per 1,0002004: 3.5 per 1,0002006: 3.3 per 1,0002008: 3.2 per 1,0002010: 3.1 per 1,0002012: 3.1 per 1,0002014: 3.1 per 1,0002016: 3.2 per 1,0002018: 3.3 per 1,0002020: 3.3 per 1,0002022: 3.4 per 1,0002024: 3.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −20.3 (−85.65%) Average annual rate: -2.99 %

Comparison, 2024

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

France 3.4 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 — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.4 +0 +0%
2023 3.4 +0 +0%
2022 3.4 +0 +0%
2021 3.4 +0.1 +3.03%
2020 3.3 +0 +0%
2019 3.3 +0 +0%
2018 3.3 +0 +0%
2017 3.3 +0.1 +3.12%
2016 3.2 +0 +0%
2015 3.2 +0.1 +3.23%
2014 3.1 +0 +0%
2013 3.1 +0 +0%
2012 3.1 +0 +0%
2011 3.1 +0 +0%
2010 3.1 +0 +0%
2009 3.1 −0.1 −3.13%
2008 3.2 +0 +0%
2007 3.2 −0.1 −3.03%
2006 3.3 +0 +0%
2005 3.3 −0.2 −5.71%
2004 3.5 −0.1 −2.78%
2003 3.6 −0.2 −5.26%
2002 3.8 −0.1 −2.56%
2001 3.9 −0.2 −4.88%
2000 4.1 −0.1 −2.38%
1999 4.2 −0.2 −4.55%
1998 4.4 −0.2 −4.35%
1997 4.6 −0.3 −6.12%
1996 4.9 −0.4 −7.55%
1995 5.3 −0.4 −7.02%
1994 5.7 −0.5 −8.06%
1993 6.2 −0.5 −7.46%
1992 6.7 −0.4 −5.63%
1991 7.1 −0.4 −5.33%
1990 7.5 −0.2 −2.6%
1989 7.7 −0.2 −2.53%
1988 7.9 −0.2 −2.47%
1987 8.1 −0.2 −2.41%
1986 8.3 −0.2 −2.35%
1985 8.5 −0.3 −3.41%
1984 8.8 −0.3 −3.3%
1983 9.1 −0.3 −3.19%
1982 9.4 −0.4 −4.08%
1981 9.8 −0.3 −2.97%
1980 10.1 −0.4 −3.81%
1979 10.5 −0.5 −4.55%
1978 11 −0.4 −3.51%
1977 11.4 −0.4 −3.39%
1976 11.8 −0.5 −4.07%
1975 12.3 −0.4 −3.15%
1974 12.7 −0.4 −3.05%
1973 13.1 −0.6 −4.38%
1972 13.7 −0.6 −4.2%
1971 14.3 −0.8 −5.3%
1970 15.1 −0.7 −4.43%
1969 15.8 −0.7 −4.24%
1968 16.5 −0.6 −3.51%
1967 17.1 −0.7 −3.93%
1966 17.8 −0.8 −4.3%
1965 18.6 −0.8 −4.12%
1964 19.4 −0.9 −4.43%
1963 20.3 −1 −4.69%
1962 21.3 −1.1 −4.91%
1961 22.4 −1.3 −5.49%
1960 23.7

Western Europe, 2024

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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.