Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Iceland

Infant mortality rate in Iceland in 2024 — 2.1 per 1,000. Ranked 11 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 87.9%.

2024 2.1 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 11of 196
Period maximum 17.3 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2 per 1,0002010

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Iceland, 1960–20240510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17.3 per 1,0001962: 16.7 per 1,0001964: 15.9 per 1,0001966: 14.9 per 1,0001968: 13.9 per 1,0001970: 12.9 per 1,0001972: 11.9 per 1,0001974: 10.9 per 1,0001976: 9.9 per 1,0001978: 8.8 per 1,0001980: 7.8 per 1,0001982: 7 per 1,0001984: 6.4 per 1,0001986: 5.9 per 1,0001988: 5.5 per 1,0001990: 5.2 per 1,0001992: 4.8 per 1,0001994: 4.3 per 1,0001996: 3.9 per 1,0001998: 3.5 per 1,0002000: 3.1 per 1,0002002: 2.8 per 1,0002004: 2.5 per 1,0002006: 2.3 per 1,0002008: 2.1 per 1,0002010: 2 per 1,0002012: 2 per 1,0002014: 2 per 1,0002016: 2 per 1,0002018: 2.1 per 1,0002020: 2.1 per 1,0002022: 2.2 per 1,0002024: 2.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −15.2 (−87.86%) Average annual rate: -3.24 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iceland 2.1 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 — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.1 +0 +0%
2023 2.1 −0.1 −4.55%
2022 2.2 +0.1 +4.76%
2021 2.1 +0 +0%
2020 2.1 +0 +0%
2019 2.1 +0 +0%
2018 2.1 +0.1 +5%
2017 2 +0 +0%
2016 2 +0 +0%
2015 2 +0 +0%
2014 2 +0 +0%
2013 2 +0 +0%
2012 2 +0 +0%
2011 2 +0 +0%
2010 2 −0.1 −4.76%
2009 2.1 +0 +0%
2008 2.1 −0.1 −4.55%
2007 2.2 −0.1 −4.35%
2006 2.3 −0.1 −4.17%
2005 2.4 −0.1 −4%
2004 2.5 −0.1 −3.85%
2003 2.6 −0.2 −7.14%
2002 2.8 −0.1 −3.45%
2001 2.9 −0.2 −6.45%
2000 3.1 −0.2 −6.06%
1999 3.3 −0.2 −5.71%
1998 3.5 −0.2 −5.41%
1997 3.7 −0.2 −5.13%
1996 3.9 −0.2 −4.88%
1995 4.1 −0.2 −4.65%
1994 4.3 −0.3 −6.52%
1993 4.6 −0.2 −4.17%
1992 4.8 −0.2 −4%
1991 5 −0.2 −3.85%
1990 5.2 −0.2 −3.7%
1989 5.4 −0.1 −1.82%
1988 5.5 −0.2 −3.51%
1987 5.7 −0.2 −3.39%
1986 5.9 −0.3 −4.84%
1985 6.2 −0.2 −3.13%
1984 6.4 −0.3 −4.48%
1983 6.7 −0.3 −4.29%
1982 7 −0.4 −5.41%
1981 7.4 −0.4 −5.13%
1980 7.8 −0.5 −6.02%
1979 8.3 −0.5 −5.68%
1978 8.8 −0.5 −5.38%
1977 9.3 −0.6 −6.06%
1976 9.9 −0.5 −4.81%
1975 10.4 −0.5 −4.59%
1974 10.9 −0.5 −4.39%
1973 11.4 −0.5 −4.2%
1972 11.9 −0.5 −4.03%
1971 12.4 −0.5 −3.88%
1970 12.9 −0.5 −3.73%
1969 13.4 −0.5 −3.6%
1968 13.9 −0.5 −3.47%
1967 14.4 −0.5 −3.36%
1966 14.9 −0.6 −3.87%
1965 15.5 −0.4 −2.52%
1964 15.9 −0.4 −2.45%
1963 16.3 −0.4 −2.4%
1962 16.7 −0.3 −1.76%
1961 17 −0.3 −1.73%
1960 17.3

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.