Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Ireland

Infant mortality rate in Ireland in 2024 — 3.4 per 1,000. Ranked 31 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 88.8%.

2024 3.4 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 31of 196
Period maximum 30.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3 per 1,0002017

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Ireland, 1960–202401020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 30.4 per 1,0001962: 28.1 per 1,0001964: 26 per 1,0001966: 23.5 per 1,0001968: 20.7 per 1,0001970: 19.1 per 1,0001972: 18.3 per 1,0001974: 17.5 per 1,0001976: 16.1 per 1,0001978: 14.2 per 1,0001980: 11.9 per 1,0001982: 10.3 per 1,0001984: 9.3 per 1,0001986: 8.6 per 1,0001988: 8.2 per 1,0001990: 7.6 per 1,0001992: 6.7 per 1,0001994: 6.1 per 1,0001996: 6.1 per 1,0001998: 6.1 per 1,0002000: 6 per 1,0002002: 5.5 per 1,0002004: 4.7 per 1,0002006: 4.1 per 1,0002008: 3.8 per 1,0002010: 3.6 per 1,0002012: 3.4 per 1,0002014: 3.3 per 1,0002016: 3.1 per 1,0002018: 3 per 1,0002020: 3.1 per 1,0002022: 3.3 per 1,0002024: 3.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −27 (−88.82%) Average annual rate: -3.36 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ireland 3.4 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 — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.4 +0 +0%
2023 3.4 +0.1 +3.03%
2022 3.3 +0.1 +3.12%
2021 3.2 +0.1 +3.23%
2020 3.1 +0.1 +3.33%
2019 3 +0 +0%
2018 3 +0 +0%
2017 3 −0.1 −3.23%
2016 3.1 −0.1 −3.13%
2015 3.2 −0.1 −3.03%
2014 3.3 +0 +0%
2013 3.3 −0.1 −2.94%
2012 3.4 −0.1 −2.86%
2011 3.5 −0.1 −2.78%
2010 3.6 −0.1 −2.7%
2009 3.7 −0.1 −2.63%
2008 3.8 −0.1 −2.56%
2007 3.9 −0.2 −4.88%
2006 4.1 −0.3 −6.82%
2005 4.4 −0.3 −6.38%
2004 4.7 −0.4 −7.84%
2003 5.1 −0.4 −7.27%
2002 5.5 −0.3 −5.17%
2001 5.8 −0.2 −3.33%
2000 6 −0.1 −1.64%
1999 6.1 +0 +0%
1998 6.1 +0 +0%
1997 6.1 +0 +0%
1996 6.1 +0 +0%
1995 6.1 +0 +0%
1994 6.1 −0.3 −4.69%
1993 6.4 −0.3 −4.48%
1992 6.7 −0.5 −6.94%
1991 7.2 −0.4 −5.26%
1990 7.6 −0.4 −5%
1989 8 −0.2 −2.44%
1988 8.2 −0.2 −2.38%
1987 8.4 −0.2 −2.33%
1986 8.6 −0.3 −3.37%
1985 8.9 −0.4 −4.3%
1984 9.3 −0.4 −4.12%
1983 9.7 −0.6 −5.83%
1982 10.3 −0.7 −6.36%
1981 11 −0.9 −7.56%
1980 11.9 −1.1 −8.46%
1979 13 −1.2 −8.45%
1978 14.2 −1 −6.58%
1977 15.2 −0.9 −5.59%
1976 16.1 −0.8 −4.73%
1975 16.9 −0.6 −3.43%
1974 17.5 −0.5 −2.78%
1973 18 −0.3 −1.64%
1972 18.3 −0.3 −1.61%
1971 18.6 −0.5 −2.62%
1970 19.1 −0.7 −3.54%
1969 19.8 −0.9 −4.35%
1968 20.7 −1.3 −5.91%
1967 22 −1.5 −6.38%
1966 23.5 −1.3 −5.24%
1965 24.8 −1.2 −4.62%
1964 26 −1.1 −4.06%
1963 27.1 −1 −3.56%
1962 28.1 −1.1 −3.77%
1961 29.2 −1.2 −3.95%
1960 30.4

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.