Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — North America

Infant mortality rate in North America in 2024 — 5.4 per 1,000. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 41.3%.

2024 5.4 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 9.2 per 1,0001990
Period minimum 5.4 per 1,0002019

Trend over time

1990–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — North America, 1990–2024567891019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 9.2 per 1,0001991: 8.9 per 1,0001992: 8.6 per 1,0001993: 8.3 per 1,0001994: 8 per 1,0001995: 7.7 per 1,0001996: 7.5 per 1,0001997: 7.3 per 1,0001998: 7.2 per 1,0001999: 7.1 per 1,0002000: 7 per 1,0002001: 6.9 per 1,0002002: 6.8 per 1,0002003: 6.8 per 1,0002004: 6.7 per 1,0002005: 6.6 per 1,0002006: 6.6 per 1,0002007: 6.5 per 1,0002008: 6.4 per 1,0002009: 6.2 per 1,0002010: 6.1 per 1,0002011: 6 per 1,0002012: 5.9 per 1,0002013: 5.8 per 1,0002014: 5.7 per 1,0002015: 5.7 per 1,0002016: 5.6 per 1,0002017: 5.5 per 1,0002018: 5.5 per 1,0002019: 5.4 per 1,0002020: 5.4 per 1,0002021: 5.4 per 1,0002022: 5.4 per 1,0002023: 5.4 per 1,0002024: 5.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −3.8 (−41.3%) Average annual rate: -1.55 %

Comparison, 2024

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

North America 5.4 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 5.4 +0 +0%
2023 5.4 +0 +0%
2022 5.4 +0 +0%
2021 5.4 +0 +0%
2020 5.4 +0 +0%
2019 5.4 −0.1 −1.82%
2018 5.5 +0 +0%
2017 5.5 −0.1 −1.79%
2016 5.6 −0.1 −1.75%
2015 5.7 +0 +0%
2014 5.7 −0.1 −1.72%
2013 5.8 −0.1 −1.69%
2012 5.9 −0.1 −1.67%
2011 6 −0.1 −1.64%
2010 6.1 −0.1 −1.61%
2009 6.2 −0.2 −3.13%
2008 6.4 −0.1 −1.54%
2007 6.5 −0.1 −1.52%
2006 6.6 +0 +0%
2005 6.6 −0.1 −1.49%
2004 6.7 −0.1 −1.47%
2003 6.8 +0 +0%
2002 6.8 −0.1 −1.45%
2001 6.9 −0.1 −1.43%
2000 7 −0.1 −1.41%
1999 7.1 −0.1 −1.39%
1998 7.2 −0.1 −1.37%
1997 7.3 −0.2 −2.67%
1996 7.5 −0.2 −2.6%
1995 7.7 −0.3 −3.75%
1994 8 −0.3 −3.61%
1993 8.3 −0.3 −3.49%
1992 8.6 −0.3 −3.37%
1991 8.9 −0.3 −3.26%
1990 9.2

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.