Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — OECD

Infant mortality rate in the OECD in 2024 — 5.8 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 86.9%.

2024 5.8 per 1,000 −3.5% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 44.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 5.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — OECD, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 44.7 per 1,0001962: 41.9 per 1,0001964: 39.1 per 1,0001966: 36.6 per 1,0001968: 33.5 per 1,0001970: 31.5 per 1,0001972: 29.4 per 1,0001974: 27.3 per 1,0001976: 25.1 per 1,0001978: 22.9 per 1,0001980: 21 per 1,0001982: 19.2 per 1,0001984: 17.7 per 1,0001986: 16.4 per 1,0001988: 15.2 per 1,0001990: 18.2 per 1,0001992: 16.7 per 1,0001994: 15.4 per 1,0001996: 13.9 per 1,0001998: 12.6 per 1,0002000: 11.4 per 1,0002002: 10.4 per 1,0002004: 9.5 per 1,0002006: 8.8 per 1,0002008: 8.2 per 1,0002010: 7.6 per 1,0002012: 7.3 per 1,0002014: 6.9 per 1,0002016: 6.6 per 1,0002018: 6.4 per 1,0002020: 6.2 per 1,0002022: 6 per 1,0002024: 5.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −38.8 (−86.93%) Average annual rate: -3.13 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 5.8 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 5.8 −0.2 −3.5%
2023 6.1 +0.1 +0.86%
2022 6 −0.1 −0.99%
2021 6.1 −0.1 −1.67%
2020 6.2 −0.1 −1.24%
2019 6.2 −0.1 −1.71%
2018 6.4 −0.1 −1.38%
2017 6.4 −0.1 −1.9%
2016 6.6 −0.2 −2.51%
2015 6.7 −0.2 −2.46%
2014 6.9 −0.2 −2.8%
2013 7.1 −0.2 −2.08%
2012 7.3 −0.2 −2.59%
2011 7.4 −0.2 −2.63%
2010 7.6 −0.3 −3.52%
2009 7.9 −0.3 −3.09%
2008 8.2 −0.3 −3.57%
2007 8.5 −0.3 −3.81%
2006 8.8 −0.4 −4.16%
2005 9.2 −0.3 −3.52%
2004 9.5 −0.4 −4.24%
2003 10 −0.5 −4.57%
2002 10.4 −0.5 −4.21%
2001 10.9 −0.5 −4.27%
2000 11.4 −0.6 −5.37%
1999 12 −0.6 −4.76%
1998 12.6 −0.6 −4.72%
1997 13.3 −0.7 −4.83%
1996 13.9 −0.7 −5.03%
1995 14.7 −0.7 −4.46%
1994 15.4 −0.7 −4.47%
1993 16.1 −0.6 −3.71%
1992 16.7 −0.8 −4.34%
1991 17.4 −0.8 −4.26%
1990 18.2 +3.6 +24.78%
1989 14.6 −0.6 −3.74%
1988 15.2 −0.6 −3.76%
1987 15.8 −0.6 −3.81%
1986 16.4 −0.7 −4.09%
1985 17.1 −0.6 −3.53%
1984 17.7 −0.7 −3.95%
1983 18.4 −0.8 −4.06%
1982 19.2 −0.9 −4.36%
1981 20.1 −0.9 −4.33%
1980 21 −0.9 −4.23%
1979 21.9 −1 −4.38%
1978 22.9 −1 −4.34%
1977 24 −1.1 −4.45%
1976 25.1 −1.1 −4.23%
1975 26.2 −1.1 −4.06%
1974 27.3 −1.1 −3.8%
1973 28.4 −1 −3.53%
1972 29.4 −1.1 −3.48%
1971 30.5 −1 −3.32%
1970 31.5 −1 −2.97%
1969 32.5 −1 −2.89%
1968 33.5 −2 −5.58%
1967 35.5 −1.1 −3.05%
1966 36.6 −1.2 −3.25%
1965 37.8 −1.3 −3.38%
1964 39.1 −1.3 −3.33%
1963 40.5 −1.4 −3.38%
1962 41.9 −1.4 −3.23%
1961 43.3 −1.4 −3.14%
1960 44.7

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.