Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Spain

Infant mortality rate in Spain in 2024 — 2.6 per 1,000. Ranked 20 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 94.4%.

2024 2.6 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 20of 196
Period maximum 46.8 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2.6 per 1,0002019

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Spain, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.8 per 1,0001962: 42.8 per 1,0001964: 39 per 1,0001966: 35.5 per 1,0001968: 31.8 per 1,0001970: 27.7 per 1,0001972: 23.6 per 1,0001974: 20.1 per 1,0001976: 17.2 per 1,0001978: 14.6 per 1,0001980: 12.4 per 1,0001982: 10.7 per 1,0001984: 9.6 per 1,0001986: 8.8 per 1,0001988: 8.1 per 1,0001990: 7.4 per 1,0001992: 6.7 per 1,0001994: 5.9 per 1,0001996: 5.2 per 1,0001998: 4.7 per 1,0002000: 4.4 per 1,0002002: 4.1 per 1,0002004: 3.9 per 1,0002006: 3.7 per 1,0002008: 3.4 per 1,0002010: 3.2 per 1,0002012: 2.9 per 1,0002014: 2.8 per 1,0002016: 2.7 per 1,0002018: 2.7 per 1,0002020: 2.6 per 1,0002022: 2.6 per 1,0002024: 2.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −44.2 (−94.44%) Average annual rate: -4.42 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Spain 2.6 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
Southern Europe computed 2.9 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.6 +0 +0%
2023 2.6 +0 +0%
2022 2.6 +0 +0%
2021 2.6 +0 +0%
2020 2.6 +0 +0%
2019 2.6 −0.1 −3.7%
2018 2.7 +0 +0%
2017 2.7 +0 +0%
2016 2.7 +0 +0%
2015 2.7 −0.1 −3.57%
2014 2.8 −0.1 −3.45%
2013 2.9 +0 +0%
2012 2.9 −0.1 −3.33%
2011 3 −0.2 −6.25%
2010 3.2 −0.1 −3.03%
2009 3.3 −0.1 −2.94%
2008 3.4 −0.2 −5.56%
2007 3.6 −0.1 −2.7%
2006 3.7 −0.1 −2.63%
2005 3.8 −0.1 −2.56%
2004 3.9 −0.2 −4.88%
2003 4.1 +0 +0%
2002 4.1 −0.1 −2.38%
2001 4.2 −0.2 −4.55%
2000 4.4 −0.1 −2.22%
1999 4.5 −0.2 −4.26%
1998 4.7 −0.2 −4.08%
1997 4.9 −0.3 −5.77%
1996 5.2 −0.3 −5.45%
1995 5.5 −0.4 −6.78%
1994 5.9 −0.4 −6.35%
1993 6.3 −0.4 −5.97%
1992 6.7 −0.4 −5.63%
1991 7.1 −0.3 −4.05%
1990 7.4 −0.4 −5.13%
1989 7.8 −0.3 −3.7%
1988 8.1 −0.3 −3.57%
1987 8.4 −0.4 −4.55%
1986 8.8 −0.4 −4.35%
1985 9.2 −0.4 −4.17%
1984 9.6 −0.5 −4.95%
1983 10.1 −0.6 −5.61%
1982 10.7 −0.8 −6.96%
1981 11.5 −0.9 −7.26%
1980 12.4 −1.1 −8.15%
1979 13.5 −1.1 −7.53%
1978 14.6 −1.3 −8.18%
1977 15.9 −1.3 −7.56%
1976 17.2 −1.4 −7.53%
1975 18.6 −1.5 −7.46%
1974 20.1 −1.7 −7.8%
1973 21.8 −1.8 −7.63%
1972 23.6 −2 −7.81%
1971 25.6 −2.1 −7.58%
1970 27.7 −2.1 −7.05%
1969 29.8 −2 −6.29%
1968 31.8 −1.9 −5.64%
1967 33.7 −1.8 −5.07%
1966 35.5 −1.7 −4.57%
1965 37.2 −1.8 −4.62%
1964 39 −1.9 −4.65%
1963 40.9 −1.9 −4.44%
1962 42.8 −2 −4.46%
1961 44.8 −2 −4.27%
1960 46.8

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.