Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Eastern Europe

Infant mortality rate in Eastern Europe in 2024 — 4.6 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 89.3%.

2024 4.6 per 1,000 −1.53% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 42.9 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 4.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Eastern Europe, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42.9 per 1,0001962: 37 per 1,0001964: 32.3 per 1,0001966: 29.9 per 1,0001968: 28.9 per 1,0001970: 26.9 per 1,0001972: 26 per 1,0001974: 24.9 per 1,0001976: 24 per 1,0001978: 23.1 per 1,0001980: 22.2 per 1,0001982: 21.2 per 1,0001984: 20.1 per 1,0001986: 19.1 per 1,0001988: 18.2 per 1,0001990: 17.3 per 1,0001992: 17.1 per 1,0001994: 17 per 1,0001996: 16.6 per 1,0001998: 15.6 per 1,0002000: 14.3 per 1,0002002: 12.9 per 1,0002004: 11.4 per 1,0002006: 10 per 1,0002008: 8.9 per 1,0002010: 8.1 per 1,0002012: 7.6 per 1,0002014: 6.9 per 1,0002016: 6.1 per 1,0002018: 5.4 per 1,0002020: 5 per 1,0002022: 4.8 per 1,0002024: 4.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −38.3 (−89.32%) Average annual rate: -3.43 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Europe 4.6 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 4.6 −0.1 −1.53%
2023 4.6 −0.1 −2.38%
2022 4.8 −0.1 −1.91%
2021 4.9 −0.2 −3.21%
2020 5 −0.1 −2.7%
2019 5.2 −0.3 −4.7%
2018 5.4 −0.3 −5.25%
2017 5.7 −0.4 −5.81%
2016 6.1 −0.4 −6.55%
2015 6.5 −0.4 −5.68%
2014 6.9 −0.4 −5.57%
2013 7.3 −0.3 −4.04%
2012 7.6 −0.3 −3.37%
2011 7.9 −0.3 −3.36%
2010 8.1 −0.4 −4.27%
2009 8.5 −0.4 −4.7%
2008 8.9 −0.5 −5.34%
2007 9.4 −0.6 −6.17%
2006 10 −0.7 −6.53%
2005 10.7 −0.7 −6.25%
2004 11.4 −0.7 −5.58%
2003 12.1 −0.8 −5.86%
2002 12.9 −0.7 −5.16%
2001 13.6 −0.7 −5.15%
2000 14.3 −0.7 −4.36%
1999 15 −0.7 −4.21%
1998 15.6 −0.5 −3.22%
1997 16.1 −0.4 −2.48%
1996 16.6 −0.3 −2.06%
1995 16.9 −0.1 −0.73%
1994 17 −0.1 −0.42%
1993 17.1 +0 +0.11%
1992 17.1 −0 −0.23%
1991 17.1 −0.2 −1.08%
1990 17.3 −0.3 −1.98%
1989 17.7 −0.5 −2.73%
1988 18.2 −0.5 −2.71%
1987 18.7 −0.5 −2.49%
1986 19.1 −0.5 −2.63%
1985 19.7 −0.5 −2.47%
1984 20.1 −0.5 −2.57%
1983 20.7 −0.5 −2.45%
1982 21.2 −0.5 −2.37%
1981 21.7 −0.5 −2.22%
1980 22.2 −0.5 −2.05%
1979 22.7 −0.4 −1.84%
1978 23.1 −0.4 −1.76%
1977 23.5 −0.5 −1.94%
1976 24 −0.5 −1.89%
1975 24.4 −0.5 −1.86%
1974 24.9 −0.5 −1.96%
1973 25.4 −0.6 −2.22%
1972 26 −0.8 −2.87%
1971 26.7 −0.1 −0.48%
1970 26.9 −1.1 −3.84%
1969 27.9 −1 −3.47%
1968 28.9 −0.6 −1.88%
1967 29.5 −0.4 −1.45%
1966 29.9 −0.8 −2.7%
1965 30.8 −1.6 −4.82%
1964 32.3 −2.1 −6.21%
1963 34.5 −2.5 −6.79%
1962 37 −2.8 −7.05%
1961 39.8 −3.1 −7.18%
1960 42.9

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.