Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Northern Europe

Infant mortality rate in Northern Europe in 2024 — 3.5 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 84.8%.

2024 3.5 per 1,000 +0.02% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 23 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3.3 per 1,0002019

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Northern Europe, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 23 per 1,0001962: 21.7 per 1,0001964: 20.2 per 1,0001966: 18.7 per 1,0001968: 17.7 per 1,0001970: 16.7 per 1,0001972: 15.8 per 1,0001974: 14.8 per 1,0001976: 13.6 per 1,0001978: 12.4 per 1,0001980: 11.3 per 1,0001982: 10.3 per 1,0001984: 9.6 per 1,0001986: 9.1 per 1,0001988: 8.6 per 1,0001990: 7.9 per 1,0001992: 7.2 per 1,0001994: 6.5 per 1,0001996: 6 per 1,0001998: 5.7 per 1,0002000: 5.4 per 1,0002002: 5.2 per 1,0002004: 4.9 per 1,0002006: 4.6 per 1,0002008: 4.4 per 1,0002010: 4 per 1,0002012: 3.7 per 1,0002014: 3.5 per 1,0002016: 3.4 per 1,0002018: 3.4 per 1,0002020: 3.4 per 1,0002022: 3.4 per 1,0002024: 3.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −19.5 (−84.78%) Average annual rate: -2.9 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 3.5 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.5 +0 +0.02%
2023 3.5 +0.1 +2.07%
2022 3.4 +0.1 +1.65%
2021 3.4 −0 −0.2%
2020 3.4 +0 +1.41%
2019 3.3 −0 −0.55%
2018 3.4 −0 −0.8%
2017 3.4 −0 −0.88%
2016 3.4 −0.1 −2.4%
2015 3.5 −0 −1.09%
2014 3.5 −0.1 −2.21%
2013 3.6 −0.1 −2.51%
2012 3.7 −0.2 −4.52%
2011 3.9 −0.1 −2.55%
2010 4 −0.2 −4.67%
2009 4.2 −0.2 −4.19%
2008 4.4 −0.1 −2.82%
2007 4.5 −0.1 −2.89%
2006 4.6 −0.2 −3.19%
2005 4.8 −0.1 −2.69%
2004 4.9 −0.1 −2.92%
2003 5.1 −0.1 −2.7%
2002 5.2 −0.1 −2.45%
2001 5.3 −0.1 −1.49%
2000 5.4 −0.1 −2.21%
1999 5.5 −0.1 −2.54%
1998 5.7 −0.2 −2.8%
1997 5.8 −0.2 −3.02%
1996 6 −0.3 −4.12%
1995 6.3 −0.3 −4.25%
1994 6.5 −0.3 −4.19%
1993 6.8 −0.4 −4.96%
1992 7.2 −0.3 −4.13%
1991 7.5 −0.4 −5.13%
1990 7.9 −0.4 −4.34%
1989 8.3 −0.3 −3.53%
1988 8.6 −0.3 −2.88%
1987 8.8 −0.2 −2.75%
1986 9.1 −0.3 −2.82%
1985 9.3 −0.3 −2.8%
1984 9.6 −0.3 −2.54%
1983 9.9 −0.4 −3.95%
1982 10.3 −0.5 −4.36%
1981 10.7 −0.6 −5.05%
1980 11.3 −0.5 −4.42%
1979 11.8 −0.6 −4.95%
1978 12.4 −0.6 −4.7%
1977 13 −0.6 −4.36%
1976 13.6 −0.6 −3.89%
1975 14.2 −0.6 −4%
1974 14.8 −0.5 −3.34%
1973 15.3 −0.5 −3.07%
1972 15.8 −0.5 −3.05%
1971 16.3 −0.5 −2.77%
1970 16.7 −0.4 −2.36%
1969 17.1 −0.5 −2.86%
1968 17.7 −0.5 −2.52%
1967 18.1 −0.6 −3.33%
1966 18.7 −0.7 −3.6%
1965 19.4 −0.7 −3.64%
1964 20.2 −0.8 −3.82%
1963 21 −0.8 −3.46%
1962 21.7 −0.6 −2.79%
1961 22.3 −0.7 −2.84%
1960 23

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.