Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Southern Europe

Infant mortality rate in Southern Europe in 2024 — 2.9 per 1,000. Since 1984, the indicator has fallen by 80.4%.

2024 2.9 per 1,000 −0.46% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 15.2 per 1,0001985
Period minimum 2.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1984–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Southern Europe, 1984–202405101520198419881992199620002004200820122016202020241984: 14.6 per 1,0001985: 15.2 per 1,0001986: 14.4 per 1,0001987: 13.7 per 1,0001988: 13 per 1,0001989: 12.3 per 1,0001990: 11.6 per 1,0001991: 11 per 1,0001992: 10.9 per 1,0001993: 10.3 per 1,0001994: 9.1 per 1,0001995: 8.6 per 1,0001996: 8 per 1,0001997: 7.5 per 1,0001998: 7 per 1,0001999: 6.5 per 1,0002000: 6.2 per 1,0002001: 5.8 per 1,0002002: 5.6 per 1,0002003: 5.3 per 1,0002004: 5 per 1,0002005: 4.8 per 1,0002006: 4.5 per 1,0002007: 4.4 per 1,0002008: 4.2 per 1,0002009: 4 per 1,0002010: 3.9 per 1,0002011: 3.8 per 1,0002012: 3.7 per 1,0002013: 3.6 per 1,0002014: 3.5 per 1,0002015: 3.4 per 1,0002016: 3.4 per 1,0002017: 3.3 per 1,0002018: 3.2 per 1,0002019: 3.1 per 1,0002020: 3 per 1,0002021: 3 per 1,0002022: 2.9 per 1,0002023: 2.9 per 1,0002024: 2.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −11.7 (−80.39%) Average annual rate: -3.99 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 2.9 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.9 −0 −0.46%
2023 2.9 −0.1 −2.24%
2022 2.9 −0.1 −2.34%
2021 3 −0 −1.11%
2020 3 −0.1 −2.46%
2019 3.1 −0.1 −3.59%
2018 3.2 −0.1 −2.21%
2017 3.3 −0.1 −1.95%
2016 3.4 −0.1 −2.06%
2015 3.4 −0.1 −2.81%
2014 3.5 −0.1 −1.55%
2013 3.6 −0.1 −2.03%
2012 3.7 −0.1 −3%
2011 3.8 −0.1 −3.7%
2010 3.9 −0.1 −2.27%
2009 4 −0.2 −3.73%
2008 4.2 −0.2 −4.5%
2007 4.4 −0.2 −3.83%
2006 4.5 −0.2 −4.4%
2005 4.8 −0.2 −4.25%
2004 5 −0.3 −6.08%
2003 5.3 −0.3 −4.76%
2002 5.6 −0.3 −5.02%
2001 5.8 −0.3 −5.3%
2000 6.2 −0.4 −5.62%
1999 6.5 −0.5 −6.49%
1998 7 −0.5 −6.23%
1997 7.5 −0.5 −6.61%
1996 8 −0.6 −7.23%
1995 8.6 −0.5 −5.64%
1994 9.1 −1.2 −11.29%
1993 10.3 −0.6 −5.69%
1992 10.9 −0.1 −0.73%
1991 11 −0.6 −5.06%
1990 11.6 −0.7 −5.64%
1989 12.3 −0.7 −5.54%
1988 13 −0.8 −5.54%
1987 13.7 −0.7 −4.79%
1986 14.4 −0.8 −5.12%
1985 15.2 +0.7 +4.53%
1984 14.6

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.