Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Western Europe

Infant mortality rate in Western Europe in 2024 — 3.2 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 86.8%.

2024 3.2 per 1,000 −0.18% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 24.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3.2 per 1,0002020

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Western Europe, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 24.4 per 1,0001962: 22.1 per 1,0001964: 20.3 per 1,0001966: 18.7 per 1,0001968: 20.2 per 1,0001970: 19 per 1,0001972: 17.5 per 1,0001974: 16 per 1,0001976: 14.3 per 1,0001978: 12.7 per 1,0001980: 11.4 per 1,0001982: 10.2 per 1,0001984: 9.3 per 1,0001986: 8.5 per 1,0001988: 7.9 per 1,0001990: 7.2 per 1,0001992: 6.5 per 1,0001994: 5.7 per 1,0001996: 5.1 per 1,0001998: 4.7 per 1,0002000: 4.4 per 1,0002002: 4.2 per 1,0002004: 3.9 per 1,0002006: 3.7 per 1,0002008: 3.5 per 1,0002010: 3.4 per 1,0002012: 3.3 per 1,0002014: 3.3 per 1,0002016: 3.3 per 1,0002018: 3.3 per 1,0002020: 3.2 per 1,0002022: 3.2 per 1,0002024: 3.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −21.2 (−86.79%) Average annual rate: -3.11 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 3.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.2 −0 −0.18%
2023 3.2 −0 −0.15%
2022 3.2 −0 −0.26%
2021 3.2 +0 +0.93%
2020 3.2 −0 −0.18%
2019 3.2 −0 −1.43%
2018 3.3 −0 −0.14%
2017 3.3 −0 −0.55%
2016 3.3 −0 −0.13%
2015 3.3 +0 +0.78%
2014 3.3 −0 −0.58%
2013 3.3 −0 −1.4%
2012 3.3 −0 −0.7%
2011 3.4 −0.1 −1.82%
2010 3.4 −0 −0.66%
2009 3.4 −0.1 −2.56%
2008 3.5 −0.1 −1.85%
2007 3.6 −0.1 −2.94%
2006 3.7 −0.1 −1.79%
2005 3.8 −0.1 −3.65%
2004 3.9 −0.1 −2.85%
2003 4 −0.1 −3.12%
2002 4.2 −0.1 −2.48%
2001 4.3 −0.1 −3.03%
2000 4.4 −0.1 −2.27%
1999 4.5 −0.2 −4.02%
1998 4.7 −0.1 −3.07%
1997 4.8 −0.2 −4.54%
1996 5.1 −0.3 −6.21%
1995 5.4 −0.3 −5.08%
1994 5.7 −0.4 −6.21%
1993 6.1 −0.4 −6.42%
1992 6.5 −0.4 −5.45%
1991 6.9 −0.4 −5.29%
1990 7.2 −0.3 −4.03%
1989 7.6 −0.3 −3.88%
1988 7.9 −0.4 −4.41%
1987 8.2 −0.3 −3.63%
1986 8.5 −0.4 −4.05%
1985 8.9 −0.4 −4.17%
1984 9.3 −0.4 −4.57%
1983 9.7 −0.5 −4.86%
1982 10.2 −0.6 −5.29%
1981 10.8 −0.6 −5.01%
1980 11.4 −0.6 −5.26%
1979 12 −0.7 −5.51%
1978 12.7 −0.8 −5.83%
1977 13.5 −0.8 −5.63%
1976 14.3 −0.9 −5.67%
1975 15.1 −0.8 −5.26%
1974 16 −0.7 −4.48%
1973 16.7 −0.8 −4.46%
1972 17.5 −0.7 −3.93%
1971 18.2 −0.7 −3.84%
1970 19 −0.6 −3.17%
1969 19.6 −0.7 −3.28%
1968 20.2 +2.2 +12.26%
1967 18 −0.7 −3.59%
1966 18.7 −0.8 −3.94%
1965 19.5 −0.8 −3.93%
1964 20.3 −0.9 −4.22%
1963 21.2 −1 −4.42%
1962 22.1 −1.1 −4.59%
1961 23.2 −1.2 −4.96%
1960 24.4

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.