Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — European Union

Under-five mortality rate in the European Union in 2024 — 3.9 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 92%.

2024 3.9 per 1,000 −0.04% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 48.5 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3.9 per 1,0002022

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — European Union, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48.5 per 1,0001962: 43.1 per 1,0001964: 38.4 per 1,0001966: 35.4 per 1,0001968: 32.3 per 1,0001970: 29.5 per 1,0001972: 26.6 per 1,0001974: 24.1 per 1,0001976: 21.6 per 1,0001978: 19.3 per 1,0001980: 17.4 per 1,0001982: 15.9 per 1,0001984: 14.6 per 1,0001986: 13.7 per 1,0001988: 12.8 per 1,0001990: 12.1 per 1,0001992: 11 per 1,0001994: 10 per 1,0001996: 8.8 per 1,0001998: 7.9 per 1,0002000: 7.2 per 1,0002002: 6.6 per 1,0002004: 6.2 per 1,0002006: 5.7 per 1,0002008: 5.2 per 1,0002010: 4.9 per 1,0002012: 4.5 per 1,0002014: 4.3 per 1,0002016: 4.2 per 1,0002018: 4 per 1,0002020: 3.9 per 1,0002022: 3.9 per 1,0002024: 3.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −44.7 (−92.04%) Average annual rate: -3.88 %

Comparison, 2024

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

European Union 3.9 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.9 −0 −0.04%
2023 3.9 +0 +0.14%
2022 3.9 −0 −0.21%
2021 3.9 −0 −0.51%
2020 3.9 −0 −1.25%
2019 3.9 −0.1 −2%
2018 4 −0.1 −1.9%
2017 4.1 −0.1 −2.36%
2016 4.2 −0.1 −1.82%
2015 4.3 −0.1 −1.75%
2014 4.3 −0.1 −2%
2013 4.4 −0.1 −2.38%
2012 4.5 −0.1 −3.12%
2011 4.7 −0.2 −3.37%
2010 4.9 −0.2 −4.15%
2009 5.1 −0.2 −3.29%
2008 5.2 −0.2 −3.42%
2007 5.4 −0.2 −4.03%
2006 5.7 −0.3 −4.53%
2005 5.9 −0.2 −3.82%
2004 6.2 −0.2 −3.49%
2003 6.4 −0.2 −3.44%
2002 6.6 −0.2 −3.4%
2001 6.8 −0.3 −4.59%
2000 7.2 −0.4 −4.66%
1999 7.5 −0.4 −4.98%
1998 7.9 −0.4 −4.82%
1997 8.3 −0.5 −5.5%
1996 8.8 −0.5 −5.82%
1995 9.3 −0.6 −6.23%
1994 10 −0.5 −5.16%
1993 10.5 −0.5 −4.92%
1992 11 −0.5 −4.69%
1991 11.6 −0.5 −4.45%
1990 12.1 −0.2 −1.66%
1989 12.3 −0.5 −3.88%
1988 12.8 −0.4 −3.27%
1987 13.3 −0.4 −2.99%
1986 13.7 −0.4 −2.9%
1985 14.1 −0.5 −3.6%
1984 14.6 −0.6 −3.85%
1983 15.2 −0.7 −4.27%
1982 15.9 −0.8 −4.71%
1981 16.7 −0.8 −4.48%
1980 17.4 −0.9 −4.71%
1979 18.3 −1 −5.03%
1978 19.3 −1.1 −5.4%
1977 20.4 −1.2 −5.64%
1976 21.6 −1.3 −5.48%
1975 22.8 −1.3 −5.22%
1974 24.1 −1.3 −4.97%
1973 25.4 −1.3 −4.81%
1972 26.6 −1.4 −5%
1971 28 −1.5 −4.92%
1970 29.5 −1.5 −4.89%
1969 31 −1.3 −3.98%
1968 32.3 −2.3 −6.62%
1967 34.6 −0.8 −2.22%
1966 35.4 −1.2 −3.31%
1965 36.6 −1.8 −4.66%
1964 38.4 −2.2 −5.54%
1963 40.6 −2.5 −5.87%
1962 43.1 −2.7 −5.83%
1961 45.8 −2.7 −5.63%
1960 48.5

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.