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Under-five mortality rate — Iceland

Under-five mortality rate in Iceland in 2024 — 2.8 per 1,000. Ranked 17 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 86.9%.

2024 2.8 per 1,000 −3.45% vs 2023
World rank 17of 196
Period maximum 21.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2.6 per 1,0002011

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Iceland, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 21.4 per 1,0001962: 20.7 per 1,0001964: 19.7 per 1,0001966: 18.5 per 1,0001968: 17.2 per 1,0001970: 16 per 1,0001972: 14.8 per 1,0001974: 13.5 per 1,0001976: 12.2 per 1,0001978: 10.9 per 1,0001980: 9.7 per 1,0001982: 8.7 per 1,0001984: 7.9 per 1,0001986: 7.4 per 1,0001988: 6.9 per 1,0001990: 6.4 per 1,0001992: 5.9 per 1,0001994: 5.4 per 1,0001996: 4.9 per 1,0001998: 4.4 per 1,0002000: 3.9 per 1,0002002: 3.5 per 1,0002004: 3.2 per 1,0002006: 2.9 per 1,0002008: 2.8 per 1,0002010: 2.7 per 1,0002012: 2.6 per 1,0002014: 2.6 per 1,0002016: 2.6 per 1,0002018: 2.7 per 1,0002020: 2.8 per 1,0002022: 2.9 per 1,0002024: 2.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −18.6 (−86.92%) Average annual rate: -3.13 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iceland 2.8 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 7.8 per 1,000
Northern Europe computed 4.1 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 4.8 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.8 −0.1 −3.45%
2023 2.9 +0 +0%
2022 2.9 +0 +0%
2021 2.9 +0.1 +3.57%
2020 2.8 +0 +0%
2019 2.8 +0.1 +3.7%
2018 2.7 +0 +0%
2017 2.7 +0.1 +3.85%
2016 2.6 +0 +0%
2015 2.6 +0 +0%
2014 2.6 +0 +0%
2013 2.6 +0 +0%
2012 2.6 +0 +0%
2011 2.6 −0.1 −3.7%
2010 2.7 +0 +0%
2009 2.7 −0.1 −3.57%
2008 2.8 +0 +0%
2007 2.8 −0.1 −3.45%
2006 2.9 −0.2 −6.45%
2005 3.1 −0.1 −3.13%
2004 3.2 −0.1 −3.03%
2003 3.3 −0.2 −5.71%
2002 3.5 −0.2 −5.41%
2001 3.7 −0.2 −5.13%
2000 3.9 −0.2 −4.88%
1999 4.1 −0.3 −6.82%
1998 4.4 −0.2 −4.35%
1997 4.6 −0.3 −6.12%
1996 4.9 −0.3 −5.77%
1995 5.2 −0.2 −3.7%
1994 5.4 −0.3 −5.26%
1993 5.7 −0.2 −3.39%
1992 5.9 −0.3 −4.84%
1991 6.2 −0.2 −3.13%
1990 6.4 −0.2 −3.03%
1989 6.6 −0.3 −4.35%
1988 6.9 −0.2 −2.82%
1987 7.1 −0.3 −4.05%
1986 7.4 −0.2 −2.63%
1985 7.6 −0.3 −3.8%
1984 7.9 −0.4 −4.82%
1983 8.3 −0.4 −4.6%
1982 8.7 −0.5 −5.43%
1981 9.2 −0.5 −5.15%
1980 9.7 −0.6 −5.83%
1979 10.3 −0.6 −5.5%
1978 10.9 −0.6 −5.22%
1977 11.5 −0.7 −5.74%
1976 12.2 −0.6 −4.69%
1975 12.8 −0.7 −5.19%
1974 13.5 −0.6 −4.26%
1973 14.1 −0.7 −4.73%
1972 14.8 −0.6 −3.9%
1971 15.4 −0.6 −3.75%
1970 16 −0.6 −3.61%
1969 16.6 −0.6 −3.49%
1968 17.2 −0.7 −3.91%
1967 17.9 −0.6 −3.24%
1966 18.5 −0.6 −3.14%
1965 19.1 −0.6 −3.05%
1964 19.7 −0.5 −2.48%
1963 20.2 −0.5 −2.42%
1962 20.7 −0.4 −1.9%
1961 21.1 −0.3 −1.4%
1960 21.4 — —

Northern Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

EE Estonia 2 FI Finland 2.4 SE Sweden 2.4 LV Latvia 2.5 NO Norway 2.5 IS Iceland 2.8 LT Lithuania 3.4 IE Ireland 3.9 DK Denmark 4 GB United Kingdom 4.7
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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.

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