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Under-five mortality rate — Luxembourg

Under-five mortality rate in Luxembourg in 2024 — 2.2 per 1,000. Ranked 3 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 94.1%.

2024 2.2 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 3of 196
Period maximum 37.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2.2 per 1,0002023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Luxembourg, 1960–202401020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 37.2 per 1,0001962: 33.7 per 1,0001964: 30.4 per 1,0001966: 27.5 per 1,0001968: 24.8 per 1,0001970: 22.3 per 1,0001972: 19.9 per 1,0001974: 17.7 per 1,0001976: 15.8 per 1,0001978: 14.4 per 1,0001980: 13.4 per 1,0001982: 12.5 per 1,0001984: 11.6 per 1,0001986: 10.7 per 1,0001988: 9.8 per 1,0001990: 8.8 per 1,0001992: 7.8 per 1,0001994: 6.8 per 1,0001996: 6 per 1,0001998: 5.3 per 1,0002000: 4.7 per 1,0002002: 4.2 per 1,0002004: 3.7 per 1,0002006: 3.3 per 1,0002008: 3 per 1,0002010: 2.8 per 1,0002012: 2.7 per 1,0002014: 2.6 per 1,0002016: 2.5 per 1,0002018: 2.4 per 1,0002020: 2.4 per 1,0002022: 2.3 per 1,0002024: 2.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −35 (−94.09%) Average annual rate: -4.32 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Luxembourg 2.2 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 7.8 per 1,000
Western Europe computed 3.9 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 4.8 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Luxembourg, by year Luxembourg All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.2 +0 +0%
2023 2.2 −0.1 −4.35%
2022 2.3 +0 +0%
2021 2.3 −0.1 −4.17%
2020 2.4 +0 +0%
2019 2.4 +0 +0%
2018 2.4 −0.1 −4%
2017 2.5 +0 +0%
2016 2.5 +0 +0%
2015 2.5 −0.1 −3.85%
2014 2.6 +0 +0%
2013 2.6 −0.1 −3.7%
2012 2.7 +0 +0%
2011 2.7 −0.1 −3.57%
2010 2.8 −0.1 −3.45%
2009 2.9 −0.1 −3.33%
2008 3 −0.1 −3.23%
2007 3.1 −0.2 −6.06%
2006 3.3 −0.2 −5.71%
2005 3.5 −0.2 −5.41%
2004 3.7 −0.2 −5.13%
2003 3.9 −0.3 −7.14%
2002 4.2 −0.2 −4.55%
2001 4.4 −0.3 −6.38%
2000 4.7 −0.3 −6%
1999 5 −0.3 −5.66%
1998 5.3 −0.3 −5.36%
1997 5.6 −0.4 −6.67%
1996 6 −0.4 −6.25%
1995 6.4 −0.4 −5.88%
1994 6.8 −0.5 −6.85%
1993 7.3 −0.5 −6.41%
1992 7.8 −0.5 −6.02%
1991 8.3 −0.5 −5.68%
1990 8.8 −0.5 −5.38%
1989 9.3 −0.5 −5.1%
1988 9.8 −0.4 −3.92%
1987 10.2 −0.5 −4.67%
1986 10.7 −0.5 −4.46%
1985 11.2 −0.4 −3.45%
1984 11.6 −0.5 −4.13%
1983 12.1 −0.4 −3.2%
1982 12.5 −0.4 −3.1%
1981 12.9 −0.5 −3.73%
1980 13.4 −0.5 −3.6%
1979 13.9 −0.5 −3.47%
1978 14.4 −0.7 −4.64%
1977 15.1 −0.7 −4.43%
1976 15.8 −0.9 −5.39%
1975 16.7 −1 −5.65%
1974 17.7 −1.1 −5.85%
1973 18.8 −1.1 −5.53%
1972 19.9 −1.2 −5.69%
1971 21.1 −1.2 −5.38%
1970 22.3 −1.3 −5.51%
1969 23.6 −1.2 −4.84%
1968 24.8 −1.3 −4.98%
1967 26.1 −1.4 −5.09%
1966 27.5 −1.4 −4.84%
1965 28.9 −1.5 −4.93%
1964 30.4 −1.6 −5%
1963 32 −1.7 −5.04%
1962 33.7 −1.7 −4.8%
1961 35.4 −1.8 −4.84%
1960 37.2 — —

Western Europe, 2024

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

LU Luxembourg 2.2 AT Austria 3.3 BE Belgium 3.7 DE Germany 3.7 NL Netherlands 3.9 CH Switzerland 3.9 FR France 4.3
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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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