Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Western Europe

Under-five mortality rate in Western Europe in 2024 — 3.9 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 86.6%.

2024 3.9 per 1,000 −0.01% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 29.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3.9 per 1,0002020

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Western Europe, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 29.2 per 1,0001962: 26.5 per 1,0001964: 24.3 per 1,0001966: 22.4 per 1,0001968: 23.8 per 1,0001970: 22.3 per 1,0001972: 20.7 per 1,0001974: 19 per 1,0001976: 17.1 per 1,0001978: 15.2 per 1,0001980: 13.7 per 1,0001982: 12.4 per 1,0001984: 11.3 per 1,0001986: 10.4 per 1,0001988: 9.6 per 1,0001990: 8.8 per 1,0001992: 7.9 per 1,0001994: 7 per 1,0001996: 6.3 per 1,0001998: 5.8 per 1,0002000: 5.5 per 1,0002002: 5.2 per 1,0002004: 4.9 per 1,0002006: 4.6 per 1,0002008: 4.5 per 1,0002010: 4.3 per 1,0002012: 4.1 per 1,0002014: 4 per 1,0002016: 4 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: −25.3 (−86.6%) Average annual rate: -3.09 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 3.9 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.9 −0 −0.01%
2023 3.9 −0 −0.39%
2022 3.9 −0 −0.22%
2021 3.9 +0 +0.72%
2020 3.9 −0 −0.11%
2019 3.9 −0.1 −1.32%
2018 4 −0 −0.12%
2017 4 −0.1 −1.52%
2016 4 −0 −0.23%
2015 4 −0 −0.31%
2014 4 −0 −0.57%
2013 4.1 −0 −0.26%
2012 4.1 −0.1 −2.48%
2011 4.2 −0.1 −1.53%
2010 4.3 −0.1 −2.4%
2009 4.4 −0.1 −2.24%
2008 4.5 −0.1 −1.65%
2007 4.5 −0.1 −2.44%
2006 4.6 −0.1 −2.37%
2005 4.8 −0.2 −3.88%
2004 4.9 −0.1 −2.24%
2003 5.1 −0.1 −2.84%
2002 5.2 −0.1 −1.99%
2001 5.3 −0.2 −3.48%
2000 5.5 −0.1 −1.89%
1999 5.6 −0.2 −3.33%
1998 5.8 −0.2 −2.89%
1997 6 −0.3 −4.7%
1996 6.3 −0.3 −5%
1995 6.6 −0.4 −5.54%
1994 7 −0.4 −5.85%
1993 7.4 −0.5 −5.97%
1992 7.9 −0.4 −5.11%
1991 8.3 −0.4 −5.04%
1990 8.8 −0.4 −4.32%
1989 9.2 −0.4 −4.19%
1988 9.6 −0.4 −4.16%
1987 10 −0.4 −3.91%
1986 10.4 −0.4 −3.7%
1985 10.8 −0.5 −4.37%
1984 11.3 −0.5 −4.52%
1983 11.8 −0.6 −4.47%
1982 12.4 −0.6 −4.91%
1981 13 −0.7 −5%
1980 13.7 −0.7 −4.92%
1979 14.4 −0.8 −5.49%
1978 15.2 −0.9 −5.53%
1977 16.1 −1 −5.64%
1976 17.1 −0.9 −5.22%
1975 18 −0.9 −5%
1974 19 −0.9 −4.68%
1973 19.9 −0.8 −3.96%
1972 20.7 −0.9 −3.99%
1971 21.6 −0.7 −3.28%
1970 22.3 −0.8 −3.51%
1969 23.1 −0.7 −2.97%
1968 23.8 +2.2 +10.15%
1967 21.6 −0.8 −3.46%
1966 22.4 −0.9 −3.97%
1965 23.3 −1 −4.02%
1964 24.3 −1 −4.12%
1963 25.4 −1.2 −4.38%
1962 26.5 −1.3 −4.54%
1961 27.8 −1.4 −4.74%
1960 29.2

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.