France vs United Kingdom: Infant mortality rates

France
0.3503
in 2023
United Kingdom
0.3703
in 2023
France rank
193rd
United Kingdom rank
190th

Infant mortality rates over time

  • France
  • United Kingdom
012345195019862023

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 0.3703 against 0.3503 in France, a difference of 0.02.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was France ahead.

France ranks 193rd and United Kingdom ranks 190th of 229 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and United Kingdom in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade France United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1950s 3.96 2.65 1.31 France
1960s 2.31 2.06 0.2468 France
1970s 1.4 1.57 0.1675 United Kingdom
1980s 0.8746 0.9985 0.1239 United Kingdom
1990s 0.5767 0.6389 0.0621 United Kingdom
2000s 0.4004 0.5122 0.1119 United Kingdom
2010s 0.3604 0.3985 0.0381 United Kingdom
2020s 0.3584 0.3773 0.0189 United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rates, France or United Kingdom?
United Kingdom, at 0.3703 against 0.3503 in France as of 2023.
What is the difference in infant mortality rates between France and United Kingdom?
0.02, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and United Kingdom?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do France and United Kingdom rank globally for infant mortality rates?
France ranks 193rd and United Kingdom ranks 190th of 229 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rates. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

France vs United Kingdom: Infant mortality rates. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/infant-mortality-rates/france/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/infant-mortality-rates/france/united-kingdom/">France vs United Kingdom: Infant mortality rates</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Infant mortality rates
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed