Denmark vs France: Infant mortality rate

Denmark
0.3528 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
France
0.343 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
165th
France rank
167th

Infant mortality rate over time

  • Denmark
  • France
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.3528 deaths per 100 live births against 0.343 deaths per 100 live births in France, a difference of 0.0098 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was France ahead.

Denmark ranks 165th and France ranks 167th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Infant mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 13,185 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .