What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Denmark and Ireland?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Denmark ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Ireland?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Denmark vs Ireland: Mortality rate, infant

Denmark

3.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ireland

3.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Denmark rank

163rd

Ireland rank

164th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Denmark
Ireland

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 3.5 per 1,000 live births against 3.4 per 1,000 live births in Ireland, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ireland ahead.

Denmark ranks 163rd and Ireland ranks 164th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 2 and Ireland in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1960s	18.18 per 1,000 live births	25.16 per 1,000 live births	6.98 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1970s	10.83 per 1,000 live births	16.69 per 1,000 live births	5.86 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1980s	7.93 per 1,000 live births	9.43 per 1,000 live births	1.5 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1990s	5.73 per 1,000 live births	6.45 per 1,000 live births	0.72 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
2000s	4.15 per 1,000 live births	4.7 per 1,000 live births	0.55 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
2010s	3.46 per 1,000 live births	3.24 per 1,000 live births	0.22 per 1,000 live births	Denmark
2020s	3.36 per 1,000 live births	3.28 per 1,000 live births	0.08 per 1,000 live births	Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Denmark or Ireland?: Denmark, at 3.5 per 1,000 live births against 3.4 per 1,000 live births in Ireland as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Denmark and Ireland?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Ireland?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Denmark and Ireland rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Denmark ranks 163rd and Ireland ranks 164th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.