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

0 per 1,000 live births, with France ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for France 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.

France vs Ireland: Mortality rate, infant

France

3.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ireland

3.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

France rank

164th

Ireland rank

164th

Mortality rate, infant over time

France
Ireland

How they compare

France currently reports 3.4 per 1,000 live births against 3.4 per 1,000 live births in Ireland, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ireland ahead.

France ranks 164th and Ireland ranks 164th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 1 and Ireland in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	France	Ireland	Difference	Ahead
1960s	19.29 per 1,000 live births	25.16 per 1,000 live births	5.87 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1970s	12.59 per 1,000 live births	16.69 per 1,000 live births	4.1 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1980s	8.77 per 1,000 live births	9.43 per 1,000 live births	0.66 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
1990s	5.66 per 1,000 live births	6.45 per 1,000 live births	0.79 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
2000s	3.5 per 1,000 live births	4.7 per 1,000 live births	1.2 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
2010s	3.18 per 1,000 live births	3.24 per 1,000 live births	0.06 per 1,000 live births	Ireland
2020s	3.38 per 1,000 live births	3.28 per 1,000 live births	0.1 per 1,000 live births	France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, France or Ireland?: France, at 3.4 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 France and Ireland?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Ireland?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do France and Ireland rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: France ranks 164th 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: 03 September 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.