What is child mortality rate in Germany?

Child mortality rate in Germany was 0.37 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality rate recorded in Germany?

The highest recorded value was 53.92 deaths per 100 live births in 1865.

What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Germany?

The lowest recorded value was 0.37 deaths per 100 live births in 2019.

How does Germany rank for child mortality rate?

Germany ranks 173rd out of 200 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Germany?

Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Germany data come from?

The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality rate in Germany

Name: Child mortality rate in Germany
Creator: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Germany: Child mortality rate was 0.37 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

0.37 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

173rd

of 200 countries

All-time high

53.92 deaths per 100 live births

in 1865

All-time low

0.37 deaths per 100 live births

in 2019

Years of data

162

1836–2024

Child mortality rate in Germany, 1836–2024

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

Germany recorded 0.37 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 162 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality rate in Germany peaked at 53.92 deaths per 100 live births in 1865 and was at its lowest, 0.37 deaths per 100 live births, in 2019.

Germany ranks 173rd of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Child mortality rate in Germany, year by year

Annual values for Child mortality rate in Germany, 1836 to 2024.
Year	deaths per 100 live births	Change
1836	47.42 deaths per 100 live births	—
1837	49.04 deaths per 100 live births	+3.4%
1838	48.23 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1839	46.28 deaths per 100 live births	-4.0%
1840	48.56 deaths per 100 live births	+4.9%
1841	48.72 deaths per 100 live births	+0.3%
1842	51.64 deaths per 100 live births	+6.0%
1843	46.61 deaths per 100 live births	-9.7%
1844	46.61 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1845	46.93 deaths per 100 live births	+0.7%
1846	51.64 deaths per 100 live births	+10.0%
1847	46.45 deaths per 100 live births	-10.1%
1848	50.67 deaths per 100 live births	+9.1%
1849	46.28 deaths per 100 live births	-8.7%
1850	48.23 deaths per 100 live births	+4.2%
1851	46.61 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1852	48.4 deaths per 100 live births	+3.8%
1853	46.28 deaths per 100 live births	-4.4%
1854	47.26 deaths per 100 live births	+2.1%
1855	46.28 deaths per 100 live births	-2.1%
1856	41.09 deaths per 100 live births	-11.2%
1857	49.86 deaths per 100 live births	+21.3%
1858	46.93 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
1859	52.62 deaths per 100 live births	+12.1%
1860	42.22 deaths per 100 live births	-19.8%
1863	48.4 deaths per 100 live births	+14.6%
1864	48.23 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
1865	53.92 deaths per 100 live births	+11.8%
1866	48.88 deaths per 100 live births	-9.3%
1867	50.67 deaths per 100 live births	+3.7%
1868	49.86 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1869	47.58 deaths per 100 live births	-4.6%
1870	48.4 deaths per 100 live births	+1.7%
1871	53.59 deaths per 100 live births	+10.7%
1872	48.88 deaths per 100 live births	-8.8%
1873	49.86 deaths per 100 live births	+2.0%
1874	48.23 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1875	39.32 deaths per 100 live births	-18.5%
1876	37.05 deaths per 100 live births	-5.8%
1877	36.57 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
1878	36.73 deaths per 100 live births	+0.4%
1879	35.44 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1880	39 deaths per 100 live births	+10.0%
1881	36.41 deaths per 100 live births	-6.6%
1882	37.05 deaths per 100 live births	+1.8%
1883	37.7 deaths per 100 live births	+1.8%
1884	38.19 deaths per 100 live births	+1.3%
1885	36.73 deaths per 100 live births	-3.8%
1886	38.19 deaths per 100 live births	+4.0%
1887	35.28 deaths per 100 live births	-7.6%
1888	35.44 deaths per 100 live births	+0.5%
1889	36.73 deaths per 100 live births	+3.6%
1890	36.73 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1891	35.6 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
1892	37.38 deaths per 100 live births	+5.0%
1893	36.41 deaths per 100 live births	-2.6%
1894	35.6 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
1895	37.38 deaths per 100 live births	+5.0%
1896	33.83 deaths per 100 live births	-9.5%
1897	36.09 deaths per 100 live births	+6.7%
1898	34.15 deaths per 100 live births	-5.4%
1899	35.12 deaths per 100 live births	+2.8%
1900	37.22 deaths per 100 live births	+6.0%
1901	33.66 deaths per 100 live births	-9.6%
1902	29.75 deaths per 100 live births	-11.6%
1903	33.18 deaths per 100 live births	+11.5%
1904	31.88 deaths per 100 live births	-3.9%
1905	33.34 deaths per 100 live births	+4.6%
1906	30.08 deaths per 100 live births	-9.8%
1907	28.6 deaths per 100 live births	-4.9%
1908	28.93 deaths per 100 live births	+1.2%
1909	27.62 deaths per 100 live births	-4.5%
1910	26.35 deaths per 100 live births	-4.6%
1911	31.23 deaths per 100 live births	+18.5%
1912	23.7 deaths per 100 live births	-24.1%
1913	24.43 deaths per 100 live births	+3.1%
1914	26.68 deaths per 100 live births	+9.2%
1915	23.88 deaths per 100 live births	-10.5%
1916	22.41 deaths per 100 live births	-6.2%
1917	24.06 deaths per 100 live births	+7.4%
1918	25.67 deaths per 100 live births	+6.7%
1919	23.33 deaths per 100 live births	-9.1%
1920	20.72 deaths per 100 live births	-11.2%
1921	21.28 deaths per 100 live births	+2.7%
1922	20.53 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1923	20.72 deaths per 100 live births	+0.9%
1924	16.41 deaths per 100 live births	-20.8%
1925	15.85 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1926	15.3 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1927	14.38 deaths per 100 live births	-6.0%
1928	12.94 deaths per 100 live births	-10.0%
1929	14.38 deaths per 100 live births	+11.1%
1930	12.24 deaths per 100 live births	-14.9%
1931	11.89 deaths per 100 live births	-2.9%
1932	11.2 deaths per 100 live births	-5.8%
1933	10.86 deaths per 100 live births	-3.0%
1934	9.04 deaths per 100 live births	-16.8%
1935	14.74 deaths per 100 live births	+63.1%
1936	9.04 deaths per 100 live births	-38.7%
1937	8.72 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1938	8.12 deaths per 100 live births	-6.9%
1939	10.02 deaths per 100 live births	+23.4%
1940	8.72 deaths per 100 live births	-13.0%
1960	4.27 deaths per 100 live births	-51.0%
1967	2.92 deaths per 100 live births	-31.6%
1968	2.71 deaths per 100 live births	-7.2%
1969	2.64 deaths per 100 live births	-2.6%
1970	2.56 deaths per 100 live births	-3.0%
1971	2.49 deaths per 100 live births	-2.7%
1972	2.4 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
1973	2.31 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
1974	2.2 deaths per 100 live births	-4.8%
1975	2.08 deaths per 100 live births	-5.5%
1976	1.96 deaths per 100 live births	-5.8%
1977	1.83 deaths per 100 live births	-6.6%
1978	1.71 deaths per 100 live births	-6.6%
1979	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	-6.4%
1980	1.5 deaths per 100 live births	-6.3%
1981	1.41 deaths per 100 live births	-6.0%
1982	1.32 deaths per 100 live births	-6.4%
1983	1.25 deaths per 100 live births	-5.3%
1984	1.18 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1985	1.11 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
1986	1.06 deaths per 100 live births	-4.5%
1987	1.01 deaths per 100 live births	-4.7%
1988	0.95 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
1989	0.9 deaths per 100 live births	-5.3%
1990	0.85 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1991	0.8 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
1992	0.76 deaths per 100 live births	-5.0%
1993	0.72 deaths per 100 live births	-5.3%
1994	0.68 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1995	0.65 deaths per 100 live births	-4.4%
1996	0.62 deaths per 100 live births	-4.6%
1997	0.59 deaths per 100 live births	-4.8%
1998	0.57 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1999	0.55 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
2000	0.54 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
2001	0.52 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
2002	0.51 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
2003	0.5 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
2004	0.49 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
2005	0.47 deaths per 100 live births	-4.1%
2006	0.46 deaths per 100 live births	-2.1%
2007	0.45 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
2008	0.44 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
2009	0.43 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
2010	0.42 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
2011	0.41 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
2012	0.4 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
2013	0.4 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2014	0.4 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2015	0.39 deaths per 100 live births	-2.5%
2016	0.39 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2017	0.38 deaths per 100 live births	-2.6%
2018	0.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2019	0.37 deaths per 100 live births	-2.6%
2020	0.37 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2021	0.37 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2022	0.37 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2023	0.37 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
2024	0.37 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%

Germany compared with similar countries

Germany's 0.37 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.47 deaths per 100 live births, 79% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
Germany's 0.37 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.39 deaths per 100 live births, 95% of the median. (51 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Child mortality rate in Germany changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

Year	Change	From	To
1935	+63.1%	9.04 deaths per 100 live births	14.74 deaths per 100 live births
1960	-51.0%	8.72 deaths per 100 live births	4.27 deaths per 100 live births
1936	-38.7%	14.74 deaths per 100 live births	9.04 deaths per 100 live births
1967	-31.6%	4.27 deaths per 100 live births	2.92 deaths per 100 live births

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1830s	47.74 deaths per 100 live births	46.28 deaths per 100 live births	49.04 deaths per 100 live births	4
1840s	48.41 deaths per 100 live births	46.28 deaths per 100 live births	51.64 deaths per 100 live births	10
1850s	47.36 deaths per 100 live births	41.09 deaths per 100 live births	52.62 deaths per 100 live births	10
1860s	48.72 deaths per 100 live births	42.22 deaths per 100 live births	53.92 deaths per 100 live births	8
1870s	43.41 deaths per 100 live births	35.44 deaths per 100 live births	53.59 deaths per 100 live births	10
1880s	37.07 deaths per 100 live births	35.28 deaths per 100 live births	39 deaths per 100 live births	10
1890s	35.83 deaths per 100 live births	33.83 deaths per 100 live births	37.38 deaths per 100 live births	10
1900s	31.43 deaths per 100 live births	27.62 deaths per 100 live births	37.22 deaths per 100 live births	10
1910s	25.17 deaths per 100 live births	22.41 deaths per 100 live births	31.23 deaths per 100 live births	10
1920s	17.25 deaths per 100 live births	12.94 deaths per 100 live births	21.28 deaths per 100 live births	10
1930s	10.59 deaths per 100 live births	8.12 deaths per 100 live births	14.74 deaths per 100 live births	10
1940s	8.72 deaths per 100 live births	8.72 deaths per 100 live births	8.72 deaths per 100 live births	1
1960s	3.13 deaths per 100 live births	2.64 deaths per 100 live births	4.27 deaths per 100 live births	4
1970s	2.11 deaths per 100 live births	1.6 deaths per 100 live births	2.56 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	1.17 deaths per 100 live births	0.9 deaths per 100 live births	1.5 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	0.679 deaths per 100 live births	0.55 deaths per 100 live births	0.85 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	0.481 deaths per 100 live births	0.43 deaths per 100 live births	0.54 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	0.394 deaths per 100 live births	0.37 deaths per 100 live births	0.42 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	0.37 deaths per 100 live births	0.37 deaths per 100 live births	0.37 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Germany

172 Greece 0.38 deaths per 100 live births compare
173 Belgium 0.37 deaths per 100 live births compare
173 Hungary 0.37 deaths per 100 live births compare
176 Australia 0.36 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 200 places →

More health data for Germany

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Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.9955 % change on previous year (2090)
Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,164 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 368 deaths (2100)
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2000)
Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.18 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0216 units per person (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.2 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality rate in Germany?: Child mortality rate in Germany was 0.37 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality rate recorded in Germany?: The highest recorded value was 53.92 deaths per 100 live births in 1865.
What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Germany?: The lowest recorded value was 0.37 deaths per 100 live births in 2019.
How does Germany rank for child mortality rate?: Germany ranks 173rd out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Germany?: Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Germany data come from?: The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.