Infant mortality by age and sex by country

Countries reporting
45
Highest
1,660
Russian Federation
Lowest
2
Iceland
Median
50
Years covered
18
2007–2024
Data points
683

What the numbers show

Infant mortality by age and sex is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 1,660 in Russian Federation; the lowest is 2 in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 50, and the mean is 172.18.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 830.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 333.3%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 82.8%).

Infant mortality by age and sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Russian Federation 1,660 2013 down 10.8% falling
2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,076 2017 down 7.2% falling
3 Germany 874 2024 up 5.2% rising
4 Metropolitan France 665 2012 up 2.9% flat
5 France 618 2023 down 14.3% falling
6 Ukraine 304 2021 down 55.5% falling
7 Italy 268 2013 down 46.5% falling
8 Spain 252 2024 down 19.7% falling
9 Poland 248 2024 down 47.6% falling
10 Netherlands 185 2024 up 2.2% falling
11 Switzerland 180 2020 up 0.6% flat
12 Azerbaijan 126 2020 down 53.0% falling
13 Austria 120 2024 up 8.1% flat
14 Denmark 112 2021 up 25.8% rising
15 Belgium 106 2024 down 7.8% falling
16 Romania 93 2024 down 50.5% falling
17 Ireland 73 2016 up 1.4% falling
18 Serbia 59 2024 down 41.6% falling
18 Hungary 59 2024 up 5.4% falling
20 Sweden 53 2024 down 17.2% falling
21 Slovakia 52 2024 down 20.0% flat
22 Czechia 50 2024 up 11.1% rising
22 Portugal 50 2024 down 19.4% falling
24 Greece 46 2024 down 40.3% rising
25 Republic of Moldova 45 2024 down 41.6% falling
25 Georgia 45 2024 down 49.4% volatile
27 Bulgaria 41 2023 down 57.3% falling
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 38 2012 up 2.7% rising
29 Kosovo* 28 2019 down 40.4% falling
30 Croatia 27 2024 down 62.0% falling
30 Finland 27 2024 down 18.2% falling
32 Luxembourg 26 2024 up 333.3% volatile
33 Albania 24 2023 down 76.0% falling
34 Armenia 22 2024 down 67.2% volatile
35 Norway 19 2020 down 57.8% falling
36 North Macedonia 12 2021 down 60.0% falling
37 Malta 11 2024 up 22.2% falling
37 Cyprus 11 2012 up 22.2% rising
37 Belarus 11 2018 down 82.8% falling
40 Slovenia 10 2024 down 9.1% falling
41 Lithuania 9 2024 down 69.0% falling
42 Latvia 5 2024 down 77.3% falling
43 Montenegro 3 2021 down 40.0% volatile
43 Estonia 3 2023 down 57.1% volatile
45 Iceland 2 2019 down 33.3% volatile

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Indicator
Infant mortality by age and sex
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
48 places, 683 data points, 2007–2024
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