Number of youth deaths in Iceland
Iceland: Number of youth deaths was 14 deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of youth deaths in Iceland, 1990–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
In 2024, number of youth deaths in Iceland stood at 14 deaths. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of youth deaths in Iceland peaked at 37 deaths in 1990 and was at its lowest, 14 deaths, in 2017.
That places Iceland 185th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of youth deaths in Iceland, year by year
| Year | deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 37 deaths | — |
| 1991 | 35 deaths | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 34 deaths | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 32 deaths | -5.9% |
| 1994 | 31 deaths | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 29 deaths | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 27 deaths | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 26 deaths | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 24 deaths | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 23 deaths | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 22 deaths | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 21 deaths | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 20 deaths | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 19 deaths | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 18 deaths | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 18 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 18 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17 deaths | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 18 deaths | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 17 deaths | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 17 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 16 deaths | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 16 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 16 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 15 deaths | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 15 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 15 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14 deaths | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 14 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15 deaths | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 15 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 15 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 15 deaths | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 14 deaths | -6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.8 deaths | 23 deaths | 37 deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 18.8 deaths | 17 deaths | 22 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.3 deaths | 14 deaths | 17 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.8 deaths | 14 deaths | 15 deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
- 182 Montenegro 25 deaths compare
- 183 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20 deaths compare
- 184 Luxembourg 19 deaths compare
- 186 Antigua and Barbuda 13 deaths compare
- 187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 deaths compare
- 188 British Virgin Islands 4 deaths compare
- 188 Palau 4 deaths compare
- 188 Tuvalu 4 deaths compare
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- Number of infants who die before age 1 0 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 0.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.085 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 0.2125 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.0901 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of youth deaths in Iceland?
- Number of youth deaths in Iceland was 14 deaths in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of youth deaths recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 37 deaths in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of youth deaths recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 deaths in 2017.
- How does Iceland rank for number of youth deaths?
- Iceland ranks 185th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of youth deaths rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of youth deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.