Infant mortality in Europe

43 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: per 1,000 live births. World ranking →

First in the ranking
1.2 ‰
San Marino
Median country
3.1 ‰
half above, half below
World total
27.7 ‰
World Bank aggregate
Range
1.2 to 15.1
San Marino - Moldova

How to read it

Across 43 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Moldova (15.1 ‰) and the lowest in San Marino (1.2 ‰).

The median country is at 3.1 ‰: half are above, half below.

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

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Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: www.childmortality.org; World Health Organization (WHO), uri… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) · licence

Infant mortality over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1San Marino1.2
2Estonia1.5
3Belarus1.8
4Slovenia1.8
5Finland1.9
6Luxembourg1.9
7Montenegro1.9
8Norway2.0
9Sweden2.0
10Czechia2.1
11Iceland2.1
12Latvia2.2
13Monaco2.2
14Italy2.3
15Andorra2.4
16North Macedonia2.5
17Spain2.6
18Portugal2.7
19Austria2.8
20Lithuania2.8
21Belgium3.1
22Germany3.1
23Hungary3.1
24Greece3.2
25Switzerland3.4
26France3.4
27Ireland3.4
28Netherlands3.4
29Denmark3.5
30Poland3.6
31United Kingdom4.1
32Croatia4.1
33Russia4.1
34Bulgaria4.6
35Serbia4.6
36Malta4.7
37Slovakia5.3
38Bosnia and Herzegovina5.5
39Romania6.0
40Ukraine7.6
41Kosovo8.0
42Albania8.3
43Moldova15.1
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