Infant mortality

35 European countries compared for 2024, eu average 3.5 ‰. Eurostat data.

First in the ranking
0.0 ‰
EU average
3.5 ‰
27 member states
Median country
3.3 ‰
half above, half below
Range
0.0 to 9.0
Liechtenstein - Türkiye

How to read it

Across 35 countries, the highest value is in Türkiye (9.0 ‰) and the lowest in Liechtenstein (0.0 ‰).

Half of the countries are above 3.3 ‰ and half below.

The EU average is 3.5 ‰; 13 of 35 countries are above it.

For the EU as a whole, the value fell from 4.8 ‰ in 2005 to 3.5 ‰ in 2024.

Infant mortality rates
Rate · Infant mortality rate

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Infant mortality over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Liechtenstein non-EU0.0−3.5
2Estonia1.4−2.1
3Iceland non-EU1.4−2.1
4Latvia1.5−2.0
5Montenegro non-EU1.6−1.9
6Slovenia1.7−1.8
7Sweden2.0−1.5
8Finland2.1−1.4
9Norway non-EU2.1−1.4
10Czechia2.3−1.2
11Italy2.5−1.0
12Lithuania2.9−0.6
13Portugal3.0−0.5
14Spain3.0−0.5
15Cyprus3.0−0.5
16Austria3.1−0.4
17Croatia3.2−0.3
18Germany3.3−0.2
19Switzerland non-EU3.3−0.2
20Ireland3.3−0.2
21Netherlands3.3−0.2
22Belgium3.50
23Poland3.6+0.1
24Greece3.7+0.2
25Hungary3.8+0.3
26France4.1+0.6
27Denmark4.3+0.8
28Bulgaria4.5+1.0
29Serbia non-EU4.6+1.1
30Malta5.0+1.5
31Luxembourg5.3+1.8
32Slovakia5.9+2.4
33Romania6.6+3.1
34Georgia non-EU7.4+3.9
35Türkiye non-EU9.0+5.5
© European Union, source: Eurostat · dataset demo_minfind · 2024 Source and licence

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