Infant mortality rate in Albania

The infant mortality rate in Albania was 6.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Infant mortality rate (Eurostat) Unit: Deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births Data: 1960 to 2023 Source: Eurostat
Albania, 2023 6.1 Deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Change from 2022 −0.4per 1,000 live births 2022: 6.5 per 1,000 live births
European Union, 2023 3.3 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2023 5th of 39 See the full ranking

Infant mortality rate in Albania over time

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Deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Infant mortality rate (Eurostat) (deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period AlbaniaEuropean Union
2024 – 3.5 per 1,000 live births
2023 6.1 per 1,000 live births 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 6.5 per 1,000 live births 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2021 8.4 per 1,000 live births 3.2 per 1,000 live births
2020 10.0 per 1,000 live births 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2019 10.3 per 1,000 live births 3.4 per 1,000 live births
2018 8.9 per 1,000 live births 3.4 per 1,000 live births
2017 8.0 per 1,000 live births 3.5 per 1,000 live births
2016 8.7 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2015 7.1 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2014 7.9 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2013 7.9 per 1,000 live births 3.7 per 1,000 live births
2012 8.8 per 1,000 live births 3.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 8.7 per 1,000 live births 3.8 per 1,000 live births
2010 9.6 per 1,000 live births 4.0 per 1,000 live births
2009 10.3 per 1,000 live births 4.2 per 1,000 live births
2008 11.1 per 1,000 live births 4.2 per 1,000 live births
2007 11.9 per 1,000 live births 4.4 per 1,000 live births
2006 13.0 per 1,000 live births 4.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 14.6 per 1,000 live births 4.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 15.1 per 1,000 live births 5.1 per 1,000 live births
2003 15.5 per 1,000 live births 5.2 per 1,000 live births
2002 17.2 per 1,000 live births 5.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 17.4 per 1,000 live births 5.8 per 1,000 live births
2000 11.9 per 1,000 live births 6.0 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 from 6.5 per 1,000 live births in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 7.9 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −1.8.
  • Among the 39 countries with data for 2023, Albania has the 5th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 3.3 per 1,000 live births.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_minfind · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A indic_de=INFMORRT unit=RT
Observation period
1960 to 2023 for Albania
Provider update
7 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat