Infant mortality rate in European Union

Name: Infant mortality rate in European Union
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The infant mortality rate in the European Union was 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2017.

Infant mortality rate (Eurostat) Deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: Eurostat

European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.

European Union, 2024 3.5 Deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births

Change from 2023 +0.2per 1,000 live births 2023: 3.3 per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate in European Union 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	European Union
2024	3.5 per 1,000 live births
2023	3.3 per 1,000 live births
2022	3.3 per 1,000 live births
2021	3.2 per 1,000 live births
2020	3.3 per 1,000 live births
2019	3.4 per 1,000 live births
2018	3.4 per 1,000 live births
2017	3.5 per 1,000 live births
2016	3.6 per 1,000 live births
2015	3.6 per 1,000 live births
2014	3.6 per 1,000 live births
2013	3.7 per 1,000 live births
2012	3.8 per 1,000 live births
2011	3.8 per 1,000 live births
2010	4.0 per 1,000 live births
2009	4.2 per 1,000 live births
2008	4.2 per 1,000 live births
2007	4.4 per 1,000 live births
2006	4.6 per 1,000 live births
2005	4.8 per 1,000 live births
2004	5.1 per 1,000 live births
2003	5.2 per 1,000 live births
2002	5.5 per 1,000 live births
2001	5.8 per 1,000 live births
2000	6.0 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

That is a change of +0.2 from 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 3.6 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −0.1.

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Original producer: 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: 1961 to 2024 for European Union
Provider update: 7 October 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
Licence: Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution: Source: Eurostat