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Infant mortality rate in Finland

The infant mortality rate in Finland was 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2024.

Measure: Infant mortality rate (UN estimates) Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Finland, 2024 1.9 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 0per 1,000 live births 2023: 1.9 per 1,000 live births
European Union, 2024 3.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 3.1 per 1,000 live births Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 189th of 196 See the full ranking

Infant mortality rate in Finland over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Infant mortality rate (UN estimates) (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period FinlandEuropean Union
2024 1.9 per 1,000 live births 3.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 1.9 per 1,000 live births 3.2 per 1,000 live births
2022 1.9 per 1,000 live births 3.2 per 1,000 live births
2021 1.9 per 1,000 live births 3.2 per 1,000 live births
2020 1.9 per 1,000 live births 3.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 1.9 per 1,000 live births 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 1.9 per 1,000 live births 3.4 per 1,000 live births
2017 1.9 per 1,000 live births 3.4 per 1,000 live births
2016 2.0 per 1,000 live births 3.5 per 1,000 live births
2015 2.0 per 1,000 live births 3.5 per 1,000 live births
2014 2.1 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2013 2.1 per 1,000 live births 3.7 per 1,000 live births
2012 2.2 per 1,000 live births 3.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 2.3 per 1,000 live births 3.9 per 1,000 live births
2010 2.4 per 1,000 live births 4.0 per 1,000 live births
2009 2.6 per 1,000 live births 4.2 per 1,000 live births
2008 2.7 per 1,000 live births 4.3 per 1,000 live births
2007 2.8 per 1,000 live births 4.5 per 1,000 live births
2006 2.9 per 1,000 live births 4.7 per 1,000 live births
2005 3.0 per 1,000 live births 4.9 per 1,000 live births
2004 3.1 per 1,000 live births 5.0 per 1,000 live births
2003 3.2 per 1,000 live births 5.3 per 1,000 live births
2002 3.3 per 1,000 live births 5.4 per 1,000 live births
2001 3.4 per 1,000 live births 5.6 per 1,000 live births
2000 3.5 per 1,000 live births 5.9 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2.1 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −0.2.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Finland has the 189th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3.2 per 1,000 live births.

More for Finland

All statistics for Finland
Infant mortality rate 2.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 · Eurostat Under-five mortality rate 2.4 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy at birth 82.2 years 2024 · Eurostat Hospital beds 248e (Estimated) per 100,000 people 2024 · Eurostat Practising physicians 368 per 100,000 people 2025 · Eurostat People reporting good or very good health 67.1% 2025 · Eurostat

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Finland
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)