Infant mortality rate in Türkiye

The infant mortality rate in Türkiye was 9.0 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1996.

Measure: Infant mortality rate (Eurostat) Unit: Deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births Data: 1996 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Türkiye, 2024 9.0 Deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −1.0per 1,000 live births 2023: 10.0 per 1,000 live births
European Union, 2024 3.5 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 3.2 per 1,000 live births Middle value of 26 countries

Infant mortality rate in Türkiye 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 TürkiyeEuropean Union
2024 9.0 per 1,000 live births 3.5 per 1,000 live births
2023 10.0 per 1,000 live births 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2022 9.2 per 1,000 live births 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2021 9.3 per 1,000 live births 3.2 per 1,000 live births
2020 – 3.3 per 1,000 live births
2019 9.1 per 1,000 live births 3.4 per 1,000 live births
2018 9.3 per 1,000 live births 3.4 per 1,000 live births
2017 9.2 per 1,000 live births 3.5 per 1,000 live births
2016 10.0 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2015 10.7 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2014 11.1 per 1,000 live births 3.6 per 1,000 live births
2013 10.8 per 1,000 live births 3.7 per 1,000 live births
2012 11.6 per 1,000 live births 3.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 11.7 per 1,000 live births 3.8 per 1,000 live births
2010 12.0 per 1,000 live births 4.0 per 1,000 live births
2009 13.7 per 1,000 live births 4.2 per 1,000 live births
2008 15.7 per 1,000 live births 4.2 per 1,000 live births
2007 16.5 per 1,000 live births 4.4 per 1,000 live births
2006 24.5 per 1,000 live births 4.6 per 1,000 live births
2005 25.8 per 1,000 live births 4.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 27.4 per 1,000 live births 5.1 per 1,000 live births
2003 29.1 per 1,000 live births 5.2 per 1,000 live births
2002 29.6 per 1,000 live births 5.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 28.6 per 1,000 live births 5.8 per 1,000 live births
2000 28.4 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 −1.0 from 10.0 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2013, when it was 10.8 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −1.8.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3.5 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
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Selection
freq=A indic_de=INFMORRT unit=RT
Observation period
1996 to 2024 for Türkiye
Provider update
7 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat