Infant mortality rate in World
The infant mortality rate in the world was 27.7 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
27.7
Change from 2023
−0.7per 1,000 live births
European Union, 2024
3.2 per 1,000 live births
Infant mortality rate in World 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.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27.7 per 1,000 live births | 3.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2023 | 28.4 per 1,000 live births | 3.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2022 | 29.3 per 1,000 live births | 3.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2021 | 29.3 per 1,000 live births | 3.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2020 | 29.1 per 1,000 live births | 3.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2019 | 29.2 per 1,000 live births | 3.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2018 | 29.6 per 1,000 live births | 3.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2017 | 30.0 per 1,000 live births | 3.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2016 | 30.6 per 1,000 live births | 3.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2015 | 31.5 per 1,000 live births | 3.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2014 | 32.1 per 1,000 live births | 3.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2013 | 33.1 per 1,000 live births | 3.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2012 | 34.0 per 1,000 live births | 3.8 per 1,000 live births |
| 2011 | 35.9 per 1,000 live births | 3.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2010 | 36.7 per 1,000 live births | 4.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2009 | 38.0 per 1,000 live births | 4.2 per 1,000 live births |
| 2008 | 39.2 per 1,000 live births | 4.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2007 | 40.7 per 1,000 live births | 4.5 per 1,000 live births |
| 2006 | 42.3 per 1,000 live births | 4.7 per 1,000 live births |
| 2005 | 44.1 per 1,000 live births | 4.9 per 1,000 live births |
| 2004 | 46.3 per 1,000 live births | 5.0 per 1,000 live births |
| 2003 | 48.0 per 1,000 live births | 5.3 per 1,000 live births |
| 2002 | 49.9 per 1,000 live births | 5.4 per 1,000 live births |
| 2001 | 51.9 per 1,000 live births | 5.6 per 1,000 live births |
| 2000 | 53.3 per 1,000 live births | 5.9 per 1,000 live births |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 from 28.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 32.1 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −4.4.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3.2 per 1,000 live births.
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Maternal mortality ratio
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