Infant mortality rate by country, 2023
Deaths of children under one year of age during the year per 1,000 live births in the same year.
39 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Moldova (10.0 per 1,000 live births). Lowest: Estonia (1.7 per 1,000 live births). The median is 3.3 per 1,000 live births.
Highest 10
- 1. Moldova 10.0 per 1,000 live births
- 2. Türkiye 10.0 per 1,000 live births
- 3. Georgia 8.2 per 1,000 live births
- 4. Armenia 6.6 per 1,000 live births
- 5. Albania 6.1 per 1,000 live births
- 6. Romania 5.6 per 1,000 live births
- 7. Slovakia 5.6 per 1,000 live births
- 8. Liechtenstein 5.5 per 1,000 live births
- 9. Bulgaria 4.9 per 1,000 live births
- 10. Serbia 4.7 per 1,000 live births
Lowest 10
- 39. Estonia 1.7 per 1,000 live births
- 38. Slovenia 1.8 per 1,000 live births
- 37. Finland 1.8 per 1,000 live births
- 36. North Macedonia 1.9 per 1,000 live births
- 35. Norway 2.0 per 1,000 live births
- 34. Sweden 2.1 per 1,000 live births
- 33. Montenegro 2.1 per 1,000 live births
- 32. Czechia 2.2 per 1,000 live births
- 31. Iceland 2.3 per 1,000 live births
- 30. Portugal 2.5 per 1,000 live births
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Source: Eurostat.
In short
- Among the 39 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Moldova (10.0 per 1,000 live births) and the lowest Estonia (1.7 per 1,000 live births).
- Half of the countries are above 3.3 per 1,000 live births and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 1 countries and fell in 2.
- The figure for the European Union was 3.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023, against 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2018 (−0.1).
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moldova | 10.0 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 2 | Türkiye | 10.0 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 3 | Georgia | 8.2 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 4 | Armenia | 6.6 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 5 | Albania | 6.1 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 6 | Romania | 5.6 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 7 | Slovakia | 5.6 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 8 | Liechtenstein | 5.5 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 4.9 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 10 | Serbia | 4.7 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 11 | Cyprus | 4.5 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 12 | Luxembourg | 4.3 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 13 | France | 4.0 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 14 | Croatia | 3.9 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 15 | Poland | 3.9 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 16 | Malta | 3.6 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 17 | Netherlands | 3.6 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 18 | Denmark | 3.5 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 19 | Greece | 3.4 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 20 | Switzerland | 3.3 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 21 | Germany | 3.2 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 22 | Ireland | 3.2 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 23 | Belgium | 3.1 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 24 | Hungary | 3.0 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 25 | Austria | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 26 | Lithuania | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 27 | Latvia | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 28 | Spain | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 29 | Italy | 2.5 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 30 | Portugal | 2.5 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 31 | Iceland | 2.3 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 32 | Czechia | 2.2 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 33 | Montenegro | 2.1 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 34 | Sweden | 2.1 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 35 | Norway | 2.0 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 36 | North Macedonia | 1.9 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 37 | Finland | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 38 | Slovenia | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | 2023 | |
| 39 | Estonia | 1.7 per 1,000 live births | 2023 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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