Infant mortality rate by country, 2024, OECD (38 countries)
The number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in the year. These are modelled estimates.
38 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Mexico (12.1 per 1,000 live births). Lowest: Estonia (1.5 per 1,000 live births). The median is 3.1 per 1,000 live births.
Members since Costa Rica joined on 25 May 2021. About this group
Highest 10
- 1. Mexico 12.1 per 1,000 live births
- 2. Colombia 10.5 per 1,000 live births
- 3. Costa Rica 9.1 per 1,000 live births
- 4. Türkiye 8.0 per 1,000 live births
- 5. Chile 5.8 per 1,000 live births
- 6. United States 5.5 per 1,000 live births
- 7. Slovakia 5.3 per 1,000 live births
- 8. Canada 4.7 per 1,000 live births
- 9. United Kingdom 4.1 per 1,000 live births
- 10. New Zealand 4.0 per 1,000 live births
Lowest 10
- 38. Estonia 1.5 per 1,000 live births
- 37. Slovenia 1.8 per 1,000 live births
- 36. Japan 1.8 per 1,000 live births
- 35. Luxembourg 1.9 per 1,000 live births
- 34. Finland 1.9 per 1,000 live births
- 33. Sweden 2.0 per 1,000 live births
- 32. Norway 2.0 per 1,000 live births
- 31. Iceland 2.1 per 1,000 live births
- 30. Czechia 2.1 per 1,000 live births
- 29. Latvia 2.2 per 1,000 live births
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 12.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 2 | Colombia | 10.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 3 | Costa Rica | 9.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 4 | Türkiye | 8.0 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 5 | Chile | 5.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 6 | United States | 5.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 7 | Slovakia | 5.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 8 | Canada | 4.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 4.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 10 | New Zealand | 4.0 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 11 | Poland | 3.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 12 | Denmark | 3.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 13 | France | 3.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 14 | Ireland | 3.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 15 | Netherlands | 3.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 16 | Switzerland | 3.4 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 17 | Greece | 3.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 18 | Australia | 3.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 19 | Belgium | 3.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 20 | Germany | 3.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 21 | Hungary | 3.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 22 | Austria | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 23 | Lithuania | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 24 | Israel | 2.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 25 | Portugal | 2.7 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 26 | Spain | 2.6 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 27 | Italy | 2.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 28 | South Korea | 2.3 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 29 | Latvia | 2.2 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 30 | Czechia | 2.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 31 | Iceland | 2.1 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 32 | Norway | 2.0 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 33 | Sweden | 2.0 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 34 | Finland | 1.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 1.9 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 36 | Japan | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 37 | Slovenia | 1.8 per 1,000 live births | 2024 | |
| 38 | Estonia | 1.5 per 1,000 live births | 2024 |
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 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; 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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