What is mortality rate, infant in Czechia?

Mortality rate, infant in Czechia was 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Czechia?

The highest recorded value was 21.4 per 1,000 live births in 1967.

What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Czechia?

The lowest recorded value was 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023.

How does Czechia rank for mortality rate, infant?

Czechia ranks 184th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Czechia?

Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Czechia data come from?

The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Mortality rate, infant in Czechia

Name: Mortality rate, infant in Czechia
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Czechia: Mortality rate, infant was 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

2.1 per 1,000 live births

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

184th

of 195 countries

All-time high

21.4 per 1,000 live births

in 1967

All-time low

2.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2023

Years of data

1960–2024

Mortality rate, infant in Czechia, 1960–2024

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.

Analysis

In 2024, mortality rate, infant in Czechia stood at 2.1 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

That represents a change of down 16.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Czechia peaked at 21.4 per 1,000 live births in 1967 and was at its lowest, 2.1 per 1,000 live births, in 2023.

Czechia ranks 184th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	21.14 per 1,000 live births	20.8 per 1,000 live births	21.4 per 1,000 live births	10
1970s	18.76 per 1,000 live births	15.6 per 1,000 live births	21 per 1,000 live births	10
1980s	12.44 per 1,000 live births	10.8 per 1,000 live births	14.7 per 1,000 live births	10
1990s	7.53 per 1,000 live births	4.8 per 1,000 live births	10.4 per 1,000 live births	10
2000s	3.62 per 1,000 live births	2.9 per 1,000 live births	4.5 per 1,000 live births	10
2010s	2.56 per 1,000 live births	2.4 per 1,000 live births	2.7 per 1,000 live births	10
2020s	2.22 per 1,000 live births	2.1 per 1,000 live births	2.4 per 1,000 live births	5

Countries ranked near Czechia

181 Latvia 2.2 per 1,000 live births compare
181 Monaco 2.2 per 1,000 live births compare
181 Singapore 2.2 per 1,000 live births compare
184 Iceland 2.1 per 1,000 live births compare
186 Norway 2 per 1,000 live births compare
186 Sweden 2 per 1,000 live births compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is mortality rate, infant in Czechia?: Mortality rate, infant in Czechia was 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Czechia?: The highest recorded value was 21.4 per 1,000 live births in 1967.
What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Czechia?: The lowest recorded value was 2.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
How does Czechia rank for mortality rate, infant?: Czechia ranks 184th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Czechia?: Over the last ten years it is down 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Czechia data come from?: The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,475 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.