Mortality rate, infant in Lithuania
Lithuania: Mortality rate, infant was 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mortality rate, infant in Lithuania, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mortality rate, infant in Lithuania is 2.8 per 1,000 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Lithuania peaked at 40.5 per 1,000 live births in 1960 and was at its lowest, 2.8 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
That places Lithuania 172nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 27.86 per 1,000 live births | 19.6 per 1,000 live births | 40.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1970s | 17.32 per 1,000 live births | 16.5 per 1,000 live births | 18.3 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 13.57 per 1,000 live births | 11.2 per 1,000 live births | 15.9 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.76 per 1,000 live births | 8.9 per 1,000 live births | 14.3 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.2 per 1,000 live births | 5.4 per 1,000 live births | 8.6 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.08 per 1,000 live births | 3.3 per 1,000 live births | 4.9 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.94 per 1,000 live births | 2.8 per 1,000 live births | 3.1 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More health data for Lithuania
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 13,635 (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 54.4% (2025)
- Population, female 1.52 million (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 32.0% (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 13,487 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 14,198 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 15,117 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 15,074 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 14,204 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 13,874 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Lithuania?
- Mortality rate, infant in Lithuania was 2.8 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 Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 40.5 per 1,000 live births in 1960.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Lithuania rank for mortality rate, infant?
- Lithuania ranks 172nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lithuania 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.