Mortality rate, infant in OECD members
OECD members: Mortality rate, infant was 5.84 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in OECD members, 1990–2024
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 OECD members is 5.84 per 1,000 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in OECD members peaked at 18.22 per 1,000 live births in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5.84 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.03 per 1,000 live births | 12.03 per 1,000 live births | 18.22 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.48 per 1,000 live births | 7.93 per 1,000 live births | 11.38 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.87 per 1,000 live births | 6.24 per 1,000 live births | 7.65 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.03 per 1,000 live births | 5.84 per 1,000 live births | 6.17 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
More health data for OECD members
- Population, male 692.67 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 17.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 118.07 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 15.9% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 112.57 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 19.0% (2025)
- Population, male 49.4% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 55.3% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 29.5% (2025)
- Population, female 709.58 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in OECD members?
- Mortality rate, infant in OECD members was 5.84 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 18.22 per 1,000 live births in 1990.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.84 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.