Mortality rate, infant in Ukraine
Ukraine: Mortality rate, infant was 7.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in Ukraine, 1971–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 7.6 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, infant in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Ukraine peaked at 29.4 per 1,000 live births in 1971 and was at its lowest, 7.6 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
That places Ukraine 131st out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 26.8 per 1,000 live births | 24.8 per 1,000 live births | 29.4 per 1,000 live births | 9 |
| 1980s | 21.18 per 1,000 live births | 18.5 per 1,000 live births | 24.3 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 18.84 per 1,000 live births | 18.3 per 1,000 live births | 19.4 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.58 per 1,000 live births | 12 per 1,000 live births | 17.6 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.59 per 1,000 live births | 8.3 per 1,000 live births | 11.4 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.92 per 1,000 live births | 7.6 per 1,000 live births | 8.2 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
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- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 203,704 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 211,396 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 227,839 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 225,073 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 4.84 million (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 210,766 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 217,785 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 229,098 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 198,877 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 219,326 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Ukraine?
- Mortality rate, infant in Ukraine was 7.6 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 Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 29.4 per 1,000 live births in 1971.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.6 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Ukraine rank for mortality rate, infant?
- Ukraine ranks 131st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.