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Germany — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Germany, 1968–2024.
Latest value · 2024
3.1
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -86.8% since 1968
Infant mortality for Germany was 3.1 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 57 years, from 1968 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 23.4 in 1968. The lowest was 3.1 in 2019 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.55% per year.
Germany ranks 168 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 86%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.4, so Germany sits below it. It peaked in 1968 and has fallen 87% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
3.1
First (1968)
23.4
Change
-86.8%
Highest
23.4
in 1968
Lowest
3.1
in 2019
Average
8.2
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.55%
Years of data
57
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 3.1 |
| 2021 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | 3.1 |
| 2019 | 3.1 |
| 2018 | 3.2 |
| 2017 | 3.2 |
| 2016 | 3.3 |
| 2015 | 3.3 |
| 2014 | 3.3 |
| 2013 | 3.3 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.