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United Kingdom — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for United Kingdom, 1960–2024.
Latest value · 2024
4.1
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -82.1% since 1960
Infant mortality for United Kingdom was 4.1 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 22.9 in 1960. The lowest was 3.8 in 2016 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.65% per year.
United Kingdom ranks 156 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 3.4, so United Kingdom sits above it. It peaked in 1960 and has fallen 82% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
4.1
First (1960)
22.9
Change
-82.1%
Highest
22.9
in 1960
Lowest
3.8
in 2016
Average
9.8
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.65%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 4.1 |
| 2022 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 3.8 |
| 2018 | 3.8 |
| 2017 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 3.8 |
| 2015 | 3.9 |
| 2014 | 3.9 |
| 2013 | 4 |
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.