# EU countries by infant mortality rate, 2024

All 27 values come from World Bank for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `infant_mortality_rate`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, infant, per 1,000 live births (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/infant-mortality-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | per 1,000 live births |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Romania | 6 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 5.3 |
| 3 | Malta | 4.7 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 4.6 |
| 5 | Croatia | 4.1 |
| 5 | Cyprus | 4.1 |
| 7 | Poland | 3.6 |
| 8 | Denmark | 3.5 |
| 9 | France | 3.4 |
| 9 | Ireland | 3.4 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 3.4 |
| 12 | Greece | 3.2 |
| 13 | Belgium | 3.1 |
| 13 | Germany | 3.1 |
| 13 | Hungary | 3.1 |
| 16 | Austria | 2.8 |
| 16 | Lithuania | 2.8 |
| 18 | Portugal | 2.7 |
| 19 | Spain | 2.6 |
| 20 | Italy | 2.3 |
| 21 | Latvia | 2.2 |
| 22 | Czechia | 2.1 |
| 23 | Sweden | 2 |
| 24 | Finland | 1.9 |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 1.9 |
| 26 | Slovenia | 1.8 |
| 27 | Estonia | 1.5 |