# EU countries by under-five mortality rate, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/under-five-mortality-rate/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | per 1,000 live births |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Romania | 7.3 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 6.3 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 5.7 |
| 4 | Croatia | 5.6 |
| 5 | Malta | 5.3 |
| 6 | Cyprus | 5 |
| 7 | France | 4.3 |
| 8 | Poland | 4.2 |
| 9 | Denmark | 4 |
| 10 | Ireland | 3.9 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 3.9 |
| 12 | Greece | 3.8 |
| 13 | Belgium | 3.7 |
| 13 | Germany | 3.7 |
| 13 | Hungary | 3.7 |
| 16 | Lithuania | 3.4 |
| 17 | Austria | 3.3 |
| 18 | Portugal | 3.2 |
| 18 | Spain | 3.2 |
| 20 | Italy | 2.7 |
| 21 | Czechia | 2.6 |
| 22 | Latvia | 2.5 |
| 23 | Finland | 2.4 |
| 23 | Sweden | 2.4 |
| 25 | Slovenia | 2.3 |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 2.2 |
| 27 | Estonia | 2 |