Child mortality in Finland

Child mortality in Finland: 35.4 per 100 live births in 1866 and 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 0.2 per 100 live births
Since 1866: −35.2 per 100 live births
World, 2024: 3.7 per 100 live births

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 63.7 per 100 live births in 1868, the lowest 0.2 per 100 live births in 2016.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Finland	World
2024	0.2	3.7
2023	0.2	3.8
2022	0.2	4
2021	0.2	4
2020	0.2	3.9
2019	0.2	4
2018	0.2	4
2017	0.2	4.1
2016	0.2	4.2
2015	0.3	4.3
2014	0.3	4.4
2013	0.3	4.5
2012	0.3	4.7
2011	0.3	5
2010	0.3	5.1
2009	0.3	5.3
2008	0.3	5.5
2007	0.4	5.7
2006	0.4	6
2005	0.4	6.2
2004	0.4	6.6
2003	0.4	6.8
2002	0.4	7.1
2001	0.4	7.4
2000	0.4	7.7
1999	0.4	7.9
1998	0.5	8.3
1997	0.5	8.4
1996	0.5	8.6
1995	0.5	8.8
1994	0.6	8.9
1993	0.6	9.1
1992	0.6	9.2
1991	0.6	9.3
1990	0.7	9.4
1989	0.7	9.5
1988	0.7	10
1987	0.7	9.9
1986	0.7	10.3
1985	0.7	10.6
1984	0.7	10.9
1983	0.8	11.1
1982	0.8	11.2
1981	0.8	11.6
1980	0.9	11.9
1979	0.9	11.9
1978	1	12.3
1977	1.1	12.6
1976	1.1	12.8
1975	1.2	13.1
1974	1.3	13.3
1973	1.4	13.5
1972	1.5	13.7
1971	1.5	13.9
1970	1.6	14.2
1969	1.7	14.6
1968	1.8	15
1967	1.8	15.3
1966	1.9	15.1
1965	2	15.1
1964	2.1	15.7
1963	2.3	16.2
1962	2.4	17
1961	2.5	18.8
1960	2.7	20.2
1959	2.9	19.9
1958	3	19.7
1957	3.2	20.5
1956	3.4	21.3
1955	3.6	22.3
1954	3.7	22.8
1953	3.9	23.3
1952	4.1	23.9
1951	4.3	24.3
1950	4.5	24.7
1949	4.8	24.9
1948	6.4	24.9
1947	7.6	25.5
1946	7.6	25.8
1945	9.9	26.7
1944	10.4	27.4
1943	7.9	27.7
1942	7.6	27.9
1941	9.1	27.8
1940	11.5	27.9
1939	10	28
1938	9.3	28.7
1937	9.6	28.8
1936	9.4	29.1
1935	9.4	29.5
1934	10.8	30.7
1933	10.7	30.5
1932	10	30.7
1931	10.3	31.4
1930	10.6	31.6
1929	13.9	32
1928	12.2	31.9
1927	14	31.9
1926	12	32.7
1925	12.2	32.4
1924	15.7	33.1
1923	14.5	33.1
1922	14.5	33.2
1921	14	34.2
1920	18	34.4
1919	22.5	35.7
1918	21.5	37.6
1917	19.2	35.3
1916	17.7	35.1
1915	16.8	35.3
1914	16.7	35.4
1913	17.5	35.1
1912	17.4	35.5
1911	18.3	36
1910	19.1	36.4
1909	18.5	36.6
1908	20.7	37.2
1907	19.5	37.4
1906	20.5	38.1
1905	21.6	38.8
1904	20.1	38.9
1903	21.2	39.5
1902	21.5	40.1
1901	25.6	40.8
1900	27	40.9
1899	24.1	40.8
1898	20.8	41.2
1897	20	41
1896	21.6	41.1
1895	20.3	41.3
1894	22.9	41.2
1893	24.1	41.2
1892	29.4	41.7
1891	26.9	41.3
1890	23.8	41.5
1889	23.5	41.2
1888	23.2	41
1887	22.6	41.1
1886	28.8	41.1
1885	28.8	41.2
1884	26.5	41.1
1883	26.3	41.4
1882	29.9	41.5
1881	31.9	41.1
1880	28.8	41.6
1879	24.1	41.1
1878	31.1	41.6
1877	26.2	41.2
1876	26.5	41.4
1875	27.8	41.5
1874	29.4	41.7
1873	29.9	41.8
1872	28.1	42.1
1871	22.6	42.2
1870	21.9	41.9
1869	22.6	42.1
1868	63.7	42.4
1867	36.3	42
1866	35.4	42.1
1865	–	42.3
1864	–	42.2
1863	–	42.5
1862	–	42.6
1861	–	42.9
1860	–	42.9
1859	–	43.7
1858	–	43.8
1857	–	44.2
1856	–	44.2
1855	–	44
1854	–	43.7
1853	–	43.2
1852	–	42.9
1851	–	42.4
1850	–	42
1849	–	42.3
1848	–	42.3
1847	–	42.2
1846	–	42.4
1845	–	42
1844	–	42.1
1843	–	42.1
1842	–	42.2
1841	–	42.1
1840	–	42.1
1839	–	42.1
1838	–	42.2
1837	–	42.2
1836	–	42.2
1835	–	42.2
1834	–	42.3
1833	–	42.2
1832	–	42.2
1831	–	42.2
1830	–	42.2
1829	–	42.1
1828	–	42.1
1827	–	42.1
1826	–	42.1
1825	–	42.1
1824	–	42.1
1823	–	42.1
1822	–	42.1
1821	–	42.1
1820	–	42.1
1819	–	42.2
1818	–	42.2
1817	–	42.2
1816	–	42.2
1815	–	42.2
1814	–	42.3
1813	–	42.3
1812	–	42.4
1811	–	42.4
1810	–	42.5
1809	–	42.5
1808	–	42.5
1807	–	42.5
1806	–	42.6
1805	–	42.6
1804	–	42.6
1803	–	42.6
1802	–	42.7
1801	–	42.7
1800	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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