Greece

Child mortality in Greece

Child mortality in Greece: 9.4 per 100 live births in 1921 and 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
0.4 per 100 live births
Since 1921
−9 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
172 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in GreeceChild mortality in Greece: 9.4 per 100 live births in 1921 and 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 21.3 per 100 live births in 1931, the lowest 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 21.3 per 100 live births in 1931, the lowest 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

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

YearGreeceWorld
20240.43.7
20230.43.8
20220.44
20210.44
20200.43.9
20190.44
20180.44
20170.44.1
20160.44.2
20150.44.3
20140.44.4
20130.44.5
20120.44.7
20110.45
20100.45.1
20090.45.3
20080.45.5
20070.45.7
20060.46
20050.56.2
20040.56.6
20030.56.8
20020.67.1
20010.67.4
20000.67.7
19990.77.9
19980.78.3
19970.88.4
19960.88.6
19950.98.8
19940.98.9
19930.99.1
199219.2
199119.3
19901.19.4
19891.19.5
19881.210
19871.39.9
19861.410.3
19851.510.6
19841.510.9
19831.611.1
19821.711.2
19811.811.6
1980211.9
19792.111.9
19782.212.3
19772.412.6
19762.512.8
19752.613.1
19742.713.3
19732.813.5
19722.813.7
1971313.9
19703.114.2
19693.314.6
19683.515
19673.715.3
19663.915.1
1965415.1
19644.115.7
19634.316.2
19624.417
19614.518.8
19604.620.2
19594.719.9
19584.819.7
19574.920.5
1956521.3
19555.122.3
19545.322.8
19535.423.3
19525.623.9
19515.824.3
19504.424.7
19495.424.9
1948–24.9
1947–25.5
1946–25.8
1945–26.7
1944–27.4
1943–27.7
1942–27.9
1941–27.8
194014.627.9
193918.328
193814.728.7
19371928.8
193617.529.1
193517.329.5
193417.230.7
193319.230.5
193219.230.7
193121.331.4
193014.731.6
19291732
192813.831.9
192714.931.9
192610.532.7
192513.132.4
192414.633.1
192313.533.1
192211.733.2
19219.434.2
1920–34.4
1919–35.7
1918–37.6
1917–35.3
1916–35.1
1915–35.3
1914–35.4
1913–35.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
1910–36.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
1905–38.8
1904–38.9
1903–39.5
1902–40.1
1901–40.8
1900–40.9
1899–40.8
1898–41.2
1897–41
1896–41.1
1895–41.3
1894–41.2
1893–41.2
1892–41.7
1891–41.3
1890–41.5
1889–41.2
1888–41
1887–41.1
1886–41.1
1885–41.2
1884–41.1
1883–41.4
1882–41.5
1881–41.1
1880–41.6
1879–41.1
1878–41.6
1877–41.2
1876–41.4
1875–41.5
1874–41.7
1873–41.8
1872–42.1
1871–42.2
1870–41.9
1869–42.1
1868–42.4
1867–42
1866–42.1
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

Good to know

  • 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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