Child mortality in Iceland

Child mortality in Iceland: 38.3 per 100 live births in 1838 and 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births
Since 1838: −38 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 60.8 per 100 live births in 1846, the lowest 0.3 per 100 live births in 2011.

Every year

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

Year	Iceland	World
2024	0.3	3.7
2023	0.3	3.8
2022	0.3	4
2021	0.3	4
2020	0.3	3.9
2019	0.3	4
2018	0.3	4
2017	0.3	4.1
2016	0.3	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	0.3	5.7
2006	0.3	6
2005	0.3	6.2
2004	0.3	6.6
2003	0.3	6.8
2002	0.4	7.1
2001	0.4	7.4
2000	0.4	7.7
1999	0.4	7.9
1998	0.4	8.3
1997	0.5	8.4
1996	0.5	8.6
1995	0.5	8.8
1994	0.5	8.9
1993	0.6	9.1
1992	0.6	9.2
1991	0.6	9.3
1990	0.6	9.4
1989	0.7	9.5
1988	0.7	10
1987	0.7	9.9
1986	0.7	10.3
1985	0.8	10.6
1984	0.8	10.9
1983	0.8	11.1
1982	0.9	11.2
1981	0.9	11.6
1980	1	11.9
1979	1	11.9
1978	1.1	12.3
1977	1.2	12.6
1976	1.2	12.8
1975	1.3	13.1
1974	1.4	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	1.7	15
1967	1.8	15.3
1966	1.9	15.1
1965	1.9	15.1
1964	2	15.7
1963	2	16.2
1962	2.1	17
1961	2.1	18.8
1960	2.1	20.2
1959	2.2	19.9
1958	2.2	19.7
1957	2.3	20.5
1956	2.4	21.3
1955	2.4	22.3
1954	2.5	22.8
1953	2.6	23.3
1952	2.8	23.9
1951	2.9	24.3
1950	3.1	24.7
1949	3.2	24.9
1948	3.4	24.9
1947	3.2	25.5
1946	3.9	25.8
1945	4.5	26.7
1944	5	27.4
1943	4.3	27.7
1942	6.8	27.9
1941	4.8	27.8
1940	5	27.9
1939	4.9	28
1938	4.1	28.7
1937	4.6	28.8
1936	6.8	29.1
1935	9.9	29.5
1934	7	30.7
1933	5.5	30.5
1932	6	30.7
1931	7	31.4
1930	6.4	31.6
1929	6.3	32
1928	6.2	31.9
1927	11.7	31.9
1926	6.7	32.7
1925	6.7	32.4
1924	9.9	33.1
1923	8.1	33.1
1922	8.8	33.2
1921	9.3	34.2
1920	13.5	34.4
1919	9.2	35.7
1918	7.9	37.6
1917	8.2	35.3
1916	12.4	35.1
1915	10	35.3
1914	14.2	35.4
1913	8.6	35.1
1912	9.5	35.5
1911	11.8	36
1910	14.2	36.4
1909	17.4	36.6
1908	22.9	37.2
1907	16.4	37.4
1906	11.4	38.1
1905	14.8	38.8
1904	12.6	38.9
1903	20.8	39.5
1902	18.5	40.1
1901	12.1	40.8
1900	16.8	40.9
1899	13.7	40.8
1898	21.2	41.2
1897	18.3	41
1896	15.1	41.1
1895	16.8	41.3
1894	16.1	41.2
1893	11.8	41.2
1892	13.5	41.7
1891	21.7	41.3
1890	34.1	41.5
1889	13	41.2
1888	18.3	41
1887	23.9	41.1
1886	21.8	41.1
1885	22.9	41.2
1884	24.8	41.1
1883	40.5	41.4
1882	58.8	41.5
1881	36.5	41.1
1880	26.9	41.6
1879	23	41.1
1878	27.7	41.6
1877	24.4	41.2
1876	30.2	41.4
1875	34	41.5
1874	29.9	41.7
1873	29.1	41.8
1872	49.1	42.1
1871	34.1	42.2
1870	28.8	41.9
1869	42.7	42.1
1868	34.1	42.4
1867	33	42
1866	38.4	42.1
1865	33	42.3
1864	32.7	42.2
1863	29.2	42.5
1862	42.1	42.6
1861	43.8	42.9
1860	53	42.9
1859	38.8	43.7
1858	35.1	43.8
1857	32.5	44.2
1856	29	44.2
1855	29	44
1854	26.4	43.7
1853	22.8	43.2
1852	27.9	42.9
1851	43.9	42.4
1850	40.5	42
1849	39.2	42.3
1848	30.4	42.3
1847	41.6	42.2
1846	60.8	42.4
1845	27.9	42
1844	25.8	42.1
1843	42.1	42.1
1842	27	42.2
1841	32.4	42.1
1840	41.5	42.1
1839	43.9	42.1
1838	38.3	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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