Child mortality in Ireland

Child mortality in Ireland: 14.6 per 100 live births in 1864 and 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births
Since 1864: −14.2 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 17.2 per 100 live births in 1880, the lowest 0.3 per 100 live births in 2018.

Every year

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

Year	Ireland	World
2024	0.4	3.7
2023	0.4	3.8
2022	0.4	4
2021	0.4	4
2020	0.4	3.9
2019	0.3	4
2018	0.3	4
2017	0.4	4.1
2016	0.4	4.2
2015	0.4	4.3
2014	0.4	4.4
2013	0.4	4.5
2012	0.4	4.7
2011	0.4	5
2010	0.4	5.1
2009	0.4	5.3
2008	0.4	5.5
2007	0.5	5.7
2006	0.5	6
2005	0.5	6.2
2004	0.6	6.6
2003	0.6	6.8
2002	0.7	7.1
2001	0.7	7.4
2000	0.7	7.7
1999	0.7	7.9
1998	0.7	8.3
1997	0.7	8.4
1996	0.7	8.6
1995	0.7	8.8
1994	0.7	8.9
1993	0.8	9.1
1992	0.8	9.2
1991	0.9	9.3
1990	0.9	9.4
1989	1	9.5
1988	1	10
1987	1	9.9
1986	1	10.3
1985	1.1	10.6
1984	1.1	10.9
1983	1.2	11.1
1982	1.2	11.2
1981	1.3	11.6
1980	1.4	11.9
1979	1.6	11.9
1978	1.7	12.3
1977	1.8	12.6
1976	1.9	12.8
1975	2	13.1
1974	2.1	13.3
1973	2.1	13.5
1972	2.1	13.7
1971	2.2	13.9
1970	2.2	14.2
1969	2.3	14.6
1968	2.4	15
1967	2.6	15.3
1966	2.7	15.1
1965	2.9	15.1
1964	3	15.7
1963	3.1	16.2
1962	3.3	17
1961	3.4	18.8
1960	3.5	20.2
1959	3.7	19.9
1958	3.8	19.7
1957	4	20.5
1956	4.1	21.3
1955	4.3	22.3
1954	4.5	22.8
1953	4.7	23.3
1952	5	23.9
1951	5.2	24.3
1950	5.4	24.7
1949	5.6	24.9
1948	5.9	24.9
1947	9.4	25.5
1946	8.9	25.8
1945	9.9	26.7
1944	11.2	27.4
1943	11.9	27.7
1942	9.5	27.9
1941	10.4	27.8
1940	9	27.9
1939	9	28
1938	9.2	28.7
1937	10.2	28.8
1936	10.4	29.1
1935	9.4	29.5
1934	8.6	30.7
1933	8.9	30.5
1932	10	30.7
1931	9.5	31.4
1930	9.4	31.6
1929	9.7	32
1928	9.4	31.9
1927	9.9	31.9
1926	10.4	32.7
1925	9.4	32.4
1924	10	33.1
1923	9	33.1
1922	9.5	33.2
1921	–	34.2
1920	11.9	34.4
1919	12.8	35.7
1918	12.4	37.6
1917	12.8	35.3
1916	11.9	35.1
1915	13.5	35.3
1914	12.6	35.4
1913	14.4	35.1
1912	12.4	35.5
1911	13.8	36
1910	14	36.4
1909	13.5	36.6
1908	14.4	37.2
1907	13.5	37.4
1906	13.7	38.1
1905	14	38.8
1904	14.9	38.9
1903	14.2	39.5
1902	14.9	40.1
1901	15.1	40.8
1900	16.6	40.9
1899	16.4	40.8
1898	16.8	41.2
1897	16.6	41
1896	14	41.1
1895	15.7	41.3
1894	15.3	41.2
1893	15.3	41.2
1892	15.9	41.7
1891	14	41.3
1890	14	41.5
1889	13.8	41.2
1888	14.4	41
1887	14	41.1
1886	13.8	41.1
1885	14	41.2
1884	13.5	41.1
1883	14.6	41.4
1882	14	41.5
1881	13.3	41.1
1880	17.2	41.6
1879	15.1	41.1
1878	14.4	41.6
1877	13.5	41.2
1876	13.8	41.4
1875	14	41.5
1874	13.8	41.7
1873	14.2	41.8
1872	14.4	42.1
1871	13.3	42.2
1870	14	41.9
1869	13.7	42.1
1868	14	42.4
1867	14.4	42
1866	13.8	42.1
1865	14.6	42.3
1864	14.6	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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