Child mortality in Norway

Child mortality in Norway: 21.3 per 100 live births in 1836 and 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births
Since 1836: −21 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 25.7 per 100 live births in 1839, the lowest 0.2 per 100 live births in 2019.

Every year

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

Year	Norway	World
2024	0.3	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	0.3	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	0.4	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	0.5	7.1
2001	0.5	7.4
2000	0.5	7.7
1999	0.5	7.9
1998	0.5	8.3
1997	0.5	8.4
1996	0.5	8.6
1995	0.6	8.8
1994	0.6	8.9
1993	0.7	9.1
1992	0.7	9.2
1991	0.8	9.3
1990	0.9	9.4
1989	0.9	9.5
1988	1	10
1987	1	9.9
1986	1	10.3
1985	1	10.6
1984	1	10.9
1983	1	11.1
1982	1	11.2
1981	1	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	1.6	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	15.7
1963	2.1	16.2
1962	2.2	17
1961	2.2	18.8
1960	2.3	20.2
1959	2.3	19.9
1958	2.4	19.7
1957	2.5	20.5
1956	2.5	21.3
1955	2.6	22.3
1954	2.7	22.8
1953	2.8	23.3
1952	2.9	23.9
1951	3.1	24.3
1950	3.3	24.7
1949	3.4	24.9
1948	3.6	24.9
1947	4.2	25.5
1946	4.8	25.8
1945	5	26.7
1944	5.4	27.4
1943	5.4	27.7
1942	5.3	27.9
1941	5.5	27.8
1940	4.9	27.9
1939	4.8	28
1938	4.9	28.7
1937	5.4	28.8
1936	5.4	29.1
1935	5.5	29.5
1934	5.1	30.7
1933	5.8	30.5
1932	5.9	30.7
1931	5.9	31.4
1930	5.9	31.6
1929	6.9	32
1928	6.4	31.9
1927	6.4	31.9
1926	6.2	32.7
1925	6.5	32.4
1924	6.5	33.1
1923	6.8	33.1
1922	7.4	33.2
1921	7.2	34.2
1920	8.7	34.4
1919	9.3	35.7
1918	10.1	37.6
1917	9.1	35.3
1916	9.7	35.1
1915	9	35.3
1914	9.7	35.4
1913	9	35.1
1912	9.6	35.5
1911	9.5	36
1910	9.4	36.4
1909	10.3	36.6
1908	11	37.2
1907	9.7	37.4
1906	10.1	38.1
1905	11.7	38.8
1904	10.8	38.9
1903	11.8	39.5
1902	11.1	40.1
1901	13.2	40.8
1900	13.4	40.9
1899	15.5	40.8
1898	13.6	41.2
1897	13.9	41
1896	14.4	41.1
1895	14.8	41.3
1894	17.1	41.2
1893	14.8	41.2
1892	16.6	41.7
1891	16.2	41.3
1890	17.8	41.5
1889	18.8	41.2
1888	16.8	41
1887	15.8	41.1
1886	15.9	41.1
1885	16	41.2
1884	17.1	41.1
1883	17.7	41.4
1882	20.6	41.5
1881	16.8	41.1
1880	15.2	41.6
1879	14.7	41.1
1878	16.8	41.6
1877	18.3	41.2
1876	20	41.4
1875	19.1	41.5
1874	19.5	41.7
1873	18.1	41.8
1872	17.7	42.1
1871	17.3	42.2
1870	16.2	41.9
1869	17.9	42.1
1868	20.3	42.4
1867	18.9	42
1866	17	42.1
1865	18	42.3
1864	18.7	42.2
1863	21.7	42.5
1862	24.6	42.6
1861	22.9	42.9
1860	17.3	42.9
1859	17.3	43.7
1858	15.6	43.8
1857	16.6	44.2
1856	17.1	44.2
1855	16.2	44
1854	15.3	43.7
1853	16.7	43.2
1852	18.3	42.9
1851	16.9	42.4
1850	16.8	42
1849	18.2	42.3
1848	22.1	42.3
1847	22.6	42.2
1846	20.5	42.4
1845	18.3	42
1844	18.1	42.1
1843	18.3	42.1
1842	19.2	42.2
1841	17.7	42.1
1840	22.2	42.1
1839	25.7	42.1
1838	21.5	42.2
1837	21.5	42.2
1836	21.3	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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