Child mortality in United Kingdom

Child mortality in United Kingdom: 25.1 per 100 live births in 1841 and 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024: 0.5 per 100 live births
Since 1841: −24.6 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 28.2 per 100 live births in 1854, the lowest 0.4 per 100 live births in 2016.

Every year

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

Year	United Kingdom	World
2024	0.5	3.7
2023	0.5	3.8
2022	0.5	4
2021	0.4	4
2020	0.4	3.9
2019	0.4	4
2018	0.4	4
2017	0.4	4.1
2016	0.4	4.2
2015	0.5	4.3
2014	0.5	4.4
2013	0.5	4.5
2012	0.5	4.7
2011	0.5	5
2010	0.5	5.1
2009	0.5	5.3
2008	0.6	5.5
2007	0.6	5.7
2006	0.6	6
2005	0.6	6.2
2004	0.6	6.6
2003	0.6	6.8
2002	0.6	7.1
2001	0.6	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	1.1	9.9
1986	1.1	10.3
1985	1.1	10.6
1984	1.2	10.9
1983	1.2	11.1
1982	1.3	11.2
1981	1.3	11.6
1980	1.4	11.9
1979	1.5	11.9
1978	1.6	12.3
1977	1.6	12.6
1976	1.7	12.8
1975	1.8	13.1
1974	1.9	13.3
1973	1.9	13.5
1972	2	13.7
1971	2.1	13.9
1970	2.1	14.2
1969	2.1	14.6
1968	2.2	15
1967	2.2	15.3
1966	2.3	15.1
1965	2.3	15.1
1964	2.4	15.7
1963	2.5	16.2
1962	2.6	17
1961	2.6	18.8
1960	2.7	20.2
1959	2.7	19.9
1958	2.7	19.7
1957	2.8	20.5
1956	2.9	21.3
1955	3	22.3
1954	3.1	22.8
1953	3.2	23.3
1952	3.4	23.9
1951	3.5	24.3
1950	3.7	24.7
1949	3.8	24.9
1948	4	24.9
1947	5.4	25.5
1946	5.4	25.8
1945	5.5	26.7
1944	6	27.4
1943	6.5	27.7
1942	6.8	27.9
1941	8.1	27.8
1940	7.7	27.9
1939	6.6	28
1938	7.4	28.7
1937	8.1	28.8
1936	8.3	29.1
1935	8.1	29.5
1934	8.7	30.7
1933	8.8	30.5
1932	9.3	30.7
1931	9.5	31.4
1930	8.9	31.6
1929	11.4	32
1928	9.8	31.9
1927	10.4	31.9
1926	10.3	32.7
1925	11.3	32.4
1924	11.4	33.1
1923	10.2	33.1
1922	12	33.2
1921	11.4	34.2
1920	13.4	34.4
1919	13.5	35.7
1918	17.1	37.6
1917	13.7	35.3
1916	13.4	35.1
1915	16.6	35.3
1914	15.6	35.4
1913	15.8	35.1
1912	14.6	35.5
1911	18.9	36
1910	15.6	36.4
1909	16.3	36.6
1908	17.6	37.2
1907	17.6	37.4
1906	19	38.1
1905	18.6	38.8
1904	20.9	38.9
1903	19.1	39.5
1902	19.9	40.1
1901	21.6	40.8
1900	22.6	40.9
1899	23.2	40.8
1898	23.1	41.2
1897	22.6	41
1896	22.5	41.1
1895	23.7	41.3
1894	20.7	41.2
1893	23.6	41.2
1892	22.8	41.7
1891	23.3	41.3
1890	23.2	41.5
1889	22.8	41.2
1888	21.3	41
1887	22.7	41.1
1886	23.1	41.1
1885	21.9	41.2
1884	23.3	41.1
1883	22.2	41.4
1882	23.3	41.5
1881	21	41.1
1880	25.1	41.6
1879	22.8	41.1
1878	25.2	41.6
1877	22.5	41.2
1876	23.9	41.4
1875	25.2	41.5
1874	25.3	41.7
1873	23.5	41.8
1872	24.4	42.1
1871	25.8	42.2
1870	26.8	41.9
1869	26.3	42.1
1868	26.3	42.4
1867	24.8	42
1866	26.9	42.1
1865	26.7	42.3
1864	27.2	42.2
1863	28	42.5
1862	25.4	42.6
1861	25.9	42.9
1860	24.4	42.9
1859	27.4	43.7
1858	28.1	43.8
1857	26.3	44.2
1856	24.7	44.2
1855	26.1	44
1854	28.2	43.7
1853	26.4	43.2
1852	26.7	42.9
1851	26.2	42.4
1850	24.7	42
1849	28	42.3
1848	27.9	42.3
1847	28.2	42.2
1846	28.1	42.4
1845	24.8	42
1844	25.9	42.1
1843	25.8	42.1
1842	26.2	42.2
1841	25.1	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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