Child mortality rate: European Union (27)

0.39% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 52 years from 1973 to 2024 are below.

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.

Every year

Year	Value (deaths per 100 live births)
2024	0.39
2023	0.39
2022	0.38
2021	0.39
2020	0.39
2019	0.4
2018	0.4
2017	0.41
2016	0.42
2015	0.43
2014	0.43
2013	0.44
2012	0.46
2011	0.47
2010	0.49
2009	0.5
2008	0.52
2007	0.54
2006	0.57
2005	0.59
2004	0.61
2003	0.64
2002	0.66
2001	0.69
2000	0.72
1999	0.75
1998	0.79
1997	0.84
1996	0.89
1995	0.94
1994	1
1993	1.06
1992	1.11
1991	1.17
1990	1.23
1989	1.29
1988	1.35
1987	1.39
1986	1.43
1985	1.47
1984	1.52
1983	1.57
1982	1.64
1981	1.73
1980	1.82
1979	1.92
1978	2.02
1977	2.13
1976	2.25
1975	2.37
1974	2.48
1973	2.59