Child mortality rate: North America
1.17% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 67 years from 1958 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 | 1.17 |
| 2023 | 1.19 |
| 2022 | 1.22 |
| 2021 | 1.25 |
| 2020 | 1.27 |
| 2019 | 1.29 |
| 2018 | 1.31 |
| 2017 | 1.34 |
| 2016 | 1.37 |
| 2015 | 1.4 |
| 2014 | 1.43 |
| 2013 | 1.47 |
| 2012 | 1.51 |
| 2011 | 1.54 |
| 2010 | 1.77 |
| 2009 | 1.61 |
| 2008 | 1.64 |
| 2007 | 1.69 |
| 2006 | 1.75 |
| 2005 | 1.81 |
| 2004 | 1.87 |
| 2003 | 1.94 |
| 2002 | 2.01 |
| 2001 | 2.08 |
| 2000 | 2.16 |
| 1999 | 2.25 |
| 1998 | 2.42 |
| 1997 | 2.44 |
| 1996 | 2.53 |
| 1995 | 2.63 |
| 1994 | 2.73 |
| 1993 | 2.83 |
| 1992 | 2.94 |
| 1991 | 3.05 |
| 1990 | 3.18 |
| 1989 | 3.33 |
| 1988 | 3.48 |
| 1987 | 3.63 |
| 1986 | 3.77 |
| 1985 | 3.91 |
| 1984 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 4.23 |
| 1982 | 4.49 |
| 1981 | 4.6 |
| 1980 | 4.86 |
| 1979 | 5.06 |
| 1978 | 5.3 |
| 1977 | 5.54 |
| 1976 | 5.87 |
| 1975 | 5.98 |
| 1974 | 6.22 |
| 1973 | 6.35 |
| 1972 | 6.48 |
| 1971 | 6.52 |
| 1970 | 6.68 |
| 1969 | 6.91 |
| 1968 | 7.1 |
| 1967 | 7.21 |
| 1966 | 7.27 |
| 1965 | 7.3 |
| 1964 | 6.9 |
| 1963 | 6.99 |
| 1962 | 7.17 |
| 1961 | 6.91 |
| 1960 | 6.87 |
| 1959 | 6.64 |
| 1958 | 6.84 |