Child mortality rate: United Kingdom
0.47% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 184 years from 1841 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 | 0.47 |
| 2023 | 0.46 |
| 2022 | 0.45 |
| 2021 | 0.44 |
| 2020 | 0.44 |
| 2019 | 0.44 |
| 2018 | 0.44 |
| 2017 | 0.44 |
| 2016 | 0.44 |
| 2015 | 0.45 |
| 2014 | 0.45 |
| 2013 | 0.46 |
| 2012 | 0.48 |
| 2011 | 0.5 |
| 2010 | 0.52 |
| 2009 | 0.54 |
| 2008 | 0.56 |
| 2007 | 0.58 |
| 2006 | 0.59 |
| 2005 | 0.6 |
| 2004 | 0.61 |
| 2003 | 0.62 |
| 2002 | 0.63 |
| 2001 | 0.64 |
| 2000 | 0.65 |
| 1999 | 0.67 |
| 1998 | 0.68 |
| 1997 | 0.69 |
| 1996 | 0.7 |
| 1995 | 0.72 |
| 1994 | 0.74 |
| 1993 | 0.77 |
| 1992 | 0.82 |
| 1991 | 0.87 |
| 1990 | 0.93 |
| 1989 | 0.99 |
| 1988 | 1.04 |
| 1987 | 1.08 |
| 1986 | 1.11 |
| 1985 | 1.14 |
| 1984 | 1.17 |
| 1983 | 1.22 |
| 1982 | 1.27 |
| 1981 | 1.34 |
| 1980 | 1.41 |
| 1979 | 1.49 |
| 1978 | 1.57 |
| 1977 | 1.64 |
| 1976 | 1.72 |
| 1975 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 1.87 |
| 1973 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2 |
| 1971 | 2.06 |
| 1970 | 2.1 |
| 1969 | 2.14 |
| 1968 | 2.18 |
| 1967 | 2.22 |
| 1966 | 2.28 |
| 1965 | 2.34 |
| 1964 | 2.42 |
| 1963 | 2.49 |
| 1962 | 2.56 |
| 1961 | 2.61 |
| 1960 | 2.66 |
| 1959 | 2.7 |
| 1958 | 2.74 |
| 1957 | 2.8 |
| 1956 | 2.87 |
| 1955 | 2.96 |
| 1954 | 3.08 |
| 1953 | 3.21 |
| 1952 | 3.36 |
| 1951 | 3.51 |
| 1950 | 3.66 |
| 1949 | 3.81 |
| 1948 | 4.02 |
| 1947 | 5.35 |
| 1946 | 5.36 |
| 1945 | 5.51 |
| 1944 | 5.95 |
| 1943 | 6.47 |
| 1942 | 6.8 |
| 1941 | 8.13 |
| 1940 | 7.72 |
| 1939 | 6.59 |
| 1938 | 7.35 |
| 1937 | 8.05 |
| 1936 | 8.33 |
| 1935 | 8.05 |
| 1934 | 8.65 |
| 1933 | 8.77 |
| 1932 | 9.28 |
| 1931 | 9.54 |
| 1930 | 8.94 |
| 1929 | 11.38 |
| 1928 | 9.81 |
| 1927 | 10.36 |
| 1926 | 10.32 |
| 1925 | 11.25 |
| 1924 | 11.43 |
| 1923 | 10.23 |
| 1922 | 12.01 |
| 1921 | 11.41 |
| 1920 | 13.36 |
| 1919 | 13.48 |
| 1918 | 17.11 |
| 1917 | 13.66 |
| 1916 | 13.37 |
| 1915 | 16.58 |
| 1914 | 15.55 |
| 1913 | 15.79 |
| 1912 | 14.58 |
| 1911 | 18.92 |
| 1910 | 15.59 |
| 1909 | 16.29 |
| 1908 | 17.57 |
| 1907 | 17.6 |
| 1906 | 19.01 |
| 1905 | 18.59 |
| 1904 | 20.86 |
| 1903 | 19.12 |
| 1902 | 19.94 |
| 1901 | 21.56 |
| 1900 | 22.55 |
| 1899 | 23.23 |
| 1898 | 23.12 |
| 1897 | 22.63 |
| 1896 | 22.52 |
| 1895 | 23.69 |
| 1894 | 20.73 |
| 1893 | 23.62 |
| 1892 | 22.76 |
| 1891 | 23.29 |
| 1890 | 23.2 |
| 1889 | 22.78 |
| 1888 | 21.29 |
| 1887 | 22.71 |
| 1886 | 23.06 |
| 1885 | 21.89 |
| 1884 | 23.32 |
| 1883 | 22.15 |
| 1882 | 23.26 |
| 1881 | 20.98 |
| 1880 | 25.11 |
| 1879 | 22.82 |
| 1878 | 25.16 |
| 1877 | 22.51 |
| 1876 | 23.86 |
| 1875 | 25.22 |
| 1874 | 25.28 |
| 1873 | 23.54 |
| 1872 | 24.36 |
| 1871 | 25.81 |
| 1870 | 26.84 |
| 1869 | 26.29 |
| 1868 | 26.29 |
| 1867 | 24.84 |
| 1866 | 26.89 |
| 1865 | 26.69 |
| 1864 | 27.18 |
| 1863 | 27.95 |
| 1862 | 25.37 |
| 1861 | 25.85 |
| 1860 | 24.43 |
| 1859 | 27.39 |
| 1858 | 28.07 |
| 1857 | 26.25 |
| 1856 | 24.73 |
| 1855 | 26.1 |
| 1854 | 28.19 |
| 1853 | 26.44 |
| 1852 | 26.72 |
| 1851 | 26.23 |
| 1850 | 24.74 |
| 1849 | 27.99 |
| 1848 | 27.85 |
| 1847 | 28.16 |
| 1846 | 28.14 |
| 1845 | 24.83 |
| 1844 | 25.9 |
| 1843 | 25.83 |
| 1842 | 26.16 |
| 1841 | 25.11 |