Infant mortality rate

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for infant mortality rate was 3.50 .

That is a 6.1% rose versus 2023 (3.30).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 2.9% higher.

Across member states, Romania reported the highest value (6.60, 2024) and Estonia the lowest (1.40, 2024) — a ratio of 4.7× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00027; every value links back to the canonical source.