European Union - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in European Union was 13,506 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 51,404 in 1990 and a minimum value of 13,506 in 2020.

Definition: Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1990 51,404
1991 48,233
1992 45,031
1993 41,933
1994 38,915
1995 36,024
1996 33,335
1997 30,939
1998 28,887
1999 27,162
2000 25,715
2001 24,556
2002 23,693
2003 23,012
2004 22,356
2005 21,644
2006 20,914
2007 20,199
2008 19,477
2009 18,745
2010 18,027
2011 17,340
2012 16,705
2013 16,137
2014 15,634
2015 15,200
2016 14,808
2017 14,467
2018 14,149
2019 13,831
2020 13,506

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in European Union was 16,321 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 62,416 in 1990 and a minimum value of 16,321 in 2020.

Definition: Number of children dying before reaching age five.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1990 62,416
1991 58,675
1992 54,776
1993 51,051
1994 47,394
1995 43,873
1996 40,587
1997 37,662
1998 35,160
1999 33,063
2000 31,312
2001 29,906
2002 28,839
2003 27,977
2004 27,140
2005 26,236
2006 25,335
2007 24,464
2008 23,598
2009 22,729
2010 21,882
2011 21,069
2012 20,309
2013 19,622
2014 19,002
2015 18,450
2016 17,966
2017 17,523
2018 17,118
2019 16,718
2020 16,321

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in European Union was 9,443 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32,648 in 1990 and a minimum value of 9,443 in 2020.

Definition: Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.

Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.

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Year Value
1990 32,648
1991 30,724
1992 28,821
1993 27,023
1994 25,334
1995 23,655
1996 21,936
1997 20,312
1998 18,913
1999 17,763
2000 16,853
2001 16,165
2002 15,679
2003 15,276
2004 14,836
2005 14,335
2006 13,815
2007 13,312
2008 12,839
2009 12,391
2010 11,982
2011 11,606
2012 11,282
2013 11,007
2014 10,755
2015 10,516
2016 10,295
2017 10,087
2018 9,881
2019 9,659
2020 9,443

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality