OECD members - Child and infant mortality

Number of infant deaths

The value for Number of infant deaths in OECD members was 89,124 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 302,058 in 1990 and a minimum value of 89,124 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 302,058
1991 288,555
1992 275,091
1993 261,801
1994 248,796
1995 236,350
1996 224,500
1997 213,353
1998 203,062
1999 193,541
2000 184,721
2001 176,649
2002 169,256
2003 162,461
2004 156,188
2005 150,364
2006 144,833
2007 139,538
2008 134,396
2009 129,421
2010 124,615
2011 120,048
2012 115,686
2013 111,645
2014 107,877
2015 104,361
2016 101,070
2017 97,935
2018 94,907
2019 91,970
2020 89,124

Number of under-five deaths

The value for Number of under-five deaths in OECD members was 104,742 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 378,658 in 1990 and a minimum value of 104,742 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 378,658
1991 360,025
1992 341,730
1993 323,871
1994 306,634
1995 290,219
1996 274,640
1997 260,150
1998 246,755
1999 234,391
2000 222,999
2001 212,564
2002 203,028
2003 194,301
2004 186,290
2005 178,862
2006 171,913
2007 165,330
2008 159,047
2009 152,994
2010 147,171
2011 141,741
2012 136,421
2013 131,584
2014 127,081
2015 122,887
2016 118,966
2017 115,206
2018 111,599
2019 108,114
2020 104,742

Number of neonatal deaths

The value for Number of neonatal deaths in OECD members was 59,564 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 184,823 in 1990 and a minimum value of 59,564 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 184,823
1991 177,644
1992 170,159
1993 162,579
1994 155,096
1995 147,541
1996 139,998
1997 132,990
1998 126,478
1999 120,329
2000 114,653
2001 109,235
2002 104,110
2003 99,252
2004 94,484
2005 90,158
2006 86,560
2007 83,732
2008 81,199
2009 78,674
2010 76,241
2011 73,982
2012 71,839
2013 69,802
2014 67,869
2015 66,323
2016 65,266
2017 64,459
2018 63,385
2019 61,638
2020 59,564

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality