The child mortality rate in Iceland, for children under the age of five, was 412 deaths per thousand births in 1825. This means that for every thousand babies born in 1825, over 41 percent did not make it to their fifth birthday. Over the course of the next 195 years, this number has dropped drastically, and the rate has dropped to its lowest point ever in 2020 where it is just two deaths per thousand births, which is the lowest of any country in the world.
Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Iceland from 1825 to 2020*
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UN DESA, & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Iceland from 1825 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 15, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041837/iceland-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, und Gapminder. "Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Iceland from 1825 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed August 15, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041837/iceland-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, Gapminder. (2019). Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Iceland from 1825 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 15, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041837/iceland-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, and Gapminder. "Child Mortality Rate (under Five Years Old) in Iceland from 1825 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041837/iceland-all-time-child-mortality-rate/
UN DESA & Gapminder, Child mortality rate (under five years old) in Iceland from 1825 to 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1041837/iceland-all-time-child-mortality-rate/ (last visited August 15, 2022)
