Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 5.26% to 1.80 in Estonia in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Estonia reached an all time high of 17.7 in 1980 and an all time low of 1.80 in 2019. When compared to Estonia's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Finland amounted to 1.90, 3.50 in Latvia, 2.90 in Lithuania and 4.70 in Russia in 2019.
Estonia has been ranked 169th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 21 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Australia | 3.40 | 3.30 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | 3.30 | 3.10 | 2.90 | 2.70 | 2.50 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 9.00 | 8.30 | 7.60 | 7.00 | 6.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 2.60 | 2.40 | 2.20 | 2.10 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 2.10 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 24.1 | 23.2 | 22.4 | 21.6 | 20.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 2.10 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 1.90 | 1.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 4.60 | 4.30 | 4.00 | 3.80 | 3.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.90 | 3.60 | 3.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 4.70 | 4.60 | 4.40 | 4.30 | 4.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 41.2 | 40.2 | 39.3 | 38.2 | 37.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 7.20 | 6.60 | 6.10 | 5.50 | 5.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 5.90 | 5.80 | 5.70 | 5.70 | 5.60 |
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