The infant mortality rate in Finland, for children under the age of one year old, was over 222 deaths per thousand births in 1870. This means that for all babies born in 1870, over 22 percent did not survive past their first birthday. This rate generally decreased over the next century and a half, with the only spikes recorded in the late 1910s, as a result of the Spanish Flu pandemic that spread across the globe. Nowadays, Finland has one of the lowest infant mortality rates in the world, with just two deaths per thousand births in 2020.
Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in Finland from 1870 to 2020*
* All data given is an average of annual data from the preceding five year period.
UN data used from 1955 onwards. Data prior to 1955 can be found here.
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UN DESA, & Gapminder. (June 17, 2019). Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in Finland from 1870 to 2020* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042738/finland-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, und Gapminder. "Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in Finland from 1870 to 2020*." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042738/finland-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, Gapminder. (2019). Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in Finland from 1870 to 2020*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042738/finland-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
UN DESA, and Gapminder. "Infant Mortality Rate (under One Year Old) in Finland from 1870 to 2020*." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042738/finland-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
UN DESA & Gapminder, Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in Finland from 1870 to 2020* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042738/finland-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/ (last visited December 03, 2024)
Infant mortality rate (under one year old) in Finland from 1870 to 2020* [Graph], UN DESA, & Gapminder, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1042738/finland-all-time-infant-mortality-rate/
