Australia vs Belgium: Child mortality by sex
Australia
0.3899 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Belgium
0.4097 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
175th
Belgium rank
172nd
Child mortality by sex over time
- Australia
- Belgium
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.4097 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3899 deaths per 100 live births in Australia, a difference of 0.0198 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belgium ahead.
Australia ranks 175th and Belgium ranks 172nd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Belgium in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.15 deaths per 100 live births | 5.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1960s | 2.55 deaths per 100 live births | 3.23 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6816 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1970s | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | 2.18 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1868 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1980s | 1.27 deaths per 100 live births | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1014 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.825 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8986 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0736 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.627 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5717 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0553 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.444 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4613 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0173 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.4003 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4175 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0172 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Australia or Belgium?
- Belgium, at 0.4097 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3899 deaths per 100 live births in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Australia and Belgium?
- 0.0198 deaths per 100 live births, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Belgium?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Belgium rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Australia ranks 175th and Belgium ranks 172nd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .