Denmark vs New Zealand: Child mortality by sex
Denmark
0.4277 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
New Zealand
0.5103 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
167th
New Zealand rank
164th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Denmark
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 0.5103 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4277 deaths per 100 live births in Denmark, a difference of 0.0826 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.2 times Denmark's.
Across all 75 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Denmark ranks 167th and New Zealand ranks 164th of 199 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.39 deaths per 100 live births | 3.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1508 deaths per 100 live births | New Zealand |
| 1960s | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2.69 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2376 deaths per 100 live births | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 1.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2.09 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5902 deaths per 100 live births | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | 1.55 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4597 deaths per 100 live births | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 0.7744 deaths per 100 live births | 1.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2335 deaths per 100 live births | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.5379 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7406 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2027 deaths per 100 live births | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.4335 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6174 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1839 deaths per 100 live births | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.4122 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5323 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1201 deaths per 100 live births | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Denmark or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 0.5103 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4277 deaths per 100 live births in Denmark as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Denmark and New Zealand?
- 0.0826 deaths per 100 live births, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and New Zealand?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and New Zealand rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Denmark ranks 167th and New Zealand ranks 164th 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 .