Australia vs Austria: Child mortality
Australia
0.3607 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Austria
0.3322 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
178th
Austria rank
181st
Child mortality over time
- Australia
- Austria
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3322 deaths per 100 live births in Austria, a difference of 0.0285 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 178th and Austria ranks 181st of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 7 and Austria in 16.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Austria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 33.68 deaths per 100 live births | 5.41 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 1810s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 30.24 deaths per 100 live births | 8.86 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 1820s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 30.54 deaths per 100 live births | 8.56 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 1830s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 40.81 deaths per 100 live births | 1.71 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1840s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 40.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9289 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1850s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 40.56 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1860s | 27.63 deaths per 100 live births | 41.44 deaths per 100 live births | 13.8 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1870s | 18.71 deaths per 100 live births | 41.71 deaths per 100 live births | 23 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1880s | 19.26 deaths per 100 live births | 40.45 deaths per 100 live births | 21.19 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1890s | 17.01 deaths per 100 live births | 38.77 deaths per 100 live births | 21.76 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1900s | 13.17 deaths per 100 live births | 34.65 deaths per 100 live births | 21.48 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1910s | 9.38 deaths per 100 live births | 30.63 deaths per 100 live births | 21.25 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1920s | 7.63 deaths per 100 live births | 21.22 deaths per 100 live births | 13.59 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1930s | 5.44 deaths per 100 live births | 13.34 deaths per 100 live births | 7.9 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1940s | 4.24 deaths per 100 live births | 10.73 deaths per 100 live births | 6.49 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1950s | 2.84 deaths per 100 live births | 5.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2.81 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1960s | 2.29 deaths per 100 live births | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1970s | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5902 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1980s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1602 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.7416 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7299 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0118 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.5693 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4974 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0718 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.4081 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3817 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0264 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.3701 deaths per 100 live births | 0.336 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0341 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Australia or Austria?
- Australia, at 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3322 deaths per 100 live births in Austria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Australia and Austria?
- 0.0285 deaths per 100 live births, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Austria?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Austria rank globally for child mortality?
- Australia ranks 178th and Austria ranks 181st of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.