Australia vs Germany: Child mortality

Australia
0.3607 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Germany
0.3711 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
178th
Germany rank
176th

Child mortality over time

  • Australia
  • Germany
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.3711 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births in Australia, a difference of 0.0104 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 178th and Germany ranks 176th of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Germany in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Germany Difference Ahead
1800s 39.1 deaths per 100 live births 34.02 deaths per 100 live births 5.07 deaths per 100 live births Australia
1810s 39.1 deaths per 100 live births 34.02 deaths per 100 live births 5.07 deaths per 100 live births Australia
1820s 39.1 deaths per 100 live births 34.73 deaths per 100 live births 4.37 deaths per 100 live births Australia
1830s 39.1 deaths per 100 live births 44.47 deaths per 100 live births 5.37 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1840s 39.1 deaths per 100 live births 48.41 deaths per 100 live births 9.31 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1850s 39.1 deaths per 100 live births 47.36 deaths per 100 live births 8.26 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1860s 27.63 deaths per 100 live births 48.02 deaths per 100 live births 20.39 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1870s 18.71 deaths per 100 live births 43.41 deaths per 100 live births 24.69 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1880s 19.26 deaths per 100 live births 37.07 deaths per 100 live births 17.81 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1890s 17.01 deaths per 100 live births 35.83 deaths per 100 live births 18.82 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1900s 13.17 deaths per 100 live births 31.43 deaths per 100 live births 18.26 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1910s 9.38 deaths per 100 live births 25.18 deaths per 100 live births 15.79 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1920s 7.63 deaths per 100 live births 17.25 deaths per 100 live births 9.62 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1930s 5.44 deaths per 100 live births 10.56 deaths per 100 live births 5.12 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1940s 4.24 deaths per 100 live births 7.4 deaths per 100 live births 3.15 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1950s 2.84 deaths per 100 live births 5.16 deaths per 100 live births 2.31 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1960s 2.29 deaths per 100 live births 3.25 deaths per 100 live births 0.9633 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1970s 1.77 deaths per 100 live births 2.11 deaths per 100 live births 0.341 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1980s 1.14 deaths per 100 live births 1.17 deaths per 100 live births 0.0288 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1990s 0.7416 deaths per 100 live births 0.6788 deaths per 100 live births 0.0628 deaths per 100 live births Australia
2000s 0.5693 deaths per 100 live births 0.4797 deaths per 100 live births 0.0896 deaths per 100 live births Australia
2010s 0.4081 deaths per 100 live births 0.3943 deaths per 100 live births 0.0138 deaths per 100 live births Australia
2020s 0.3701 deaths per 100 live births 0.3704 deaths per 100 live births 0.0003 deaths per 100 live births Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Australia or Germany?
Germany, at 0.3711 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Australia and Germany?
0.0104 deaths per 100 live births, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Germany?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Australia and Germany rank globally for child mortality?
Australia ranks 178th and Germany ranks 176th 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

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.