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