Australia vs Hungary: Child mortality
Australia
0.3607 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Hungary
0.3707 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
178th
Hungary rank
177th
Child mortality over time
- Australia
- Hungary
How they compare
Hungary currently reports 0.3707 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births in Australia, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 178th and Hungary ranks 177th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Hungary in 18.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Hungary | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 36.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 1810s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 36.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 1820s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 36.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 1830s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 36.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 1840s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 2.18 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 1850s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 40.23 deaths per 100 live births | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1860s | 27.63 deaths per 100 live births | 38.97 deaths per 100 live births | 11.34 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1870s | 18.71 deaths per 100 live births | 38.39 deaths per 100 live births | 19.67 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1880s | 19.26 deaths per 100 live births | 40.58 deaths per 100 live births | 21.32 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1890s | 17.01 deaths per 100 live births | 39.07 deaths per 100 live births | 22.06 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1900s | 13.17 deaths per 100 live births | 34.41 deaths per 100 live births | 21.24 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1910s | 9.38 deaths per 100 live births | 35.23 deaths per 100 live births | 25.85 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1920s | 7.63 deaths per 100 live births | 29.92 deaths per 100 live births | 22.29 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1930s | 5.44 deaths per 100 live births | 21.85 deaths per 100 live births | 16.41 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1940s | 4.24 deaths per 100 live births | 14.75 deaths per 100 live births | 10.51 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1950s | 2.84 deaths per 100 live births | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | 4.49 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1960s | 2.29 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1970s | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 3.41 deaths per 100 live births | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1980s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9655 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1990s | 0.7416 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6078 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2000s | 0.5693 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7931 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2238 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2010s | 0.4081 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5124 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1043 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2020s | 0.3701 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3881 deaths per 100 live births | 0.018 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Australia or Hungary?
- Hungary, at 0.3707 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 Hungary?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Hungary ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Hungary?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Hungary rank globally for child mortality?
- Australia ranks 178th and Hungary ranks 177th 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.