Australia vs Lithuania: Child mortality
Australia
0.3607 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania
0.3377 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
178th
Lithuania rank
179th
Child mortality over time
- Australia
- Lithuania
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3377 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania, a difference of 0.023 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Lithuania ahead.
Australia ranks 178th and Lithuania ranks 179th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 45.88 deaths per 100 live births | 6.78 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1810s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 45.88 deaths per 100 live births | 6.78 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1820s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 45.88 deaths per 100 live births | 6.78 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1830s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 45.88 deaths per 100 live births | 6.78 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1840s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 45.88 deaths per 100 live births | 6.78 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1850s | 39.1 deaths per 100 live births | 45.88 deaths per 100 live births | 6.78 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1860s | 27.63 deaths per 100 live births | 45.88 deaths per 100 live births | 18.25 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1870s | 18.71 deaths per 100 live births | 43.31 deaths per 100 live births | 24.59 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1880s | 19.26 deaths per 100 live births | 37.91 deaths per 100 live births | 18.65 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1890s | 17.01 deaths per 100 live births | 32.96 deaths per 100 live births | 15.95 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1900s | 13.17 deaths per 100 live births | 28.51 deaths per 100 live births | 15.34 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1910s | 9.38 deaths per 100 live births | 24.53 deaths per 100 live births | 15.15 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1920s | 7.63 deaths per 100 live births | 20.66 deaths per 100 live births | 13.03 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1930s | 5.44 deaths per 100 live births | 17.54 deaths per 100 live births | 12.1 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1940s | 4.24 deaths per 100 live births | 15.47 deaths per 100 live births | 11.23 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1950s | 2.84 deaths per 100 live births | 9.34 deaths per 100 live births | 6.49 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 2.29 deaths per 100 live births | 3.42 deaths per 100 live births | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4232 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6012 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 0.7416 deaths per 100 live births | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7388 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 0.5693 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8939 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3246 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 0.4081 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4967 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0886 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 0.3701 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3535 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0166 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 Lithuania?
- Australia, at 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3377 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Australia and Lithuania?
- 0.023 deaths per 100 live births, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Lithuania?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Lithuania rank globally for child mortality?
- Australia ranks 178th and Lithuania ranks 179th 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
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.