Belgium vs Greece: Child mortality
Belgium
0.3721 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece
0.3824 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Belgium rank
175th
Greece rank
174th
Child mortality over time
- Belgium
- Greece
How they compare
Greece currently reports 0.3824 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3721 deaths per 100 live births in Belgium, a difference of 0.0103 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Greece ahead.
Belgium ranks 175th and Greece ranks 174th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Greece in 21.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 32.21 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 3.89 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1810s | 32.12 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 3.98 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1820s | 31.9 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 4.2 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1830s | 30.32 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 5.77 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1840s | 28.11 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 7.99 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1850s | 27.37 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 8.73 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1860s | 27.56 deaths per 100 live births | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 8.54 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1870s | 26.55 deaths per 100 live births | 36.06 deaths per 100 live births | 9.51 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1880s | 24.62 deaths per 100 live births | 35.14 deaths per 100 live births | 10.53 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1890s | 23.94 deaths per 100 live births | 33.39 deaths per 100 live births | 9.45 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1900s | 20.76 deaths per 100 live births | 31.1 deaths per 100 live births | 10.35 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1910s | 19.68 deaths per 100 live births | 20.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6609 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1920s | 13.63 deaths per 100 live births | 12.9 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7302 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1930s | 10.75 deaths per 100 live births | 17.86 deaths per 100 live births | 7.1 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1940s | 9.24 deaths per 100 live births | 9.32 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0756 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1950s | 4.71 deaths per 100 live births | 5.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3997 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1960s | 2.88 deaths per 100 live births | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6898 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2878 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.7972 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8616 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0644 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.5146 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4904 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0242 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2010s | 0.4153 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4156 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0003 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2020s | 0.3786 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3952 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0166 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Belgium or Greece?
- Greece, at 0.3824 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3721 deaths per 100 live births in Belgium as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Belgium and Greece?
- 0.0103 deaths per 100 live births, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Greece?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and Greece rank globally for child mortality?
- Belgium ranks 175th and Greece ranks 174th 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.