Canada vs Croatia: Child mortality
Canada
0.5427 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Croatia
0.5646 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
157th
Croatia rank
154th
Child mortality over time
- Canada
- Croatia
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 0.5646 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5427 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.0219 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Croatia ahead.
Canada ranks 157th and Croatia ranks 154th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Croatia in 21.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Croatia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 33.35 deaths per 100 live births | 36.68 deaths per 100 live births | 3.34 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1810s | 33.35 deaths per 100 live births | 36.68 deaths per 100 live births | 3.34 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1820s | 33.35 deaths per 100 live births | 36.68 deaths per 100 live births | 3.34 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1830s | 32.79 deaths per 100 live births | 36.68 deaths per 100 live births | 3.89 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1840s | 31.62 deaths per 100 live births | 36.68 deaths per 100 live births | 5.06 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1850s | 30.89 deaths per 100 live births | 36.68 deaths per 100 live births | 5.8 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1860s | 30.14 deaths per 100 live births | 36.68 deaths per 100 live births | 6.54 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1870s | 28.69 deaths per 100 live births | 36.68 deaths per 100 live births | 7.99 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1880s | 27.13 deaths per 100 live births | 36.68 deaths per 100 live births | 9.56 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1890s | 28.44 deaths per 100 live births | 36.67 deaths per 100 live births | 8.23 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1900s | 23.9 deaths per 100 live births | 36.39 deaths per 100 live births | 12.49 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1910s | 25.61 deaths per 100 live births | 35.65 deaths per 100 live births | 10.04 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1920s | 14.5 deaths per 100 live births | 30.96 deaths per 100 live births | 16.46 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1930s | 9.72 deaths per 100 live births | 22.62 deaths per 100 live births | 12.91 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1940s | 6.57 deaths per 100 live births | 15.81 deaths per 100 live births | 9.24 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1950s | 4 deaths per 100 live births | 10.01 deaths per 100 live births | 6.02 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1960s | 2.77 deaths per 100 live births | 5.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2.44 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1970s | 1.75 deaths per 100 live births | 2.9 deaths per 100 live births | 1.15 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1980s | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8385 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1990s | 0.7131 deaths per 100 live births | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3512 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 2000s | 0.6072 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7018 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0946 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 2010s | 0.5407 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5001 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0407 deaths per 100 live births | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.5305 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4932 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0373 deaths per 100 live births | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Canada or Croatia?
- Croatia, at 0.5646 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5427 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Canada and Croatia?
- 0.0219 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Croatia?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Croatia rank globally for child mortality?
- Canada ranks 157th and Croatia ranks 154th 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.