Denmark vs Netherlands: Child mortality

Denmark
0.3955 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Netherlands
0.3885 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
169th
Netherlands rank
171st

Child mortality over time

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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births in Netherlands, a difference of 0.007 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 169th and Netherlands ranks 171st of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 7 and Netherlands in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark Netherlands Difference Ahead
1800s 37.46 deaths per 100 live births 32.35 deaths per 100 live births 5.11 deaths per 100 live births Denmark
1810s 36.37 deaths per 100 live births 32.35 deaths per 100 live births 4.02 deaths per 100 live births Denmark
1820s 34.79 deaths per 100 live births 32.35 deaths per 100 live births 2.44 deaths per 100 live births Denmark
1830s 29.09 deaths per 100 live births 29.71 deaths per 100 live births 0.6161 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1840s 26.2 deaths per 100 live births 29.64 deaths per 100 live births 3.44 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1850s 23.91 deaths per 100 live births 32.17 deaths per 100 live births 8.26 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1860s 22.13 deaths per 100 live births 32.1 deaths per 100 live births 9.96 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1870s 20.43 deaths per 100 live births 31.32 deaths per 100 live births 10.89 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1880s 20.01 deaths per 100 live births 28.04 deaths per 100 live births 8.03 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1890s 19.13 deaths per 100 live births 23.9 deaths per 100 live births 4.77 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1900s 14.67 deaths per 100 live births 19.44 deaths per 100 live births 4.77 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1910s 11.79 deaths per 100 live births 15.16 deaths per 100 live births 3.38 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1920s 9.96 deaths per 100 live births 9.27 deaths per 100 live births 0.6889 deaths per 100 live births Denmark
1930s 8.1 deaths per 100 live births 5.6 deaths per 100 live births 2.51 deaths per 100 live births Denmark
1940s 5.32 deaths per 100 live births 5.71 deaths per 100 live births 0.3837 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1950s 2.98 deaths per 100 live births 2.61 deaths per 100 live births 0.3699 deaths per 100 live births Denmark
1960s 2.14 deaths per 100 live births 1.86 deaths per 100 live births 0.283 deaths per 100 live births Denmark
1970s 1.3 deaths per 100 live births 1.34 deaths per 100 live births 0.0391 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1980s 0.9649 deaths per 100 live births 0.9783 deaths per 100 live births 0.0135 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
1990s 0.6991 deaths per 100 live births 0.715 deaths per 100 live births 0.0159 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
2000s 0.4929 deaths per 100 live births 0.5403 deaths per 100 live births 0.0473 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
2010s 0.4002 deaths per 100 live births 0.4154 deaths per 100 live births 0.0152 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands
2020s 0.381 deaths per 100 live births 0.3949 deaths per 100 live births 0.0139 deaths per 100 live births Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Denmark or Netherlands?
Denmark, at 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births in Netherlands as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Denmark and Netherlands?
0.007 deaths per 100 live births, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Netherlands?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Denmark and Netherlands rank globally for child mortality?
Denmark ranks 169th and Netherlands ranks 171st 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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Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
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