Denmark vs Taiwan: Child mortality

Denmark
0.3955 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Taiwan
0.392 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
169th
Taiwan rank
170th

Child mortality over time

  • Denmark
  • Taiwan
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births against 0.392 deaths per 100 live births in Taiwan, a difference of 0.0035 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Taiwan ahead.

Denmark ranks 169th and Taiwan ranks 170th of 203 countries.

Taiwan has averaged higher in every one of the 23 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark Taiwan Difference Ahead
1800s 37.46 deaths per 100 live births 46.72 deaths per 100 live births 9.26 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1810s 36.37 deaths per 100 live births 46.72 deaths per 100 live births 10.35 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1820s 34.79 deaths per 100 live births 46.72 deaths per 100 live births 11.93 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1830s 29.09 deaths per 100 live births 46.72 deaths per 100 live births 17.63 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1840s 26.2 deaths per 100 live births 46.72 deaths per 100 live births 20.52 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1850s 23.91 deaths per 100 live births 46.72 deaths per 100 live births 22.81 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1860s 22.13 deaths per 100 live births 46.72 deaths per 100 live births 24.59 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1870s 20.43 deaths per 100 live births 46.72 deaths per 100 live births 26.29 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1880s 20.01 deaths per 100 live births 46.72 deaths per 100 live births 26.71 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1890s 19.13 deaths per 100 live births 46.7 deaths per 100 live births 27.57 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1900s 14.67 deaths per 100 live births 45.37 deaths per 100 live births 30.7 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1910s 11.79 deaths per 100 live births 41.37 deaths per 100 live births 29.59 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1920s 9.96 deaths per 100 live births 35.29 deaths per 100 live births 25.33 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1930s 8.1 deaths per 100 live births 27.53 deaths per 100 live births 19.42 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1940s 5.32 deaths per 100 live births 21.23 deaths per 100 live births 15.9 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1950s 2.98 deaths per 100 live births 11.71 deaths per 100 live births 8.73 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1960s 2.14 deaths per 100 live births 5.49 deaths per 100 live births 3.35 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1970s 1.3 deaths per 100 live births 2.01 deaths per 100 live births 0.7099 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1980s 0.9649 deaths per 100 live births 1.12 deaths per 100 live births 0.1524 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
1990s 0.6991 deaths per 100 live births 0.8634 deaths per 100 live births 0.1643 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
2000s 0.4929 deaths per 100 live births 0.7094 deaths per 100 live births 0.2165 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
2010s 0.4002 deaths per 100 live births 0.4995 deaths per 100 live births 0.0993 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan
2020s 0.381 deaths per 100 live births 0.4116 deaths per 100 live births 0.0306 deaths per 100 live births Taiwan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Denmark or Taiwan?
Denmark, at 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births against 0.392 deaths per 100 live births in Taiwan as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Denmark and Taiwan?
0.0035 deaths per 100 live births, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Taiwan?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Denmark and Taiwan rank globally for child mortality?
Denmark ranks 169th and Taiwan ranks 170th 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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