Greece vs Ireland: Child mortality
Greece
0.3824 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ireland
0.3863 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
174th
Ireland rank
173rd
Child mortality over time
- Greece
- Ireland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 0.3863 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3824 deaths per 100 live births in Greece, a difference of 0.0039 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 174th and Ireland ranks 173rd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 21 and Ireland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Ireland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 34.82 deaths per 100 live births | 1.27 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1810s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 34.82 deaths per 100 live births | 1.27 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1820s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 34.82 deaths per 100 live births | 1.27 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1830s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 34.82 deaths per 100 live births | 1.27 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1840s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 42.33 deaths per 100 live births | 6.24 deaths per 100 live births | Ireland |
| 1850s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 31.23 deaths per 100 live births | 4.86 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1860s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 15.78 deaths per 100 live births | 20.32 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1870s | 36.06 deaths per 100 live births | 14.05 deaths per 100 live births | 22.01 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1880s | 35.14 deaths per 100 live births | 14.26 deaths per 100 live births | 20.89 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1890s | 33.39 deaths per 100 live births | 15.39 deaths per 100 live births | 17.99 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1900s | 31.1 deaths per 100 live births | 14.48 deaths per 100 live births | 16.63 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1910s | 20.35 deaths per 100 live births | 13.05 deaths per 100 live births | 7.29 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1920s | 12.9 deaths per 100 live births | 9.97 deaths per 100 live births | 2.92 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1930s | 17.86 deaths per 100 live births | 9.45 deaths per 100 live births | 8.4 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1940s | 9.32 deaths per 100 live births | 9.17 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1445 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1950s | 5.11 deaths per 100 live births | 4.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6448 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1960s | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2.91 deaths per 100 live births | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 1.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6565 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 1.13 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3706 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.8616 deaths per 100 live births | 0.775 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0866 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.4904 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5557 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0652 deaths per 100 live births | Ireland |
| 2010s | 0.4156 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3739 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0416 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2020s | 0.3952 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3688 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0264 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Greece or Ireland?
- Ireland, at 0.3863 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3824 deaths per 100 live births in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Greece and Ireland?
- 0.0039 deaths per 100 live births, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Ireland?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Ireland rank globally for child mortality?
- Greece ranks 174th and Ireland ranks 173rd 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.