Greece vs Netherlands: Child mortality
Greece
0.3824 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Netherlands
0.3885 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
174th
Netherlands rank
171st
Child mortality over time
- Greece
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3824 deaths per 100 live births in Greece, a difference of 0.0061 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 174th and Netherlands ranks 171st of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 22 and Netherlands in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 3.75 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1810s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 3.75 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1820s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 3.75 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1830s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 29.71 deaths per 100 live births | 6.39 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1840s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 29.64 deaths per 100 live births | 6.46 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1850s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 32.17 deaths per 100 live births | 3.93 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1860s | 36.1 deaths per 100 live births | 32.1 deaths per 100 live births | 4 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1870s | 36.06 deaths per 100 live births | 31.32 deaths per 100 live births | 4.74 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1880s | 35.14 deaths per 100 live births | 28.04 deaths per 100 live births | 7.11 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1890s | 33.39 deaths per 100 live births | 23.9 deaths per 100 live births | 9.48 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1900s | 31.1 deaths per 100 live births | 19.44 deaths per 100 live births | 11.66 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1910s | 20.35 deaths per 100 live births | 15.16 deaths per 100 live births | 5.18 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1920s | 12.9 deaths per 100 live births | 9.27 deaths per 100 live births | 3.62 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1930s | 17.86 deaths per 100 live births | 5.6 deaths per 100 live births | 12.26 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1940s | 9.32 deaths per 100 live births | 5.71 deaths per 100 live births | 3.61 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1950s | 5.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1960s | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9783 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5271 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.8616 deaths per 100 live births | 0.715 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1466 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.4904 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5403 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0498 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.4156 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4154 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0002 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2020s | 0.3952 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3949 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0002 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 Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 0.3885 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 Netherlands?
- 0.0061 deaths per 100 live births, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Netherlands?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Netherlands rank globally for child mortality?
- Greece ranks 174th 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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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.