Netherlands vs Poland: Child mortality
Netherlands
0.3885 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Poland
0.4221 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Netherlands rank
171st
Poland rank
168th
Child mortality over time
- Netherlands
- Poland
How they compare
Poland currently reports 0.4221 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0336 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Poland's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Poland ahead.
Netherlands ranks 171st and Poland ranks 168th of 203 countries.
Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 23 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 4.57 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1810s | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 4.57 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1820s | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 4.57 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1830s | 29.71 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 7.21 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1840s | 29.64 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 7.28 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1850s | 32.17 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 4.75 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1860s | 32.1 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 4.82 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1870s | 31.32 deaths per 100 live births | 36.92 deaths per 100 live births | 5.6 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1880s | 28.04 deaths per 100 live births | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 8.53 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1890s | 23.9 deaths per 100 live births | 33.63 deaths per 100 live births | 9.72 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1900s | 19.44 deaths per 100 live births | 30.11 deaths per 100 live births | 10.67 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1910s | 15.16 deaths per 100 live births | 28.66 deaths per 100 live births | 13.5 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1920s | 9.27 deaths per 100 live births | 26.26 deaths per 100 live births | 16.98 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1930s | 5.6 deaths per 100 live births | 22.01 deaths per 100 live births | 16.41 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1940s | 5.71 deaths per 100 live births | 18.73 deaths per 100 live births | 13.03 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1950s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 10.09 deaths per 100 live births | 7.48 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1960s | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 4.88 deaths per 100 live births | 3.02 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1970s | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2.93 deaths per 100 live births | 1.59 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1980s | 0.9783 deaths per 100 live births | 2.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1990s | 0.715 deaths per 100 live births | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7107 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2000s | 0.5403 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7735 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2332 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2010s | 0.4154 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5061 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0908 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2020s | 0.3949 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4323 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0374 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Netherlands or Poland?
- Poland, at 0.4221 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 Netherlands and Poland?
- 0.0336 deaths per 100 live births, with Poland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Poland?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Netherlands and Poland rank globally for child mortality?
- Netherlands ranks 171st and Poland ranks 168th 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.