What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cyprus and New Zealand?

0.0241 deaths per 100 live births, with Cyprus ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and New Zealand?

54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cyprus vs New Zealand: Child mortality rate

Cyprus

0.4979 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

New Zealand

0.4738 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cyprus rank

160th

New Zealand rank

162nd

Child mortality rate over time

Cyprus
New Zealand

How they compare

Cyprus currently reports 0.4979 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4738 deaths per 100 live births in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0241 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Cyprus's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Cyprus ahead.

Cyprus ranks 160th and New Zealand ranks 162nd of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Cyprus averaged higher in 3 and New Zealand in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cyprus	New Zealand	Difference	Ahead
1970s	3.23 deaths per 100 live births	1.82 deaths per 100 live births	1.41 deaths per 100 live births	Cyprus
1980s	1.49 deaths per 100 live births	1.38 deaths per 100 live births	0.1023 deaths per 100 live births	Cyprus
1990s	0.9308 deaths per 100 live births	0.9107 deaths per 100 live births	0.0202 deaths per 100 live births	Cyprus
2000s	0.4944 deaths per 100 live births	0.6753 deaths per 100 live births	0.1809 deaths per 100 live births	New Zealand
2010s	0.2763 deaths per 100 live births	0.5702 deaths per 100 live births	0.2939 deaths per 100 live births	New Zealand
2020s	0.4114 deaths per 100 live births	0.4944 deaths per 100 live births	0.0831 deaths per 100 live births	New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Cyprus or New Zealand?: Cyprus, at 0.4979 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4738 deaths per 100 live births in New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cyprus and New Zealand?: 0.0241 deaths per 100 live births, with Cyprus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cyprus and New Zealand?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Cyprus and New Zealand rank globally for child mortality rate?: Cyprus ranks 160th and New Zealand ranks 162nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .