Germany vs Lithuania: Child mortality rate
Germany
0.3711 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania
0.3377 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Germany rank
173rd
Lithuania rank
176th
Child mortality rate over time
- Germany
- Lithuania
How they compare
Germany currently reports 0.3711 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3377 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania, a difference of 0.0334 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 173rd and Lithuania ranks 176th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and Lithuania in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.68 deaths per 100 live births | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1352 deaths per 100 live births | Germany |
| 1970s | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0822 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5724 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 0.6788 deaths per 100 live births | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8016 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 0.4797 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8939 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4142 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 0.3943 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4967 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1024 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 0.3704 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3535 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0169 deaths per 100 live births | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Germany or Lithuania?
- Germany, at 0.3711 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3377 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Germany and Lithuania?
- 0.0334 deaths per 100 live births, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Lithuania?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Lithuania rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Germany ranks 173rd and Lithuania ranks 176th 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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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .