Australia vs Israel: Child mortality rate by sex
Australia
0.3298 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Israel
0.3072 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
175th
Israel rank
177th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Australia
- Israel
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.3298 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3072 deaths per 100 live births in Israel, a difference of 0.0226 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Israel's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Israel ahead.
Australia ranks 175th and Israel ranks 177th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Israel in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Israel | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 5.57 deaths per 100 live births | 3.11 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1960s | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 3.59 deaths per 100 live births | 1.57 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1970s | 1.55 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.762 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1980s | 0.9976 deaths per 100 live births | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3964 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 1990s | 0.6541 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8548 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2008 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 2000s | 0.5087 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5337 deaths per 100 live births | 0.025 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 2010s | 0.3704 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3708 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0004 deaths per 100 live births | Israel |
| 2020s | 0.3384 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3148 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0237 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Australia or Israel?
- Australia, at 0.3298 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3072 deaths per 100 live births in Israel as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Australia and Israel?
- 0.0226 deaths per 100 live births, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Israel?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1952 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Israel rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Australia ranks 175th and Israel ranks 177th 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 by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .