Canada vs Croatia: Child mortality rate by sex

Canada
0.4962 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Croatia
0.5252 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
156th
Croatia rank
153rd

Child mortality rate by sex over time

  • Canada
  • Croatia
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How they compare

Croatia currently reports 0.5252 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4962 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.029 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Croatia's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Croatia ahead.

Canada ranks 156th and Croatia ranks 153rd of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Croatia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Croatia Difference Ahead
1980s 0.8788 deaths per 100 live births 1.54 deaths per 100 live births 0.6628 deaths per 100 live births Croatia
1990s 0.6392 deaths per 100 live births 0.9378 deaths per 100 live births 0.2986 deaths per 100 live births Croatia
2000s 0.5547 deaths per 100 live births 0.6429 deaths per 100 live births 0.0883 deaths per 100 live births Croatia
2010s 0.4985 deaths per 100 live births 0.4582 deaths per 100 live births 0.0403 deaths per 100 live births Canada
2020s 0.4853 deaths per 100 live births 0.4526 deaths per 100 live births 0.0326 deaths per 100 live births Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Canada or Croatia?
Croatia, at 0.5252 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4962 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Canada and Croatia?
0.029 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Croatia?
44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Canada and Croatia rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
Canada ranks 156th and Croatia ranks 153rd 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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Indicator
Child mortality rate by sex
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, 12,985 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed

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