Canada vs New Zealand: Child mortality rate
Canada
0.5%
in 2019
New Zealand
0.5%
in 2019
Canada rank
162nd
New Zealand rank
165th
Child mortality rate over time
- Canada
- New Zealand
How they compare
Canada currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 162nd and New Zealand ranks 165th of 204 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.0% | 3.2% | 0.9% | Canada |
| 1960s | 2.8% | 2.4% | 0.4% | Canada |
| 1970s | 1.8% | 1.8% | 0.1% | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 1.0% | 1.5% | 0.4% | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.2% | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Canada or New Zealand?
- Canada, at 0.5% against 0.5% in New Zealand as of 2019.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Canada and New Zealand?
- 0.0%, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and New Zealand?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
- How do Canada and New Zealand rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Canada ranks 162nd and New Zealand ranks 165th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – 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
Probability of death before the age of five.