Australia vs Belgium: Child mortality rate vs. mean male height
Australia
0.3607 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Belgium
0.3721 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
175th
Belgium rank
172nd
Child mortality rate vs. mean male height over time
- Australia
- Belgium
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.3721 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births in Australia, a difference of 0.0114 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belgium ahead.
Australia ranks 175th and Belgium ranks 172nd of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Belgium in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.84 deaths per 100 live births | 4.71 deaths per 100 live births | 1.87 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1960s | 2.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5916 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1970s | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1593 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1980s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0781 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.7416 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7972 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0556 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.5693 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5146 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0546 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.4081 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4153 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0072 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.3701 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3786 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0085 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. mean male height, Australia or Belgium?
- Belgium, at 0.3721 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. mean male height between Australia and Belgium?
- 0.0114 deaths per 100 live births, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Belgium?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Belgium rank globally for child mortality rate vs. mean male height?
- Australia ranks 175th and Belgium ranks 172nd 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 vs. mean male height. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births .