What is the difference in child mortality vs. health spending between Canada and Croatia?

0.0219 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.

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 vs. health spending. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Canada vs Croatia: Child mortality vs. health spending

Canada

0.5427 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Croatia

0.5646 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Canada rank

156th

Croatia rank

153rd

Child mortality vs. health spending over time

Canada
Croatia

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 0.5646 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5427 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.0219 deaths per 100 live births.

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	0.9929 deaths per 100 live births	1.79 deaths per 100 live births	0.7993 deaths per 100 live births	Croatia
1990s	0.7131 deaths per 100 live births	1.06 deaths per 100 live births	0.3512 deaths per 100 live births	Croatia
2000s	0.6072 deaths per 100 live births	0.7018 deaths per 100 live births	0.0946 deaths per 100 live births	Croatia
2010s	0.5407 deaths per 100 live births	0.5001 deaths per 100 live births	0.0407 deaths per 100 live births	Canada
2020s	0.5305 deaths per 100 live births	0.4932 deaths per 100 live births	0.0373 deaths per 100 live births	Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality vs. health spending, Canada or Croatia?: Croatia, at 0.5646 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5427 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality vs. health spending between Canada and Croatia?: 0.0219 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 vs. health spending?: 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 vs. health spending. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

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