Greece vs Netherlands: Child mortality vs. health spending
Greece
0.3824 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Netherlands
0.3885 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
171st
Netherlands rank
168th
Child mortality vs. health spending over time
- Greece
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3824 deaths per 100 live births in Greece, a difference of 0.0061 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 171st and Netherlands ranks 168th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 7 and Netherlands in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.19 deaths per 100 live births | 2.55 deaths per 100 live births | 2.64 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1960s | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9783 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5271 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.8616 deaths per 100 live births | 0.715 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1466 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.4904 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5403 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0498 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.4156 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4154 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0002 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2020s | 0.3952 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3949 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0002 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality vs. health spending, Greece or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3824 deaths per 100 live births in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. health spending between Greece and Netherlands?
- 0.0061 deaths per 100 live births, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Netherlands?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Netherlands rank globally for child mortality vs. health spending?
- Greece ranks 171st and Netherlands ranks 168th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .