Australia vs Belgium: Child mortality rate
Australia
0.36 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Belgium
0.37 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
176th
Belgium rank
173rd
Child mortality rate over time
- Australia
- Belgium
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.37 deaths per 100 live births against 0.36 deaths per 100 live births in Australia, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 155 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Belgium ahead.
Australia ranks 176th and Belgium ranks 173rd of 200 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Belgium in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 18.71 deaths per 100 live births | 26.55 deaths per 100 live births | 7.84 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1880s | 19.26 deaths per 100 live births | 24.62 deaths per 100 live births | 5.36 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1890s | 17.01 deaths per 100 live births | 23.93 deaths per 100 live births | 6.92 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1900s | 13.17 deaths per 100 live births | 20.76 deaths per 100 live births | 7.59 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1910s | 9.38 deaths per 100 live births | 19.69 deaths per 100 live births | 10.3 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1920s | 7.63 deaths per 100 live births | 13.63 deaths per 100 live births | 6 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1930s | 5.44 deaths per 100 live births | 10.8 deaths per 100 live births | 5.36 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1940s | 4.24 deaths per 100 live births | 9.35 deaths per 100 live births | 5.1 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 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 | 0.592 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1970s | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | 0.159 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1980s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.078 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.742 deaths per 100 live births | 0.797 deaths per 100 live births | 0.055 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.569 deaths per 100 live births | 0.516 deaths per 100 live births | 0.053 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.408 deaths per 100 live births | 0.416 deaths per 100 live births | 0.008 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.37 deaths per 100 live births | 0.378 deaths per 100 live births | 0.008 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Australia or Belgium?
- Belgium, at 0.37 deaths per 100 live births against 0.36 deaths per 100 live births in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Australia and Belgium?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Belgium?
- 155 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Belgium rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Australia ranks 176th and Belgium ranks 173rd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – 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
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.