Canada vs Croatia: Child mortality rate
Canada
0.54 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Croatia
0.56 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
155th
Croatia rank
153rd
Child mortality rate over time
- Canada
- Croatia
How they compare
Croatia currently reports 0.56 deaths per 100 live births against 0.54 deaths per 100 live births in Canada, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Croatia ahead.
Canada ranks 155th and Croatia ranks 153rd of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 2 and Croatia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Croatia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.26 deaths per 100 live births | 9.69 deaths per 100 live births | 6.43 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1970s | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 4.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2.07 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1980s | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | 1.87 deaths per 100 live births | 0.849 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 1990s | 0.714 deaths per 100 live births | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.351 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 2000s | 0.607 deaths per 100 live births | 0.702 deaths per 100 live births | 0.095 deaths per 100 live births | Croatia |
| 2010s | 0.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.502 deaths per 100 live births | 0.038 deaths per 100 live births | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.53 deaths per 100 live births | 0.492 deaths per 100 live births | 0.038 deaths per 100 live births | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Canada or Croatia?
- Croatia, at 0.56 deaths per 100 live births against 0.54 deaths per 100 live births in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Canada and Croatia?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Croatia?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Canada and Croatia rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Canada ranks 155th and Croatia ranks 153rd 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.