France vs Netherlands: Child mortality rate
France
0.43 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Netherlands
0.39 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
France rank
166th
Netherlands rank
169th
Child mortality rate over time
- France
- Netherlands
How they compare
France currently reports 0.43 deaths per 100 live births against 0.39 deaths per 100 live births in Netherlands, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 15 times across 185 shared years of data; in 1840 it was Netherlands ahead.
France ranks 166th and Netherlands ranks 169th of 200 countries.
Across the 19 decades both report, France averaged higher in 11 and Netherlands in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 26.47 deaths per 100 live births | 29.64 deaths per 100 live births | 3.17 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1850s | 27.7 deaths per 100 live births | 32.17 deaths per 100 live births | 4.46 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1860s | 26.95 deaths per 100 live births | 32.09 deaths per 100 live births | 5.15 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 26.16 deaths per 100 live births | 31.32 deaths per 100 live births | 5.16 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 24.62 deaths per 100 live births | 28.04 deaths per 100 live births | 3.42 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 23.13 deaths per 100 live births | 23.9 deaths per 100 live births | 0.777 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 19.47 deaths per 100 live births | 19.44 deaths per 100 live births | 0.029 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1910s | 17.5 deaths per 100 live births | 15.16 deaths per 100 live births | 2.34 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1920s | 13.32 deaths per 100 live births | 9.27 deaths per 100 live births | 4.04 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1930s | 9.68 deaths per 100 live births | 5.6 deaths per 100 live births | 4.08 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1940s | 9.55 deaths per 100 live births | 5.71 deaths per 100 live births | 3.84 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1950s | 4.25 deaths per 100 live births | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1960s | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 0.468 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1970s | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 0.189 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1980s | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.978 deaths per 100 live births | 0.09 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 1990s | 0.698 deaths per 100 live births | 0.714 deaths per 100 live births | 0.016 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 0.476 deaths per 100 live births | 0.539 deaths per 100 live births | 0.063 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.417 deaths per 100 live births | 0.414 deaths per 100 live births | 0.003 deaths per 100 live births | France |
| 2020s | 0.428 deaths per 100 live births | 0.396 deaths per 100 live births | 0.032 deaths per 100 live births | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, France or Netherlands?
- France, at 0.43 deaths per 100 live births against 0.39 deaths per 100 live births in Netherlands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between France and Netherlands?
- 0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Netherlands?
- 185 years are reported by both, from 1840 to 2024.
- How do France and Netherlands rank globally for child mortality rate?
- France ranks 166th and Netherlands ranks 169th 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.