Which has higher child mortality, France or United Kingdom?

United Kingdom, at 0.47 against 0.43 in France as of 2024.

What is the difference in child mortality between France and United Kingdom?

0.04, with United Kingdom ahead.

184 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

France

0.43

in 2024

United Kingdom

0.47

in 2024

France rank

166th

United Kingdom rank

163rd

United Kingdom currently reports 0.47 against 0.43 in France, a difference of 0.04.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 25 times across 184 shared years of data; in 1841 it was France ahead.

France ranks 166th and United Kingdom ranks 163rd of 200 countries.

Across the 19 decades both report, France averaged higher in 11 and United Kingdom in 8.

Decade	France	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
1840s	26.51	26.66	0.1533	United Kingdom
1850s	27.7	26.49	1.22	France
1860s	26.95	26.18	0.771	France
1870s	26.16	24.54	1.62	France
1880s	24.62	22.66	1.96	France
1890s	23.13	22.88	0.248	France
1900s	19.47	19.31	0.161	France
1910s	17.5	15.46	2.04	France
1920s	13.32	11.16	2.16	France
1930s	9.68	8.36	1.32	France
1940s	9.55	5.91	3.63	France
1950s	4.25	3.09	1.16	France
1960s	2.33	2.39	0.065	United Kingdom
1970s	1.53	1.82	0.289	United Kingdom
1980s	1.07	1.18	0.109	United Kingdom
1990s	0.698	0.759	0.061	United Kingdom
2000s	0.476	0.602	0.126	United Kingdom
2010s	0.417	0.462	0.045	United Kingdom
2020s	0.428	0.452	0.024	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, France or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 0.47 against 0.43 in France as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between France and United Kingdom?: 0.04, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and United Kingdom?: 184 years are reported by both, from 1841 to 2024.
How do France and United Kingdom rank globally for child mortality?: France ranks 166th and United Kingdom ranks 163rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.