Germany vs Greece: Child mortality rate

Germany
0.37 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece
0.38 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Germany rank
173rd
Greece rank
172nd

Child mortality rate over time

  • Germany
  • Greece
0204060183619302024

How they compare

Greece currently reports 0.38 deaths per 100 live births against 0.37 deaths per 100 live births in Germany, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 173rd and Greece ranks 172nd of 200 countries.

Across the 10 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 1 and Greece in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Germany Greece Difference Ahead
1920s 16.87 deaths per 100 live births 13.17 deaths per 100 live births 3.7 deaths per 100 live births Germany
1930s 10.59 deaths per 100 live births 17.85 deaths per 100 live births 7.27 deaths per 100 live births Greece
1940s 8.72 deaths per 100 live births 14.56 deaths per 100 live births 5.84 deaths per 100 live births Greece
1960s 3.13 deaths per 100 live births 3.8 deaths per 100 live births 0.6625 deaths per 100 live births Greece
1970s 2.11 deaths per 100 live births 2.62 deaths per 100 live births 0.508 deaths per 100 live births Greece
1980s 1.17 deaths per 100 live births 1.51 deaths per 100 live births 0.336 deaths per 100 live births Greece
1990s 0.679 deaths per 100 live births 0.863 deaths per 100 live births 0.184 deaths per 100 live births Greece
2000s 0.481 deaths per 100 live births 0.491 deaths per 100 live births 0.01 deaths per 100 live births Greece
2010s 0.394 deaths per 100 live births 0.414 deaths per 100 live births 0.02 deaths per 100 live births Greece
2020s 0.37 deaths per 100 live births 0.396 deaths per 100 live births 0.026 deaths per 100 live births Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Germany or Greece?
Greece, at 0.38 deaths per 100 live births against 0.37 deaths per 100 live births in Germany as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Germany and Greece?
0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Greece?
79 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2024.
How do Germany and Greece rank globally for child mortality rate?
Germany ranks 173rd and Greece ranks 172nd 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

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
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Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.