Greece vs Hungary: Child mortality rate
Greece
0.38 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Hungary
0.37 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
172nd
Hungary rank
173rd
Child mortality rate over time
- Greece
- Hungary
How they compare
Greece currently reports 0.38 deaths per 100 live births against 0.37 deaths per 100 live births in Hungary, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 96 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Hungary ahead.
Greece ranks 172nd and Hungary ranks 173rd of 200 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 1 and Hungary in 10.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Hungary | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 13.17 deaths per 100 live births | 29.7 deaths per 100 live births | 16.54 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1930s | 17.85 deaths per 100 live births | 23.41 deaths per 100 live births | 5.55 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1940s | 9.98 deaths per 100 live births | 15.81 deaths per 100 live births | 5.83 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1950s | 5.11 deaths per 100 live births | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2.23 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1960s | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | 0.559 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1970s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 3.41 deaths per 100 live births | 0.785 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1980s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1990s | 0.863 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.486 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2000s | 0.491 deaths per 100 live births | 0.792 deaths per 100 live births | 0.301 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2010s | 0.414 deaths per 100 live births | 0.512 deaths per 100 live births | 0.098 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2020s | 0.396 deaths per 100 live births | 0.388 deaths per 100 live births | 0.008 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Greece or Hungary?
- Greece, at 0.38 deaths per 100 live births against 0.37 deaths per 100 live births in Hungary as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Greece and Hungary?
- 0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Hungary?
- 96 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Hungary rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Greece ranks 172nd and Hungary 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
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.