Israel vs Lithuania: Child mortality rate

Israel
0.33 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania
0.34 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Israel rank
178th
Lithuania rank
177th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Israel
  • Lithuania
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How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 0.34 deaths per 100 live births against 0.33 deaths per 100 live births in Israel, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Lithuania ahead.

Israel ranks 178th and Lithuania ranks 177th of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 2 and Lithuania in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Israel Lithuania Difference Ahead
1950s 5.07 deaths per 100 live births 5.95 deaths per 100 live births 0.88 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
1960s 3.83 deaths per 100 live births 3.42 deaths per 100 live births 0.401 deaths per 100 live births Israel
1970s 2.5 deaths per 100 live births 2.2 deaths per 100 live births 0.306 deaths per 100 live births Israel
1980s 1.49 deaths per 100 live births 1.74 deaths per 100 live births 0.252 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
1990s 0.913 deaths per 100 live births 1.48 deaths per 100 live births 0.568 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2000s 0.574 deaths per 100 live births 0.894 deaths per 100 live births 0.32 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2010s 0.401 deaths per 100 live births 0.496 deaths per 100 live births 0.095 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2020s 0.342 deaths per 100 live births 0.352 deaths per 100 live births 0.01 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Israel or Lithuania?
Lithuania, at 0.34 deaths per 100 live births against 0.33 deaths per 100 live births in Israel as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Israel and Lithuania?
0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Lithuania?
67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
How do Israel and Lithuania rank globally for child mortality rate?
Israel ranks 178th and Lithuania ranks 177th 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
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.