New Zealand vs Russia: Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women
New Zealand
0.4738 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Russia
0.5173 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
New Zealand rank
162nd
Russia rank
159th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women over time
- New Zealand
- Russia
How they compare
Russia currently reports 0.5173 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4738 deaths per 100 live births in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0435 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Russia's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
Across all 67 years both countries report, Russia has been ahead every year.
New Zealand ranks 162nd and Russia ranks 159th of 199 countries.
Russia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Russia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.91 deaths per 100 live births | 5.06 deaths per 100 live births | 2.16 deaths per 100 live births | Russia |
| 1960s | 2.39 deaths per 100 live births | 3.58 deaths per 100 live births | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | Russia |
| 1970s | 1.85 deaths per 100 live births | 2.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.938 deaths per 100 live births | Russia |
| 1980s | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | Russia |
| 1990s | 0.9107 deaths per 100 live births | 2.15 deaths per 100 live births | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | Russia |
| 2000s | 0.6753 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7938 deaths per 100 live births | Russia |
| 2010s | 0.5702 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8373 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2671 deaths per 100 live births | Russia |
| 2020s | 0.4944 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5431 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0486 deaths per 100 live births | Russia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women, New Zealand or Russia?
- Russia, at 0.5173 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4738 deaths per 100 live births in New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women between New Zealand and Russia?
- 0.0435 deaths per 100 live births, with Russia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Russia?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Russia rank globally for child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women?
- New Zealand ranks 162nd and Russia ranks 159th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .