Australia vs Belgium: Infant mortality by sex
Australia
0.3335 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Belgium
0.3468 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
173rd
Belgium rank
171st
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Australia
- Belgium
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.3468 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3335 deaths per 100 live births in Australia, a difference of 0.0133 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belgium ahead.
Australia ranks 173rd and Belgium ranks 171st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Belgium in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 4.66 deaths per 100 live births | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1960s | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2.8 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6875 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1970s | 1.66 deaths per 100 live births | 1.85 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1963 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1980s | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1065 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.6766 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7513 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0747 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.5195 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4714 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0481 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.3738 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3838 deaths per 100 live births | 0.01 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.3413 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3523 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0111 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Australia or Belgium?
- Belgium, at 0.3468 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3335 deaths per 100 live births in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Australia and Belgium?
- 0.0133 deaths per 100 live births, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Belgium?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Belgium rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Australia ranks 173rd and Belgium ranks 171st 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 Infant mortality by sex. 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 male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .