What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between China and Croatia?

0.0192 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for China and Croatia?

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.

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.

China vs Croatia: Infant mortality by sex

China

0.4283 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Croatia

0.4475 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

China rank

162nd

Croatia rank

159th

Infant mortality by sex over time

China
Croatia

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 0.4475 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4283 deaths per 100 live births in China, a difference of 0.0192 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was China ahead.

China ranks 162nd and Croatia ranks 159th of 199 countries.

China has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	China	Croatia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	4.64 deaths per 100 live births	1.78 deaths per 100 live births	2.86 deaths per 100 live births	China
1990s	4.09 deaths per 100 live births	1.02 deaths per 100 live births	3.07 deaths per 100 live births	China
2000s	2.22 deaths per 100 live births	0.6465 deaths per 100 live births	1.58 deaths per 100 live births	China
2010s	0.935 deaths per 100 live births	0.462 deaths per 100 live births	0.473 deaths per 100 live births	China
2020s	0.5019 deaths per 100 live births	0.4349 deaths per 100 live births	0.067 deaths per 100 live births	China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality by sex, China or Croatia?: Croatia, at 0.4475 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4283 deaths per 100 live births in China as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between China and Croatia?: 0.0192 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China and Croatia?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do China and Croatia rank globally for infant mortality by sex?: China ranks 162nd and Croatia 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 Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Infant mortality by sex
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,987 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .