Australia vs Hungary: Infant mortality rate by sex
Australia
0.2832 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Hungary
0.2751 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
173rd
Hungary rank
175th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Australia
- Hungary
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.2832 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2751 deaths per 100 live births in Hungary, a difference of 0.0081 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Hungary ahead.
Australia ranks 173rd and Hungary ranks 175th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Hungary in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Hungary | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.02 deaths per 100 live births | 5.69 deaths per 100 live births | 3.68 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1960s | 1.66 deaths per 100 live births | 3.66 deaths per 100 live births | 2 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1970s | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2.73 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1980s | 0.8252 deaths per 100 live births | 1.66 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8335 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1990s | 0.5384 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5117 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2000s | 0.4239 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6142 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1903 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2010s | 0.3136 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3916 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0779 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2020s | 0.2897 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2888 deaths per 100 live births | 0.001 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Australia or Hungary?
- Australia, at 0.2832 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2751 deaths per 100 live births in Hungary as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Australia and Hungary?
- 0.0081 deaths per 100 live births, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Hungary?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Hungary rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Australia ranks 173rd and Hungary ranks 175th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .