Australia vs Lithuania: Infant mortality rate by sex
Australia
0.2832 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania
0.2598 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
173rd
Lithuania rank
176th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Australia
- Lithuania
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.2832 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2598 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania, a difference of 0.0234 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Lithuania ahead.
Australia ranks 173rd and Lithuania ranks 176th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.85 deaths per 100 live births | 4.35 deaths per 100 live births | 2.49 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 1.66 deaths per 100 live births | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7648 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 1.28 deaths per 100 live births | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1998 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 0.8252 deaths per 100 live births | 1.18 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3513 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 0.5384 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5065 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 0.4239 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6511 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2272 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 0.3136 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3743 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0607 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 0.2897 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2704 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0193 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 Lithuania?
- Australia, at 0.2832 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2598 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Australia and Lithuania?
- 0.0234 deaths per 100 live births, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Lithuania?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Lithuania rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Australia ranks 173rd and Lithuania ranks 176th 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 .