Croatia vs New Zealand: Infant mortality rate by sex

Croatia
0.3751 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
New Zealand
0.3703 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Croatia rank
159th
New Zealand rank
160th

Infant mortality rate by sex over time

  • Croatia
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

Croatia currently reports 0.3751 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3703 deaths per 100 live births in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0048 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 159th and New Zealand ranks 160th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 3 and New Zealand in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia New Zealand Difference Ahead
1980s 1.34 deaths per 100 live births 0.9783 deaths per 100 live births 0.3636 deaths per 100 live births Croatia
1990s 0.7998 deaths per 100 live births 0.6621 deaths per 100 live births 0.1377 deaths per 100 live births Croatia
2000s 0.548 deaths per 100 live births 0.4989 deaths per 100 live births 0.0491 deaths per 100 live births Croatia
2010s 0.3881 deaths per 100 live births 0.4356 deaths per 100 live births 0.0475 deaths per 100 live births New Zealand
2020s 0.3606 deaths per 100 live births 0.3854 deaths per 100 live births 0.0247 deaths per 100 live births New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Croatia or New Zealand?
Croatia, at 0.3751 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3703 deaths per 100 live births in New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Croatia and New Zealand?
0.0048 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and New Zealand?
44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Croatia and New Zealand rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
Croatia ranks 159th and New Zealand ranks 160th 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 rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Infant mortality rate 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

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