Greece vs Netherlands: Infant mortality rate by sex
Greece
0.2955 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Netherlands
0.3076 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
170th
Netherlands rank
169th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Greece
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.3076 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2955 deaths per 100 live births in Greece, a difference of 0.0121 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 170th and Netherlands ranks 169th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 5 and Netherlands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | 1.75 deaths per 100 live births | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1960s | 3.27 deaths per 100 live births | 1.27 deaths per 100 live births | 2 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9254 deaths per 100 live births | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6855 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5145 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.6928 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5127 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1801 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.3849 deaths per 100 live births | 0.404 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0192 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.321 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3217 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0007 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 0.3054 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3111 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0057 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Greece or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 0.3076 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2955 deaths per 100 live births in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Greece and Netherlands?
- 0.0121 deaths per 100 live births, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Netherlands?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Netherlands rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Greece ranks 170th and Netherlands ranks 169th 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 .