Australia vs Lithuania: Infant mortality rate
Australia
0.309 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania
0.2831 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
173rd
Lithuania rank
176th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Australia
- Lithuania
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.309 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2831 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania, a difference of 0.0259 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 | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 4.93 deaths per 100 live births | 2.83 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 1.89 deaths per 100 live births | 2.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8934 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.73 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2562 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 0.9421 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4158 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 0.6092 deaths per 100 live births | 1.17 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5655 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 0.4728 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7195 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2466 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 0.3445 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4077 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0631 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 0.3161 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2951 deaths per 100 live births | 0.021 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Australia or Lithuania?
- Australia, at 0.309 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2831 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Australia and Lithuania?
- 0.0259 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?
- 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) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality rate. 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 children aged under one year, per 100 live births .