Greece vs Netherlands: Infant mortality rate
Greece
0.3236 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Netherlands
0.3403 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
170th
Netherlands rank
169th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Greece
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.3403 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3236 deaths per 100 live births in Greece, a difference of 0.0167 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.
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 | 4.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1960s | 3.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 2.32 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7913 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5462 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.7538 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5862 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1676 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.4178 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4514 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0336 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.3507 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3558 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0051 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 0.3342 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3445 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0103 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Greece or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 0.3403 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3236 deaths per 100 live births in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Greece and Netherlands?
- 0.0167 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?
- 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) – 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
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .