Israel vs Lithuania: Infant mortality rate

Israel
0.2659 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania
0.2831 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Israel rank
179th
Lithuania rank
176th

Infant mortality rate over time

  • Israel
  • Lithuania
0246195219882024

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 0.2831 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2659 deaths per 100 live births in Israel, a difference of 0.0172 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Israel's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Lithuania ahead.

Israel ranks 179th and Lithuania ranks 176th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 2 and Lithuania in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Israel Lithuania Difference Ahead
1950s 4.1 deaths per 100 live births 4.93 deaths per 100 live births 0.8281 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
1960s 3.17 deaths per 100 live births 2.79 deaths per 100 live births 0.3874 deaths per 100 live births Israel
1970s 2.13 deaths per 100 live births 1.73 deaths per 100 live births 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births Israel
1980s 1.26 deaths per 100 live births 1.36 deaths per 100 live births 0.0992 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
1990s 0.7539 deaths per 100 live births 1.17 deaths per 100 live births 0.4208 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2000s 0.4634 deaths per 100 live births 0.7195 deaths per 100 live births 0.256 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2010s 0.322 deaths per 100 live births 0.4077 deaths per 100 live births 0.0857 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2020s 0.2731 deaths per 100 live births 0.2951 deaths per 100 live births 0.022 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate, Israel or Lithuania?
Lithuania, at 0.2831 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2659 deaths per 100 live births in Israel as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Israel and Lithuania?
0.0172 deaths per 100 live births, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Lithuania?
67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
How do Israel and Lithuania rank globally for infant mortality rate?
Israel ranks 179th 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

Indicator
Infant mortality rate
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, 13,185 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .