Australia vs Belgium: Mortality rate, infant, male
Australia
3.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Belgium
3.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
171st
Belgium rank
168th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Australia
- Belgium
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 3.5 per 1,000 live births against 3.3 per 1,000 live births in Australia, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Belgium ahead.
Australia ranks 171st and Belgium ranks 168th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Belgium in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.18 per 1,000 live births | 28.02 per 1,000 live births | 6.84 per 1,000 live births | Belgium |
| 1970s | 16.57 per 1,000 live births | 18.55 per 1,000 live births | 1.98 per 1,000 live births | Belgium |
| 1980s | 10.53 per 1,000 live births | 11.6 per 1,000 live births | 1.07 per 1,000 live births | Belgium |
| 1990s | 6.77 per 1,000 live births | 7.5 per 1,000 live births | 0.73 per 1,000 live births | Belgium |
| 2000s | 5.18 per 1,000 live births | 4.72 per 1,000 live births | 0.46 per 1,000 live births | Australia |
| 2010s | 3.74 per 1,000 live births | 3.83 per 1,000 live births | 0.09 per 1,000 live births | Belgium |
| 2020s | 3.42 per 1,000 live births | 3.54 per 1,000 live births | 0.12 per 1,000 live births | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Australia or Belgium?
- Belgium, at 3.5 per 1,000 live births against 3.3 per 1,000 live births in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Australia and Belgium?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Belgium?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Belgium rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Australia ranks 171st and Belgium ranks 168th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.