What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Belgium and Greece?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Greece ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Greece?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Greece: Mortality rate, infant

Belgium

3.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Greece

3.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Belgium rank

169th

Greece rank

168th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Belgium
Greece

How they compare

Greece currently reports 3.2 per 1,000 live births against 3.1 per 1,000 live births in Belgium, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Greece ahead.

Belgium ranks 169th and Greece ranks 168th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and Greece in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Greece	Difference	Ahead
1960s	24.91 per 1,000 live births	34.62 per 1,000 live births	9.71 per 1,000 live births	Greece
1970s	16.37 per 1,000 live births	23.23 per 1,000 live births	6.86 per 1,000 live births	Greece
1980s	10.17 per 1,000 live births	13.37 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	Greece
1990s	6.63 per 1,000 live births	7.52 per 1,000 live births	0.89 per 1,000 live births	Greece
2000s	4.22 per 1,000 live births	4.17 per 1,000 live births	0.05 per 1,000 live births	Belgium
2010s	3.44 per 1,000 live births	3.51 per 1,000 live births	0.07 per 1,000 live births	Greece
2020s	3.18 per 1,000 live births	3.32 per 1,000 live births	0.14 per 1,000 live births	Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Belgium or Greece?: Greece, at 3.2 per 1,000 live births against 3.1 per 1,000 live births in Belgium as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Belgium and Greece?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Greece?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Belgium and Greece rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Belgium ranks 169th and Greece 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.