Denmark vs New Zealand: Mortality rate, infant

Denmark
3.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
New Zealand
4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
163rd
New Zealand rank
160th

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • Denmark
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 4 per 1,000 live births against 3.5 per 1,000 live births in Denmark, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 163rd and New Zealand ranks 160th of 197 countries.

New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 18.18 per 1,000 live births 19.46 per 1,000 live births 1.28 per 1,000 live births New Zealand
1970s 10.83 per 1,000 live births 15.12 per 1,000 live births 4.29 per 1,000 live births New Zealand
1980s 7.93 per 1,000 live births 11.36 per 1,000 live births 3.43 per 1,000 live births New Zealand
1990s 5.73 per 1,000 live births 7.46 per 1,000 live births 1.73 per 1,000 live births New Zealand
2000s 4.15 per 1,000 live births 5.57 per 1,000 live births 1.42 per 1,000 live births New Zealand
2010s 3.46 per 1,000 live births 4.77 per 1,000 live births 1.31 per 1,000 live births New Zealand
2020s 3.36 per 1,000 live births 4.18 per 1,000 live births 0.82 per 1,000 live births New Zealand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Denmark or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 4 per 1,000 live births against 3.5 per 1,000 live births in Denmark as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Denmark and New Zealand?
0.5 per 1,000 live births, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and New Zealand?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Denmark and New Zealand rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Denmark ranks 163rd and New Zealand ranks 160th 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

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