What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Australia and Belgium?

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

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

57 years are reported by both, from 1968 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Australia vs Belgium: Mortality rate, neonatal

Australia

2.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Belgium

2.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Australia rank

168th

Belgium rank

170th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Australia
Belgium

How they compare

Australia currently reports 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.2 per 1,000 live births in Belgium, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Belgium ahead.

Australia ranks 168th and Belgium ranks 170th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and Belgium in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Belgium	Difference	Ahead
1960s	12.85 per 1,000 live births	14.95 per 1,000 live births	2.1 per 1,000 live births	Belgium
1970s	10.45 per 1,000 live births	11.37 per 1,000 live births	0.92 per 1,000 live births	Belgium
1980s	5.86 per 1,000 live births	6.03 per 1,000 live births	0.17 per 1,000 live births	Belgium
1990s	3.92 per 1,000 live births	3.86 per 1,000 live births	0.06 per 1,000 live births	Australia
2000s	3.26 per 1,000 live births	2.67 per 1,000 live births	0.59 per 1,000 live births	Australia
2010s	2.44 per 1,000 live births	2.3 per 1,000 live births	0.14 per 1,000 live births	Australia
2020s	2.34 per 1,000 live births	2.22 per 1,000 live births	0.12 per 1,000 live births	Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Australia or Belgium?: Australia, at 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.2 per 1,000 live births in Belgium as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Australia and Belgium?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Belgium?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Australia and Belgium rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Australia ranks 168th and Belgium ranks 170th 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.