France vs United Kingdom: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
France
4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
United Kingdom
4.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
France rank
163rd
United Kingdom rank
161st
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- France
- United Kingdom
How they compare
United Kingdom currently reports 4.2 per 1,000 live births against 4 per 1,000 live births in France, a difference of 0.2 per 1,000 live births.
That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times France's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was France ahead.
France ranks 163rd and United Kingdom ranks 161st of 197 countries.
United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.26 per 1,000 live births | 20.95 per 1,000 live births | 0.69 per 1,000 live births | United Kingdom |
| 1970s | 13.3 per 1,000 live births | 15.93 per 1,000 live births | 2.63 per 1,000 live births | United Kingdom |
| 1980s | 9.17 per 1,000 live births | 10.29 per 1,000 live births | 1.12 per 1,000 live births | United Kingdom |
| 1990s | 6.01 per 1,000 live births | 6.67 per 1,000 live births | 0.66 per 1,000 live births | United Kingdom |
| 2000s | 4.2 per 1,000 live births | 5.41 per 1,000 live births | 1.21 per 1,000 live births | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 3.76 per 1,000 live births | 4.15 per 1,000 live births | 0.39 per 1,000 live births | United Kingdom |
| 2020s | 3.94 per 1,000 live births | 4.06 per 1,000 live births | 0.12 per 1,000 live births | United Kingdom |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, France or United Kingdom?
- United Kingdom, at 4.2 per 1,000 live births against 4 per 1,000 live births in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between France and United Kingdom?
- 0.2 per 1,000 live births, with United Kingdom ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and United Kingdom?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do France and United Kingdom rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- France ranks 163rd and United Kingdom ranks 161st 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.