What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Germany and Netherlands?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Netherlands?

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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Germany vs Netherlands: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Germany

3.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Netherlands

3.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Germany rank

170th

Netherlands rank

167th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Germany
Netherlands

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 3.5 per 1,000 live births against 3.4 per 1,000 live births in Germany, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 170th and Netherlands ranks 167th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 3 and Netherlands in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Netherlands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	23.1 per 1,000 live births	14.3 per 1,000 live births	8.8 per 1,000 live births	Germany
1970s	18.26 per 1,000 live births	11.59 per 1,000 live births	6.67 per 1,000 live births	Germany
1980s	10.16 per 1,000 live births	8.52 per 1,000 live births	1.64 per 1,000 live births	Germany
1990s	5.98 per 1,000 live births	6.26 per 1,000 live births	0.28 per 1,000 live births	Netherlands
2000s	4.3 per 1,000 live births	4.83 per 1,000 live births	0.53 per 1,000 live births	Netherlands
2010s	3.61 per 1,000 live births	3.74 per 1,000 live births	0.13 per 1,000 live births	Netherlands
2020s	3.4 per 1,000 live births	3.56 per 1,000 live births	0.16 per 1,000 live births	Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Germany or Netherlands?: Netherlands, at 3.5 per 1,000 live births against 3.4 per 1,000 live births in Germany as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Germany and Netherlands?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Netherlands?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Germany and Netherlands rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Germany ranks 170th and Netherlands ranks 167th 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5, female (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: 03 September 2026

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.