Ireland vs Netherlands: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Ireland
3.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Netherlands
3.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ireland rank
165th
Netherlands rank
167th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Ireland
- Netherlands
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 3.6 per 1,000 live births against 3.5 per 1,000 live births in Netherlands, 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 Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 165th and Netherlands ranks 167th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 5 and Netherlands in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25.74 per 1,000 live births | 16 per 1,000 live births | 9.74 per 1,000 live births | Ireland |
| 1970s | 17.47 per 1,000 live births | 11.59 per 1,000 live births | 5.88 per 1,000 live births | Ireland |
| 1980s | 10.13 per 1,000 live births | 8.52 per 1,000 live births | 1.61 per 1,000 live births | Ireland |
| 1990s | 6.95 per 1,000 live births | 6.26 per 1,000 live births | 0.69 per 1,000 live births | Ireland |
| 2000s | 5.04 per 1,000 live births | 4.83 per 1,000 live births | 0.21 per 1,000 live births | Ireland |
| 2010s | 3.44 per 1,000 live births | 3.74 per 1,000 live births | 0.3 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, Ireland or Netherlands?
- Ireland, at 3.6 per 1,000 live births against 3.5 per 1,000 live births in Netherlands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Ireland and Netherlands?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Netherlands?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ireland and Netherlands rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Ireland ranks 165th 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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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.