What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Belarus and Norway?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Norway?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belarus vs Norway: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Belarus

2.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Norway

2.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Belarus rank

189th

Norway rank

187th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

Belarus
Norway

How they compare

Norway currently reports 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Belarus, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 189th and Norway ranks 187th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Norway	Difference	Ahead
1960s	35.73 per 1,000 live births	22.49 per 1,000 live births	13.24 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
1970s	25.03 per 1,000 live births	15.07 per 1,000 live births	9.96 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
1980s	20.53 per 1,000 live births	11.16 per 1,000 live births	9.37 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
1990s	17.34 per 1,000 live births	7.02 per 1,000 live births	10.32 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
2000s	10.46 per 1,000 live births	4.57 per 1,000 live births	5.89 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
2010s	4.78 per 1,000 live births	3.06 per 1,000 live births	1.72 per 1,000 live births	Belarus
2020s	2.92 per 1,000 live births	2.64 per 1,000 live births	0.28 per 1,000 live births	Belarus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Belarus or Norway?: Norway, at 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Belarus as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Belarus and Norway?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Norway?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Belarus and Norway rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?: Belarus ranks 189th and Norway ranks 187th 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, male (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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.