Belgium vs Greece: Mortality rate, under-5
Belgium
3.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Greece
3.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Belgium rank
169th
Greece rank
168th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Belgium
- Greece
How they compare
Greece currently reports 3.8 per 1,000 live births against 3.7 per 1,000 live births in Belgium, 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 Greece ahead.
Belgium ranks 169th and Greece ranks 168th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 2 and Greece in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.8 per 1,000 live births | 40.29 per 1,000 live births | 11.49 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 19.32 per 1,000 live births | 26.22 per 1,000 live births | 6.9 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 12.18 per 1,000 live births | 15.05 per 1,000 live births | 2.87 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 7.97 per 1,000 live births | 8.63 per 1,000 live births | 0.66 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 5.16 per 1,000 live births | 4.91 per 1,000 live births | 0.25 per 1,000 live births | Belgium |
| 2010s | 4.16 per 1,000 live births | 4.14 per 1,000 live births | 0.02 per 1,000 live births | Belgium |
| 2020s | 3.78 per 1,000 live births | 3.96 per 1,000 live births | 0.18 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Belgium or Greece?
- Greece, at 3.8 per 1,000 live births against 3.7 per 1,000 live births in Belgium as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Belgium and Greece?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Greece?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and Greece rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Belgium ranks 169th and Greece ranks 168th of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.