Germany vs Greece: Mortality rate, under-5
Germany
3.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Greece
3.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Germany rank
169th
Greece rank
168th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Germany
- Greece
How they compare
Greece currently reports 3.8 per 1,000 live births against 3.7 per 1,000 live births in Germany, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Greece ahead.
Germany ranks 169th and Greece ranks 168th of 196 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.75 per 1,000 live births | 34.3 per 1,000 live births | 7.55 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 21.14 per 1,000 live births | 26.22 per 1,000 live births | 5.08 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 11.69 per 1,000 live births | 15.05 per 1,000 live births | 3.36 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 6.79 per 1,000 live births | 8.63 per 1,000 live births | 1.84 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 4.81 per 1,000 live births | 4.91 per 1,000 live births | 0.1 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
| 2010s | 3.94 per 1,000 live births | 4.14 per 1,000 live births | 0.2 per 1,000 live births | Greece |
| 2020s | 3.7 per 1,000 live births | 3.96 per 1,000 live births | 0.26 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, Germany or Greece?
- Greece, at 3.8 per 1,000 live births against 3.7 per 1,000 live births in Germany as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Germany and Greece?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Greece?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Greece rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Germany 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.