What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Israel and Lithuania?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Lithuania?

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

Israel vs Lithuania: Mortality rate, under-5

Israel

3.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Lithuania

3.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Israel rank

174th

Lithuania rank

173rd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Israel
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 3.4 per 1,000 live births against 3.3 per 1,000 live births in Israel, 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 Lithuania ahead.

Israel ranks 174th and Lithuania ranks 173rd of 196 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 2 and Lithuania in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	38.26 per 1,000 live births	34.25 per 1,000 live births	4.01 per 1,000 live births	Israel
1970s	25.04 per 1,000 live births	21.98 per 1,000 live births	3.06 per 1,000 live births	Israel
1980s	14.9 per 1,000 live births	17.42 per 1,000 live births	2.52 per 1,000 live births	Lithuania
1990s	9.13 per 1,000 live births	14.81 per 1,000 live births	5.68 per 1,000 live births	Lithuania
2000s	5.74 per 1,000 live births	8.94 per 1,000 live births	3.2 per 1,000 live births	Lithuania
2010s	4.01 per 1,000 live births	4.96 per 1,000 live births	0.95 per 1,000 live births	Lithuania
2020s	3.42 per 1,000 live births	3.52 per 1,000 live births	0.1 per 1,000 live births	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Israel or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 3.4 per 1,000 live births against 3.3 per 1,000 live births in Israel as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Israel and Lithuania?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Lithuania?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Israel and Lithuania rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Israel ranks 174th and Lithuania ranks 173rd 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5 (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: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

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.