Austria vs Belgium: Neonatal mortality rate
Austria
0.2181 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Belgium
0.222 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Austria rank
173rd
Belgium rank
172nd
Neonatal mortality rate over time
- Austria
- Belgium
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.222 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2181 deaths per 100 live births in Austria, a difference of 0.0039 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 173rd and Belgium ranks 172nd of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 5 and Belgium in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.07 deaths per 100 live births | 1.69 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3774 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1970s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3691 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1980s | 0.6801 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6023 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0778 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.3728 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3857 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0128 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.2854 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2663 deaths per 100 live births | 0.019 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 2010s | 0.2306 deaths per 100 live births | 0.229 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0016 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 2020s | 0.2175 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2231 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0056 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Austria or Belgium?
- Belgium, at 0.222 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2181 deaths per 100 live births in Austria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Austria and Belgium?
- 0.0039 deaths per 100 live births, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Austria and Belgium rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
- Austria ranks 173rd and Belgium ranks 172nd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .