Belgium vs Germany: Neonatal mortality rate

Belgium

0.222 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Germany

0.2296 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Belgium rank

172nd

Germany rank

170th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Belgium
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.2296 deaths per 100 live births against 0.222 deaths per 100 live births in Belgium, a difference of 0.0076 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 172nd and Germany ranks 170th of 199 countries.

Individual pages

Neonatal mortality rate in Belgium
Neonatal mortality rate in Germany
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .