Australia vs Austria: Child mortality rate
Australia
0.3607 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Austria
0.3322 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
175th
Austria rank
178th
Child mortality rate over time
- Australia
- Austria
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3322 deaths per 100 live births in Austria, a difference of 0.0285 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1949 it was Austria ahead.
Australia ranks 175th and Austria ranks 178th of 199 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and Austria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Austria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 3.22 deaths per 100 live births | 7.66 deaths per 100 live births | 4.44 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1950s | 2.84 deaths per 100 live births | 5.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2.81 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1960s | 2.29 deaths per 100 live births | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1970s | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 2.36 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5902 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1980s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1602 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.7416 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7299 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0118 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.5693 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4974 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0718 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.4081 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3817 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0264 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.3701 deaths per 100 live births | 0.336 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0341 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Australia or Austria?
- Australia, at 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3322 deaths per 100 live births in Austria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Australia and Austria?
- 0.0285 deaths per 100 live births, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Austria?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Austria rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Australia ranks 175th and Austria ranks 178th 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 Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .