Australia vs Lithuania: Child mortality rate
Australia
0.3607 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania
0.3377 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
175th
Lithuania rank
176th
Child mortality rate over time
- Australia
- Lithuania
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3377 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania, a difference of 0.023 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Lithuania's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Lithuania ahead.
Australia ranks 175th and Lithuania ranks 176th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Lithuania in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.57 deaths per 100 live births | 5.95 deaths per 100 live births | 3.37 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1960s | 2.29 deaths per 100 live births | 3.42 deaths per 100 live births | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1970s | 1.77 deaths per 100 live births | 2.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4232 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1980s | 1.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6012 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 0.7416 deaths per 100 live births | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7388 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 0.5693 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8939 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3246 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 0.4081 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4967 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0886 deaths per 100 live births | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 0.3701 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3535 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0166 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 Lithuania?
- Australia, at 0.3607 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3377 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Australia and Lithuania?
- 0.023 deaths per 100 live births, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Lithuania?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Lithuania rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Australia ranks 175th and Lithuania ranks 176th 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 .