Greece vs Hungary: Child mortality rate
Greece
0.3824 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Hungary
0.3707 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
171st
Hungary rank
174th
Child mortality rate over time
- Greece
- Hungary
How they compare
Greece currently reports 0.3824 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3707 deaths per 100 live births in Hungary, a difference of 0.0117 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Hungary ahead.
Greece ranks 171st and Hungary ranks 174th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 1 and Hungary in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Hungary | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.19 deaths per 100 live births | 7.04 deaths per 100 live births | 1.85 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1960s | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | 4.59 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5582 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1970s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 3.41 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7847 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1980s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5996 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 1990s | 0.8616 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4878 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2000s | 0.4904 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7931 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3027 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2010s | 0.4156 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5124 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0968 deaths per 100 live births | Hungary |
| 2020s | 0.3952 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3881 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0071 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Greece or Hungary?
- Greece, at 0.3824 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3707 deaths per 100 live births in Hungary as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Greece and Hungary?
- 0.0117 deaths per 100 live births, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Hungary?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Hungary rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Greece ranks 171st and Hungary ranks 174th 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 .