Australia vs Belgium: Youth mortality rate
Australia
0.4432 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Belgium
0.443 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
175th
Belgium rank
176th
Youth mortality rate over time
- Australia
- Belgium
How they compare
Australia currently reports 0.4432 deaths per 100 live births against 0.443 deaths per 100 live births in Belgium, a difference of 0.0002 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1953 it was Belgium ahead.
Australia ranks 175th and Belgium ranks 176th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Belgium in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.22 deaths per 100 live births | 4.77 deaths per 100 live births | 1.55 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1960s | 2.68 deaths per 100 live births | 3.29 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6077 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1970s | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2.28 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1784 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1980s | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1007 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 1990s | 0.9046 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9719 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0674 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.6829 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6374 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0456 deaths per 100 live births | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.4979 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5064 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0084 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.4529 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4532 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0003 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Australia or Belgium?
- Australia, at 0.4432 deaths per 100 live births against 0.443 deaths per 100 live births in Belgium as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Australia and Belgium?
- 0.0002 deaths per 100 live births, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Belgium?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Belgium rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Australia ranks 175th and Belgium 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 Youth 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 under fifteen years, per 100 live births.