Austria vs Belgium: Youth mortality rate
Austria
0.4077 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Belgium
0.443 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Austria rank
178th
Belgium rank
176th
Youth mortality rate over time
- Austria
- Belgium
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 0.443 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4077 deaths per 100 live births in Austria, a difference of 0.0353 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Austria ahead.
Austria ranks 178th and Belgium ranks 176th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 4 and Belgium in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Belgium | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.62 deaths per 100 live births | 4.63 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9909 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1960s | 3.89 deaths per 100 live births | 3.29 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6016 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1970s | 2.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2.28 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4468 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1980s | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0631 deaths per 100 live births | Austria |
| 1990s | 0.8855 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9719 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0865 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2000s | 0.6091 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6374 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0283 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2010s | 0.4699 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5064 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0365 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
| 2020s | 0.4137 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4532 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0396 deaths per 100 live births | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Austria or Belgium?
- Belgium, at 0.443 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4077 deaths per 100 live births in Austria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Austria and Belgium?
- 0.0353 deaths per 100 live births, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Belgium?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Austria and Belgium rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Austria ranks 178th 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.