What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Croatia and United States?

0.0378 deaths per 100 live births, with United States ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and United States?

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.

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.

Croatia vs United States: Youth mortality rate

Croatia

0.7571 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

United States

0.7949 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Croatia rank

147th

United States rank

145th

Youth mortality rate over time

Croatia
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 0.7949 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7571 deaths per 100 live births in Croatia, a difference of 0.0378 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 147th and United States ranks 145th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 2 and United States in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	United States	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.14 deaths per 100 live births	1.54 deaths per 100 live births	0.5916 deaths per 100 live births	Croatia
1990s	1.31 deaths per 100 live births	1.19 deaths per 100 live births	0.1148 deaths per 100 live births	Croatia
2000s	0.8443 deaths per 100 live births	0.9576 deaths per 100 live births	0.1133 deaths per 100 live births	United States
2010s	0.6187 deaths per 100 live births	0.8142 deaths per 100 live births	0.1955 deaths per 100 live births	United States
2020s	0.6478 deaths per 100 live births	0.7904 deaths per 100 live births	0.1426 deaths per 100 live births	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Croatia or United States?: United States, at 0.7949 deaths per 100 live births against 0.7571 deaths per 100 live births in Croatia as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Croatia and United States?: 0.0378 deaths per 100 live births, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and United States?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Croatia and United States rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Croatia ranks 147th and United States ranks 145th 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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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.