Denmark vs Greece: Youth mortality rate
Denmark
0.4569 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece
0.4478 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
170th
Greece rank
173rd
Youth mortality rate over time
- Denmark
- Greece
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 0.4569 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4478 deaths per 100 live births in Greece, a difference of 0.0091 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Greece ahead.
Denmark ranks 170th and Greece ranks 173rd of 199 countries.
Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.07 deaths per 100 live births | 5.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2.45 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1960s | 2.51 deaths per 100 live births | 4.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.96 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.18 deaths per 100 live births | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 0.56 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.8619 deaths per 100 live births | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1653 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.5991 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6194 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0203 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2010s | 0.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5103 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0404 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2020s | 0.4435 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4661 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0226 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Denmark or Greece?
- Denmark, at 0.4569 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4478 deaths per 100 live births in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Denmark and Greece?
- 0.0091 deaths per 100 live births, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Greece?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Greece rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Denmark ranks 170th and Greece ranks 173rd 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
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.