Denmark vs Lithuania: Youth mortality rate

Denmark
0.4569 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Lithuania
0.449 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
170th
Lithuania rank
172nd

Youth mortality rate over time

  • Denmark
  • Lithuania
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 0.4569 deaths per 100 live births against 0.449 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania, a difference of 0.0079 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Lithuania ahead.

Denmark ranks 170th and Lithuania ranks 172nd of 199 countries.

Lithuania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark Lithuania Difference Ahead
1960s 2.21 deaths per 100 live births 3.1 deaths per 100 live births 0.8917 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
1970s 1.63 deaths per 100 live births 2.67 deaths per 100 live births 1.04 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
1980s 1.18 deaths per 100 live births 2.2 deaths per 100 live births 1.02 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
1990s 0.8619 deaths per 100 live births 1.85 deaths per 100 live births 0.9863 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2000s 0.5991 deaths per 100 live births 1.15 deaths per 100 live births 0.5511 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2010s 0.47 deaths per 100 live births 0.672 deaths per 100 live births 0.202 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania
2020s 0.4435 deaths per 100 live births 0.4755 deaths per 100 live births 0.0321 deaths per 100 live births Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Denmark or Lithuania?
Denmark, at 0.4569 deaths per 100 live births against 0.449 deaths per 100 live births in Lithuania as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Denmark and Lithuania?
0.0079 deaths per 100 live births, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Lithuania?
58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Denmark and Lithuania rank globally for youth mortality rate?
Denmark ranks 170th and Lithuania ranks 172nd 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

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

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