Netherlands vs Poland: Youth mortality rate
Netherlands
0.4732 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Poland
0.5299 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Netherlands rank
167th
Poland rank
165th
Youth mortality rate over time
- Netherlands
- Poland
How they compare
Poland currently reports 0.5299 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4732 deaths per 100 live births in Netherlands, a difference of 0.0567 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Poland's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.
Across all 67 years both countries report, Poland has been ahead every year.
Netherlands ranks 167th and Poland ranks 165th of 199 countries.
Poland has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Poland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 7.97 deaths per 100 live births | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1960s | 2.27 deaths per 100 live births | 5.31 deaths per 100 live births | 3.04 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1970s | 1.67 deaths per 100 live births | 3.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1980s | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | 2.39 deaths per 100 live births | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 1990s | 0.8764 deaths per 100 live births | 1.66 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7804 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2000s | 0.6559 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9424 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2865 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2010s | 0.498 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6222 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1242 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
| 2020s | 0.4761 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5365 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0604 deaths per 100 live births | Poland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Netherlands or Poland?
- Poland, at 0.5299 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4732 deaths per 100 live births in Netherlands as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Netherlands and Poland?
- 0.0567 deaths per 100 live births, with Poland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Poland?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Netherlands and Poland rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Netherlands ranks 167th and Poland ranks 165th 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.