Germany vs Iceland: Number of child deaths per woman

Germany
0.0056 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Iceland
0.0053 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Germany rank
175th
Iceland rank
178th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Germany
  • Iceland
0123183619302024

How they compare

Germany currently reports 0.0056 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0053 under-five deaths per woman in Iceland, a difference of 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 22 times across 160 shared years of data; in 1838 it was Germany ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 175th and Iceland ranks 178th of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).