Australia vs Germany: Mortality rate, under-5

Australia
3.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Germany
3.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Australia rank
171st
Germany rank
168th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Australia
  • Germany
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 3.7 per 1,000 live births against 3.6 per 1,000 live births in Australia, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Germany ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 171st and Germany ranks 168th of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.