Denmark vs France: Mortality rate, under-5

Denmark
4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
France
4.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
163rd
France rank
161st

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

  • Denmark
  • France
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How they compare

France currently reports 4.3 per 1,000 live births against 4 per 1,000 live births in Denmark, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was France ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 163rd and France ranks 161st 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.