Australia vs Netherlands: Number of child deaths per woman
Australia
0.0065 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Netherlands
0.0069 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Australia rank
171st
Netherlands rank
168th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Australia
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.0069 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0065 under-five deaths per woman in Australia, a difference of 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 155 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Netherlands ahead.
Australia ranks 171st and Netherlands ranks 168th of 200 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 7 and Netherlands in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.9158 under-five deaths per woman | 1.65 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7361 under-five deaths per woman | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 0.9088 under-five deaths per woman | 1.47 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5563 under-five deaths per woman | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 0.701 under-five deaths per woman | 1.17 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4693 under-five deaths per woman | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 0.4589 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8411 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3823 under-five deaths per woman | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 0.3123 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5602 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2479 under-five deaths per woman | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 0.2243 under-five deaths per woman | 0.317 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0926 under-five deaths per woman | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 0.1219 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1518 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0299 under-five deaths per woman | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 0.1125 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1773 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0649 under-five deaths per woman | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 0.0923 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0805 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0119 under-five deaths per woman | Australia |
| 1960s | 0.0721 under-five deaths per woman | 0.056 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0161 under-five deaths per woman | Australia |
| 1970s | 0.0425 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0257 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0168 under-five deaths per woman | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.0215 under-five deaths per woman | 0.015 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0065 under-five deaths per woman | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.0136 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0114 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0023 under-five deaths per woman | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.0105 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0094 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0012 under-five deaths per woman | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.0075 under-five deaths per woman | 0.007 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0005 under-five deaths per woman | Australia |
| 2020s | 0.0064 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0067 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Australia or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 0.0069 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0065 under-five deaths per woman in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Australia and Netherlands?
- 0.0004 under-five deaths per woman, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Netherlands?
- 155 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Netherlands rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Australia ranks 171st and Netherlands ranks 168th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).