Australia vs Netherlands: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Australia
0.3%
in 2023
Netherlands
0.3%
in 2023
Australia rank
202nd
Netherlands rank
200th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Australia
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Australia, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Netherlands ahead.
Australia ranks 202nd and Netherlands ranks 200th of 236 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 6 and Netherlands in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 4.9% | 5.7% | 0.8% | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 3.6% | 3.6% | 0.0% | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 2.9% | 3.7% | 0.7% | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 2.0% | 1.8% | 0.2% | Australia |
| 1960s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 0.4% | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.4% | Australia |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Australia |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Australia |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Netherlands |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Australia or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying in infancy, by sex between Australia and Netherlands?
- 0.0%, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Netherlands?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Netherlands rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Australia ranks 202nd and Netherlands ranks 200th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying in infancy, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.