Statizoid

Children died before five per woman in Netherlands

Netherlands: Children died before five per woman was 0.0069 in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
0.0069
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
168th
of 200 countries
All-time high
1.9
in 1871
All-time low
0.0063
in 2019
Years of data
185
1840–2024

Children died before five per woman in Netherlands, 1840–2024

00.511.52184019322024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Netherlands recorded 0.0069 for children died before five per woman in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, children died before five per woman in Netherlands peaked at 1.9 in 1871 and was at its lowest, 0.0063, in 2019.

That places Netherlands 168th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Children died before five per woman in Netherlands, year by year

Year Value Change
1840 1.36 —
1841 1.41 +3.7%
1842 1.63 +15.2%
1843 1.38 -15.0%
1844 1.34 -3.3%
1845 1.36 +1.8%
1846 1.87 +36.8%
1847 1.69 -9.5%
1848 1.48 -12.5%
1849 1.37 -7.2%
1850 1.44 +4.8%
1851 1.46 +1.5%
1852 1.48 +1.7%
1853 1.35 -9.1%
1854 1.37 +1.5%
1855 1.58 +15.3%
1856 1.42 -10.0%
1857 1.57 +10.6%
1858 1.52 -3.5%
1859 1.82 +20.2%
1860 1.51 -17.3%
1861 1.61 +6.6%
1862 1.54 -4.1%
1863 1.6 +3.4%
1864 1.57 -1.4%
1865 1.71 +8.7%
1866 1.66 -2.8%
1867 1.56 -6.1%
1868 1.7 +9.0%
1869 1.47 -13.7%
1870 1.68 +14.1%
1871 1.9 +13.4%
1872 1.79 -6.0%
1873 1.63 -8.6%
1874 1.51 -7.5%
1875 1.73 +14.1%
1876 1.6 -7.0%
1877 1.53 -4.5%
1878 1.62 +5.7%
1879 1.53 -5.8%
1880 1.68 +10.2%
1881 1.47 -12.6%
1882 1.42 -3.5%
1883 1.49 +4.9%
1884 1.6 +7.3%
1885 1.41 -11.7%
1886 1.53 +8.7%
1887 1.32 -14.0%
1888 1.37 +4.2%
1889 1.36 -0.6%
1890 1.31 -3.7%
1891 1.33 +0.9%
1892 1.31 -1.0%
1893 1.24 -5.8%
1894 1.14 -7.9%
1895 1.19 +4.7%
1896 1.1 -8.1%
1897 1.03 -6.3%
1898 1.07 +4.5%
1899 0.9892 -7.8%
1900 0.9848 -0.4%
1901 1.04 +5.5%
1902 0.9021 -13.2%
1903 0.87 -3.6%
1904 0.9089 +4.5%
1905 0.8166 -10.2%
1906 0.7841 -4.0%
1907 0.7174 -8.5%
1908 0.7661 +6.8%
1909 0.6226 -18.7%
1910 0.6357 +2.1%
1911 0.7177 +12.9%
1912 0.5297 -26.2%
1913 0.5405 +2.0%
1914 0.5525 +2.2%
1915 0.4852 -12.2%
1916 0.5123 +5.6%
1917 0.5042 -1.6%
1918 0.6214 +23.2%
1919 0.5032 -19.0%
1920 0.4812 -4.4%
1921 0.432 -10.2%
1922 0.373 -13.6%
1923 0.3348 -10.3%
1924 0.281 -16.1%
1925 0.2654 -5.5%
1926 0.2728 +2.8%
1927 0.2567 -5.9%
1928 0.2278 -11.3%
1929 0.2451 +7.6%
1930 0.2126 -13.3%
1931 0.1934 -9.0%
1932 0.1763 -8.8%
1933 0.151 -14.4%
1934 0.1479 -2.0%
1935 0.1345 -9.1%
1936 0.1302 -3.1%
1937 0.1243 -4.6%
1938 0.1297 +4.4%
1939 0.1182 -8.9%
1940 0.1386 +17.3%
1941 0.1479 +6.7%
1942 0.1463 -1.1%
1943 0.1845 +26.1%
1944 0.2208 +19.7%
1945 0.3062 +38.7%
1946 0.2456 -19.8%
1947 0.1543 -37.2%
1948 0.1219 -21.0%
1949 0.1075 -11.8%
1950 0.0994 -7.5%
1951 0.0939 -5.6%
1952 0.0901 -4.1%
1953 0.084 -6.7%
1954 0.0799 -4.9%
1955 0.0764 -4.3%
1956 0.0733 -4.1%
1957 0.0708 -3.4%
1958 0.0689 -2.7%
1959 0.068 -1.4%
1960 0.0651 -4.3%
1961 0.0651 -0.0%
1962 0.0627 -3.7%
1963 0.0611 -2.4%
1964 0.0594 -2.9%
1965 0.0553 -6.8%
1966 0.0517 -6.6%
1967 0.0489 -5.3%
1968 0.0459 -6.1%
1969 0.0449 -2.2%
1970 0.0407 -9.4%
1971 0.036 -11.4%
1972 0.0316 -12.4%
1973 0.027 -14.6%
1974 0.0241 -10.5%
1975 0.0218 -9.6%
1976 0.0205 -6.0%
1977 0.0192 -6.2%
1978 0.0185 -3.8%
1979 0.0176 -4.8%
1980 0.0174 -1.2%
1981 0.0165 -4.9%
1982 0.0155 -6.1%
1983 0.0149 -3.9%
1984 0.0148 -0.7%
1985 0.0147 -0.8%
1986 0.0147 -0.0%
1987 0.0143 -2.5%
1988 0.0138 -3.5%
1989 0.0134 -2.9%
1990 0.0134 +0.1%
1991 0.0129 -3.7%
1992 0.0123 -4.9%
1993 0.0117 -5.0%
1994 0.0112 -4.0%
1995 0.0106 -5.4%
1996 0.0103 -2.6%
1997 0.0103 -0.3%
1998 0.0104 +1.4%
1999 0.0104 -0.1%
2000 0.0106 +1.9%
2001 0.0104 -2.6%
2002 0.0102 -1.5%
2003 0.01 -2.3%
2004 0.0095 -4.4%
2005 0.0091 -4.6%
2006 0.0088 -3.3%
2007 0.0085 -3.8%
2008 0.0084 -0.9%
2009 0.0082 -2.3%
2010 0.008 -2.7%
2011 0.0076 -4.4%
2012 0.0073 -4.1%
2013 0.007 -4.2%
2014 0.007 +0.4%
2015 0.0068 -3.6%
2016 0.0067 -0.6%
2017 0.0065 -2.8%
2018 0.0064 -2.3%
2019 0.0063 -0.9%
2020 0.0064 +0.4%
2021 0.0065 +2.6%
2022 0.007 +6.5%
2023 0.0069 -0.3%
2024 0.0069 -0.9%

Netherlands compared with similar countries

  • Netherlands's 0.0069 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0082, 84% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
  • Netherlands's 0.0069 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0068, 1.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Children died before five per woman in Netherlands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1945 +38.7% 0.2208 0.3062
1846 +36.8% 1.36 1.87

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1840s 1.49 1.34 1.87 10
1850s 1.5 1.35 1.82 10
1860s 1.59 1.47 1.71 10
1870s 1.65 1.51 1.9 10
1880s 1.47 1.32 1.68 10
1890s 1.17 0.9892 1.33 10
1900s 0.8411 0.6226 1.04 10
1910s 0.5602 0.4852 0.7177 10
1920s 0.317 0.2278 0.4812 10
1930s 0.1518 0.1182 0.2126 10
1940s 0.1773 0.1075 0.3062 10
1950s 0.0805 0.068 0.0994 10
1960s 0.056 0.0449 0.0651 10
1970s 0.0257 0.0176 0.0407 10
1980s 0.015 0.0134 0.0174 10
1990s 0.0114 0.0103 0.0134 10
2000s 0.0094 0.0082 0.0106 10
2010s 0.007 0.0063 0.008 10
2020s 0.0067 0.0064 0.007 5

Countries ranked near Netherlands

  1. 165 United Arab Emirates 0.0079 compare
  2. 166 Ireland 0.0076 compare
  3. 167 Denmark 0.0071 compare
  4. 169 Belgium 0.0068 compare
  5. 170 Cyprus 0.0068 compare
  6. 171 Australia 0.0065 compare

See the full ranking of 200 places →

More reference data data for Netherlands

All data for Netherlands →

Frequently asked questions

What is children died before five per woman in Netherlands?
Children died before five per woman in Netherlands was 0.0069 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest children died before five per woman recorded in Netherlands?
The highest recorded value was 1.9 in 1871.
What is the lowest children died before five per woman recorded in Netherlands?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0063 in 2019.
How does Netherlands rank for children died before five per woman?
Netherlands ranks 168th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
Is children died before five per woman rising or falling in Netherlands?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Netherlands data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Children died before five per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 185 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Children died before five per woman in Netherlands. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/children-died-before-five-per-woman/netherlands/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/children-died-before-five-per-woman/netherlands/">Children died before five per woman in Netherlands</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Children died before five per woman
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed