Austria vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in Austria and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.97 times that in Austria.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 1985, when it overtook Austria.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Austria	United States	World
2024	0.3	0.7	3.7
2023	0.3	0.7	3.8
2022	0.3	0.7	4
2021	0.3	0.7	4
2020	0.3	0.7	3.9
2019	0.4	0.7	4
2018	0.4	0.7	4
2017	0.4	0.7	4.1
2016	0.4	0.7	4.2
2015	0.4	0.7	4.3
2014	0.4	0.7	4.4
2013	0.4	0.7	4.5
2012	0.4	0.7	4.7
2011	0.4	0.7	5
2010	0.4	0.7	5.1
2009	0.4	0.8	5.3
2008	0.5	0.8	5.5
2007	0.5	0.8	5.7
2006	0.5	0.8	6
2005	0.5	0.8	6.2
2004	0.5	0.8	6.6
2003	0.5	0.8	6.8
2002	0.5	0.8	7.1
2001	0.5	0.8	7.4
2000	0.6	0.8	7.7
1999	0.6	0.9	7.9
1998	0.6	0.9	8.3
1997	0.6	0.9	8.4
1996	0.6	0.9	8.6
1995	0.7	1	8.8
1994	0.7	1	8.9
1993	0.8	1	9.1
1992	0.9	1.1	9.2
1991	0.9	1.1	9.3
1990	1	1.1	9.4
1989	1	1.2	9.5
1988	1.1	1.2	10
1987	1.1	1.2	9.9
1986	1.2	1.2	10.3
1985	1.3	1.3	10.6
1984	1.3	1.3	10.9
1983	1.4	1.3	11.1
1982	1.5	1.4	11.2
1981	1.6	1.4	11.6
1980	1.6	1.5	11.9
1979	1.7	1.6	11.9
1978	1.8	1.6	12.3
1977	2	1.7	12.6
1976	2.1	1.8	12.8
1975	2.3	1.9	13.1
1974	2.5	2	13.3
1973	2.7	2.1	13.5
1972	2.8	2.2	13.7
1971	2.9	2.2	13.9
1970	2.9	2.3	14.2
1969	2.9	2.4	14.6
1968	3	2.5	15
1967	3.1	2.6	15.3
1966	3.2	2.6	15.1
1965	3.3	2.7	15.1
1964	3.4	2.8	15.7
1963	3.6	2.8	16.2
1962	3.8	2.9	17
1961	4	3	18.8
1960	4.3	3	20.2
1959	4.5	3.1	19.9
1958	4.8	3.1	19.7
1957	5	3.2	20.5
1956	5.2	3.2	21.3
1955	5.4	3.3	22.3
1954	5.6	3.4	22.8
1953	5.9	3.5	23.3
1952	6.3	3.6	23.9
1951	6.7	3.7	24.3
1950	7.2	3.8	24.7
1949	7.7	3.9	24.9
1948	9.2	4	24.9
1947	10.5	4.3	25.5
1946	11.5	4.7	25.8
1945	26.4	4.8	26.7
1944	12.8	5	27.4
1943	11.2	5.4	27.7
1942	10.4	5.5	27.9
1941	9.7	6	27.8
1940	10.4	6.2	27.9
1939	10.2	6.3	28
1938	11.4	7	28.7
1937	13.5	7.4	28.8
1936	13.7	7.6	29.1
1935	14.7	7.5	29.5
1934	13.5	8	30.7
1933	13.8	7.3	30.5
1932	16	–	30.7
1931	15.5	–	31.4
1930	15.7	–	31.6
1929	17.3	–	32
1928	18.7	–	31.9
1927	19.6	–	31.9
1926	19.2	–	32.7
1925	18.5	–	32.4
1924	20.2	–	33.1
1923	22.8	–	33.1
1922	25.3	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	25.3	–	35.7
1918	31.4	–	37.6
1917	30.2	–	35.3
1916	31.2	–	35.1
1915	35.4	–	35.3
1914	27.9	–	35.4
1913	30.9	–	35.1
1912	29.4	–	35.5
1911	33.7	–	36
1910	30.7	–	36.4
1909	34	–	36.6
1908	32.4	–	37.2
1907	34	–	37.4
1906	32.9	–	38.1
1905	37.5	–	38.8
1904	34.2	–	38.9
1903	35	–	39.5
1902	35.1	–	40.1
1901	34	–	40.8
1900	37.5	–	40.9
1899	35.6	–	40.8
1898	36.4	–	41.2
1897	37.1	–	41
1896	37.4	–	41.1
1895	39.2	–	41.3
1894	40.8	–	41.2
1893	37.7	–	41.2
1892	42.1	–	41.7
1891	39.5	–	41.3
1890	42.1	–	41.5
1889	38.4	–	41.2
1888	40.5	–	41
1887	39.6	–	41.1
1886	40.6	–	41.1
1885	41.4	–	41.2
1884	40.1	–	41.1
1883	41.1	–	41.4
1882	41.6	–	41.5
1881	40.6	–	41.1
1880	40.6	–	41.6
1879	39	–	41.1
1878	40.9	–	41.6
1877	41.9	–	41.2
1876	40.1	–	41.4
1875	39.5	–	41.5
1874	42.2	–	41.7
1873	47.1	–	41.8
1872	43.9	–	42.1
1871	41.4	–	42.2
1870	41.1	–	41.9
1869	39.3	–	42.1
1868	40.3	–	42.4
1867	41.1	–	42
1866	45.2	–	42.1
1865	43.9	–	42.3
1864	40.6	–	42.2
1863	42.1	–	42.5
1862	40.6	–	42.6
1861	42.9	–	42.9
1860	38.5	–	42.9
1859	41.3	–	43.7
1858	40.6	–	43.8
1857	38.8	–	44.2
1856	39.2	–	44.2
1855	45.2	–	44
1854	44.3	–	43.7
1853	36.9	–	43.2
1852	39.3	–	42.9
1851	39.3	–	42.4
1850	40.8	–	42
1849	39.5	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	40.8	–	42.4
1845	40.1	–	42
1844	37.4	–	42.1
1843	42.1	–	42.1
1842	39.8	–	42.2
1841	40.8	–	42.1
1840	39.6	–	42.1
1839	41.4	–	42.1
1838	39	–	42.2
1837	41.1	–	42.2
1836	38.4	–	42.2
1835	40.3	–	42.2
1834	44	–	42.3
1833	42.2	–	42.2
1832	39.5	–	42.2
1831	43.7	–	42.2
1830	38.5	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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