Netherlands vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Netherlands 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 1.67 times that in Netherlands.

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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 1947, when it overtook Netherlands.
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	Netherlands	United States	World
2024	0.4	0.7	3.7
2023	0.4	0.7	3.8
2022	0.4	0.7	4
2021	0.4	0.7	4
2020	0.4	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	0.5	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	0.6	0.8	6.6
2003	0.6	0.8	6.8
2002	0.6	0.8	7.1
2001	0.6	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	0.7	0.9	8.4
1996	0.7	0.9	8.6
1995	0.7	1	8.8
1994	0.7	1	8.9
1993	0.7	1	9.1
1992	0.8	1.1	9.2
1991	0.8	1.1	9.3
1990	0.8	1.1	9.4
1989	0.9	1.2	9.5
1988	0.9	1.2	10
1987	0.9	1.2	9.9
1986	1	1.2	10.3
1985	1	1.3	10.6
1984	1	1.3	10.9
1983	1	1.3	11.1
1982	1	1.4	11.2
1981	1.1	1.4	11.6
1980	1.1	1.5	11.9
1979	1.1	1.6	11.9
1978	1.2	1.6	12.3
1977	1.2	1.7	12.6
1976	1.3	1.8	12.8
1975	1.3	1.9	13.1
1974	1.4	2	13.3
1973	1.4	2.1	13.5
1972	1.5	2.2	13.7
1971	1.5	2.2	13.9
1970	1.6	2.3	14.2
1969	1.6	2.4	14.6
1968	1.7	2.5	15
1967	1.7	2.6	15.3
1966	1.8	2.6	15.1
1965	1.8	2.7	15.1
1964	1.9	2.8	15.7
1963	1.9	2.8	16.2
1962	2	2.9	17
1961	2	3	18.8
1960	2.1	3	20.2
1959	2.2	3.1	19.9
1958	2.2	3.1	19.7
1957	2.3	3.2	20.5
1956	2.4	3.2	21.3
1955	2.5	3.3	22.3
1954	2.6	3.4	22.8
1953	2.8	3.5	23.3
1952	2.9	3.6	23.9
1951	3	3.7	24.3
1950	3.2	3.8	24.7
1949	3.3	3.9	24.9
1948	3.6	4	24.9
1947	4.2	4.3	25.5
1946	6.2	4.7	25.8
1945	10.3	4.8	26.7
1944	7.1	5	27.4
1943	6.2	5.4	27.7
1942	5.4	5.5	27.9
1941	5.7	6	27.8
1940	5.2	6.2	27.9
1939	4.5	6.3	28
1938	4.9	7	28.7
1937	4.9	7.4	28.8
1936	5.2	7.6	29.1
1935	5.2	7.5	29.5
1934	5.6	8	30.7
1933	5.7	7.3	30.5
1932	6.2	–	30.7
1931	6.7	–	31.4
1930	7	–	31.6
1929	8.2	–	32
1928	7.4	–	31.9
1927	8.3	–	31.9
1926	8.6	–	32.7
1925	8.1	–	32.4
1924	8.3	–	33.1
1923	9.4	–	33.1
1922	10.5	–	33.2
1921	11.5	–	34.2
1920	12.4	–	34.4
1919	15	–	35.7
1918	17.9	–	37.6
1917	14	–	35.3
1916	14.1	–	35.1
1915	13.5	–	35.3
1914	14.3	–	35.4
1913	14	–	35.1
1912	13.8	–	35.5
1911	18.8	–	36
1910	16.1	–	36.4
1909	15.4	–	36.6
1908	18.6	–	37.2
1907	17.2	–	37.4
1906	18.5	–	38.1
1905	19	–	38.8
1904	20.8	–	38.9
1903	19.7	–	39.5
1902	20.2	–	40.1
1901	22.9	–	40.8
1900	22.1	–	40.9
1899	21.5	–	40.8
1898	22.6	–	41.2
1897	21.4	–	41
1896	22.6	–	41.1
1895	24.4	–	41.3
1894	23.1	–	41.2
1893	24.9	–	41.2
1892	26.3	–	41.7
1891	26.3	–	41.3
1890	25.9	–	41.5
1889	26.7	–	41.2
1888	26.7	–	41
1887	25.6	–	41.1
1886	29.6	–	41.1
1885	27.1	–	41.2
1884	30.5	–	41.1
1883	28.3	–	41.4
1882	26.9	–	41.5
1881	27.6	–	41.1
1880	31.4	–	41.6
1879	28.3	–	41.1
1878	29.9	–	41.6
1877	28.5	–	41.2
1876	30	–	41.4
1875	32.5	–	41.5
1874	28.7	–	41.7
1873	31.3	–	41.8
1872	34.5	–	42.1
1871	36.9	–	42.2
1870	32.8	–	41.9
1869	28.9	–	42.1
1868	33.7	–	42.4
1867	31	–	42
1866	33.1	–	42.1
1865	34.2	–	42.3
1864	31.5	–	42.2
1863	32	–	42.5
1862	31.5	–	42.6
1861	33.3	–	42.9
1860	31.8	–	42.9
1859	39	–	43.7
1858	33	–	43.8
1857	34.2	–	44.2
1856	30.9	–	44.2
1855	34.3	–	44
1854	29.8	–	43.7
1853	29.3	–	43.2
1852	31.5	–	42.9
1851	30.4	–	42.4
1850	29.4	–	42
1849	27.5	–	42.3
1848	29.6	–	42.3
1847	33.8	–	42.2
1846	37.4	–	42.4
1845	27.3	–	42
1844	26.7	–	42.1
1843	27.5	–	42.1
1842	32.2	–	42.2
1841	27.8	–	42.1
1840	26.7	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	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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