Albania vs Serbia
Albania vs Serbia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.9 per 100 live births in Albania and 0.5 per 100 live births in Serbia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Albania, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 1.7 times that in Serbia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Albania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1983.
- 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 | Albania | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 2.1 | 1 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 3 | 1.4 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 3.4 | 2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 10 |
| 1987 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 6.4 | 4.7 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 6.9 | – | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 7.5 | – | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 8.2 | – | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 8.9 | – | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 9.7 | – | 12.3 |
| 1977 | – | – | 12.6 |
| 1976 | – | – | 12.8 |
| 1975 | – | – | 13.1 |
| 1974 | – | – | 13.3 |
| 1973 | – | – | 13.5 |
| 1972 | – | – | 13.7 |
| 1971 | – | – | 13.9 |
| 1970 | – | – | 14.2 |
| 1969 | – | – | 14.6 |
| 1968 | – | – | 15 |
| 1967 | – | – | 15.3 |
| 1966 | – | – | 15.1 |
| 1965 | – | – | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | – | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | – | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | – | 17 |
| 1961 | – | – | 18.8 |
| 1960 | – | – | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | – | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | – | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | – | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | – | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | – | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | – | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | – | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | – | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | – | 28 |
| 1938 | – | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | – | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | – | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | – | – | 32 |
| 1928 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | – | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | – | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | – | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | – | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | – | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | – | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | – | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | – | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | – | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | – | – | 36 |
| 1910 | – | 22.2 | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | 29.4 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | 25.7 | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | 23.7 | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | 23 | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | 26.5 | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | 21.5 | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | 24.4 | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | 24.4 | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | 23.3 | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | 24.3 | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | 24.6 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | 26.2 | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | 27.2 | 41 |
| 1896 | – | 27.2 | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | 25.7 | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | 26.5 | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | 28.4 | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | 31.9 | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | 27.2 | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | 23.3 | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | 25.2 | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | 22.4 | 41 |
| 1887 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | – | 42 |
| 1866 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | – | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | – | – | 44 |
| 1854 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | – | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | – | – | 42 |
| 1849 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | – | – | 42 |
| 1844 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | – | – | 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 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Albania vs Serbia
Health
- Life expectancyAlbania: 79.6 years in 2023Serbia: 76.8 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityAlbania: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Serbia: 4.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlbania: 70.7% in 2022Serbia: 75.1% in 2022
- DepressionAlbania: 2.21% in 2017Serbia: 2.57% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlbania: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Serbia: 12.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlbania: 2.81 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlbania: -0.71% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlbania: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlbania: 58.9% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageAlbania: 36.3 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlbania: 16.3% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlbania: -9 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlbania: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlbania: $568M in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlbania: $224 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlbania: 6.7% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlbania: 8,000 people in 2020Serbia: 32,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlbania: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlbania: 0.65% of the labour force in 2020Serbia: 1.01% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlbania: 23 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlbania: 1 million TIV in 2011Serbia: 39 million TIV in 2025