Belarus vs Lithuania
Belarus vs Lithuania: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.2 per 100 live births in Belarus and 0.3 per 100 live births in Lithuania, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Lithuania, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.48 times that in Belarus.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Lithuania has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Belarus.
- 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 | Belarus | Lithuania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 1.1 | 1 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 1.2 | 1 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 2 | 2 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 2.1 | 2 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 15 |
| 1967 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 3.7 | 4 | 17 |
| 1961 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 5 | 5.6 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 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 | – | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | – | 41 |
| 1896 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | – | 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
Belarus vs Lithuania
Health
- Life expectancyBelarus: 74.4 years in 2023Lithuania: 76 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityBelarus: 1.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Lithuania: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterBelarus: 93.1% in 2022Lithuania: 95% in 2022
- DepressionBelarus: 4.02% in 2017Lithuania: 4.14% in 2017
- Suicide rateBelarus: 19 per 100,000 people in 2017Lithuania: 28 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBelarus: 9.12 million people in 2023Lithuania: 2.85 million people in 2023
- Population growthBelarus: -0.65% a year in 2023Lithuania: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBelarus: 1.21 births per woman in 2023Lithuania: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBelarus: 79.5% in 2025Lithuania: 69.1% in 2025
- Median ageBelarus: 40.5 years in 2023Lithuania: 42.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBelarus: 17.1% in 2023Lithuania: 19.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBelarus: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Lithuania: 15.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBelarus: 2.4% of GDP in 2025Lithuania: 3.08% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBelarus: $1.83B in 2025Lithuania: $2.74B in 2025
- Military spending per personBelarus: $215 in 2025Lithuania: $1,035 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBelarus: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Lithuania: 7.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBelarus: 158,000 people in 2020Lithuania: 37,000 people in 2020
- National powerBelarus: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Lithuania: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBelarus: 3.17% of the labour force in 2020Lithuania: 2.48% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBelarus: 466 million TIV in 2025Lithuania: 29 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsBelarus: 1 million TIV in 2025Lithuania: 3 million TIV in 2024