Croatia vs Slovenia
Croatia vs Slovenia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in Croatia and 0.2 per 100 live births in Slovenia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Croatia, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 2.43 times that in Slovenia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Croatia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- 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 | Croatia | Slovenia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0.7 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0.8 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 1.4 | 1 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 1.3 | 1 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 2 | 1.6 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | – | – | 11.9 |
| 1978 | – | – | 12.3 |
| 1977 | – | – | 12.6 |
| 1976 | – | – | 12.8 |
| 1975 | – | – | 13.1 |
| 1974 | – | – | 13.3 |
| 1973 | – | – | 13.5 |
| 1972 | – | – | 13.7 |
| 1971 | – | – | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 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 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 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 | – | – | 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
Croatia vs Slovenia
Health
- Life expectancyCroatia: 78.6 years in 2023Slovenia: 81.6 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityCroatia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovenia: 1.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCroatia: 85.4% in 2007Slovenia: 98.3% in 2022
- DepressionCroatia: 2.78% in 2017Slovenia: 2.86% in 2017
- Suicide rateCroatia: 11.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovenia: 14.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCroatia: 3.9 million people in 2023Slovenia: 2.12 million people in 2023
- Population growthCroatia: -0.34% a year in 2023Slovenia: 0.08% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCroatia: 1.47 births per woman in 2023Slovenia: 1.58 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCroatia: 57.8% in 2025Slovenia: 56% in 2025
- Median ageCroatia: 44.8 years in 2023Slovenia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCroatia: 22.8% in 2023Slovenia: 21.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCroatia: 2.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovenia: 2.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCroatia: 2.02% of GDP in 2025Slovenia: 1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCroatia: $1.93B in 2025Slovenia: $1.14B in 2025
- Military spending per personCroatia: $544 in 2025Slovenia: $577 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCroatia: 4.1% of government spending in 2025Slovenia: 3.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCroatia: 20,000 people in 2020Slovenia: 7,000 people in 2020
- National powerCroatia: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Slovenia: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCroatia: 1.17% of the labour force in 2020Slovenia: 0.68% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCroatia: 141 million TIV in 2025Slovenia: 19 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsCroatia: 53 million TIV in 2024Slovenia: 3 million TIV in 2024