Czechia vs Slovakia
Czechia vs Slovakia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in Czechia and 0.6 per 100 live births in Slovakia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Slovakia, by 0.4 per 100 live births, or 2.42 times that in Czechia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Slovakia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1949.
- In 2024, Czechia ranked 188 and Slovakia ranked 148 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
- 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 | Czechia | Slovakia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 1 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.6 | 1 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 1 | 1.3 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 1.5 | 2 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 2 | 2.6 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 2.4 | 3 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 2.5 | 3 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 2.5 | 3 | 15 |
| 1967 | 2.5 | 3 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 17 |
| 1961 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 2.5 | 3.7 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 3.1 | 5.2 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 5.1 | 8.9 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 6 | 10.4 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 7.2 | 12.2 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 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
Czechia vs Slovakia
Health
- Life expectancyCzechia: 79.8 years in 2023Slovakia: 78.3 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityCzechia: 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCzechia: 97.9% in 2022Slovakia: 99.2% in 2022
- DepressionCzechia: 2.68% in 2017Slovakia: 2.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateCzechia: 10.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCzechia: 10.8 million people in 2023Slovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023
- Population growthCzechia: -0.34% a year in 2023Slovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCzechia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023Slovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCzechia: 72.9% in 2025Slovakia: 53.2% in 2025
- Median ageCzechia: 42.7 years in 2023Slovakia: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCzechia: 20.6% in 2023Slovakia: 18.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateCzechia: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCzechia: 1.84% of GDP in 2025Slovakia: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCzechia: $6.49B in 2025Slovakia: $2.87B in 2025
- Military spending per personCzechia: $660 in 2025Slovakia: $568 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCzechia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Slovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCzechia: 27,000 people in 2020Slovakia: 18,000 people in 2020
- National powerCzechia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Slovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCzechia: 0.51% of the labour force in 2020Slovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCzechia: 19 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 445 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCzechia: 137 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025