Czechia vs Netherlands: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in Czechia and 0.4 per 100 live births in Netherlands, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Netherlands, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.5 times that in Czechia.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Netherlands has been higher since 1998, when it overtook Czechia.
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	Netherlands	World
2024	0.3	0.4	3.7
2023	0.3	0.4	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	0.3	0.4	4.1
2016	0.3	0.4	4.2
2015	0.3	0.4	4.3
2014	0.3	0.4	4.4
2013	0.3	0.4	4.5
2012	0.3	0.4	4.7
2011	0.3	0.4	5
2010	0.3	0.4	5.1
2009	0.4	0.5	5.3
2008	0.4	0.5	5.5
2007	0.4	0.5	5.7
2006	0.4	0.5	6
2005	0.4	0.5	6.2
2004	0.5	0.6	6.6
2003	0.5	0.6	6.8
2002	0.5	0.6	7.1
2001	0.5	0.6	7.4
2000	0.6	0.6	7.7
1999	0.6	0.6	7.9
1998	0.6	0.6	8.3
1997	0.7	0.7	8.4
1996	0.8	0.7	8.6
1995	0.9	0.7	8.8
1994	0.9	0.7	8.9
1993	1	0.7	9.1
1992	1.1	0.8	9.2
1991	1.2	0.8	9.3
1990	1.2	0.8	9.4
1989	1.3	0.9	9.5
1988	1.3	0.9	10
1987	1.3	0.9	9.9
1986	1.4	1	10.3
1985	1.4	1	10.6
1984	1.4	1	10.9
1983	1.5	1	11.1
1982	1.5	1	11.2
1981	1.6	1.1	11.6
1980	1.7	1.1	11.9
1979	1.8	1.1	11.9
1978	1.9	1.2	12.3
1977	2	1.2	12.6
1976	2.1	1.3	12.8
1975	2.2	1.3	13.1
1974	2.2	1.4	13.3
1973	2.3	1.4	13.5
1972	2.3	1.5	13.7
1971	2.4	1.5	13.9
1970	2.4	1.6	14.2
1969	2.5	1.6	14.6
1968	2.5	1.7	15
1967	2.5	1.7	15.3
1966	2.5	1.8	15.1
1965	2.5	1.8	15.1
1964	2.4	1.9	15.7
1963	2.4	1.9	16.2
1962	2.4	2	17
1961	2.4	2	18.8
1960	2.5	2.1	20.2
1959	2.6	2.2	19.9
1958	2.7	2.2	19.7
1957	2.9	2.3	20.5
1956	3.1	2.4	21.3
1955	3.4	2.5	22.3
1954	3.9	2.6	22.8
1953	4.4	2.8	23.3
1952	5.1	2.9	23.9
1951	6	3	24.3
1950	7.2	3.2	24.7
1949	8.5	3.3	24.9
1948	–	3.6	24.9
1947	–	4.2	25.5
1946	–	6.2	25.8
1945	–	10.3	26.7
1944	–	7.1	27.4
1943	–	6.2	27.7
1942	–	5.4	27.9
1941	–	5.7	27.8
1940	–	5.2	27.9
1939	–	4.5	28
1938	–	4.9	28.7
1937	–	4.9	28.8
1936	–	5.2	29.1
1935	–	5.2	29.5
1934	–	5.6	30.7
1933	–	5.7	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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