Germany vs Luxembourg
Germany vs Luxembourg: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Germany and 0.2 per 100 live births in Luxembourg, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Germany, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.68 times that in Luxembourg.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Germany has been higher since 1995.
- 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 | Germany | Luxembourg | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1 | 1 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 2 | 1.6 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 2.4 | 2 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 15 |
| 1967 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | – | 2.8 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | – | 2.9 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | – | 3 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | – | 3.2 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | – | 3.4 | 17 |
| 1961 | – | 3.5 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 3.9 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | 4.1 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | 4.3 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | 4.5 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | 4.6 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 4.8 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 5 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | 5.2 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | 5.4 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | 5.6 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | – | 5.8 | 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 | 8.7 | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 10 | – | 28 |
| 1938 | 8.1 | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 8.7 | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 9 | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 14.7 | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 9 | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 10.9 | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 11.2 | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 11.9 | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 12.2 | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 14.4 | – | 32 |
| 1928 | 12.9 | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 14.4 | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 15.3 | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | 15.9 | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | 16.4 | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | 20.7 | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | 20.5 | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | 21.3 | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | 20.7 | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | 23.3 | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | 25.7 | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | 24.1 | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | 22.4 | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | 23.9 | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | 26.7 | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | 24.4 | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 23.7 | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | 31.2 | – | 36 |
| 1910 | 26.4 | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | 27.6 | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 28.9 | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | 28.6 | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | 30.1 | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | 33.3 | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | 31.9 | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | 33.2 | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | 29.8 | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | 33.7 | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | 37.2 | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | 35.1 | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | 34.2 | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | 36.1 | – | 41 |
| 1896 | 33.8 | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | 37.4 | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | 35.6 | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | 36.4 | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | 37.4 | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | 35.6 | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | 36.7 | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | 36.7 | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | 35.4 | – | 41 |
| 1887 | 35.3 | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 38.2 | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | 36.7 | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | 38.2 | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | 37.7 | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | 37.1 | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | 36.4 | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | 39 | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | 35.4 | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | 36.7 | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | 36.6 | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | 37.1 | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | 39.3 | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | 48.2 | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | 49.9 | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | 48.9 | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | 53.6 | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | 48.4 | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | 47.6 | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | 49.9 | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | 50.7 | – | 42 |
| 1866 | 48.9 | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | 53.9 | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | 48.2 | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | 48.4 | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | 42.2 | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | 52.6 | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | 46.9 | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | 49.9 | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | 41.1 | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | 46.3 | – | 44 |
| 1854 | 47.3 | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | 46.3 | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | 48.4 | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | 46.6 | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | 48.2 | – | 42 |
| 1849 | 46.3 | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | 50.7 | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | 46.5 | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | 51.6 | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | 46.9 | – | 42 |
| 1844 | 46.6 | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | 46.6 | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | 51.6 | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | 48.7 | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | 48.6 | – | 42.1 |
| 1839 | 46.3 | – | 42.1 |
| 1838 | 48.2 | – | 42.2 |
| 1837 | 49 | – | 42.2 |
| 1836 | 47.4 | – | 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
Germany vs Luxembourg
Health
- Life expectancyGermany: 81.4 years in 2023Luxembourg: 82.2 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityGermany: 3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Luxembourg: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGermany: 99.9% in 2022Luxembourg: 99.5% in 2022
- DepressionGermany: 3.96% in 2017Luxembourg: 3.62% in 2017
- Suicide rateGermany: 9.9 per 100,000 people in 2017Luxembourg: 8.7 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGermany: 84.6 million people in 2023Luxembourg: 665,100 people in 2023
- Population growthGermany: 0.35% a year in 2023Luxembourg: 1.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGermany: 1.44 births per woman in 2023Luxembourg: 1.4 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGermany: 82.1% in 2025Luxembourg: 94.9% in 2025
- Median ageGermany: 45.2 years in 2023Luxembourg: 38.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGermany: 22.8% in 2023Luxembourg: 15.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateGermany: 7.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Luxembourg: 8.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGermany: 2.27% of GDP in 2025Luxembourg: 0.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGermany: $107B in 2025Luxembourg: $803M in 2025
- Military spending per personGermany: $1,346 in 2025Luxembourg: $1,264 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGermany: 4.5% of government spending in 2025Luxembourg: 1.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGermany: 183,000 people in 2020Luxembourg: 1,000 people in 2020
- National powerGermany: 1.5% of world capability in 2022Luxembourg: 0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGermany: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020Luxembourg: 0.31% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGermany: 1.63 billion TIV in 2025Luxembourg: 11 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGermany: 1.7 billion TIV in 2025Luxembourg: 0 TIV in 2007