Greece vs Sweden: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Greece and 0.2 per 100 live births in Sweden, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Greece, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.58 times that in Sweden.

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

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What the numbers say

Greece has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1921.
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	Greece	Sweden	World
2024	0.4	0.2	3.7
2023	0.4	0.2	3.8
2022	0.4	0.3	4
2021	0.4	0.3	4
2020	0.4	0.3	3.9
2019	0.4	0.3	4
2018	0.4	0.3	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	0.4	0.3	5.7
2006	0.4	0.4	6
2005	0.5	0.4	6.2
2004	0.5	0.4	6.6
2003	0.5	0.4	6.8
2002	0.6	0.4	7.1
2001	0.6	0.4	7.4
2000	0.6	0.4	7.7
1999	0.7	0.4	7.9
1998	0.7	0.4	8.3
1997	0.8	0.4	8.4
1996	0.8	0.5	8.6
1995	0.9	0.5	8.8
1994	0.9	0.5	8.9
1993	0.9	0.6	9.1
1992	1	0.6	9.2
1991	1	0.7	9.3
1990	1.1	0.7	9.4
1989	1.1	0.7	9.5
1988	1.2	0.7	10
1987	1.3	0.7	9.9
1986	1.4	0.8	10.3
1985	1.5	0.8	10.6
1984	1.5	0.8	10.9
1983	1.6	0.8	11.1
1982	1.7	0.8	11.2
1981	1.8	0.8	11.6
1980	2	0.8	11.9
1979	2.1	0.9	11.9
1978	2.2	0.9	12.3
1977	2.4	0.9	12.6
1976	2.5	1	12.8
1975	2.6	1	13.1
1974	2.7	1.1	13.3
1973	2.8	1.2	13.5
1972	2.8	1.2	13.7
1971	3	1.3	13.9
1970	3.1	1.3	14.2
1969	3.3	1.4	14.6
1968	3.5	1.4	15
1967	3.7	1.5	15.3
1966	3.9	1.6	15.1
1965	4	1.6	15.1
1964	4.1	1.7	15.7
1963	4.3	1.8	16.2
1962	4.4	1.9	17
1961	4.5	1.9	18.8
1960	4.6	2	20.2
1959	4.7	2	19.9
1958	4.8	2	19.7
1957	4.9	2.1	20.5
1956	5	2.1	21.3
1955	5.1	2.2	22.3
1954	5.3	2.2	22.8
1953	5.4	2.3	23.3
1952	5.6	2.4	23.9
1951	5.8	2.6	24.3
1950	4.4	2.7	24.7
1949	5.4	2.8	24.9
1948	–	2.8	24.9
1947	–	3.1	25.5
1946	–	3.2	25.8
1945	–	3.8	26.7
1944	–	4.1	27.4
1943	–	3.8	27.7
1942	–	3.8	27.9
1941	–	4.7	27.8
1940	14.6	4.7	27.9
1939	18.3	5	28
1938	14.7	5.4	28.7
1937	19	5.9	28.8
1936	17.5	5.7	29.1
1935	17.3	5.8	29.5
1934	17.2	6	30.7
1933	19.2	6.1	30.5
1932	19.2	6.4	30.7
1931	21.3	7.1	31.4
1930	14.7	7	31.6
1929	17	7.3	32
1928	13.8	7.9	31.9
1927	14.9	7.9	31.9
1926	10.5	7.3	32.7
1925	13.1	7.3	32.4
1924	14.6	8.1	33.1
1923	13.5	7.4	33.1
1922	11.7	8	33.2
1921	9.4	8.5	34.2
1920	–	9.8	34.4
1919	–	10.5	35.7
1918	–	10.6	37.6
1917	–	9.3	35.3
1916	–	10.2	35.1
1915	–	10.5	35.3
1914	–	10.1	35.4
1913	–	9.8	35.1
1912	–	10.4	35.5
1911	–	10.4	36
1910	–	10.8	36.4
1909	–	10.3	36.6
1908	–	12.2	37.2
1907	–	11.2	37.4
1906	–	11.8	38.1
1905	–	13.2	38.8
1904	–	12.7	38.9
1903	–	13.9	39.5
1902	–	13.6	40.1
1901	–	15.7	40.8
1900	–	15.5	40.9
1899	–	17.2	40.8
1898	–	14.1	41.2
1897	–	14.9	41
1896	–	15.6	41.1
1895	–	14.7	41.3
1894	–	16.2	41.2
1893	–	16.7	41.2
1892	–	17.1	41.7
1891	–	17.9	41.3
1890	–	17.8	41.5
1889	–	16.3	41.2
1888	–	16.1	41
1887	–	17.3	41.1
1886	–	18.3	41.1
1885	–	19.5	41.2
1884	–	19.2	41.1
1883	–	19.7	41.4
1882	–	20.7	41.5
1881	–	19.5	41.1
1880	–	20.4	41.6
1879	–	19.7	41.1
1878	–	22.7	41.6
1877	–	22.8	41.2
1876	–	23.7	41.4
1875	–	23.3	41.5
1874	–	23	41.7
1873	–	19.7	41.8
1872	–	18.7	42.1
1871	–	18.4	42.2
1870	–	22.1	41.9
1869	–	27.1	42.1
1868	–	24.9	42.4
1867	–	21.1	42
1866	–	22.2	42.1
1865	–	23.3	42.3
1864	–	23.5	42.2
1863	–	23.7	42.5
1862	–	26.6	42.6
1861	–	21.7	42.9
1860	–	19.7	42.9
1859	–	23.2	43.7
1858	–	24.8	43.8
1857	–	31	44.2
1856	–	24.6	44.2
1855	–	22.6	44
1854	–	22	43.7
1853	–	25.7	43.2
1852	–	25	42.9
1851	–	23.2	42.4
1850	–	21.8	42
1849	–	22.7	42.3
1848	–	21.2	42.3
1847	–	27	42.2
1846	–	25	42.4
1845	–	21.5	42
1844	–	22.6	42.1
1843	–	23.3	42.1
1842	–	24.2	42.2
1841	–	22.1	42.1
1840	–	22.1	42.1
1839	–	25.2	42.1
1838	–	25.4	42.2
1837	–	28	42.2
1836	–	22.5	42.2
1835	–	20	42.2
1834	–	25.3	42.3
1833	–	24.4	42.2
1832	–	25.6	42.2
1831	–	27.6	42.2
1830	–	25.5	42.2
1829	–	30.3	42.1
1828	–	28.2	42.1
1827	–	22.6	42.1
1826	–	24.2	42.1
1825	–	22.8	42.1
1824	–	22.5	42.1
1823	–	21.8	42.1
1822	–	24.5	42.1
1821	–	30.5	42.1
1820	–	26.1	42.1
1819	–	29.4	42.2
1818	–	27	42.2
1817	–	27.6	42.2
1816	–	27.4	42.2
1815	–	27.5	42.2
1814	–	29.9	42.3
1813	–	30.4	42.3
1812	–	31.2	42.4
1811	–	32.5	42.4
1810	–	34.6	42.5
1809	–	36.6	42.5
1808	–	35	42.5
1807	–	27.8	42.5
1806	–	33.3	42.6
1805	–	26.6	42.6
1804	–	27.2	42.6
1803	–	27.5	42.6
1802	–	28.3	42.7
1801	–	32.9	42.7
1800	–	38.1	42.8
1799	–	28.9	–
1798	–	27.2	–
1797	–	29.4	–
1796	–	31.5	–
1795	–	31.5	–
1794	–	28.1	–
1793	–	30	–
1792	–	29.7	–
1791	–	28.6	–
1790	–	32.6	–
1789	–	34.4	–
1788	–	32.6	–
1787	–	27	–
1786	–	29.5	–
1785	–	34.5	–
1784	–	38.2	–
1783	–	34.5	–
1782	–	30.1	–
1781	–	30	–
1780	–	26.1	–
1779	–	39.4	–
1778	–	35.3	–
1777	–	30.2	–
1776	–	25.6	–
1775	–	30.6	–
1774	–	28	–
1773	–	49	–
1772	–	36.7	–
1771	–	32.3	–
1770	–	32.5	–
1769	–	35.9	–
1768	–	35.8	–
1767	–	29.9	–
1766	–	31.2	–
1765	–	31.6	–
1764	–	31.6	–
1763	–	39.5	–
1762	–	37.7	–
1761	–	31.6	–
1760	–	27.3	–
1759	–	28.5	–
1758	–	33.5	–
1757	–	35.6	–
1756	–	33.8	–
1755	–	34.5	–
1754	–	32.7	–
1753	–	30.3	–
1752	–	36	–
1751	–	30	–

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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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