Hungary vs Slovakia
Hungary vs Slovakia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Hungary and 0.6 per 100 live births in Slovakia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Slovakia, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.7 times that in Hungary.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Slovakia has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Hungary.
- 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 | Hungary | Slovakia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0.9 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 1.1 | 1 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 10 |
| 1987 | 2 | 1.7 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 2.2 | 2 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 3.9 | 3 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 4 | 3 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 4.1 | 3 | 15 |
| 1967 | 4.2 | 3 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 17 |
| 1961 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 6 | 4.2 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 10 | 12.2 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 13.8 | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 15.5 | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 18.1 | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 27.5 | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 17.9 | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 21.1 | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | 17.9 | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 20.5 | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 18.8 | – | 28 |
| 1938 | 20.7 | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 21.1 | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 22.2 | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 24.6 | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 23.9 | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 21.7 | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 29.9 | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 26.4 | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 24.8 | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 29.1 | – | 32 |
| 1928 | 28.8 | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 30.1 | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 27.2 | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | 27.3 | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | 31.4 | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | 29.9 | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | 32.2 | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | 31.4 | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | 31.9 | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | 26.7 | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | 35.3 | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | 35.1 | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | 35.6 | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | 42.9 | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | 32 | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | 32.7 | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 46.5 | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | 33.8 | – | 36 |
| 1910 | 31.7 | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | 34.8 | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 32.7 | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | 34.5 | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | 33.7 | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | 37.7 | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | 32 | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | 33.2 | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | 35.6 | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | 33.7 | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | 36.3 | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | 34 | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | 36.7 | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | 36.3 | – | 41 |
| 1896 | 36.7 | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | 39.3 | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | 40.1 | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | 39 | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | 44.7 | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | 42.1 | – | 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 | 36.4 | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | 41.6 | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | 40.5 | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | 40 | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | 41.4 | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | 39.8 | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | 43.5 | – | 44 |
| 1854 | 42.9 | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | 42.7 | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | 37.2 | – | 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
Hungary vs Slovakia
Health
- Life expectancyHungary: 77 years in 2023Slovakia: 78.3 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityHungary: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Slovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterHungary: 100% in 2022Slovakia: 99.2% in 2022
- DepressionHungary: 2.77% in 2017Slovakia: 2.4% in 2017
- Suicide rateHungary: 14.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Slovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationHungary: 9.69 million people in 2023Slovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023
- Population growthHungary: 0.07% a year in 2023Slovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateHungary: 1.49 births per woman in 2023Slovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationHungary: 70.7% in 2025Slovakia: 53.2% in 2025
- Median ageHungary: 43.3 years in 2023Slovakia: 41.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overHungary: 20.8% in 2023Slovakia: 18.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateHungary: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Slovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingHungary: 2.04% of GDP in 2025Slovakia: 2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsHungary: $4.62B in 2025Slovakia: $2.87B in 2025
- Military spending per personHungary: $518 in 2025Slovakia: $568 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingHungary: 4.3% of government spending in 2025Slovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelHungary: 46,000 people in 2020Slovakia: 18,000 people in 2020
- National powerHungary: 0.13% of world capability in 2022Slovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersHungary: 0.95% of the labour force in 2020Slovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsHungary: 402 million TIV in 2025Slovakia: 445 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsHungary: 11 million TIV in 2024Slovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025