Israel vs Switzerland
Israel vs Switzerland: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in Israel and 0.4 per 100 live births in Switzerland, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.18 times that in Israel.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Switzerland has been higher since 2011.
- 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 | Israel | Switzerland | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0.7 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1.7 | 1 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 1.7 | 1 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 1.8 | 1 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 3 | 1.8 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 3.2 | 2 | 15 |
| 1967 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 17 |
| 1961 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 5 | 2.7 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 5.2 | 2.8 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 5.4 | 2.9 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 5.7 | 3 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 6.2 | 3.3 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 6.7 | 3.6 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 6.1 | 3.9 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 3.7 | 4.8 | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 4 | 5 | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 7.8 | 5.1 | 27.9 |
| 1941 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 8 | 6.2 | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 28 |
| 1938 | 8 | 5.6 | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 7.7 | 6.1 | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 9.5 | 6 | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 8.7 | 6.3 | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 11 | 6 | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 11.5 | 6.1 | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 12.4 | 6.7 | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 11.7 | 6.5 | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 9.5 | 6.7 | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 13.1 | 7 | 32 |
| 1928 | 14.2 | 7.4 | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 17.7 | 7.4 | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 16.4 | 7.4 | 32.7 |
| 1925 | 20.9 | 7.7 | 32.4 |
| 1924 | 16 | 7.9 | 33.1 |
| 1923 | 19.8 | 7.8 | 33.1 |
| 1922 | 23.2 | 8.8 | 33.2 |
| 1921 | – | 9.5 | 34.2 |
| 1920 | – | 12.1 | 34.4 |
| 1919 | – | 11.1 | 35.7 |
| 1918 | – | 12.7 | 37.6 |
| 1917 | – | 10.4 | 35.3 |
| 1916 | – | 10.3 | 35.1 |
| 1915 | – | 11.3 | 35.3 |
| 1914 | – | 11.8 | 35.4 |
| 1913 | – | 12.5 | 35.1 |
| 1912 | – | 12.3 | 35.5 |
| 1911 | – | 15.4 | 36 |
| 1910 | – | 14.1 | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | 15.1 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | 14.1 | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | 15.5 | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | 16.4 | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | 16.9 | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | 18.3 | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | 16.9 | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | 16.8 | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | 18.4 | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | 19.7 | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | 18.1 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | 19.8 | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | 18.1 | 41 |
| 1896 | – | 17.8 | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | 20.3 | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | 20.8 | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | 20.5 | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | 19.7 | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | 22.5 | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | 20.8 | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | 21.8 | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | 20.4 | 41 |
| 1887 | – | 21.6 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | 22.2 | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | 23.1 | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | 21.8 | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | 22.1 | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | 24 | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | 26.2 | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | 25.3 | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | 25.7 | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | 28 | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | 28.5 | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | 27.6 | 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
Israel vs Switzerland
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Switzerland: 84 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Switzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Switzerland: 96.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Switzerland: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Switzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Switzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Switzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Switzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Switzerland: 85.7% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Switzerland: 42.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Switzerland: 19.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Switzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Switzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Switzerland: $7.15B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Switzerland: $849 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Switzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Switzerland: 20,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Switzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Switzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Switzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Switzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025