Kosovo vs North Macedonia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.9 per 100 live births in Kosovo and 0.3 per 100 live births in North Macedonia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kosovo, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 3.11 times that in North Macedonia.

Watch it change on the map

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

KosovoNorth MacedoniaWorld

What the numbers say

Kosovo has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
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	Kosovo	North Macedonia	World
2024	0.9	0.3	3.7
2023	0.9	0.3	3.8
2022	1	0.4	4
2021	1	0.5	4
2020	1.1	0.6	3.9
2019	1.1	0.7	4
2018	1.2	0.8	4
2017	1.3	1	4.1
2016	1.3	1.1	4.2
2015	1.4	1.1	4.3
2014	1.5	1.1	4.4
2013	1.6	1.1	4.5
2012	1.7	1	4.7
2011	1.9	1	5
2010	2	1	5.1
2009	2.2	1.1	5.3
2008	2.4	1.2	5.5
2007	2.6	1.2	5.7
2006	2.8	1.3	6
2005	3.1	1.4	6.2
2004	3.4	1.4	6.6
2003	3.7	1.4	6.8
2002	4	1.5	7.1
2001	4.4	1.5	7.4
2000	4.8	1.6	7.7
1999	5.3	1.7	7.9
1998	5.8	1.8	8.3
1997	6.3	2	8.4
1996	6.8	2.2	8.6
1995	7.3	2.5	8.8
1994	7.9	2.8	8.9
1993	8.5	3.1	9.1
1992	9.1	3.4	9.2
1991	9.8	3.5	9.3
1990	10.4	3.7	9.4
1989	11.2	4	9.5
1988	12	4.4	10
1987	12.9	4.7	9.9
1986	13.8	4.9	10.3
1985	14.8	4.9	10.6
1984	–	5.1	10.9
1983	–	5.3	11.1
1982	–	5.5	11.2
1981	–	5.7	11.6
1980	–	–	11.9
1979	–	–	11.9
1978	–	–	12.3
1977	–	–	12.6
1976	–	–	12.8
1975	–	–	13.1
1974	–	–	13.3
1973	–	–	13.5
1972	–	–	13.7
1971	–	–	13.9
1970	–	12.2	14.2
1969	–	–	14.6
1968	–	–	15
1967	–	–	15.3
1966	–	–	15.1
1965	–	–	15.1
1964	–	–	15.7
1963	–	–	16.2
1962	–	–	17
1961	–	–	18.8
1960	–	18.7	20.2
1959	–	–	19.9
1958	–	–	19.7
1957	–	–	20.5
1956	–	–	21.3
1955	–	–	22.3
1954	–	–	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
1949	–	–	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	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	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	–	–	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