Kosovo vs Serbia
Kosovo vs Serbia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.9 per 100 live births in Kosovo and 0.5 per 100 live births in Serbia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kosovo, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.61 times that in Serbia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
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 | Serbia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0.5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0.8 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 3.4 | 1 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 4 | 1.1 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 4.4 | 1.2 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 6.8 | 1.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 7.3 | 2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 7.9 | 2.2 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 8.5 | 2.3 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 9.1 | 2.5 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 9.8 | 2.6 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 10.4 | 2.8 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 11.2 | 3.1 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 12 | 3.4 | 10 |
| 1987 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 13.8 | 3.8 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 14.8 | 3.9 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | – | 4.1 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | – | 4.7 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | – | – | 11.2 |
| 1981 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 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 | – | – | 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 | – | 22.2 | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | 29.4 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | 25.7 | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | 23.7 | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | 23 | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | 26.5 | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | 21.5 | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | 24.4 | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | 24.4 | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | 23.3 | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | 24.3 | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | 24.6 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | 26.2 | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | 27.2 | 41 |
| 1896 | – | 27.2 | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | 25.7 | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | 26.5 | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | 28.4 | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | 31.9 | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | 27.2 | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | 23.3 | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | 25.2 | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | 22.4 | 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
Kosovo vs Serbia
Health
People
- PopulationKosovo: 1.7 million people in 2023Serbia: 6.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthKosovo: -1.07% a year in 2023Serbia: -0.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateKosovo: 1.55 births per woman in 2023Serbia: 1.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationKosovo: 50.9% in 2025Serbia: 62.6% in 2025
- Median ageKosovo: 31.4 years in 2023Serbia: 43.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overKosovo: 9.6% in 2023Serbia: 22.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateKosovo: -16.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Serbia: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingKosovo: 1.85% of GDP in 2025Serbia: 2.76% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsKosovo: $217M in 2025Serbia: $2.55B in 2025
- Military spending per personKosovo: $140 in 2025Serbia: $414 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingKosovo: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Serbia: 6.4% of government spending in 2025
- National powerKosovo: 0.01% of world capability in 2022Serbia: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Arms importsKosovo: 8 million TIV in 2025Serbia: 146 million TIV in 2025