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.

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

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Kosovo vs Serbia: Child mortalityChild 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.
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Latest figures

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

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Kosovo0.9 20241.5135 of 200
Serbia0.5 20240.7156 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

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

YearKosovoSerbiaWorld
20240.90.53.7
20230.90.53.8
202210.54
202110.54
20201.10.63.9
20191.10.64
20181.20.64
20171.30.64.1
20161.30.64.2
20151.40.64.3
20141.50.74.4
20131.60.74.5
20121.70.74.7
20111.90.75
201020.85.1
20092.20.85.3
20082.40.85.5
20072.60.85.7
20062.80.96
20053.10.96.2
20043.416.6
20033.71.16.8
200241.17.1
20014.41.27.4
20004.81.37.7
19995.31.37.9
19985.81.48.3
19976.31.68.4
19966.81.78.6
19957.328.8
19947.92.28.9
19938.52.39.1
19929.12.59.2
19919.82.69.3
199010.42.89.4
198911.23.19.5
1988123.410
198712.93.69.9
198613.83.810.3
198514.83.910.6
1984–4.110.9
1983–4.711.1
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
1910–22.236.4
1909–29.436.6
1908–25.737.2
1907–23.737.4
1906–2338.1
1905–26.538.8
1904–21.538.9
1903–24.439.5
1902–24.440.1
1901–23.340.8
1900–24.340.9
1899–24.640.8
1898–26.241.2
1897–27.241
1896–27.241.1
1895–25.741.3
1894–26.541.2
1893–28.441.2
1892–31.941.7
1891–27.241.3
1890–23.341.5
1889–25.241.2
1888–22.441
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