Russia vs Switzerland: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.5 per 100 live births in Russia and 0.4 per 100 live births in Switzerland, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.33 times that in Switzerland.

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

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What the numbers say

Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1876.
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	Russia	Switzerland	World
2024	0.5	0.4	3.7
2023	0.5	0.4	3.8
2022	0.5	0.4	4
2021	0.6	0.4	4
2020	0.6	0.4	3.9
2019	0.6	0.4	4
2018	0.6	0.4	4
2017	0.7	0.4	4.1
2016	0.8	0.4	4.2
2015	0.8	0.4	4.3
2014	0.9	0.4	4.4
2013	1	0.4	4.5
2012	1	0.4	4.7
2011	1	0.5	5
2010	1	0.5	5.1
2009	1.1	0.5	5.3
2008	1.1	0.5	5.5
2007	1.2	0.5	5.7
2006	1.3	0.5	6
2005	1.4	0.5	6.2
2004	1.5	0.5	6.6
2003	1.6	0.5	6.8
2002	1.7	0.5	7.1
2001	1.8	0.6	7.4
2000	1.9	0.6	7.7
1999	2	0.6	7.9
1998	2.1	0.6	8.3
1997	2.1	0.6	8.4
1996	2.2	0.6	8.6
1995	2.2	0.6	8.8
1994	2.2	0.7	8.9
1993	2.2	0.7	9.1
1992	2.2	0.8	9.2
1991	2.2	0.8	9.3
1990	2.2	0.8	9.4
1989	2.2	0.8	9.5
1988	2.3	0.9	10
1987	2.3	0.9	9.9
1986	2.4	0.9	10.3
1985	2.5	0.9	10.6
1984	2.6	0.9	10.9
1983	2.6	0.9	11.1
1982	2.7	1	11.2
1981	2.7	1	11.6
1980	2.7	1	11.9
1979	2.8	1.1	11.9
1978	2.8	1.1	12.3
1977	2.8	1.2	12.6
1976	2.8	1.3	12.8
1975	2.8	1.4	13.1
1974	2.8	1.5	13.3
1973	2.8	1.6	13.5
1972	2.8	1.7	13.7
1971	2.8	1.8	13.9
1970	2.9	1.8	14.2
1969	2.9	1.9	14.6
1968	3	2	15
1967	3.1	2.1	15.3
1966	3.2	2.2	15.1
1965	3.4	2.3	15.1
1964	3.6	2.4	15.7
1963	3.8	2.5	16.2
1962	4	2.5	17
1961	4.3	2.6	18.8
1960	4.6	2.7	20.2
1959	4.9	2.7	19.9
1958	5.2	2.8	19.7
1957	–	2.9	20.5
1956	–	3	21.3
1955	–	3.2	22.3
1954	–	3.3	22.8
1953	–	3.5	23.3
1952	–	3.6	23.9
1951	–	3.7	24.3
1950	–	3.9	24.7
1949	–	4.2	24.9
1948	–	4.4	24.9
1947	–	4.8	25.5
1946	–	5	25.8
1945	–	5.1	26.7
1944	–	5.4	27.4
1943	–	5.1	27.7
1942	–	5.1	27.9
1941	–	5.4	27.8
1940	–	6.2	27.9
1939	–	5.5	28
1938	–	5.6	28.7
1937	–	6.1	28.8
1936	–	6	29.1
1935	–	6.3	29.5
1934	–	6	30.7
1933	–	6.1	30.5
1932	–	6.7	30.7
1931	–	6.5	31.4
1930	–	6.7	31.6
1929	–	7	32
1928	–	7.4	31.9
1927	–	7.4	31.9
1926	–	7.4	32.7
1925	–	7.7	32.4
1924	–	7.9	33.1
1923	–	7.8	33.1
1922	–	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	38.5	15.4	36
1910	44	14.1	36.4
1909	40.3	15.1	36.6
1908	39.6	14.1	37.2
1907	36.6	15.5	37.4
1906	40.3	16.4	38.1
1905	44.2	16.9	38.8
1904	37.7	18.3	38.9
1903	40.6	16.9	39.5
1902	41.9	16.8	40.1
1901	44.2	18.4	40.8
1900	40.9	19.7	40.9
1899	39	18.1	40.8
1898	45.3	19.8	41.2
1897	42.2	18.1	41
1896	44.5	17.8	41.1
1895	45.3	20.3	41.3
1894	43	20.8	41.2
1893	40.9	20.5	41.2
1892	49.9	19.7	41.7
1891	44.2	22.5	41.3
1890	47.4	20.8	41.5
1889	44.7	21.8	41.2
1888	40.6	20.4	41
1887	41.6	21.6	41.1
1886	40.3	22.2	41.1
1885	43.9	23.1	41.2
1884	41.3	21.8	41.1
1883	46.1	22.1	41.4
1882	48.9	24	41.5
1881	40.9	26.2	41.1
1880	46.5	25.3	41.6
1879	40.9	25.7	41.1
1878	48.7	28	41.6
1877	42.2	28.5	41.2
1876	45.2	27.6	41.4
1875	43.2	–	41.5
1874	42.6	–	41.7
1873	42.6	–	41.8
1872	47.9	–	42.1
1871	44.5	–	42.2
1870	40.3	–	41.9
1869	44.7	–	42.1
1868	48.6	–	42.4
1867	39.5	–	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

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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.

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