Slovakia vs Ukraine
Slovakia vs Ukraine: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.6 per 100 live births in Slovakia and 0.8 per 100 live births in Ukraine, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.25 times that in Slovakia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Ukraine has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
- In 2024, Slovakia ranked 148 and Ukraine ranked 141 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
- 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 | Slovakia | Ukraine | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.6 | 1 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.6 | 1 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.6 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1.8 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1.9 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 1.1 | 2 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 1.1 | 2 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 1.2 | 2 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 1.2 | 2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 1.3 | 2 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 1.3 | 2 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 1.6 | 2 | 10 |
| 1987 | 1.7 | 2 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 2 | 2.4 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 2.8 | 3 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 3 | – | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 3 | – | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 3 | – | 15 |
| 1967 | 3 | – | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 3.1 | – | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 3.1 | – | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 3.1 | – | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 3.2 | – | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 3.3 | – | 17 |
| 1961 | 3.5 | – | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 3.7 | – | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 3.9 | – | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 4.2 | – | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 4.7 | – | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 5.2 | – | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 5.8 | – | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 6.6 | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 7.6 | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 8.9 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 10.4 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 12.2 | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 14.3 | – | 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
Slovakia vs Ukraine
Health
- Life expectancySlovakia: 78.3 years in 2023Ukraine: 73.4 years in 2023
- Infant mortalitySlovakia: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ukraine: 5.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSlovakia: 99.2% in 2022Ukraine: 87.6% in 2022
- DepressionSlovakia: 2.4% in 2017Ukraine: 4.07% in 2017
- Suicide rateSlovakia: 9.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Ukraine: 25.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSlovakia: 5.52 million people in 2023Ukraine: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthSlovakia: 0.06% a year in 2023Ukraine: -1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSlovakia: 1.56 births per woman in 2023Ukraine: 0.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSlovakia: 53.2% in 2025Ukraine: 69.6% in 2025
- Median ageSlovakia: 41.3 years in 2023Ukraine: 42 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSlovakia: 18.1% in 2023Ukraine: 18.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateSlovakia: 0.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Ukraine: -8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSlovakia: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Ukraine: 39.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSlovakia: $2.87B in 2025Ukraine: $77.6B in 2025
- Military spending per personSlovakia: $568 in 2025Ukraine: $2,197 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSlovakia: 4.2% of government spending in 2025Ukraine: 62.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSlovakia: 18,000 people in 2020Ukraine: 298,000 people in 2020
- National powerSlovakia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Ukraine: 0.86% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSlovakia: 0.67% of the labour force in 2020Ukraine: 1.43% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSlovakia: 445 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 2.26 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSlovakia: 9 million TIV in 2025Ukraine: 120 million TIV in 2025