Slovakia vs Ukraine: Infant mortality

Infant mortality in 2023: 4.5 per 1,000 live births in Slovakia and 5.9 per 1,000 live births in Ukraine, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Ukraine, by 1.4 per 1,000 live births, or 1.3 times that in Slovakia.

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deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

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What the numbers say

Ukraine has been higher since 1990, when it overtook Slovakia.
In 2023, Slovakia ranked 180 and Ukraine ranked 156 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Slovakia at 1.1 per 1,000 live births and Ukraine at 1 per 1,000 live births in 2100.
The world as a whole: 27.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023.

Every year

deaths per 1,000 live births · UN

Year	Slovakia	Ukraine	World
2023	4.5	5.9	27.3
2022	4.7	6.1	28.2
2021	4.9	5.4	28.4
2020	5	6.1	28.7
2019	5	6.5	29.2
2018	4.9	6.8	29.7
2017	4.5	7.3	30.3
2016	5.4	7.4	31.1
2015	5.1	7.4	32.1
2014	5.7	7.7	32.9
2013	5.4	7.9	33.9
2012	5.6	8.5	35
2011	5	8.9	36.8
2010	5.7	9.1	37.7
2009	5.8	9.6	39.1
2008	6	10.2	40.4
2007	6.1	10.5	42
2006	6.6	10.4	43.7
2005	7.2	9.9	45.4
2004	6.9	9.8	47.2
2003	7.9	10.1	48.8
2002	7.7	10.8	50.6
2001	6.1	11.6	52.2
2000	8.5	12.1	53.7
1999	8.2	12.4	55.5
1998	8.7	13	57.1
1997	8.6	13.5	58.3
1996	10.1	14.2	59.6
1995	10.6	14.3	60.8
1994	10.6	14.4	62
1993	10.5	14.1	62.9
1992	12.3	13.9	64.1
1991	13.1	13.3	64.9
1990	12.2	12.9	64.9
1989	13.2	13.2	66.2
1988	13.4	13.7	68
1987	13.8	14.4	68.6
1986	14.8	14.8	70.8
1985	16.3	15.3	72.9
1984	17	15.6	74.6
1983	17.4	15.9	76.1
1982	17.9	16	76.6
1981	19.1	16.2	78.7
1980	20.3	16.6	80.6
1979	21	17.3	82.5
1978	21.8	18	84.7
1977	21.5	18.7	86.4
1976	24.6	18.9	88.1
1975	23.6	18.9	89.6
1974	23.3	17.9	90.9
1973	25.3	17.1	92.1
1972	26.2	16.2	93.6
1971	24	16.5	96.1
1970	25	17.2	96.9
1969	25.9	18.1	98.3
1968	23	18.4	100.2
1967	24.7	18.5	103.1
1966	26.6	19	104.9
1965	28	20.1	106.4
1964	25.4	21.7	106.1
1963	26.8	23.4	107.7
1962	24.9	24.5	110.2
1961	27.4	26.4	121.5
1960	28.6	30.5	131.8
1959	31.7	35.8	125.7
1958	36	41.8	117.7
1957	45.6	46.5	120
1956	40.6	52.6	121.9
1955	44.3	59.8	124.8
1954	50.2	64.8	127.7
1953	61.8	70.7	130.1
1952	75.2	74.8	132.7
1951	107.4	78	136
1950	111.5	79.5	138.1

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Slovakia	Ukraine	World
2024	3.93.3–4.7	5.13.4–9.2	26.9
2025	3.82.9–5	4.83–9	26.4
2026	3.72.7–5.3	4.72.9–9.1	25.9
2027	3.62.5–5.5	4.62.7–9.5	25.4
2028	3.52.4–5.6	4.42.6–9.7	24.9
2029	3.42.2–5.8	4.32.5–9.9	24.5
2030	3.32.1–5.7	4.22.3–10	24
2031	3.31.9–5.9	4.12.2–10	23.6
2032	3.21.8–5.7	42.1–10.6	23.2
2033	3.11.8–5.8	3.91.9–10.2	22.8
2034	31.7–5.8	3.81.8–10.4	22.3
2035	2.91.6–5.8	3.71.8–10.7	21.9
2036	2.91.5–5.8	3.61.7–10.6	21.5
2037	2.81.5–5.9	3.51.6–10.5	21.1
2038	2.71.4–5.8	3.41.5–10.2	20.8
2039	2.71.4–5.7	3.31.5–10.4	20.4
2040	2.61.3–5.7	3.21.5–10.2	20
2041	2.51.3–5.7	3.11.4–10.4	19.7
2042	2.51.2–5.7	31.3–10	19.4
2043	2.41.1–5.5	2.91.3–10.4	19
2044	2.41.1–5.7	2.91.3–9.9	18.7
2045	2.31.1–5.5	2.81.2–9.9	18.4
2046	2.31–5.4	2.71.2–9.9	18.2
2047	2.21–5.6	2.61.2–9.9	17.9
2048	2.21–5.4	2.61.1–10.1	17.7
2049	2.10.9–5.4	2.51.1–10.1	17.5
2050	2.10.9–5.3	2.41–10.2	17.3
2051	20.9–5.5	2.41–9.8	17.1
2052	20.9–5.3	2.31–9.3	16.9
2053	20.9–5.2	2.30.9–9.2	16.7
2054	1.90.8–5.2	2.20.9–9.1	16.5
2055	1.90.8–5.4	2.20.9–9.3	16.3
2056	1.90.8–5.2	2.20.9–9.3	16.1
2057	1.80.7–5.1	2.10.9–9.2	15.9
2058	1.80.7–5.3	2.10.8–9.6	15.7
2059	1.80.7–5.1	20.8–9.1	15.5
2060	1.80.7–5	20.8–8.8	15.3
2061	1.70.7–4.8	20.8–8.9	15.1
2062	1.70.7–4.8	1.90.8–8.5	14.9
2063	1.70.7–4.9	1.90.7–8.3	14.7
2064	1.60.6–4.9	1.80.7–8.4	14.5
2065	1.60.6–4.9	1.80.7–7.9	14.3
2066	1.60.6–4.7	1.80.7–8.2	14.1
2067	1.60.6–4.5	1.70.7–8	13.9
2068	1.60.6–4.5	1.70.6–7.8	13.8
2069	1.50.6–4.4	1.70.6–7.8	13.6
2070	1.50.5–4.4	1.60.6–7.5	13.4
2071	1.50.5–4.4	1.60.6–7.7	13.2
2072	1.50.5–4.3	1.60.6–7.6	13
2073	1.50.5–4.2	1.60.6–7.1	12.9
2074	1.40.5–4.3	1.50.6–7.3	12.7
2075	1.40.5–4.1	1.50.6–7.2	12.6
2076	1.40.5–4.1	1.50.5–6.9	12.4
2077	1.40.5–4.1	1.40.5–7	12.3
2078	1.40.4–3.9	1.40.5–6.8	12.1
2079	1.30.4–3.8	1.40.5–6.9	12
2080	1.30.4–3.8	1.40.5–6.7	11.8
2081	1.30.4–3.8	1.40.5–6.7	11.7
2082	1.30.4–3.5	1.30.4–6.6	11.6
2083	1.30.4–3.5	1.30.4–6.6	11.5
2084	1.30.4–3.5	1.30.4–6.3	11.4
2085	1.20.4–3.4	1.30.4–6.2	11.3
2086	1.20.4–3.3	1.30.4–5.9	11.1
2087	1.20.4–3.3	1.20.4–6	11
2088	1.20.4–3.3	1.20.4–5.8	10.9
2089	1.20.3–3.3	1.20.4–5.8	10.8
2090	1.20.3–3.3	1.20.4–5.4	10.7
2091	1.20.3–3.3	1.20.4–5.5	10.6
2092	1.20.3–3.2	1.10.3–5.8	10.5
2093	1.10.3–3.3	1.10.3–5.6	10.4
2094	1.10.3–3.2	1.10.3–5.5	10.3
2095	1.10.3–3.2	1.10.3–5.3	10.1
2096	1.10.3–3.1	1.10.3–5.1	10
2097	1.10.3–3.1	1.10.3–5	9.9
2098	1.10.3–3	1.10.3–4.9	9.8
2099	1.10.3–3	10.3–4.9	9.7
2100	1.10.3–3	10.3–5	9.6

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Babies who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 born alive.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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