South Africa vs Switzerland

South Africa vs Switzerland: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.5 per 100 live births in South Africa and 0.4 per 100 live births in Switzerland, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 3.1 per 100 live births, or 9 times that in Switzerland.

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

South Africa vs Switzerland: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 3.5 per 100 live births in South Africa and 0.4 per 100 live births in Switzerland, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in South Africa, by 3.1 per 100 live births, or 9 times that in Switzerland.
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What the numbers say

  • South Africa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1974.
  • 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

YearSouth AfricaSwitzerlandWorld
20243.50.43.7
20233.50.43.8
20223.40.44
20213.40.44
20203.40.43.9
20193.40.44
20183.50.44
20173.60.44.1
20163.70.44.2
20153.80.44.3
201440.44.4
20134.10.44.5
20124.30.44.7
20114.60.55
201050.55.1
20095.70.55.3
20086.40.55.5
20077.10.55.7
20067.70.56
200580.56.2
20048.10.56.6
20037.90.56.8
20027.70.57.1
20017.50.67.4
20007.10.67.7
19996.90.67.9
19986.60.68.3
19976.30.68.4
19966.10.68.6
19955.90.68.8
19945.80.78.9
19935.70.79.1
19925.60.89.2
19915.70.89.3
19905.80.89.4
198960.89.5
19886.30.910
19876.60.99.9
19866.90.910.3
19857.20.910.6
19847.60.910.9
198380.911.1
19828.4111.2
19818.9111.6
19809.4111.9
19799.91.111.9
197810.51.112.3
197711.11.212.6
197611.81.312.8
197512.51.413.1
197413.21.513.3
1973–1.613.5
1972–1.713.7
1971–1.813.9
1970–1.814.2
1969–1.914.6
1968–215
1967–2.115.3
1966–2.215.1
1965–2.315.1
1964–2.415.7
1963–2.516.2
1962–2.517
1961–2.618.8
1960–2.720.2
1959–2.719.9
1958–2.819.7
1957–2.920.5
1956–321.3
1955–3.222.3
1954–3.322.8
1953–3.523.3
1952–3.623.9
1951–3.724.3
1950–3.924.7
1949–4.224.9
1948–4.424.9
1947–4.825.5
1946–525.8
1945–5.126.7
1944–5.427.4
1943–5.127.7
1942–5.127.9
1941–5.427.8
1940–6.227.9
1939–5.528
1938–5.628.7
1937–6.128.8
1936–629.1
1935–6.329.5
1934–630.7
1933–6.130.5
1932–6.730.7
1931–6.531.4
1930–6.731.6
1929–732
1928–7.431.9
1927–7.431.9
1926–7.432.7
1925–7.732.4
1924–7.933.1
1923–7.833.1
1922–8.833.2
1921–9.534.2
1920–12.134.4
1919–11.135.7
1918–12.737.6
1917–10.435.3
1916–10.335.1
1915–11.335.3
1914–11.835.4
1913–12.535.1
1912–12.335.5
1911–15.436
1910–14.136.4
1909–15.136.6
1908–14.137.2
1907–15.537.4
1906–16.438.1
1905–16.938.8
1904–18.338.9
1903–16.939.5
1902–16.840.1
1901–18.440.8
1900–19.740.9
1899–18.140.8
1898–19.841.2
1897–18.141
1896–17.841.1
1895–20.341.3
1894–20.841.2
1893–20.541.2
1892–19.741.7
1891–22.541.3
1890–20.841.5
1889–21.841.2
1888–20.441
1887–21.641.1
1886–22.241.1
1885–23.141.2
1884–21.841.1
1883–22.141.4
1882–2441.5
1881–26.241.1
1880–25.341.6
1879–25.741.1
1878–2841.6
1877–28.541.2
1876–27.641.4
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

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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.

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