South Korea vs Switzerland

South Korea vs Switzerland: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in South Korea and 0.4 per 100 live births in Switzerland, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.39 times that in South Korea.

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

South Korea vs Switzerland: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in South Korea and 0.4 per 100 live births in Switzerland, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 0.1 per 100 live births, or 1.39 times that in South Korea.
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What the numbers say

  • Switzerland has been higher since 2008.
  • 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 KoreaSwitzerlandWorld
20240.30.43.7
20230.30.43.8
20220.30.44
20210.30.44
20200.30.43.9
20190.30.44
20180.30.44
20170.30.44.1
20160.30.44.2
20150.40.44.3
20140.40.44.4
20130.40.44.5
20120.40.44.7
20110.40.55
20100.40.55.1
20090.40.55.3
20080.50.55.5
20070.50.55.7
20060.50.56
20050.60.56.2
20040.60.56.6
20030.60.56.8
20020.70.57.1
20010.70.67.4
20000.80.67.7
19990.80.67.9
19980.90.68.3
19970.90.68.4
199610.68.6
19951.10.68.8
19941.10.78.9
19931.20.79.1
19921.30.89.2
19911.50.89.3
19901.60.89.4
19891.70.89.5
19881.90.910
19872.10.99.9
19862.20.910.3
19852.50.910.6
19842.70.910.9
19832.90.911.1
19823.2111.2
19813.4111.6
19803.6111.9
19793.91.111.9
197841.112.3
19774.21.212.6
19764.41.312.8
19754.61.413.1
19744.81.513.3
19735.11.613.5
19725.41.713.7
19715.71.813.9
19706.11.814.2
19696.61.914.6
19687.1215
19677.72.115.3
19668.22.215.1
19658.72.315.1
19649.22.415.7
19639.72.516.2
196210.22.517
196110.72.618.8
196011.32.720.2
1959122.719.9
195812.82.819.7
195713.92.920.5
195615.4321.3
195517.23.222.3
195419.73.322.8
195322.83.523.3
195226.63.623.9
195131.33.724.3
195036.93.924.7
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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