Switzerland vs Netherlands
Switzerland vs Netherlands: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Switzerland and 0.4 per 100 live births in Netherlands, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 both had 0.4 per 100 live births.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- 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 | Switzerland | Netherlands | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 10 |
| 1987 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 0.9 | 1 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 0.9 | 1 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 0.9 | 1 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 0.9 | 1 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1 | 1 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 1 | 1.1 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 1 | 1.1 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 2 | 1.7 | 15 |
| 1967 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 2.5 | 2 | 17 |
| 1961 | 2.6 | 2 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 3 | 2.4 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 3.7 | 3 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 5 | 6.2 | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 5.1 | 10.3 | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 5.4 | 7.1 | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 27.9 |
| 1941 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 28 |
| 1938 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 6 | 5.2 | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 6 | 5.6 | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 6.7 | 7 | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 7 | 8.2 | 32 |
| 1928 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 7.4 | 8.3 | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 32.7 |
| 1925 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 32.4 |
| 1924 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 33.1 |
| 1923 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 33.1 |
| 1922 | 8.8 | 10.5 | 33.2 |
| 1921 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 34.2 |
| 1920 | 12.1 | 12.4 | 34.4 |
| 1919 | 11.1 | 15 | 35.7 |
| 1918 | 12.7 | 17.9 | 37.6 |
| 1917 | 10.4 | 14 | 35.3 |
| 1916 | 10.3 | 14.1 | 35.1 |
| 1915 | 11.3 | 13.5 | 35.3 |
| 1914 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 35.4 |
| 1913 | 12.5 | 14 | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 35.5 |
| 1911 | 15.4 | 18.8 | 36 |
| 1910 | 14.1 | 16.1 | 36.4 |
| 1909 | 15.1 | 15.4 | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 14.1 | 18.6 | 37.2 |
| 1907 | 15.5 | 17.2 | 37.4 |
| 1906 | 16.4 | 18.5 | 38.1 |
| 1905 | 16.9 | 19 | 38.8 |
| 1904 | 18.3 | 20.8 | 38.9 |
| 1903 | 16.9 | 19.7 | 39.5 |
| 1902 | 16.8 | 20.2 | 40.1 |
| 1901 | 18.4 | 22.9 | 40.8 |
| 1900 | 19.7 | 22.1 | 40.9 |
| 1899 | 18.1 | 21.5 | 40.8 |
| 1898 | 19.8 | 22.6 | 41.2 |
| 1897 | 18.1 | 21.4 | 41 |
| 1896 | 17.8 | 22.6 | 41.1 |
| 1895 | 20.3 | 24.4 | 41.3 |
| 1894 | 20.8 | 23.1 | 41.2 |
| 1893 | 20.5 | 24.9 | 41.2 |
| 1892 | 19.7 | 26.3 | 41.7 |
| 1891 | 22.5 | 26.3 | 41.3 |
| 1890 | 20.8 | 25.9 | 41.5 |
| 1889 | 21.8 | 26.7 | 41.2 |
| 1888 | 20.4 | 26.7 | 41 |
| 1887 | 21.6 | 25.6 | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 22.2 | 29.6 | 41.1 |
| 1885 | 23.1 | 27.1 | 41.2 |
| 1884 | 21.8 | 30.5 | 41.1 |
| 1883 | 22.1 | 28.3 | 41.4 |
| 1882 | 24 | 26.9 | 41.5 |
| 1881 | 26.2 | 27.6 | 41.1 |
| 1880 | 25.3 | 31.4 | 41.6 |
| 1879 | 25.7 | 28.3 | 41.1 |
| 1878 | 28 | 29.9 | 41.6 |
| 1877 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 41.2 |
| 1876 | 27.6 | 30 | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | 32.5 | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | 28.7 | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | 31.3 | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | 34.5 | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | 36.9 | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | 32.8 | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | 28.9 | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | 33.7 | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | 31 | 42 |
| 1866 | – | 33.1 | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | 34.2 | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | 31.5 | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | 32 | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | 31.5 | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | 33.3 | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | 31.8 | 42.9 |
| 1859 | – | 39 | 43.7 |
| 1858 | – | 33 | 43.8 |
| 1857 | – | 34.2 | 44.2 |
| 1856 | – | 30.9 | 44.2 |
| 1855 | – | 34.3 | 44 |
| 1854 | – | 29.8 | 43.7 |
| 1853 | – | 29.3 | 43.2 |
| 1852 | – | 31.5 | 42.9 |
| 1851 | – | 30.4 | 42.4 |
| 1850 | – | 29.4 | 42 |
| 1849 | – | 27.5 | 42.3 |
| 1848 | – | 29.6 | 42.3 |
| 1847 | – | 33.8 | 42.2 |
| 1846 | – | 37.4 | 42.4 |
| 1845 | – | 27.3 | 42 |
| 1844 | – | 26.7 | 42.1 |
| 1843 | – | 27.5 | 42.1 |
| 1842 | – | 32.2 | 42.2 |
| 1841 | – | 27.8 | 42.1 |
| 1840 | – | 26.7 | 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
Switzerland vs Netherlands
Health
- Life expectancySwitzerland: 84 years in 2023Netherlands: 82.2 years in 2023
- Infant mortalitySwitzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterSwitzerland: 96.7% in 2022Netherlands: 100% in 2022
- DepressionSwitzerland: 3.71% in 2017Netherlands: 4.03% in 2017
- Suicide rateSwitzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Netherlands: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSwitzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023Netherlands: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthSwitzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023Netherlands: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSwitzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Netherlands: 1.43 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSwitzerland: 85.7% in 2025Netherlands: 95.9% in 2025
- Median ageSwitzerland: 42.3 years in 2023Netherlands: 41.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSwitzerland: 19.6% in 2023Netherlands: 20.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateSwitzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Netherlands: 8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSwitzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025Netherlands: 2.2% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSwitzerland: $7.15B in 2025Netherlands: $27B in 2025
- Military spending per personSwitzerland: $849 in 2025Netherlands: $1,582 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSwitzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Netherlands: 4.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSwitzerland: 20,000 people in 2020Netherlands: 41,000 people in 2020
- National powerSwitzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Netherlands: 0.38% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSwitzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Netherlands: 0.42% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSwitzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023Netherlands: 824 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSwitzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025Netherlands: 601 million TIV in 2025