Switzerland vs Türkiye
Switzerland vs Türkiye: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Switzerland and 1 per 100 live births in Türkiye, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Türkiye, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 2.46 times that in Switzerland.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Türkiye has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1953.
- 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 | Türkiye | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.4 | 1 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 0.4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 0.5 | 2 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 6 |
| 2005 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 3 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 0.6 | 4 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 0.6 | 4.6 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 0.6 | 5 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 0.6 | 5.3 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 0.7 | 6.1 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 0.8 | 6.9 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 0.8 | 7.8 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 10 |
| 1987 | 0.9 | 8.8 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 0.9 | 9.3 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 0.9 | 9.8 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 0.9 | 10.4 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 0.9 | 11 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 1 | 11.6 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 1 | 12.2 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 1 | 12.8 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 1.1 | 13.4 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 1.1 | 14 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 1.2 | 14.6 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 1.3 | 15.2 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 1.4 | 15.8 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 1.5 | 16.4 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 1.6 | 17 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 1.7 | 17.5 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 1.8 | 18 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 1.8 | 18.6 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 1.9 | 19.1 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 2 | 19.7 | 15 |
| 1967 | 2.1 | 20.2 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 2.2 | 20.9 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 2.3 | 21.5 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 2.4 | 22.3 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 2.5 | 23.1 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 2.5 | 23.9 | 17 |
| 1961 | 2.6 | 24.7 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 2.7 | 25.5 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 2.7 | 26.2 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 2.8 | 26.8 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 2.9 | 27.3 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 3 | 27.8 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 3.2 | 28.2 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 3.3 | 28.6 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 3.5 | 29 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 3.6 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 3.7 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 3.9 | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 4.2 | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 4.4 | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 4.8 | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 5 | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 5.1 | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 5.4 | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 5.1 | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 5.1 | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | 5.4 | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 6.2 | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 5.5 | – | 28 |
| 1938 | 5.6 | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 6.1 | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 6 | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 6.3 | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 6 | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 6.1 | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 6.7 | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | 6.5 | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | 6.7 | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | 7 | – | 32 |
| 1928 | 7.4 | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | 7.4 | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | 7.4 | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | 7.7 | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | 7.9 | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | 7.8 | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | 8.8 | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | 9.5 | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | 12.1 | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | 11.1 | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | 12.7 | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | 10.4 | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | 10.3 | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | 11.3 | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | 11.8 | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | 12.5 | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | 12.3 | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | 15.4 | – | 36 |
| 1910 | 14.1 | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | 15.1 | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | 14.1 | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | 15.5 | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | 16.4 | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | 16.9 | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | 18.3 | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | 16.9 | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | 16.8 | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | 18.4 | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | 19.7 | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | 18.1 | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | 19.8 | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | 18.1 | – | 41 |
| 1896 | 17.8 | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | 20.3 | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | 20.8 | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | 20.5 | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | 19.7 | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | 22.5 | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | 20.8 | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | 21.8 | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | 20.4 | – | 41 |
| 1887 | 21.6 | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | 22.2 | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | 23.1 | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | 21.8 | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | 22.1 | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | 24 | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | 26.2 | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | 25.3 | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | 25.7 | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | 28 | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | 28.5 | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | 27.6 | – | 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
Switzerland vs Türkiye
Health
- Life expectancySwitzerland: 84 years in 2023Türkiye: 77.2 years in 2023
- Infant mortalitySwitzerland: 3.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Türkiye: 9.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionSwitzerland: 3.71% in 2017Türkiye: 3.72% in 2017
- Suicide rateSwitzerland: 9.3 per 100,000 people in 2017Türkiye: 3.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationSwitzerland: 8.87 million people in 2023Türkiye: 87.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthSwitzerland: 0.62% a year in 2023Türkiye: 0.23% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateSwitzerland: 1.43 births per woman in 2023Türkiye: 1.63 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationSwitzerland: 85.7% in 2025Türkiye: 89.5% in 2025
- Median ageSwitzerland: 42.3 years in 2023Türkiye: 32.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overSwitzerland: 19.6% in 2023Türkiye: 10% in 2023
- Net migration rateSwitzerland: 5.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Türkiye: -3.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingSwitzerland: 0.76% of GDP in 2025Türkiye: 1.91% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsSwitzerland: $7.15B in 2025Türkiye: $26.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personSwitzerland: $849 in 2025Türkiye: $342 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingSwitzerland: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Türkiye: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelSwitzerland: 20,000 people in 2020Türkiye: 512,000 people in 2020
- National powerSwitzerland: 0.12% of world capability in 2022Türkiye: 1.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersSwitzerland: 0.4% of the labour force in 2020Türkiye: 1.61% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsSwitzerland: 33 million TIV in 2023Türkiye: 381 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsSwitzerland: 129 million TIV in 2025Türkiye: 539 million TIV in 2025