Switzerland vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.4 per 100 live births in Switzerland and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United States, by 0.3 per 100 live births, or 1.67 times that in Switzerland.

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

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What the numbers say

United States has been higher since 1953, when it overtook Switzerland.
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	United States	World
2024	0.4	0.7	3.7
2023	0.4	0.7	3.8
2022	0.4	0.7	4
2021	0.4	0.7	4
2020	0.4	0.7	3.9
2019	0.4	0.7	4
2018	0.4	0.7	4
2017	0.4	0.7	4.1
2016	0.4	0.7	4.2
2015	0.4	0.7	4.3
2014	0.4	0.7	4.4
2013	0.4	0.7	4.5
2012	0.4	0.7	4.7
2011	0.5	0.7	5
2010	0.5	0.7	5.1
2009	0.5	0.8	5.3
2008	0.5	0.8	5.5
2007	0.5	0.8	5.7
2006	0.5	0.8	6
2005	0.5	0.8	6.2
2004	0.5	0.8	6.6
2003	0.5	0.8	6.8
2002	0.5	0.8	7.1
2001	0.6	0.8	7.4
2000	0.6	0.8	7.7
1999	0.6	0.9	7.9
1998	0.6	0.9	8.3
1997	0.6	0.9	8.4
1996	0.6	0.9	8.6
1995	0.6	1	8.8
1994	0.7	1	8.9
1993	0.7	1	9.1
1992	0.8	1.1	9.2
1991	0.8	1.1	9.3
1990	0.8	1.1	9.4
1989	0.8	1.2	9.5
1988	0.9	1.2	10
1987	0.9	1.2	9.9
1986	0.9	1.2	10.3
1985	0.9	1.3	10.6
1984	0.9	1.3	10.9
1983	0.9	1.3	11.1
1982	1	1.4	11.2
1981	1	1.4	11.6
1980	1	1.5	11.9
1979	1.1	1.6	11.9
1978	1.1	1.6	12.3
1977	1.2	1.7	12.6
1976	1.3	1.8	12.8
1975	1.4	1.9	13.1
1974	1.5	2	13.3
1973	1.6	2.1	13.5
1972	1.7	2.2	13.7
1971	1.8	2.2	13.9
1970	1.8	2.3	14.2
1969	1.9	2.4	14.6
1968	2	2.5	15
1967	2.1	2.6	15.3
1966	2.2	2.6	15.1
1965	2.3	2.7	15.1
1964	2.4	2.8	15.7
1963	2.5	2.8	16.2
1962	2.5	2.9	17
1961	2.6	3	18.8
1960	2.7	3	20.2
1959	2.7	3.1	19.9
1958	2.8	3.1	19.7
1957	2.9	3.2	20.5
1956	3	3.2	21.3
1955	3.2	3.3	22.3
1954	3.3	3.4	22.8
1953	3.5	3.5	23.3
1952	3.6	3.6	23.9
1951	3.7	3.7	24.3
1950	3.9	3.8	24.7
1949	4.2	3.9	24.9
1948	4.4	4	24.9
1947	4.8	4.3	25.5
1946	5	4.7	25.8
1945	5.1	4.8	26.7
1944	5.4	5	27.4
1943	5.1	5.4	27.7
1942	5.1	5.5	27.9
1941	5.4	6	27.8
1940	6.2	6.2	27.9
1939	5.5	6.3	28
1938	5.6	7	28.7
1937	6.1	7.4	28.8
1936	6	7.6	29.1
1935	6.3	7.5	29.5
1934	6	8	30.7
1933	6.1	7.3	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

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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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