Austria vs Slovakia: Number of children who die before age 5, by world region

Austria
279 deaths
in 2023
Slovakia
293 deaths
in 2023
Austria rank
139th
Slovakia rank
137th

Number of children who die before age 5, by world region over time

  • Austria
  • Slovakia
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k195019862023

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 293 deaths against 279 deaths in Austria, a difference of 14 deaths.

That makes Slovakia's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Slovakia ahead.

Austria ranks 139th and Slovakia ranks 137th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 1 and Slovakia in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Slovakia Difference Ahead
1950s 6,205 deaths 6,890 deaths 684.1 deaths Slovakia
1960s 4,423 deaths 2,638 deaths 1,785 deaths Austria
1970s 2,352 deaths 2,544 deaths 192 deaths Slovakia
1980s 1,171 deaths 1,692 deaths 521 deaths Slovakia
1990s 659.2 deaths 851.6 deaths 192.4 deaths Slovakia
2000s 388.1 deaths 454.5 deaths 66.4 deaths Slovakia
2010s 313.9 deaths 364.6 deaths 50.7 deaths Slovakia
2020s 298.75 deaths 319.75 deaths 21 deaths Slovakia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, by world region, Austria or Slovakia?
Slovakia, at 293 deaths against 279 deaths in Austria as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5, by world region between Austria and Slovakia?
14 deaths, with Slovakia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Slovakia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Austria and Slovakia rank globally for number of children who die before age 5, by world region?
Austria ranks 139th and Slovakia ranks 137th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5, by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Austria vs Slovakia: Number of children who die before age 5, by world region. Statizoid, drawing on UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/child-deaths-by-world-region-un-data/austria/slovak-republic/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/child-deaths-by-world-region-un-data/austria/slovak-republic/">Austria vs Slovakia: Number of children who die before age 5, by world region</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of children who die before age 5, by world region
Unit
deaths
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people aged 0-4.