Greece vs Switzerland: Child mortality by sex
Greece
0.4121 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Switzerland
0.4165 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
171st
Switzerland rank
169th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Greece
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.4165 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4121 deaths per 100 live births in Greece, a difference of 0.0044 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 171st and Switzerland ranks 169th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.29 deaths per 100 live births | 3.57 deaths per 100 live births | 1.72 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1960s | 4.24 deaths per 100 live births | 2.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 2.86 deaths per 100 live births | 1.64 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6131 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.9271 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7454 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1818 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.5263 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5592 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0329 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.4473 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4635 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0162 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.4257 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4242 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0015 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Greece or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.4165 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4121 deaths per 100 live births in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Greece and Switzerland?
- 0.0044 deaths per 100 live births, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Switzerland?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Switzerland rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Greece ranks 171st and Switzerland ranks 169th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .