Denmark vs Switzerland: Child mortality
Denmark
0.3955 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Switzerland
0.3866 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
169th
Switzerland rank
172nd
Child mortality over time
- Denmark
- Switzerland
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3866 deaths per 100 live births in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0089 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 169th and Switzerland ranks 172nd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 8 and Switzerland in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 37.46 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2.98 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1810s | 36.37 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 1.89 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1820s | 34.79 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3093 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1830s | 29.09 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 5.38 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1840s | 26.2 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 8.28 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1850s | 23.91 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 10.57 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1860s | 22.13 deaths per 100 live births | 34.03 deaths per 100 live births | 11.9 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1870s | 20.43 deaths per 100 live births | 28.9 deaths per 100 live births | 8.46 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1880s | 20.01 deaths per 100 live births | 22.85 deaths per 100 live births | 2.85 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1890s | 19.13 deaths per 100 live births | 19.84 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7111 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1900s | 14.67 deaths per 100 live births | 16.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2.13 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1910s | 11.79 deaths per 100 live births | 12.18 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3915 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1920s | 9.96 deaths per 100 live births | 8.29 deaths per 100 live births | 1.67 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1930s | 8.1 deaths per 100 live births | 6.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.97 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1940s | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 5.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2604 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1950s | 2.98 deaths per 100 live births | 3.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2685 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1593 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1408 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.9649 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9236 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0413 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1990s | 0.6991 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6736 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0255 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 2000s | 0.4929 deaths per 100 live births | 0.513 deaths per 100 live births | 0.02 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.4002 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4299 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0297 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.381 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3934 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0124 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Denmark or Switzerland?
- Denmark, at 0.3955 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3866 deaths per 100 live births in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Denmark and Switzerland?
- 0.0089 deaths per 100 live births, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Switzerland?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Switzerland rank globally for child mortality?
- Denmark ranks 169th and Switzerland ranks 172nd of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.