Netherlands vs Switzerland: Child mortality
Netherlands
0.3885 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Switzerland
0.3866 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Netherlands rank
171st
Switzerland rank
172nd
Child mortality over time
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 0.3885 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3866 deaths per 100 live births in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0019 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Switzerland ahead.
Netherlands ranks 171st and Switzerland ranks 172nd of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 11 and Switzerland in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2.13 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1810s | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2.13 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1820s | 32.35 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2.13 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1830s | 29.71 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 4.77 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1840s | 29.64 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 4.84 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1850s | 32.17 deaths per 100 live births | 34.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1860s | 32.1 deaths per 100 live births | 34.03 deaths per 100 live births | 1.93 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1870s | 31.32 deaths per 100 live births | 28.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 28.04 deaths per 100 live births | 22.85 deaths per 100 live births | 5.18 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 23.9 deaths per 100 live births | 19.84 deaths per 100 live births | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 19.44 deaths per 100 live births | 16.8 deaths per 100 live births | 2.64 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 15.16 deaths per 100 live births | 12.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 9.27 deaths per 100 live births | 8.29 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9817 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 5.6 deaths per 100 live births | 6.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5375 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 5.71 deaths per 100 live births | 5.06 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6441 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 2.61 deaths per 100 live births | 3.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6385 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4423 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1017 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 0.9783 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9236 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0547 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 0.715 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6736 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0414 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 0.5403 deaths per 100 live births | 0.513 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0273 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 0.4154 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4299 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0145 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.3949 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3934 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0015 deaths per 100 live births | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Netherlands or Switzerland?
- Netherlands, at 0.3885 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 Netherlands and Switzerland?
- 0.0019 deaths per 100 live births, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Switzerland?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Netherlands and Switzerland rank globally for child mortality?
- Netherlands ranks 171st 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
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.