Canada vs Serbia: Child mortality rate

Canada
0.54 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Serbia
0.54 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Canada rank
155th
Serbia rank
155th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Canada
  • Serbia
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 0.54 deaths per 100 live births against 0.54 deaths per 100 live births in Serbia, a difference of 0 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 155th and Serbia ranks 155th of 200 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Serbia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Serbia Difference Ahead
1900s 24.25 deaths per 100 live births 24.5 deaths per 100 live births 0.2413 deaths per 100 live births Serbia
1910s 28.27 deaths per 100 live births 22.22 deaths per 100 live births 6.05 deaths per 100 live births Canada
1980s 0.9471 deaths per 100 live births 3.79 deaths per 100 live births 2.85 deaths per 100 live births Serbia
1990s 0.714 deaths per 100 live births 2.03 deaths per 100 live births 1.32 deaths per 100 live births Serbia
2000s 0.607 deaths per 100 live births 0.978 deaths per 100 live births 0.371 deaths per 100 live births Serbia
2010s 0.54 deaths per 100 live births 0.652 deaths per 100 live births 0.112 deaths per 100 live births Serbia
2020s 0.53 deaths per 100 live births 0.542 deaths per 100 live births 0.012 deaths per 100 live births Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Canada or Serbia?
Canada, at 0.54 deaths per 100 live births against 0.54 deaths per 100 live births in Serbia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Canada and Serbia?
0 deaths per 100 live births, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Serbia?
51 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2024.
How do Canada and Serbia rank globally for child mortality rate?
Canada ranks 155th and Serbia ranks 155th of 200 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.