What is the difference in child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty between Croatia and Serbia?

0.0238 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Serbia?

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.

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 vs. share in extreme poverty. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Croatia vs Serbia: Child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty

Croatia

0.5646 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Serbia

0.5408 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Croatia rank

153rd

Serbia rank

157th

Child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty over time

Croatia
Serbia

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 0.5646 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5408 deaths per 100 live births in Serbia, a difference of 0.0238 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Serbia ahead.

Croatia ranks 153rd and Serbia ranks 157th of 199 countries.

Serbia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.64 deaths per 100 live births	3.65 deaths per 100 live births	2.01 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
1990s	1.06 deaths per 100 live births	2.03 deaths per 100 live births	0.9639 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2000s	0.7018 deaths per 100 live births	0.9764 deaths per 100 live births	0.2746 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2010s	0.5001 deaths per 100 live births	0.6515 deaths per 100 live births	0.1514 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia
2020s	0.4932 deaths per 100 live births	0.5411 deaths per 100 live births	0.0479 deaths per 100 live births	Serbia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty, Croatia or Serbia?: Croatia, at 0.5646 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5408 deaths per 100 live births in Serbia as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty between Croatia and Serbia?: 0.0238 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Serbia?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Croatia and Serbia rank globally for child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty?: Croatia ranks 153rd and Serbia ranks 157th 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 vs. share in extreme poverty. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality vs. share in extreme poverty
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 8,896 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .