Greece vs Switzerland: Infant mortality by sex
Greece
0.35 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Switzerland
0.3683 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
170th
Switzerland rank
168th
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Greece
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.3683 deaths per 100 live births against 0.35 deaths per 100 live births in Greece, a difference of 0.0183 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 170th and Switzerland ranks 168th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 5 and Switzerland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.21 deaths per 100 live births | 2.91 deaths per 100 live births | 1.3 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1960s | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 2.12 deaths per 100 live births | 1.52 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8337 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6347 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 0.8118 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6082 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2036 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.4492 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4707 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0215 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.3789 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4021 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0233 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.3615 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3739 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 infant mortality by sex, Greece or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.3683 deaths per 100 live births against 0.35 deaths per 100 live births in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Greece and Switzerland?
- 0.0183 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 infant mortality by sex?
- Greece ranks 170th and Switzerland ranks 168th 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 Infant 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 one year, per 100 live births .