What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between New Zealand and Switzerland?

8 deaths, with Switzerland ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Switzerland?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

New Zealand vs Switzerland: Number of infants who die before age 1

New Zealand

257 deaths

in 2023

Switzerland

265 deaths

in 2023

New Zealand rank

135th

Switzerland rank

134th

Number of infants who die before age 1 over time

New Zealand
Switzerland

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 265 deaths against 257 deaths in New Zealand, a difference of 8 deaths.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Switzerland ahead.

New Zealand ranks 135th and Switzerland ranks 134th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	New Zealand	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1950s	1,383 deaths	2,262 deaths	879.1 deaths	Switzerland
1960s	1,222 deaths	1,972 deaths	749 deaths	Switzerland
1970s	874.1 deaths	987.5 deaths	113.4 deaths	Switzerland
1980s	599.9 deaths	558.9 deaths	41 deaths	New Zealand
1990s	399.6 deaths	445.9 deaths	46.3 deaths	Switzerland
2000s	305 deaths	324 deaths	19 deaths	Switzerland
2010s	259.1 deaths	311.2 deaths	52.1 deaths	Switzerland
2020s	255.5 deaths	285 deaths	29.5 deaths	Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infants who die before age 1, New Zealand or Switzerland?: Switzerland, at 265 deaths against 257 deaths in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of infants who die before age 1 between New Zealand and Switzerland?: 8 deaths, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Switzerland?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do New Zealand and Switzerland rank globally for number of infants who die before age 1?: New Zealand ranks 135th and Switzerland ranks 134th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of infants who die before age 1. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infants who die before age 1
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people at birth.