What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Croatia and Slovakia?

0.0151 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.

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

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Croatia vs Slovakia: Youth mortality rate

Croatia

0.7571 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Slovakia

0.742 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Croatia rank

147th

Slovakia rank

149th

Youth mortality rate over time

Croatia
Slovakia

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 0.7571 deaths per 100 live births against 0.742 deaths per 100 live births in Slovakia, a difference of 0.0151 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 147th and Slovakia ranks 149th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 1 and Slovakia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Slovakia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.14 deaths per 100 live births	2.12 deaths per 100 live births	0.0185 deaths per 100 live births	Croatia
1990s	1.31 deaths per 100 live births	1.47 deaths per 100 live births	0.162 deaths per 100 live births	Slovakia
2000s	0.8443 deaths per 100 live births	1.03 deaths per 100 live births	0.1872 deaths per 100 live births	Slovakia
2010s	0.6187 deaths per 100 live births	0.7748 deaths per 100 live births	0.1561 deaths per 100 live births	Slovakia
2020s	0.6478 deaths per 100 live births	0.7275 deaths per 100 live births	0.0797 deaths per 100 live births	Slovakia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Croatia or Slovakia?: Croatia, at 0.7571 deaths per 100 live births against 0.742 deaths per 100 live births in Slovakia as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Croatia and Slovakia?: 0.0151 deaths per 100 live births, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Slovakia?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Croatia and Slovakia rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Croatia ranks 147th and Slovakia ranks 149th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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