Denmark vs Switzerland: Youth mortality rate
Denmark
0.4569 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Switzerland
0.454 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Denmark rank
170th
Switzerland rank
171st
Youth mortality rate over time
- Denmark
- Switzerland
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 0.4569 deaths per 100 live births against 0.454 deaths per 100 live births in Switzerland, a difference of 0.0029 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Switzerland ahead.
Denmark ranks 170th and Switzerland ranks 171st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 2 and Switzerland in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.36 deaths per 100 live births | 3.78 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4222 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 2.51 deaths per 100 live births | 2.73 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2144 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 1.63 deaths per 100 live births | 1.8 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1729 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 1.18 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0214 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 1990s | 0.8619 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8371 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0249 deaths per 100 live births | Denmark |
| 2000s | 0.5991 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6226 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0235 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.47 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5099 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0399 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 0.4435 deaths per 100 live births | 0.463 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0195 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Denmark or Switzerland?
- Denmark, at 0.4569 deaths per 100 live births against 0.454 deaths per 100 live births in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Denmark and Switzerland?
- 0.0029 deaths per 100 live births, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Switzerland?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Denmark and Switzerland rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Denmark ranks 170th and Switzerland ranks 171st 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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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.