Greece vs Switzerland: Youth mortality rate
Greece
0.4478 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Switzerland
0.454 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Greece rank
173rd
Switzerland rank
171st
Youth mortality rate over time
- Greece
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 0.454 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4478 deaths per 100 live births in Greece, a difference of 0.0062 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Greece ahead.
Greece ranks 173rd and Switzerland ranks 171st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 7 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greece | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.51 deaths per 100 live births | 3.4 deaths per 100 live births | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1960s | 4.48 deaths per 100 live births | 2.73 deaths per 100 live births | 1.75 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1970s | 2.96 deaths per 100 live births | 1.8 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1980s | 1.74 deaths per 100 live births | 1.16 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5814 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 1990s | 1.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8371 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1902 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2000s | 0.6194 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6226 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0032 deaths per 100 live births | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 0.5103 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5099 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0004 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
| 2020s | 0.4661 deaths per 100 live births | 0.463 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0031 deaths per 100 live births | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Greece or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 0.454 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4478 deaths per 100 live births in Greece as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Greece and Switzerland?
- 0.0062 deaths per 100 live births, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Switzerland?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Greece and Switzerland rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Greece ranks 173rd 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.