Number of youth deaths in Slovakia
Slovakia: Number of youth deaths was 395 deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of youth deaths in Slovakia, 1990–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
Slovakia recorded 395 deaths for number of youth deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of youth deaths in Slovakia peaked at 1,415 deaths in 1990 and was at its lowest, 395 deaths, in 2024.
Slovakia ranks 134th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of youth deaths in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,415 deaths | — |
| 1991 | 1,354 deaths | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 1,272 deaths | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 1,192 deaths | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 1,096 deaths | -8.1% |
| 1995 | 987 deaths | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 909 deaths | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 853 deaths | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 801 deaths | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 750 deaths | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 707 deaths | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 659 deaths | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 619 deaths | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 596 deaths | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 583 deaths | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 568 deaths | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 544 deaths | -4.2% |
| 2007 | 522 deaths | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 512 deaths | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 513 deaths | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 504 deaths | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 489 deaths | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 472 deaths | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 453 deaths | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 443 deaths | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 431 deaths | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 422 deaths | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 421 deaths | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 416 deaths | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 412 deaths | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 409 deaths | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 410 deaths | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 404 deaths | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 396 deaths | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 395 deaths | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,063 deaths | 750 deaths | 1,415 deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 582.3 deaths | 512 deaths | 707 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 446.3 deaths | 412 deaths | 504 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 402.8 deaths | 395 deaths | 410 deaths | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of youth deaths in Slovakia?
- Number of youth deaths in Slovakia was 395 deaths in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of youth deaths recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,415 deaths in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of youth deaths recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 395 deaths in 2024.
- How does Slovakia rank for number of youth deaths?
- Slovakia ranks 134th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of youth deaths rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of youth deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.