Germany vs Switzerland: Number of child deaths per woman

Germany
0.0056 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Switzerland
0.0061 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Germany rank
175th
Switzerland rank
173rd

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Germany
  • Switzerland
0123183619302024

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 0.0061 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0056 under-five deaths per woman in Germany, a difference of 0.0005 under-five deaths per woman.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 124 shared years of data; in 1876 it was Germany ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 175th and Switzerland ranks 173rd of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).