Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Switzerland

Infant mortality rate in Switzerland in 2024 — 3.4 per 1,000. Ranked 31 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 84.3%.

2024 3.4 per 1,000 +0% vs 2023
World rank 31of 196
Period maximum 21.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 3.4 per 1,0002023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Switzerland, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 21.7 per 1,0001962: 20.7 per 1,0001964: 19.3 per 1,0001966: 17.7 per 1,0001968: 16.3 per 1,0001970: 15 per 1,0001972: 13.6 per 1,0001974: 12 per 1,0001976: 10.5 per 1,0001978: 9.2 per 1,0001980: 8.4 per 1,0001982: 7.8 per 1,0001984: 7.4 per 1,0001986: 7.2 per 1,0001988: 7 per 1,0001990: 6.6 per 1,0001992: 6.1 per 1,0001994: 5.5 per 1,0001996: 5 per 1,0001998: 4.8 per 1,0002000: 4.7 per 1,0002002: 4.5 per 1,0002004: 4.4 per 1,0002006: 4.2 per 1,0002008: 4 per 1,0002010: 3.9 per 1,0002012: 3.8 per 1,0002014: 3.8 per 1,0002016: 3.7 per 1,0002018: 3.6 per 1,0002020: 3.5 per 1,0002022: 3.5 per 1,0002024: 3.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −18.3 (−84.33%) Average annual rate: -2.85 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Switzerland

Switzerland 3.4 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
Western Europe computed 3.2 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 3.4 +0 +0%
2023 3.4 −0.1 −2.86%
2022 3.5 +0 +0%
2021 3.5 +0 +0%
2020 3.5 +0 +0%
2019 3.5 −0.1 −2.78%
2018 3.6 +0 +0%
2017 3.6 −0.1 −2.7%
2016 3.7 +0 +0%
2015 3.7 −0.1 −2.63%
2014 3.8 +0 +0%
2013 3.8 +0 +0%
2012 3.8 −0.1 −2.56%
2011 3.9 +0 +0%
2010 3.9 −0.1 −2.5%
2009 4 +0 +0%
2008 4 −0.1 −2.44%
2007 4.1 −0.1 −2.38%
2006 4.2 −0.1 −2.33%
2005 4.3 −0.1 −2.27%
2004 4.4 −0.1 −2.22%
2003 4.5 +0 +0%
2002 4.5 −0.1 −2.17%
2001 4.6 −0.1 −2.13%
2000 4.7 +0 +0%
1999 4.7 −0.1 −2.08%
1998 4.8 −0.1 −2.04%
1997 4.9 −0.1 −2%
1996 5 −0.2 −3.85%
1995 5.2 −0.3 −5.45%
1994 5.5 −0.3 −5.17%
1993 5.8 −0.3 −4.92%
1992 6.1 −0.3 −4.69%
1991 6.4 −0.2 −3.03%
1990 6.6 −0.2 −2.94%
1989 6.8 −0.2 −2.86%
1988 7 −0.1 −1.41%
1987 7.1 −0.1 −1.39%
1986 7.2 −0.1 −1.37%
1985 7.3 −0.1 −1.35%
1984 7.4 −0.2 −2.63%
1983 7.6 −0.2 −2.56%
1982 7.8 −0.2 −2.5%
1981 8 −0.4 −4.76%
1980 8.4 −0.3 −3.45%
1979 8.7 −0.5 −5.43%
1978 9.2 −0.6 −6.12%
1977 9.8 −0.7 −6.67%
1976 10.5 −0.7 −6.25%
1975 11.2 −0.8 −6.67%
1974 12 −0.8 −6.25%
1973 12.8 −0.8 −5.88%
1972 13.6 −0.7 −4.9%
1971 14.3 −0.7 −4.67%
1970 15 −0.6 −3.85%
1969 15.6 −0.7 −4.29%
1968 16.3 −0.6 −3.55%
1967 16.9 −0.8 −4.52%
1966 17.7 −0.7 −3.8%
1965 18.4 −0.9 −4.66%
1964 19.3 −0.8 −3.98%
1963 20.1 −0.6 −2.9%
1962 20.7 −0.5 −2.36%
1961 21.2 −0.5 −2.3%
1960 21.7

Western Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.