Estonia vs Sweden: Annual death rates at different ages in males
Estonia
1.97 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
2.03 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Estonia rank
230th
Sweden rank
228th
Annual death rates at different ages in males over time
- Estonia
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 2.03 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.97 deaths per 1,000 people in Estonia, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Estonia ahead.
Estonia ranks 230th and Sweden ranks 228th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 7 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 40.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 21.05 deaths per 1,000 people | 19.47 deaths per 1,000 people | Estonia |
| 1960s | 26.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 16.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.17 deaths per 1,000 people | Estonia |
| 1970s | 20.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 9.85 deaths per 1,000 people | Estonia |
| 1980s | 17.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 7.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 10.81 deaths per 1,000 people | Estonia |
| 1990s | 13.71 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.7 deaths per 1,000 people | Estonia |
| 2000s | 6.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.7 deaths per 1,000 people | Estonia |
| 2010s | 2.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.108 deaths per 1,000 people | Estonia |
| 2020s | 2.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1244 deaths per 1,000 people | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates at different ages in males, Estonia or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 2.03 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.97 deaths per 1,000 people in Estonia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages in males between Estonia and Sweden?
- 0.06 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Estonia and Sweden rank globally for annual death rates at different ages in males?
- Estonia ranks 230th and Sweden ranks 228th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates at different ages in males. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.