Slovenia vs Sweden: Annual death rates at different ages

Slovenia
1.81 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
1.86 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Slovenia rank
228th
Sweden rank
227th

Annual death rates at different ages over time

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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 1.86 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.81 deaths per 1,000 people in Slovenia, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Slovenia ahead.

Slovenia ranks 228th and Sweden ranks 227th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Slovenia averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Slovenia Sweden Difference Ahead
1950s 58.17 deaths per 1,000 people 18.62 deaths per 1,000 people 39.55 deaths per 1,000 people Slovenia
1960s 29.12 deaths per 1,000 people 14.29 deaths per 1,000 people 14.83 deaths per 1,000 people Slovenia
1970s 19.8 deaths per 1,000 people 9.29 deaths per 1,000 people 10.52 deaths per 1,000 people Slovenia
1980s 12.31 deaths per 1,000 people 6.52 deaths per 1,000 people 5.79 deaths per 1,000 people Slovenia
1990s 6.34 deaths per 1,000 people 4.49 deaths per 1,000 people 1.84 deaths per 1,000 people Slovenia
2000s 3.61 deaths per 1,000 people 2.95 deaths per 1,000 people 0.6537 deaths per 1,000 people Slovenia
2010s 2.11 deaths per 1,000 people 2.34 deaths per 1,000 people 0.2286 deaths per 1,000 people Sweden
2020s 2.02 deaths per 1,000 people 2.03 deaths per 1,000 people 0.0065 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, Slovenia or Sweden?
Sweden, at 1.86 deaths per 1,000 people against 1.81 deaths per 1,000 people in Slovenia as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual death rates at different ages between Slovenia and Sweden?
0.05 deaths per 1,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Slovenia and Sweden?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Slovenia and Sweden rank globally for annual death rates at different ages?
Slovenia ranks 228th and Sweden ranks 227th 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual death rates at different ages
Unit
deaths per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.