Finland vs Sweden: Child mortality by sex
Finland
0.2543 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.2615 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Finland rank
193rd
Sweden rank
191st
Child mortality by sex over time
- Finland
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.2615 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2543 deaths per 100 live births in Finland, a difference of 0.0072 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 193rd and Sweden ranks 191st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.08 deaths per 100 live births | 2.55 deaths per 100 live births | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1960s | 2.38 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4858 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1970s | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2039 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 1980s | 0.8355 deaths per 100 live births | 0.851 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0155 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.5966 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5825 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0142 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 2000s | 0.4131 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3981 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0149 deaths per 100 live births | Finland |
| 2010s | 0.2818 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3114 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0296 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.2548 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2711 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0164 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Finland or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.2615 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2543 deaths per 100 live births in Finland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Finland and Sweden?
- 0.0072 deaths per 100 live births, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Sweden?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Finland and Sweden rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Finland ranks 193rd and Sweden ranks 191st of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .