What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Montenegro and Sweden?

0.0086 deaths per 100 live births, with Sweden ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Montenegro and Sweden?

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.

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.

Montenegro vs Sweden: Child mortality by sex

Montenegro

0.2529 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Sweden

0.2615 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Montenegro rank

194th

Sweden rank

191st

Child mortality by sex over time

Montenegro
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 0.2615 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2529 deaths per 100 live births in Montenegro, a difference of 0.0086 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Montenegro ahead.

Montenegro ranks 194th and Sweden ranks 191st of 199 countries.

Montenegro has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Montenegro	Sweden	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.32 deaths per 100 live births	0.8213 deaths per 100 live births	1.5 deaths per 100 live births	Montenegro
1990s	1.62 deaths per 100 live births	0.5825 deaths per 100 live births	1.03 deaths per 100 live births	Montenegro
2000s	1.16 deaths per 100 live births	0.3981 deaths per 100 live births	0.7632 deaths per 100 live births	Montenegro
2010s	0.4845 deaths per 100 live births	0.3114 deaths per 100 live births	0.1731 deaths per 100 live births	Montenegro
2020s	0.2804 deaths per 100 live births	0.2711 deaths per 100 live births	0.0092 deaths per 100 live births	Montenegro

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality by sex, Montenegro or Sweden?: Sweden, at 0.2615 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2529 deaths per 100 live births in Montenegro as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Montenegro and Sweden?: 0.0086 deaths per 100 live births, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Montenegro and Sweden?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Montenegro and Sweden rank globally for child mortality by sex?: Montenegro ranks 194th 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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Indicator: Child mortality by sex
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 12,985 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .