Norway vs Sweden: Child mortality by sex
Norway
0.2735 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.2615 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway rank
189th
Sweden rank
191st
Child mortality by sex over time
- Norway
- Sweden
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.2735 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2615 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.012 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Norway ahead.
Norway ranks 189th and Sweden ranks 191st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.03 deaths per 100 live births | 2.55 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4754 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1960s | 2.25 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 0.352 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1970s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2896 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1980s | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 0.851 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2659 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 1990s | 0.7016 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5825 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1191 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2000s | 0.4575 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3981 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0594 deaths per 100 live births | Norway |
| 2010s | 0.3056 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3114 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0058 deaths per 100 live births | Sweden |
| 2020s | 0.2655 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2711 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0056 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, Norway or Sweden?
- Norway, at 0.2735 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2615 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Norway and Sweden?
- 0.012 deaths per 100 live births, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Sweden?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Norway and Sweden rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Norway ranks 189th 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 .