Belarus vs Sweden: Child mortality
Belarus
0.2331 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.2406 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Belarus rank
198th
Sweden rank
195th
Child mortality over time
- Belarus
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 0.2406 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2331 deaths per 100 live births in Belarus, a difference of 0.0075 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Sweden ahead.
Belarus ranks 198th and Sweden ranks 195th of 203 countries.
Belarus has averaged higher in every one of the 23 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belarus | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 31.32 deaths per 100 live births | 5.24 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1810s | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 29.73 deaths per 100 live births | 6.83 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1820s | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 25.35 deaths per 100 live births | 11.22 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1830s | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 24.94 deaths per 100 live births | 11.63 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1840s | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 23.17 deaths per 100 live births | 13.4 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1850s | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 24.4 deaths per 100 live births | 12.17 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1860s | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 23.37 deaths per 100 live births | 13.2 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1870s | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 21.4 deaths per 100 live births | 15.17 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1880s | 36.57 deaths per 100 live births | 18.7 deaths per 100 live births | 17.87 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1890s | 36.55 deaths per 100 live births | 16.2 deaths per 100 live births | 20.35 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1900s | 33.34 deaths per 100 live births | 13.01 deaths per 100 live births | 20.33 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1910s | 26.7 deaths per 100 live births | 10.26 deaths per 100 live births | 16.45 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1920s | 20.81 deaths per 100 live births | 7.94 deaths per 100 live births | 12.87 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1930s | 17.21 deaths per 100 live births | 6.12 deaths per 100 live births | 11.08 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1940s | 14.93 deaths per 100 live births | 3.86 deaths per 100 live births | 11.07 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1950s | 8.83 deaths per 100 live births | 2.26 deaths per 100 live births | 6.57 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1960s | 3.16 deaths per 100 live births | 1.67 deaths per 100 live births | 1.49 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1970s | 2.19 deaths per 100 live births | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1980s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7726 deaths per 100 live births | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 1990s | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5279 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9859 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 2000s | 0.9188 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3645 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5542 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 2010s | 0.4261 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2868 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1393 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
| 2020s | 0.26 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2495 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0104 deaths per 100 live births | Belarus |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Belarus or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 0.2406 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2331 deaths per 100 live births in Belarus as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Belarus and Sweden?
- 0.0075 deaths per 100 live births, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Sweden?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Belarus and Sweden rank globally for child mortality?
- Belarus ranks 198th and Sweden ranks 195th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.